🌙 Contemplative Fantasy

Fantasy fiction that favors stillness, introspection, and the beauty of imagined worlds over relentless action. These are stories to dwell in, rich with atmosphere and quiet wonder.

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

162k+

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary

The Slow Regard of Silent Things 91%

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

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.86

162k+ ratings

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

by Will Wight • 2015

Three Territories. One rule: master yourself or the realm will destroy you.

4.32

899

🎭 Emotional Suppression 📚 Series Companion 👴 Mentor And Apprentice

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles 89%

Three Territories. One rule: master yourself or the realm will destroy you.

by Will Wight 2015

4.32

899 ratings

🎭 Emotional Suppression 📚 Series Companion 👴 Mentor And Apprentice

The Emperor's Soul

by Brandon Sanderson • 2012

Condemned to death, a master forger gets one hundred days to rebuild an emperor's shattered soul.

4.37

133k+

🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 🎨 Art And Magic 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist

The Emperor's Soul 89%

Condemned to death, a master forger gets one hundred days to rebuild an emperor's shattered soul.

by Brandon Sanderson 2012

4.37

133k+ ratings

🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 🎨 Art And Magic 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist

DallerGut Dream Department Store

by Miye Lee • 2020

At a dream department store, a self-doubting clerk learns the price of the dreams she sells.

3.64

44k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Workplace 💛 Found Family

DallerGut Dream Department Store Summary

DallerGut Dream Department Store 89%

At a dream department store, a self-doubting clerk learns the price of the dreams she sells.

by Miye Lee 2020

3.64

44k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Workplace 💛 Found Family

The Last Unicorn

by Peter S. Beagle • 1968

The final unicorn leaves her enchanted forest to free her people from a joyless king's bull.

4.16

124k+

📖 Literary Fantasy 🦄 Search For Lost Kin 👥 Unlikely Companions

The Last Unicorn 89%

The final unicorn leaves her enchanted forest to free her people from a joyless king's bull.

by Peter S. Beagle 1968

4.16

124k+ ratings

📖 Literary Fantasy 🦄 Search For Lost Kin 👥 Unlikely Companions

Hector and the Search for Lost Time

by François Lelord • 2006

A psychiatrist follows a vanished monk to the Arctic, searching for why life feels too short.

3.65

1k+

🦊 Philosophical Fable ⏳ Aging And Mortality 🔄 Midlife Reflection

Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary

Hector and the Search for Lost Time 89%

A psychiatrist follows a vanished monk to the Arctic, searching for why life feels too short.

by François Lelord 2006

3.65

1k+ ratings

🦊 Philosophical Fable ⏳ Aging And Mortality 🔄 Midlife Reflection

The Buried Giant

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2015

A dragon's breath steals memory. An old couple's quest for their son risks everything.

3.59

125k+

📚 Literary Fantasy ⚔️ Arthurian Legend 🧓 Elderly Protagonists

The Buried Giant 89%

A dragon's breath steals memory. An old couple's quest for their son risks everything.

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2015

3.59

125k+ ratings

📚 Literary Fantasy ⚔️ Arthurian Legend 🧓 Elderly Protagonists

The Wind Through the Keyhole

by Stephen King • 2012

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

4.13

95k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

The Wind Through the Keyhole 89%

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

by Stephen King 2012

4.13

95k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

A Magical Girl Retires

by Park Seolyeon • 2022

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

3.54

12k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn

A Magical Girl Retires 89%

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

by Park Seolyeon 2022

3.54

12k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami • 2023

To read old dreams in a walled town, he surrenders his shadow. The shadow knows the town is a cage.

3.75

41k+

📚 Surreal Libraries 👤 Shadow Self 👻 Ghostly Mentor

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary

The City and Its Uncertain Walls 89%

To read old dreams in a walled town, he surrenders his shadow. The shadow knows the town is a cage.

by Haruki Murakami 2023

3.75

41k+ ratings

📚 Surreal Libraries 👤 Shadow Self 👻 Ghostly Mentor

Brigands & Breadknives

by Travis Baldree • 2025

A bookseller bolts from her hollow success, waking between a weary elf and a goblin bounty.

4.03

36k+

🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Adventurer 🍃 Low Stakes Fantasy

Brigands & Breadknives 88%

A bookseller bolts from her hollow success, waking between a weary elf and a goblin bounty.

by Travis Baldree 2025

4.03

36k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Adventurer 🍃 Low Stakes Fantasy

The Sandman

by Neil Gaiman • 1992

A young woman is the fracture where dreams pour through. Dream's only repair: her death.

4.47

2k+

🎭 Personified Concepts 🌙 Dream Realm 💫 Melancholy Fantasy

The Sandman 88%

A young woman is the fracture where dreams pour through. Dream's only repair: her death.

by Neil Gaiman 1992

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎭 Personified Concepts 🌙 Dream Realm 💫 Melancholy Fantasy

Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke • 2020

His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.

4.21

501k+

🌀 Gothic Labyrinth 🏛️ Sentient Architecture 🎭 Lost Identity

Piranesi 88%

His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.

by Susanna Clarke 2020

4.21

501k+ ratings

🌀 Gothic Labyrinth 🏛️ Sentient Architecture 🎭 Lost Identity

La Tempête des échos

by Christelle Dabos • 2019

Voids devour the arks. Exiled, a mirror-walker enters the wrong world to undo what she released.

3.74

55k+

🪞 Mirror Portal 🏛️ Kafkaesque 🫂 Found Family

La Tempête des échos 88%

Voids devour the arks. Exiled, a mirror-walker enters the wrong world to undo what she released.

by Christelle Dabos 2019

3.74

55k+ ratings

🪞 Mirror Portal 🏛️ Kafkaesque 🫂 Found Family

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman • 2013

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

4.01

660k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma

The Ocean at the End of the Lane Summary

The Ocean at the End of the Lane 88%

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

by Neil Gaiman 2013

4.01

660k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma

The Elsewhere Express

by Samantha Sotto Yambao • 2026

Born to save her brother, she boards a train built from daydreams where grief has physical weight.

3.57

9k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Elsewhere Express 88%

Born to save her brother, she boards a train built from daydreams where grief has physical weight.

by Samantha Sotto Yambao 2026

3.57

9k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Fountain

by Casey Scieszka • 2026

An immortal woman, exhausted by centuries, returns to her valley home hoping to finally die.

3.84

2k+

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📖 Literary Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Fountain 88%

An immortal woman, exhausted by centuries, returns to her valley home hoping to finally die.

by Casey Scieszka 2026

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📖 Literary Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Wise Man's Fear

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2011

Kvothe helps a dying king win a bride while hunting the demons that killed his family.

4.55

626k+

🏛️ Magical Academy 📖 Frame Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Wise Man's Fear 88%

Kvothe helps a dying king win a bride while hunting the demons that killed his family.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2011

4.55

626k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Academy 📖 Frame Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Waybound

by Will Wight • 2023

Lindon, a Dreadgod, must exile the Monarchs before the final Dreadgods wake, or hunger claims him.

4.62

24k+

📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Xianxia 🫂 Found Family

Waybound 88%

Lindon, a Dreadgod, must exile the Monarchs before the final Dreadgods wake, or hunger claims him.

by Will Wight 2023

4.62

24k+ ratings

📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Xianxia 🫂 Found Family

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

by Mizuki Tsujimura • 2017

Her mirror reveals a castle where six other lost kids become friends a wish would erase.

4.23

41k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌿 Quiet Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Lonely Castle in the Mirror 88%

Her mirror reveals a castle where six other lost kids become friends a wish would erase.

by Mizuki Tsujimura 2017

4.23

41k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌿 Quiet Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers • 2021

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

4.21

193k+

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship

A Psalm for the Wild-Built 88%

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

by Becky Chambers 2021

4.21

193k+ ratings

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship

Fool's Assassin

by Robin Hobb • 2014

A retired assassin's peace ends with a dead messenger and an aging wife's impossible pregnancy.

4.43

68k+

🏡 Domestic Fantasy 📖 Character Driven Fantasy 🗡️ Retired Assassin

Fool's Assassin 88%

A retired assassin's peace ends with a dead messenger and an aging wife's impossible pregnancy.

by Robin Hobb 2014

4.43

68k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Fantasy 📖 Character Driven Fantasy 🗡️ Retired Assassin

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

by Nghi Vo • 2020

A servant kept an empress's secrets for decades. A traveling cleric finally gets her to speak.

3.90

46k+

🏯 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Story Within A Story 🏮 Asian-Inspired Fantasy

The Empress of Salt and Fortune 88%

A servant kept an empress's secrets for decades. A traveling cleric finally gets her to speak.

by Nghi Vo 2020

3.90

46k+ ratings

🏯 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Story Within A Story 🏮 Asian-Inspired Fantasy

The Wood at Midwinter

by Susanna Clarke • 2024

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

3.41

26k+

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

The Wood at Midwinter 88%

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

by Susanna Clarke 2024

3.41

26k+ ratings

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

Big Panda & Tiny Dragon

by James Norbury • 2021

A panda and a tiny dragon walk the seasons, learning stillness in the face of uncertainty.

4.38

22k+

🧘 Mindfulness Journey 📖 Illustrated Fable 🤝 Unlikely Friends

Big Panda & Tiny Dragon 88%

A panda and a tiny dragon walk the seasons, learning stillness in the face of uncertainty.

by James Norbury 2021

4.38

22k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Journey 📖 Illustrated Fable 🤝 Unlikely Friends

Mushoku Tensei

by Rifujin na Magonote • 2016

A reincarnated mage marries his childhood friend, then opens their haunted manor to his sisters.

4.27

3k+

🚪 Isekai Fantasy 📘 Light Novel 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Mushoku Tensei 88%

A reincarnated mage marries his childhood friend, then opens their haunted manor to his sisters.

by Rifujin na Magonote 2016

4.27

3k+ ratings

🚪 Isekai Fantasy 📘 Light Novel 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Fate of the Argosi

by Sebastien de Castell • 2023

A wanderer's debt draws her to a nightmare prison to free the childhood thief she failed.

4.05

529

🫂 Found Family 💕 Queer Slow Burn 🔥 Persecuted Mages

Fate of the Argosi 88%

A wanderer's debt draws her to a nightmare prison to free the childhood thief she failed.

by Sebastien de Castell 2023

4.05

529 ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Queer Slow Burn 🔥 Persecuted Mages

The Waste Lands

by Stephen King • 1991

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

4.25

250k+

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine

The Waste Lands 88%

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

by Stephen King 1991

4.25

250k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine

Walking in Wonder

by John O'Donohue • 2018

The modern world dulls the soul. Wonder, nature, grief, and aging are the doorways back.

4.45

1k+

☘️ Celtic Spirituality 📝 Contemplative Essays 🌳 Nature Mysticism

Walking in Wonder 88%

The modern world dulls the soul. Wonder, nature, grief, and aging are the doorways back.

by John O'Donohue 2018

4.45

1k+ ratings

☘️ Celtic Spirituality 📝 Contemplative Essays 🌳 Nature Mysticism

The Cat Who Saved Books

by Sōsuke Natsukawa • 2017

A grieving teen follows a talking cat into surreal labyrinths to rescue imprisoned books.

3.71

88k+

🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🐱 Talking Animal Guide 🖤 Grieving Protagonist

The Cat Who Saved Books 88%

A grieving teen follows a talking cat into surreal labyrinths to rescue imprisoned books.

by Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017

3.71

88k+ ratings

🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🐱 Talking Animal Guide 🖤 Grieving Protagonist

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1968

After a reckless spell, a young wizard chases his own shadow to the ocean's end.

4.01

365k+

📚 Wizard School 🖤 Shadow Self 🏛️ Mythic Fantasy

A Wizard of Earthsea 88%

After a reckless spell, a young wizard chases his own shadow to the ocean's end.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 1968

4.01

365k+ ratings

📚 Wizard School 🖤 Shadow Self 🏛️ Mythic Fantasy

Thornhedge

by T. Kingfisher • 2023

A fairy's centuries-long vigil: the princess in the tower must never wake.

3.92

65k+

🧚 Subverted Fairy Tale 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 🐸 Changeling Protagonist

Thornhedge 88%

A fairy's centuries-long vigil: the princess in the tower must never wake.

by T. Kingfisher 2023

3.92

65k+ ratings

🧚 Subverted Fairy Tale 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 🐸 Changeling Protagonist

The Tenth Insight

by James Redfield • 1996

A missing friend, a valley of portals, and a vision that could heal humanity's divided soul.

3.71

15k+

🧙 Metaphysical Fiction 🗺️ Spiritual Adventure 🌀 Portal Journeys

The Tenth Insight 88%

A missing friend, a valley of portals, and a vision that could heal humanity's divided soul.

by James Redfield 1996

3.71

15k+ ratings

🧙 Metaphysical Fiction 🗺️ Spiritual Adventure 🌀 Portal Journeys

Ghostwater

by Will Wight • 2018

A sacred artist trapped in a collapsing pocket world must outfight dragons to escape alive.

4.55

36k+

🔥 Progression Fantasy 🌱 Cultivation Fantasy 👁️ Combat Precognition

Ghostwater 88%

A sacred artist trapped in a collapsing pocket world must outfight dragons to escape alive.

by Will Wight 2018

4.55

36k+ ratings

🔥 Progression Fantasy 🌱 Cultivation Fantasy 👁️ Combat Precognition

The Rose Field

by Philip Pullman • 2025

Lyra's dæmon gone, she travels the Silk Road with a steel-cutting needle, hunting the last door.

3.57

15k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Lineage

The Rose Field 88%

Lyra's dæmon gone, she travels the Silk Road with a steel-cutting needle, hunting the last door.

by Philip Pullman 2025

3.57

15k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Lineage

Of Killers and Kings

by Will Wight • 2020

The Great Elders are breaking free. A reluctant emperor must wager on a fragile alliance.

4.26

3k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror Fantasy ✨ Intent Magic 👑 Reluctant Ruler

Of Killers and Kings 88%

The Great Elders are breaking free. A reluctant emperor must wager on a fragile alliance.

by Will Wight 2020

4.26

3k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror Fantasy ✨ Intent Magic 👑 Reluctant Ruler

Inkspell

by Cornelia Funke • 2005

Meggie reads herself into a story and finds its author powerless against the villain he created.

3.95

136k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Books About Books 🫂 Found Family

Inkspell 88%

Meggie reads herself into a story and finds its author powerless against the villain he created.

by Cornelia Funke 2005

3.95

136k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Books About Books 🫂 Found Family

The Darkness That Comes Before

by R. Scott Bakker • 2003

A monk trained in pure reason enters a holy war to find his father, unaware an ancient horror stirs.

3.84

24k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🧠 Philosophical Epic 🕵️ Ancient Conspiracy

The Darkness That Comes Before 88%

A monk trained in pure reason enters a holy war to find his father, unaware an ancient horror stirs.

by R. Scott Bakker 2003

3.84

24k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🧠 Philosophical Epic 🕵️ Ancient Conspiracy

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern • 2019

A library book knows his past. Underground, a hidden world of stories and a fated romance await.

3.84

237k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 💫 Fated Love

The Starless Sea 88%

A library book knows his past. Underground, a hidden world of stories and a fated romance await.

by Erin Morgenstern 2019

3.84

237k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 💫 Fated Love

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami • 1985

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

4.11

154k+

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 88%

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

by Haruki Murakami 1985

4.11

154k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories

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+

🍵 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 📜 Bureaucratic Hero

The Hands of the Emperor 88%

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

by Victoria Goddard 2019

4.40

4k+ ratings

🍵 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 📜 Bureaucratic Hero

The Pillars of Creation

by Terry Goodkind • 2001

Immune to magic, hunted for her bloodline, she trusts a stranger whose help conceals a trap.

3.71

61k+

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 🛡️ Immune To Magic 💔 Betrayer Love Interest

The Pillars of Creation 88%

Immune to magic, hunted for her bloodline, she trusts a stranger whose help conceals a trap.

by Terry Goodkind 2001

3.71

61k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 🛡️ Immune To Magic 💔 Betrayer Love Interest

The Secret Commonwealth

by Philip Pullman • 2019

Her dæmon gone, Lyra follows a murdered botanist's journal toward a desert city of lost souls.

4.03

64k+

🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🤝 Found Family

The Secret Commonwealth 88%

Her dæmon gone, Lyra follows a murdered botanist's journal toward a desert city of lost souls.

by Philip Pullman 2019

4.03

64k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🤝 Found Family

Burning Roses

by S.L. Huang • 2020

A guilt-ridden Red Riding Hood and exiled archer hunt firebirds to outrun their ruined pasts.

3.67

3k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌈 Queer Fantasy 👵 Middle-Aged Heroines

Burning Roses 88%

A guilt-ridden Red Riding Hood and exiled archer hunt firebirds to outrun their ruined pasts.

by S.L. Huang 2020

3.67

3k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌈 Queer Fantasy 👵 Middle-Aged Heroines

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+

🔄 Predestination Paradox 🖤 Immortal Atonement 🕰️ Time Prison

The Light of All That Falls 88%

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

by James Islington 2019

4.40

42k+ ratings

🔄 Predestination Paradox 🖤 Immortal Atonement 🕰️ Time Prison

The Sword of the Lictor

by Gene Wolfe • 1982

A torturer flees his mountain city into a dying world, carrying a relic that resurrects the dead.

4.23

13k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌑 Dying World 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

The Sword of the Lictor 88%

A torturer flees his mountain city into a dying world, carrying a relic that resurrects the dead.

by Gene Wolfe 1982

4.23

13k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌑 Dying World 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

The Magician of Tiger Castle

by Louis Sachar • 2025

A Renaissance magician must erase a princess's love for a scribe before the wedding banquet.

3.53

9k+

🏛️ Renaissance Fantasy 🏰 Court Intrigue 🧙 Court Magician

The Magician of Tiger Castle 88%

A Renaissance magician must erase a princess's love for a scribe before the wedding banquet.

by Louis Sachar 2025

3.53

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Fantasy 🏰 Court Intrigue 🧙 Court Magician

A Shadow in Summer

by Daniel Abraham • 2006

In a city that enslaves ideas, a hidden prince must foil a plot to free one, or the world unravels.

3.64

14k+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 🏯 Eastern-Inspired Fantasy ⚡ Costly Magic

A Shadow in Summer 88%

In a city that enslaves ideas, a hidden prince must foil a plot to free one, or the world unravels.

by Daniel Abraham 2006

3.64

14k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Fantasy 🏯 Eastern-Inspired Fantasy ⚡ Costly Magic

The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins • 2015

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

4.06

82k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror

The Library at Mount Char 88%

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

by Scott Hawkins 2015

4.06

82k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror

Dawn of Magic

by Sara C. Roethle • 2018

An earth mage bargains with vengeful gods to save her cursed beloved as reality unravels around her.

4.39

2k+

🔥 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🍀 Celtic-Inspired Fantasy 🌩️ Meddling Gods

Dawn of Magic 88%

An earth mage bargains with vengeful gods to save her cursed beloved as reality unravels around her.

by Sara C. Roethle 2018

4.39

2k+ ratings

🔥 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🍀 Celtic-Inspired Fantasy 🌩️ Meddling Gods

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