The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson is a highly acclaimed and popular novel that has won numerous awards and received critical acclaim for its world-building, characterization, and storytelling. With intricate magic systems, complex characters, and a gripping plot, “The Final Empire” has been praised for its originality, depth, and emotional resonance. While the Cosmere provides … Read more
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” This is the famous … Read more
At some point, everyone wishes they could escape the real world into somewhere new and exciting. That is precisely how C.S Lewis makes his readers feel. Lewis’s famous novel The Chronicles of Narnia makes readers yearn for more, both young and old. The protagonists of this novel are four children coming from the real world. … Read more
The Glass Castle is a brilliant Christian fantasy book tailored to older children and young adults, set in a mysterious land whose king is close to death and looking for his heir. His wife is eager to inherit the throne or to produce an heir that will but she has one problem – the king … Read more
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was written by V.E. Schwab. Schwab has written a variety of books, most of which slot into the fantasy genre but some explore history and science fiction, too. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue follows a young woman, living a poor and desperate life in turbulent 18th-century France. It … Read more
The escapism that fantasy books offer is like no other genre. Great fantasy books find a way to present a world that you are unfamiliar with and make it relatable. One such book is Howl’s Moving Castle, and it stands on its own. While Howl’s Moving Castle is unique, it makes use of fantasy tropes … Read more
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer is a bestselling five-book series that reimagine popular fairy tales in futuristic settings. The classic fairy tales included are Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Little Red Riding Hood. This series is very clever and merges the digital world with classic stories that have been cherished by children and adults … Read more
Neil Gaiman’s American Gods tells the electrifying and action-packed tale of Shadow Moon, an ex-convict roped into being a bodyguard for the strange Mr. Wednesday. Yet there’s more to Mr. Wednesday than what meets the eye, and soon, Shadow finds himself embroiled in the coming conflict between the old and new gods of America. American … Read more
With a popular video game and hit Netflix series, almost everyone has at least heard of The Witcher. But this fantasy world was gracing bookshelves long before it came to life on screen. Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski wrote the brilliant book saga in the 1990s. If you’ve read the series, you know how quickly this … Read more
Magical realism seamlessly blends together the fantastic with real life. It allows us as readers to dive into a world that is realistic but filled with magic and can often be used to portray deeper meanings of life and culture. Piranesi by Susanna Clark is a novel that invites readers into a world filled with … Read more