Fantasy
From sweeping epics to modern fairytales, and from vivid historical fantasy to fresh contemporary magic, here is a vast variety of recent fantastic fiction to try. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise noted. (Created August 2024)
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Dancers of the Dawn
One of the queen's most formidable weapons, rare flame-wielder Aasira must use her power to execute enemies of the crown, but as war looms around and secrets swirl, she questions whether she was truly born to kill.
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
In 1918, field nurse Laura Iven returns to Belgium to uncover the truth about her brother Freddie's supposed death in combat, while Freddie, unable to return to the killing fields, take refuge with a mysterious man who has the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.
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The Longest Autumn
A debut fantasy about a human who gets trapped with the god of Autumn, who brings with him life-threatening danger and a forbidden romance.
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The Crane Husband
A best-selling author offers a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family.
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The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
A historical fantasy novel set on a grand express train follows a group of passengers on a dangerous journey across a magical landscape.
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Rakesfall
Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through the ages, friendships that outpace the claws of death, loves that leave their mark on civilization, and promises that nothing can break. This is one such story. Annelidand Leveret met as children in the middle of the Sri Lankan civil war. They found each other in a torn-up nation, peering through propaganda to grasp a deeper truth. And in a demon-haunted wood, another act of violence linked them and propelled their souls on a journey throughout the ages. No world can hold them, no life can bind them, and they'll never leave each other behind.
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The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
While trying to settle into a life of piety, motherhood and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural, Amina al-Sirafi, one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates, is offered a job she cannot refuse, but soon discovers this final chance at glory comes with a high price--her soul.
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The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
Eveen the Eviscerator is skilled, discreet, professional, and here for your most pressing needs in the ancient city of Tal Abisi. Her guild is strong, her blades are sharp, and her rules are simple. When the Festival of the Clockwork King turns the city upside down, Eveen’s newest mission brings her face-to-face with a past she isn’t supposed to remember and a vow she can’t forget.
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The Palace of Eros
A bold and subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros explores the power of queer joy and freedom.
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Foul Days
As a witch in a walled city, Kosara has had practice treating lycanthrope bites, bargaining with kikimoras, and slaying bloodsucking upirs. There’s only one monster she can’t defeat: her ex, the Tsar of Monsters. She’s defied him one too many times and now he’s hunting her. Kosara’s only choice is to trade her shadow—the source of her powers—for an escape. Unfortunately, Kosara develops a sickness that plagues shadowless witches—and only reclaiming her magic can cure her. To find it, she has to team up with a suspicious detective. Even worse, all the clues point in one direction: To get her shadow back, Kosara will have to face a huge threat without it. And she’s only got twelve days.
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