Best Fantasy Books

The fifth Bridge Kingdom book, continuing the saga of warring kingdoms with new dangers, forbidden love, and the fragile politics of a hard-won peace, in Danielle L. Jensen's enemies-to-lovers fantasy world.

An assassin is released from the salt mines and offered her freedom in exchange for competing in a tournament to become the king's champion.

A Beauty and the Beast retelling set in a dangerous fae world where a mortal huntress is dragged into an immortal court and must navigate deadly magic and forbidden love.

The second book of the Saga of the Unfated, in which the goddess-blooded shield maiden Freya navigates deepening war, divine politics, and a fated romance tested by impossible loyalties.

The conclusion of the Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy, in which Evangeline must untangle the curses, memories, and bargains that bind her, and decide the fate of her heart and the Prince of Hearts.

The conclusion of the Elements of Cadence duology, in which conflict between the isle's clans and its elemental spirits comes to a head, and Jack and Adaira face the cost of their bonds to the land and each other.

Meg Murry, her genius brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin travel through space and time using a tesseract to rescue Meg's father from an evil force controlling the universe.

Sixteen-year-old Clary Fray discovers a secret world of Shadowhunters, demons, warlocks, and vampires hidden within New York City.

A teenage boy inherits a shed that contains a portal to a dark fairy-tale kingdom, and must enter it to save a world he barely understands.

The conclusion of the Caraval trilogy, in which the Dragna sisters face the consequences of their bargains, the Fates' growing power, and the final choices that will decide their hearts and their world.

A fantasy romance set in a war college for dragon riders, following a young woman who must survive her first year among the most dangerous cadets in the world.

A companion novel to The Plated Prisoner series, continuing the world and characters beyond the main five-book arc with new perspectives and the dark, gold-soaked romantasy fans love.

In an alternative Napoleonic England where magic was once commonplace, two very different magicians attempt to restore English magic — with dangerous and unforeseen consequences.

The second Caraval novel, told from Tella's perspective, as she plays a far more dangerous game with the Fates themselves and the mysterious Legend at stake.

Set in the world of Caraval, a young woman who believes in true love strikes a dangerous bargain with the wicked, charismatic Prince of Hearts to stop the wedding of the man she loves.

A hardened thief from a dying desert world is wrenched through a portal into a frozen fae kingdom, where her rare alchemical gift makes her a weapon both sides want — and a fae warrior becomes her most infuriating ally.

The second Once Upon a Broken Heart book, in which Evangeline and the Prince of Hearts are bound together on a perilous quest, their dangerous bond deepening amid new curses, betrayals, and magic.

A mortal girl raised in the world of the faerie courts must navigate dangerous politics and her complicated feelings for the prince who torments her most.

The third Bridge Kingdom book, in which the war widens and a new generation is drawn into the conflict, testing alliances, loyalties, and the fragile peace Lara and Aren fought to build.

A war orphan from rural China passes the national imperial exam and attends the country's most elite military academy, where she discovers she has the power to channel the gods of war.

Jude Duarte returns to Elfhame to reclaim her throne and confront the curse that has fallen on Cardan, culminating in the resolution of the Folk of the Air trilogy.

A Norse-inspired romantasy in which a shield maiden discovers she is the prophesied daughter of a goddess, binding her to an ambitious king's cause — and to his magnetic, dangerous son.

A Scottish-inspired adult fantasy in which a bard returns to his magical home isle to find missing girls, the living spirits of the land, and the woman he left behind, on a windswept island divided between two clans.

The third Assistant and the Villain book, in which Evie and the Villain face their greatest dangers yet as the cozy comedy's emotional stakes and central romance reach new heights.