7 Fan Favorite Fantasy Fiction Books You Must Read
So you want to see what all the hype is about when it comes to Fantasy Fiction? We are here to help! Here are seven Fantasy Fiction books that readers can’t get enough of. Whether you’re into magic, dragons, or the supernatural, these books will keep you captivated and spellbound until the very last page!
Why read Fantasy Fiction books?
Fantasy fiction is a genre of fiction that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. It often incorporates the use of magic and magical creatures. Fantasy fiction has been around for ages, with notable authors such as Tolkien and Rowling. If you’re a fan of this genre then this list is for you! Here are seven books that have been voted as fan favorites by readers just like you.
1. The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicles Book 1)
by Patrick Rothfuss
You may have heard of me – my name is Kvothe. I’ve stolen princesses from sleeping barrow kings and burned down the town of Trebon. I’ve spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I’ve talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. So begins a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man’s search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.
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2. A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
Winter is coming. This is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the lands that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon. There, Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. And where his family dwells in peace: his wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse – unnatural things that will prove all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.
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3. The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1)
by Brandon Sanderson
It has been centuries since the fall of the ten orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their powerful and sought-after Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that can transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men are known to trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Over the centuries, wars were fought for them and won by them. One such war rages on in the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war where ten armies fight separately against a single enemy, Kaladin struggles to save his men. Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, Dalinar is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity. Across the ocean, a young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar’s niece, Jasnah. As Shallan plans a daring theft, her research on Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war.
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4. A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas
When 19-year old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a frightening creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a dangerous magical land she knows only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not a beast, but one of the immortal faeries who once ruled her world. As Feyre adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy resentment into a fiery desire that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful and dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, evil shadow is growing and Feyre must find a way to stop it or doom the Fae world forever.
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5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping at the doormat of his home. But they are swiftly confiscated by his terrible aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry’s eleventh birthday, a great giant of a man called Hagrid bursts in with some extraordinary news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An unbelievable adventure is about to begin!
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6. The Magicians (The Magicians Series Book 1)
by Lev Grossman
Quentin Coldwater is miserable but brilliant. A math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a children’s fantasy series set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is suddenly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of debauchery and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secrets behind the story of Fillory. The land he used to only dream about turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined.
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7. American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Indiana. All he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend is killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself. Life as Mr. Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined – it is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. Along the way, Shadow learns that the past never dies; that everyone harbors secrets, including his beloved Laura; and that dreams, totems, legends, and myths are more real than we know. Ultimately, he will find that beneath the quiet surface of everyday life a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and that he is standing squarely in its path.
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