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The Silverblood Promise

by James Logan • 2024

A disgraced gambler hunts his father's killer in a city of merchant princes and ancient powers.

3.96

7k+

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

The Silverblood Promise

A disgraced gambler hunts his father's killer in a city of merchant princes and ancient powers.

by James Logan 2024 528 pages

3.96

7k+ ratings

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

The Awakening

by Nora Roberts • 2020

A teacher follows hidden riches to Ireland and discovers a magical realm awaiting its lost heir.

4.17

74k+

Fantasy

Fantasy Romance

Romance

The Awakening

A teacher follows hidden riches to Ireland and discovers a magical realm awaiting its lost heir.

by Nora Roberts 2020 435 pages

4.17

74k+ ratings

Fantasy

Fantasy Romance

Romance

Bewitched

by Laura Thalassa • 2023

Magic steals her memories. The cursed sorcerer she wakes wants the rest of her.

3.91

47k+

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

Bewitched

Magic steals her memories. The cursed sorcerer she wakes wants the rest of her.

by Laura Thalassa 2023 443 pages

3.91

47k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

Court

by Tracy Wolff • 2022

Lost queen of a frozen army, she must stop a vampire king from stealing godhood.

4.11

84k+

Fantasy

Romance

Young Adult

Court

Lost queen of a frozen army, she must stop a vampire king from stealing godhood.

by Tracy Wolff 2022 720 pages

4.11

84k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Young Adult

The Shadow Rising

by Robert Jordan • 1992

To claim his army, he must unearth a secret his desert warriors have buried for millennia.

4.29

200k+

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

The Shadow Rising

To claim his army, he must unearth a secret his desert warriors have buried for millennia.

by Robert Jordan 1992 1007 pages

4.29

200k+ ratings

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

A Reaper at the Gates

by Sabaa Tahir • 2018

A jinn army rises to burn the Empire. Three defenders give everything to hold the line.

4.13

100k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

High Fantasy

A Reaper at the Gates

A jinn army rises to burn the Empire. Three defenders give everything to hold the line.

by Sabaa Tahir 2018 480 pages

4.13

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

High Fantasy

A Game of Gods

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2023

One monster's death could end the gods. Hades hunts it as enemies circle Persephone.

4.01

34k+

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

A Game of Gods

One monster's death could end the gods. Hades hunts it as enemies circle Persephone.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2023 592 pages

4.01

34k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

The Science of Harry Potter

by Roger Highfield • 2002

Your brain is wired for magic. The science that explains why, from alchemy to Harry Potter.

4.02

3k+

Science

Harry Potter

Magic

The Science of Harry Potter

Your brain is wired for magic. The science that explains why, from alchemy to Harry Potter.

by Roger Highfield 2002 322 pages

4.02

3k+ ratings

Science

Harry Potter

Magic

Prince Caspian

by C.S. Lewis • 1951

Summoned to Narnia, four siblings find their kingdom ruined, magic forbidden, and a hunted prince.

3.98

400k+

Fantasy

Classics

Children

Prince Caspian

Summoned to Narnia, four siblings find their kingdom ruined, magic forbidden, and a hunted prince.

by C.S. Lewis 1951 240 pages

3.98

400k+ ratings

Fantasy

Classics

Children

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by William Shakespeare • 1595

Four lovers flee into the woods; a fairy's misapplied potion ensures no heart leaves unchanged.

3.94

500k+

Classics

Plays

Fantasy

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Four lovers flee into the woods; a fairy's misapplied potion ensures no heart leaves unchanged.

by William Shakespeare 1595 298 pages

3.94

500k+ ratings

Classics

Plays

Fantasy

Torment

by Lauren Kate • 2010

At a school for Nephilim, Luce chases forbidden shadows into the lifetimes her angel love has ended.

3.84

200k+

Young Adult

Paranormal Romance

Fantasy

Torment

At a school for Nephilim, Luce chases forbidden shadows into the lifetimes her angel love has ended.

by Lauren Kate 2010 452 pages

3.84

200k+ ratings

Young Adult

Paranormal Romance

Fantasy

Making Money

by Terry Pratchett • 2007

Forced to run the Royal Bank, a reformed conman faces empty vaults and a murderous family.

4.27

78k+

Fantasy

Humor

Satire

Making Money

Forced to run the Royal Bank, a reformed conman faces empty vaults and a murderous family.

by Terry Pratchett 2007 394 pages

4.27

78k+ ratings

Fantasy

Humor

Satire

Alanna

by Tamora Pierce • 1983

Disguised as a boy, a girl trains for knighthood while hiding her magic and her identity.

4.27

100k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Adventure

Alanna

Disguised as a boy, a girl trains for knighthood while hiding her magic and her identity.

by Tamora Pierce 1983 274 pages

4.27

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Adventure

Cuentos

by Jacob Grimm • 1812

Witches, wolves, and wishes: the original fairy tales, as strange and dark as folklore itself.

4.23

200k+

Fairy Tales

Classics

Fantasy

Cuentos

Witches, wolves, and wishes: the original fairy tales, as strange and dark as folklore itself.

by Jacob Grimm 1812 153 pages

4.23

200k+ ratings

Fairy Tales

Classics

Fantasy

The Bone Season

by Samantha Shannon • 2013

A clairvoyant fugitive is shipped to a secret prison where immortal beings feed on her kind.

3.84

100k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Dystopian

The Bone Season

A clairvoyant fugitive is shipped to a secret prison where immortal beings feed on her kind.

by Samantha Shannon 2013 624 pages

3.84

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Dystopian

Court of Secrets and Flames

by Nina Frost • 2025

She was kidnapped by her lover. Now she commands dragons, and two warring princes want her.

4.07

11k+

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

Court of Secrets and Flames

She was kidnapped by her lover. Now she commands dragons, and two warring princes want her.

by Nina Frost 2025 362 pages

4.07

11k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

A Language of Dragons

by S.F. Williamson • 2025

In 1920s London, a linguist frees a dragon to save her family, igniting a civil war.

3.83

23k+

Fantasy

Dragons

Young Adult

A Language of Dragons

In 1920s London, a linguist frees a dragon to save her family, igniting a civil war.

by S.F. Williamson 2025 432 pages

3.83

23k+ ratings

Fantasy

Dragons

Young Adult

Quicksilver Bonus Scenes

by Callie Hart • 2025

A Fae warrior seals his city with iron that burns him alive while a dragon descends.

3.91

28k+

Fantasy

Fae

Dragons

Quicksilver Bonus Scenes

A Fae warrior seals his city with iron that burns him alive while a dragon descends.

by Callie Hart 2025 3 pages

3.91

28k+ ratings

Fantasy

Fae

Dragons

Furies of Calderon

by Jim Butcher • 2004

Without the elemental powers everyone commands, a frontier boy must outthink a barbarian horde.

4.13

100k+

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

Furies of Calderon

Without the elemental powers everyone commands, a frontier boy must outthink a barbarian horde.

by Jim Butcher 2004 688 pages

4.13

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

by Holly Black • 2020

A fae prince raised on cruelty learns to rewrite the story that has always defined him.

4.13

200k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Romance

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

A fae prince raised on cruelty learns to rewrite the story that has always defined him.

by Holly Black 2020 200 pages

4.13

200k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Romance

King of Fire and Flames

by Juno Heart • 2024

Chained by the fae king she loved, a queen must survive a tyrant's brutal trials.

3.76

2k+

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

King of Fire and Flames

Chained by the fae king she loved, a queen must survive a tyrant's brutal trials.

by Juno Heart 2024 367 pages

3.76

2k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

Bone Island

by Nicole Fiorina • 2023

Pledged to another, a seamstress falls for the outcast whose face kills, waking deadly shadows.

4.28

4k+

Fantasy

Romance

Gothic

Bone Island

Pledged to another, a seamstress falls for the outcast whose face kills, waking deadly shadows.

by Nicole Fiorina 2023 680 pages

4.28

4k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Gothic

Convergence

by TurtleMe • 2017

Jailed by the council he saved, a mage is taken to train as the gods' weapon.

4.36

7k+

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

Adventure

Convergence

Jailed by the council he saved, a mage is taken to train as the gods' weapon.

by TurtleMe 2017 446 pages

4.36

7k+ ratings

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

Adventure

The Little Book of Hermetic Principles

by Amber D. Browne • 2022

Seven ancient principles for healing your energy, changing your thoughts, and remaking your reality.

3.92

Spirituality

Occult

New Age

The Little Book of Hermetic Principles

Seven ancient principles for healing your energy, changing your thoughts, and remaking your reality.

by Amber D. Browne 2022 144 pages

3.92

12 ratings

Spirituality

Occult

New Age

The Hands of the Emperor

by Victoria Goddard • 2019

A bureaucrat invites his lonely god-emperor on holiday, and the mask of divinity begins to slip.

4.40

4k+

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Adult

The Hands of the Emperor

A bureaucrat invites his lonely god-emperor on holiday, and the mask of divinity begins to slip.

by Victoria Goddard 2019 969 pages

4.40

4k+ ratings

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Adult

The Blinding Knife

by Brent Weeks • 2012

An illegitimate son trains for war while his father, the Prism, hides a world-breaking secret.

4.41

94k+

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

The Blinding Knife

An illegitimate son trains for war while his father, the Prism, hides a world-breaking secret.

by Brent Weeks 2012 671 pages

4.41

94k+ ratings

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

Ozma of Oz

by L. Frank Baum • 1907

Dorothy is stranded in a fairyland where a king's guessing game turns the losers into ornaments.

3.95

27k+

Fantasy

Classics

Children

Ozma of Oz

Dorothy is stranded in a fairyland where a king's guessing game turns the losers into ornaments.

by L. Frank Baum 1907 188 pages

3.95

27k+ ratings

Fantasy

Classics

Children

Immortal

by Sue Lynn Tan • 2025

A mortal ruler hides a sacred lotus from an immortal warrior, whose hunt turns to devotion.

3.77

18k+

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

Immortal

A mortal ruler hides a sacred lotus from an immortal warrior, whose hunt turns to devotion.

by Sue Lynn Tan 2025 464 pages

3.77

18k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

Monster Hunter International

by Larry Correia • 2009

An accountant kills his werewolf boss and gets recruited by monster hunters to stop the apocalypse.

4.07

30k+

Urban Fantasy

Fantasy

Horror

Monster Hunter International

An accountant kills his werewolf boss and gets recruited by monster hunters to stop the apocalypse.

by Larry Correia 2009 557 pages

4.07

30k+ ratings

Urban Fantasy

Fantasy

Horror

Blood Bound

by Patricia Briggs • 2007

A shapeshifting mechanic repays a vampire debt and walks into a demonic sorcerer's rampage.

4.30

100k+

Urban Fantasy

Paranormal

Vampires

Blood Bound

A shapeshifting mechanic repays a vampire debt and walks into a demonic sorcerer's rampage.

by Patricia Briggs 2007 292 pages

4.30

100k+ ratings

Urban Fantasy

Paranormal

Vampires

The Light of All That Falls

by James Islington • 2019

A guilty immortal, a soldier trapped in time, and an outcast must break fate's cycle.

4.40

42k+

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

The Light of All That Falls

A guilty immortal, a soldier trapped in time, and an outcast must break fate's cycle.

by James Islington 2019 864 pages

4.40

42k+ ratings

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

High Fantasy

So This is Love

by Elizabeth Lim • 2020

Working in the palace to escape her stepmother, Cinderella uncovers a plot to kill the king.

4.06

20k+

Retellings

Fantasy

Young Adult

So This is Love

Working in the palace to escape her stepmother, Cinderella uncovers a plot to kill the king.

by Elizabeth Lim 2020 416 pages

4.06

20k+ ratings

Retellings

Fantasy

Young Adult

The Hammer of Thor

by Rick Riordan • 2016

When Thor's hammer vanishes, Magnus Chase tracks it to a giant's wedding and a trickster's trap.

4.29

100k+

Fantasy

Mythology

Young Adult

The Hammer of Thor

When Thor's hammer vanishes, Magnus Chase tracks it to a giant's wedding and a trickster's trap.

by Rick Riordan 2016 459 pages

4.29

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Mythology

Young Adult

The Bear and the Nightingale

by Katherine Arden • 2017

A girl sees spirits in Russia. A priest's crusade will wake something older than winter.

4.08

200k+

Fantasy

Historical Fiction

Mythology

The Bear and the Nightingale

A girl sees spirits in Russia. A priest's crusade will wake something older than winter.

by Katherine Arden 2017 319 pages

4.08

200k+ ratings

Fantasy

Historical Fiction

Mythology

The Prophecy of the Stones

by Flavia Bujor • 2002

Three girls share one prophecy and three stones. To save the realm, enemies must become allies.

3.51

6k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Middle Grade

The Prophecy of the Stones

Three girls share one prophecy and three stones. To save the realm, enemies must become allies.

by Flavia Bujor 2002 386 pages

3.51

6k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Middle Grade

Nevernight

by Jay Kristoff • 2016

A shadow-wielding girl enters an assassin school to kill the men who executed her father.

4.22

100k+

Fantasy

Dark Fantasy

High Fantasy

Nevernight

A shadow-wielding girl enters an assassin school to kill the men who executed her father.

by Jay Kristoff 2016 427 pages

4.22

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Dark Fantasy

High Fantasy

Fated

by Benedict Jacka • 2012

A diviner's quiet shop life shatters when dark mages hunt his friend for a reality-altering relic.

3.90

31k+

Fantasy

Urban Fantasy

Magic

Fated

A diviner's quiet shop life shatters when dark mages hunt his friend for a reality-altering relic.

by Benedict Jacka 2012 295 pages

3.90

31k+ ratings

Fantasy

Urban Fantasy

Magic

The Demon Tide

by Laurie Forest • 2022

Fated to kill the wyvern she loves, a witch defies prophecy before shadow consumes everything.

3.82

14k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Romance

The Demon Tide

Fated to kill the wyvern she loves, a witch defies prophecy before shadow consumes everything.

by Laurie Forest 2022 672 pages

3.82

14k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Romance

The Midnight Bookshop

by Amanda James • 2025

A moonlit bookshop appears in Truro. Three strangers step inside, and the stories read them back.

4.02

14k+

Fantasy

Magical Realism

Books About Books

The Midnight Bookshop

A moonlit bookshop appears in Truro. Three strangers step inside, and the stories read them back.

by Amanda James 2025 385 pages

4.02

14k+ ratings

Fantasy

Magical Realism

Books About Books

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

3.86

100k+

Fantasy

Novella

High Fantasy

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014 159 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Novella

High Fantasy

Dead Beat

by Jim Butcher • 2005

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

4.41

100k+

Fantasy

Urban Fantasy

Mystery

Dead Beat

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

by Jim Butcher 2005 528 pages

4.41

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Urban Fantasy

Mystery

A Fragile Enchantment

by Allison Saft • 2024

A magical tailor arrives to outfit a royal wedding and captures the hostile prince's heart.

3.47

28k+

Fantasy

Romance

Young Adult

A Fragile Enchantment

A magical tailor arrives to outfit a royal wedding and captures the hostile prince's heart.

by Allison Saft 2024 373 pages

3.47

28k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Young Adult

The Arctic Incident

by Eoin Colfer • 2002

To rescue his captive father, a teenage genius must end a goblin rebellion for fairy police.

3.96

100k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Middle Grade

The Arctic Incident

To rescue his captive father, a teenage genius must end a goblin rebellion for fairy police.

by Eoin Colfer 2002 398 pages

3.96

100k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Middle Grade

Dead Witch Walking

by Kim Harrison • 2004

A witch quits the force, gets marked for death, and must take down a crime lord.

4.04

100k+

Urban Fantasy

Fantasy

Paranormal

Dead Witch Walking

A witch quits the force, gets marked for death, and must take down a crime lord.

by Kim Harrison 2004 416 pages

4.04

100k+ ratings

Urban Fantasy

Fantasy

Paranormal

Woven by Gold

by Elizabeth Helen • 2023

Her fated mate exiled her. Now she must break through worlds to reach four cursed fae princes.

4.06

48k+

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

Woven by Gold

Her fated mate exiled her. Now she must break through worlds to reach four cursed fae princes.

by Elizabeth Helen 2023 554 pages

4.06

48k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Fantasy Romance

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

by Laini Taylor • 2011

Prague art student collects teeth for monsters. The angel hunting her finds his lost love reborn.

3.99

300k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Romance

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Prague art student collects teeth for monsters. The angel hunting her finds his lost love reborn.

by Laini Taylor 2011 418 pages

3.99

300k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Romance

Burned

by P.C. Cast • 2010

A fallen immortal shatters her soul. Her Warrior braves the Otherworld to bring her back.

3.97

100k+

Young Adult

Vampires

Paranormal Romance

Burned

A fallen immortal shatters her soul. Her Warrior braves the Otherworld to bring her back.

by P.C. Cast 2010 323 pages

3.97

100k+ ratings

Young Adult

Vampires

Paranormal Romance

Shadow of Night

by Deborah Harkness • 2012

A witch and her vampire husband flee to 1590 England, where their marriage is a death sentence.

4.08

200k+

Fantasy

Romance

Paranormal

Shadow of Night

A witch and her vampire husband flee to 1590 England, where their marriage is a death sentence.

by Deborah Harkness 2012 584 pages

4.08

200k+ ratings

Fantasy

Romance

Paranormal

The Bone Houses

by Emily Lloyd-Jones • 2019

When the dead rise, a gravedigger and a mapmaker journey into cursed mountains to break a spell.

3.99

26k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Horror

The Bone Houses

When the dead rise, a gravedigger and a mapmaker journey into cursed mountains to break a spell.

by Emily Lloyd-Jones 2019 335 pages

3.99

26k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Horror

Ascension

by TurtleMe • 2021

A broken hero and his shadow companion conquer a living dungeon to challenge the gods.

4.59

5k+

Fantasy

Young Adult

Adventure

Ascension

A broken hero and his shadow companion conquer a living dungeon to challenge the gods.

by TurtleMe 2021 924 pages

4.59

5k+ ratings

Fantasy

Young Adult

Adventure

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