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The Best Fantasy Books and Novels

For most readers, your book is your escape from the rest of the world. And while you can flee to whatever world you’d like, fantasy books have a knack for being the most welcoming place to go. The best fantasy books not only distract you from the real world, but make you feel like you’re part of another, vastly more exciting one. 

Some of us enjoy worlds that are a little more familiar, such as historical fantasy books, or worlds that we can potentially visit (if only in a theme park) like books for folks who love Disney. Sometimes we need a little more distraction, and so our list of afrofuturism books that explore the past, present, and future may be necessary.

If you’re in need, there are always classics to fall back on, such as fantasy books with dragons or fantasy books for Harry Potter or Game of Thrones fans. Whatever magical goings-on are needed in your literary escape, you can rest assured that there’s a fantasy book out there that will suit your needs. 

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Finding Baba Yaga
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by Jane Yolen
Moon of Israel
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by H. Rider Haggard
The Grimm Reader
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by Maria Tatar, A. S. Byatt
On Wings of Magic
On Wings of Magic
by Andre Norton, Patricia Mathews, Sasha Miller
Murder on Millionaires' Row
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by Erin Lindsey
The Adventures of Brak the Barbarian Volume One
The Adventures of Brak the Barbarian Volume One
by John Jakes
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by Robert McCammon
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by Wendy Alec
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by Bram Stoker, Rick Wilber
The Circle
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by Sara B. Elfgren, Mats Strandberg
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by Robert McCammon
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by Claire Legrand
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by Anthony C. Yu
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Arthur Rex
by Thomas Berger
Titus Groan
Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake, Anthony Burgess
Lioness Rampant
Lioness Rampant
by Tamora Pierce
The Beauty and the Beast
The Beauty and the Beast
by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, Minalima
Splintered
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by A. G. Howard
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by Christelle Dabos
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The Foretelling
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by Alice Hoffman
The Wolf's Hour
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by Robert McCammon
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by Carol J. Perry
White Horses
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by Alice Hoffman
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Are You Loathsome Tonight?
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The Hammer and the Cross
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by Harry Harrison
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by Ray Bradbury
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Deathbird Stories
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by Harlan Ellison
The Folly of the World
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The Conductors
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by Nicole Glover
Uncertain Magic
Uncertain Magic
by Laura Kinsale
The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump
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The Curse of the Blue Figurine
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by Nancy A. Collins
Caught Dead Handed
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by Robert Lynn Asprin, Lynn Abbey, Joe Haldeman, John Brunner, Philip Jose Farmer
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by William Morris
Sister Light, Sister Dark
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by Jane Yolen
Swan Song
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by Robert McCammon
Beauty
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by Robin McKinley
Forever
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by Pete Hamill
The Broken Sword
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by Poul Anderson, Michael Dirda
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by Elizabeth Hand
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by Robin McKinley
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JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series is the most-read fantasy series of all time. Other popular fantasy books include JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and George RR Martin’s Game of Thrones series. 

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that is defined by its fantasy world settings and supernatural or otherwise unnatural characters. While its magical elements can be inspired by mythology or folklore, what’s important is that its characters and/or setting is fictional and imaginary.