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- The Hobbit
series2 books1937
completed
part of Tolkien's legendarium
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The Hobbit (1937) is J. R. R. Tolkien's children's fantasy novel following the reluctant burglar Bilbo Baggins, who joins a company of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf on a journey to reclaim treasure guarded by the dragon Smaug. It stands as a complete adventure on its own, but shares its setting with the rest of Tolkien's legendarium and leads into the events of The Lord of the Rings.
- Legends & Lattes
series9 books2022
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Travis Baldree's cozy fantasy series follows Viv, a battle-worn orc mercenary who trades her sword for an apron to open the first coffeehouse in the city of Thune, winning over skeptical customers and a rival guild alike. Bookshops & Bonedust returns to her mercenary days as a prequel, and the series has become a byword for low-stakes fantasy built on found family rather than warfare.
- The Unfinished Angel
Sharon Creechstandalone novel2009
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Publisher's Description: "In the ancient stone tower of the Casa Rosa, in a tiny village high in the Swiss Alps, life for one angel has been the same, well, for as long as she (or he?) can remember. Until Zola arrives, a determined American girl who wears three skirts all at once. For neighbors who have been longtime enemies, children who have been lost, and villagers who have been sleepily living their lives: hold on. Zola and the angel are about to collide. Figs start flying, dogs start arfing, and the whole village begins to wake up. Zola is a girl with a mission. And our angel has been without one—till now."
- Cerulean Chronicles
series2 books2020
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TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea follows Linus Baker, a caseworker for a bureaucratic agency overseeing magical children, sent to investigate an orphanage whose six unusual residents, including the literal antichrist, complicate his usual detachment. Somewhere Beyond the Sea shifts to a new protagonist connected to the same island and its found family. Both books use a gentle, whimsical tone to work through themes of institutional prejudice and belonging.
- The Ogress and the Orphans
Kelly Barnhillstandalone novel2022
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The Ogress and the Orphans is a children's book by American writer Kelly Barnhill and published on March 8, 2022, by Algonquin Books. It counts the events of a small fictional town, which loses its charm after the library is burned down and an orphan goes missing, leading to its citizen becoming less welcoming and more suspicious of one another, eventually blaming an ogress who had just moved in.
- Nevermoor / Morrigan Crow
series4 books2017
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The Nevermoor Series is a fantasy children's book series written by Australian author Jessica Townsend. The series centres around Morrigan Crow, a cursed child living in the Wintersea Republic fated to die on the last day of the year, Eventide. When it comes time for her to die on Eventide day, she is saved by Jupiter North and taken to the city of Nevermoor, where Jupiter is a hotel owner and member of the Wundrous Society, a prestigious institution where each member has a "knack", a supernatural ability that allows them to be better than average.
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhillstandalone novel2016
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From the Copyright page: An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.
- Everyday Magic
Jess Kiddstandalone novel2021
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Welcome to Little Snoddington, where nothing is normal and every day is magic... Nine-year-old Alfie Blackstack's parents have met a very unfortunate end. Now he's living in the dark and cobwebby Switherbroom Hall with his mad-haired Aunt Gertie and warty Aunt Zita, who would really like to pickle him. Before long, Alfie realises his aunts aren't just the weird local chemists, they're witches!
- Nell O'Dell Hates Quests
Emily B. Martinstandalone novel2026
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What happens when the quest finds you, despite your best efforts? A reluctant adventurer sets off on an unexpected journey in this broadly appealing fantasy at once earnest and self-aware, funny and heartfelt, and thoroughly charming. Nell O’Dell yearns for a quiet life tending her garden and caring for her chickens. Unfortunately, her family runs the bustling Crossroads Inn—accommodating all species of patron from fairies to fauns to half-giants, most of them questers on their way to seek glory and fortune. What’s more, her parents are retired questers themselves, and everyone assumes that Nell will follow in their footsteps. Then the day comes when a letter arrives from the government, threatening the Inn and all that Nell holds dear, and someone needs to go on a short journey to the capital to take care of it. Nell is the only one available—but that's fine, because it's just a boring business trip, not a quest! Even if she does find herself up against an excitable travel partner, a thief in the night, a stolen treasure, and a mysterious knife . . . Lively black-and-white illustrations by the author embellish this breezy, bighearted adventure that will satisfy both longtime questers and first-time visitors to the genre.
- Watership Down
series21 books1972
completed
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Watership Down is Richard Adams's 1972 novel following a group of rabbits who flee the destruction of their warren and cross the English countryside of Hampshire in search of a new home, developing over the journey a full rabbit culture of language, proverbs, and mythology. Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.
- Howl's Castle
series3 books1986
completed
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Howl's Moving Castle (1986) follows Sophie Hatter, cursed by the Witch of the Waste into an old woman's body, who takes refuge in the wandering castle of the wizard Howl and strikes an uneasy bargain with his fire demon Calcifer while trying to break the spell. Diana Wynne Jones returned to the same magical kingdom in Castle in the Air (1990), following a new lead character, Abdullah, with Sophie and Howl appearing in supporting roles, and again in House of Many Ways (2008).
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandannastandalone novel2022
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is a 2022 cozy fantasy and romance novel, and the adult debut from author Sangu Mandanna.
