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Embark on epic adventures with captivating fantasy tales that ignite the imagination! Perfect for rediscovering the magic of reading, this collection offers thrilling worlds, complex characters, and high-stakes quests. Whether you're seeking heart-pounding action or deep, emotional journeys, these stories will reignite your love for reading and transport you to realms beyond your wildest dreams.

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  • A magical premise and a dark mystery. Children have always found doorways into different words – rabbit holes, wardrobes, magic mirrors... But what happens to the children who come back? This is a novella about a school for children who once had…
    Book, 2016New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2016. — FANTASY
  • Cordelia lives an unusual life. While other young girls have friends and hobbies, Cordelia spends her days alone, with only her mother, an evil sorceress, for company. When they move into the home of a wealthy Squire and his daughter, Cordelia…
    Book, 2024New York : Tor Publishing Group, 2024. — FANTASY
  • An absolutely magical read, where the realities and minutiae of life are put into real perspective with compassion, imagination and more than a few reminders to live in the present. Haig explores what makes life worth living and poses the question -…
    Book, 2020Edinburgh : Canongate, 2020. — FANTASY
  • This story ticks all the boxes. It has great characters, settings that range from ancient Constantinople to contemporary America and a post-apocalyptic future. A delightful, thought-provoking read that with a cleverly plotted story...based on a…
    Book, 2021New York : Scribner, 2021. — FICTION
  • Wicked

    the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West : a Novel

    Maguire, Gregory, 1954-
    The Wicked Witch of the West's backstory explores how she came to be so wicked. Or was she? A truly wonderful read that ponders the subjectivity of good and evil, while also touches on politics, romance, humour, magic, and religion. A definite must…
    Book, 1995New York : ReganBooks, c1995. — FANTASY
  • Good Omens

    the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

    Gaiman, Neil, 1960-
    Prepare for a deliciously wicked fantasy spoof from master wordsmiths Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. In this tale, the end of the world has been scheduled for next Saturday... however the Antichrist has gone missing, which has thrown a bit of a…
    Book, 2006New York : HarperTorch, 2006. — FANTASY
  • This long but brilliantly written with great humour, loads of action, and a page-turning plot that will keep you in suspense. A rich and reclusive theoretical magician fights to reinstate magic back to polite society in an old London. With his vast…
    Book, 2004London : Bloomsbury, 2004. — FANTASY
  • Anders realises an amazingly visual and colorful world, balancing action with introspection, great characters and incredible creatures. Three cities: one full of rules, one full of pleasure, and one alien. Can all three work together in harmony?
    Book, 2019New York : Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, 2019. — SCIENCE FICTION
  • This story is about a demon, an angel and the beloved city that has been the backdrop to their rise and fall. This beautifully descriptive world building book has a little of everything, destruction, creation, death, dance, love, lust, tragedy and…
    Book, 2024New York : Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group, 2024. — FANTASY
  • Raised by two quirky aunts, sisters Gillian and Sally are as different as night and day. What they do share in common though, is that they are both witches. Tracing back their witchy ancestors 300 years, the family has always stayed put in their…
    Book, 1995New York : Putnam, c1995. — FICTION HOF
  • ‘The Ember Blade’ is solid start to a new good-vs-evil series with strong characters, strange and imaginative creatures and an adventurous, engrossing plot. In this story, told from multiple perspectives, two young friends find themselves on the run…
    Book, 2018London : Gollancz, 2018. — FANTASY
  • Rich in symbolism and allusions to Latin American social and political history, García Márquez weaves reality, unreality, myths and the supernatural masterfully. One of the quintessential books of magic realism, 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a…
    Book, 1970London : Cape ; 1970. — FICTION GAR
  • Playing with form and language in the most delightful way, 'Lanny' is a unique and utterly charming fairy tale of a read that you can't help but get lost in. Lanny is a precocious young boy whose family has recently moved to a quaint little village…
    Book, 2019Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2019. — FANTASY
  • Jalan Kendeth, tenth in line for the throne of the broken empire, is our reluctant hero in this epic and sometimes laugh-out-loud fantasy. Travel with Jalan as he journeys around a fantastical world trying to defeat the threat that looms over his…
    Book, 2014London : Harper Voyager, 2014. — FANTASY
  • If you like the sound of assassins, danger and strange magic, The Way of Shadows might be your next read. When Azoth decides to apprentice himself to the most accomplished assassin in the city, he must reinvent himself and completely turn away from…
    Book, 2011London : Orbit, 2011. — FANTASY