Fantasy Book Rec Masterpost
Here is every fantasy book I’ve ever enjoyed (plus some short stories thrown in). List will be updated regularly as I read. There are books repeated as some fit into more than one category; I designed it this way so that if you’re looking for one specific sub-genre you can look at just that list and not miss out. Enjoy!
*last edited November 27, 2017*
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima
The Shades of Magic Series by V.E. Schwab (sort of)
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
The Land of Elyon Series by Patrick Carman
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Deerskin by Robin McKinley
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver
UnLunDun by China Miéville
The Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke
Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins
The May Bird series by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Magic in the Real World (sometimes called fabulism)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
The Magician Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
UnLunDun by China Miéville
Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman (short story)
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Rags and Bones edited by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me edited by Kate Bernheimer (this one is a very mixed bag but i really enjoyed some of the stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Deerskin by Robin McKinley
The White Road by Neil Gaiman (short story)
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
Ghostly edited by Audrey Niffenegger
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
The May Bird series by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
The Thickety series by J.A. White
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot by Neil Gaiman (short story)
Unnatural Creatures edited by Neil Gaiman
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
The Smile on the Face by Nalo Hopkinson (short story)
Intelligent Animal Characters (may not be fantasy exactly but close enough)
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Thickety series by J.A. White
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
Graphic Novels/Illustrated
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman (also short story and audio versions available)
Instructions by Neil Gaiman
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Ghostly edited by Audrey Niffenegger
Stories edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
Unnatural Creatures edited by Neil Gaiman
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
Rags and Bones edited by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me edited by Kate Bernheimer
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
The Shades of Magic Series by V.E. Schwab
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
UnLunDun by China Miéville
The Land of Elyon Series by Patrick Carman
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
The Magician Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
The Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke (sort of in between middle and YA)
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (again, could be considered YA)
Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins
The May Bird series by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Thickety series by J.A. White
The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
Half Magic by Edward Eager
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
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