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Fantasy Books for Readers Who Usually Avoid Fantasy

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Standalone Fantasy Novels With a Complete Sense of Wonder
Standalone Fantasy Novels With a Complete Sense of Wonder
by book_guy  • 
10 in common: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Ten Thousand Doors of January and 8 more
A magical world can feel generous without asking for years of your reading life. These 30 novels develop their central stories within one book, whether the invitation is a hidden doorway, an...
May contain nudity
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Books Worth Spending a Whole Weekend With
Books Worth Spending a Whole Weekend With
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Spinning Silver and 2 more
A whole weekend with one book is a chance to settle into another place, rather than simply finish a large number of pages. These novels offer an inhabited world, a reason to keep turning the pages...
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Fantasy About Craft, Trade and Making a Living
Fantasy About Craft, Trade and Making a Living
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, Spinning Silver and 1 more
These fantasies pay attention to what people can make, repair, sell or provide, and to the lives those activities support. Start with The Magic of Recluce for patient craft training, Legends...
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Cosy Fantasy for People Who Still Want a Story
Cosy Fantasy for People Who Still Want a Story
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: Pequeño Porvenir / the Teller of Small Fortunes, Howl's Moving Castle and 1 more
Warmth is more satisfying when the characters have something to work out. These 25 fantasies give friendship, useful work and making a home a real direction: a business must survive, a skill must...
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Fantasy Where Religion Is More Than a Sinister Priesthood
Fantasy Where Religion Is More Than a Sinister Priesthood
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: Lavinia, The bird king [large print] and 1 more
Belief can shape how someone buries a stranger, listens to a neighbour or understands an obligation, long before it becomes a struggle for a throne. These fantasies take those smaller acts...
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Fantasy Books for People Who Love Maps, Journeys and Detours
Fantasy Books for People Who Love Maps, Journeys and Detours
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: The Last Unicorn, The Hobbit and 1 more
The pleasure here is travelling through a world: noticing what changes across a ridge, finding a night's shelter, learning a companion's habits, or arriving somewhere whose rules take time to...
May contain nudity
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Historical Fantasy Where the Past Shapes the Magic
Historical Fantasy Where the Past Shapes the Magic
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: The bird king [large print], The ghost bride and 1 more
The most convincing historical fantasy lets the past set the terms of the impossible. A spirit must find work in an immigrant city; a mapmaker's gift becomes dangerous to a ruler; a ghost...
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Fantasy Rooted in Folklore Beyond the Familiar European Shelf
Fantasy Rooted in Folklore Beyond the Familiar European Shelf
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: The bird king [large print], The ghost bride and 1 more
These 30 novels turn particular storytelling traditions into new fiction: Korean Shim Cheong, Persian Sufi poetry, Lipan Apache animal-people stories, Métis rougarou accounts and many others. The...
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Retellings That Give Familiar Stories a New Argument
Retellings That Give Familiar Stories a New Argument
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Circe and Lavinia
A retelling becomes interesting when changing the viewpoint changes what a familiar story means. These books dispute heroic reputations, follow people treated as prizes or obstacles, and give...
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Romantic Fantasy Where Both the Romance and the Fantasy Matter
Romantic Fantasy Where Both the Romance and the Fantasy Matter
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Uprooted and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
These books make attraction part of the way a fantasy world works: a political marriage, a dangerous magical secret, a shared investigation or a disagreement about who deserves power. Start with...
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Comfort Reads for When Life Feels Too Loud
Comfort Reads for When Life Feels Too Loud
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Howl's Moving Castle and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Comfort can mean a quiet conversation, a familiar comic voice or the sight of people building a place where others belong. These choices favour companionship and practical kindness. They are not...
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Fantasy With Magic That Feels Strange Again
Fantasy With Magic That Feels Strange Again
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Lud-in-the-mist and Piranesi
A house with tides, fruit that a town refuses to name, a family living beside faerie: these books make the impossible feel like an encounter with something beyond possession. The selection follows...
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Urban Fantasy With Cities You Can Almost Walk Through
Urban Fantasy With Cities You Can Almost Walk Through
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The ghost bride and Golem and the Jinni
A good fantasy city has more than a recognisable skyline: someone has to work a shift, cross a boundary, find a room and get home. These 25 books make those routes matter. London’s hidden...
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Fantasy With Ingenious Magic Systems
Fantasy With Ingenious Magic Systems
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Emperor's Soul
A good magical rule gives a character something to work with and something to work around. These 25 novels and novellas make that pleasure part of the reading: precise commands, limited materials...
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Dark Fantasy With More to Offer Than Relentless Misery
Dark Fantasy With More to Offer Than Relentless Misery
by book_guy  • 
In common: Nettle & Bone
A dangerous world needs something worth noticing inside it: a friendship, a filthy joke, an astonishing creature, or a choice that still matters. These books earn their darkness through different...
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Funny Books for Readers Who Love Comic Timing
Funny Books for Readers Who Love Comic Timing
by book_guy  • 
In common: Good Omens
A funny premise helps, but the timing of a sentence is usually what makes a book worth returning to. These choices cover dry observation, social embarrassment, verbal surprises and absurd...
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Fantasy With Older Heroes Who Have Already Lived a Life
Fantasy With Older Heroes Who Have Already Lived a Life
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Hobbit
The past should give a fantasy hero more than an impressive name. These 25 books put experience to work: old friendships that still matter, responsibilities that cannot simply be abandoned, skills...
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Dragon Books With Different Ideas About Dragons
Dragon Books With Different Ideas About Dragons
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Hobbit
Dragons can be wildlife, neighbours, soldiers, rulers, machines or people with a very different view of the world. These 25 books explore that range, with attention to how creatures think, what...
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Asian-Inspired Fantasy With More Than a Decorative Setting
Asian-Inspired Fantasy With More Than a Decorative Setting
by book_guy  • 
In common: The ghost bride
A convincing fantasy world gives people more than striking scenery to move through. These 25 books make family obligations, religious ideas, political institutions, everyday practices or the...
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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Hobbit and Piranesi
Treat this as a set of doors into different kinds of reading. Familiar novels sit beside translated fiction, memoir, poetry, science and stories told in pictures, chosen for a memorable voice, an...
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