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by Rebecca Roanhorse
Fiction
An epic pre-Columbian fantasy, crammed with characters, clans, different kinds of magic, told from many points of view, that begins “Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so.”
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by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fiction
The most famous high fantasy epic ever begins in a sleepy village in the Shire, when a young hobbit is given a Ring of ultimate power to destroy.
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by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Fiction
Armageddon is, rather hilariously, NOT going as planned. A fussy angel and a fast-living demon have been living on Earth since The Beginning and, if truth be told, they’ve grown fond of their lifestyle. What if they decided to cooperate–with each other?
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by Susanna Clark
Fiction
Two vastly different magicians turn on each other in this first, often copied “alternate history” of England in the Napoleonic Wars with magic.
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by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fiction
A young man is enslaved at birth and gifted with a mysterious power, a blue light that protects him in danger. He flees his home and adoptive family on a plantation to join the covert war on slavery in the North.
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by Helene Wecker
Fiction
In this haunting beautiful debut novel that weaves together Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, two magical beings from different cultures meet in early 20th-century Manhattan. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced Polish rabbi dabbling in Kabbalistic magic. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City. They become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection.
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by Naomi Novik
Fiction
When Miryem, the daughter of a moneylender, gains a reputation for turning silver into gold, she draws the attention of the king of the icy, ethereal, faerie-like Staryk…forever altering her own fate, and that of two kingdoms.
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by Lev Grossman
Fiction
What if Harry Potter cursed, drank and lost his virginity after shape-shifting into an Arctic fox? A brilliant but depressed young man finds himself admitted to a secret, exclusive college of sorcery in upstate New York.
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by George R.R. Martin
Fiction
The novel that brought high fantasy epics back in fashion. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world jam-packed with unforgettable and wildly differing characters, clans, and landscapes.
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by Yangsze Choo
Fiction
In 1930s colonial Malaysia, a dance hall girl who longs to be a doctor, her stepbrother, and a small houseboy who dreams of his dead twin by the river of the dead find their fates intertwine; the irresistible plot points include weretigers, poison, and severed finger amulets.
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by Erin Morgenstern
Fiction
The Cirque des Rêve is a pop-up circus of exquisite marvels that conceals a fierce competition. Celia and Marco have been trained to duel each other since childhood…but they unexpectedly fall in love.
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by V.E. Schwab
Fiction
In 18th century France, a young woman makes a deal with a shadowy, supernatural being in exchange for “freedom”: She gets to live forever but the catch is, no one remembers her. The novel zigzags back and forth from through the ages as Addie pushes the limits of her curse.
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