Best Fantasy Books

A criminal mastermind assembles a crew of six dangerous outcasts to pull off an impossible heist from the world's most secure prison.

The fifth and culminating volume of the first arc of the Stormlight Archive, bringing Kaladin, Shallan, and Dalinar to their final confrontation with Odium's champion in a battle for the fate of Roshar.

Following the events Under the Mountain, Feyre adjusts to life as a High Fae and discovers that the Spring Court is not the safe haven she believed.

Kaz Brekker and the Dregs execute an increasingly complex series of heists and cons across Ketterdam to reclaim what was stolen from them and destroy those who betrayed them.

In a world where ash falls from the sky and the Dark Lord won a thousand years ago, a young thief with extraordinary magical ability joins a crew planning the most audacious heist in history.

Five kings war over the Iron Throne as supernatural threats gather beyond the Wall, and Tyrion Lannister arrives in King's Landing to impose order on a kingdom descending into chaos.

The daughter of Helios discovers within herself the power of witchcraft and spends millennia on her island exile developing her craft and encountering the heroes and monsters of Greek myth.

Clary and Jace travel to Idris, the Shadowhunters' hidden homeland, where Valentine seeks the power to destroy all Downworlders — and a revelation about Clary's true identity changes everything she thought she knew.

As the King's Champion, Celaena Sardothien is supposed to eliminate his enemies — but she has been secretly protecting her targets while uncovering shocking truths about her own identity and the darkness at the heart of Adarlan's power.

Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts is shadowed by a mysterious voice in the walls and a series of petrifications tied to the legend of a Chamber of Secrets. When the Heir of Slytherin opens the Chamber again, Harry must confront a darkness rooted in the wizarding world's oldest prejudices.

Celaena travels to the fae kingdom of Wendlyn to master her powers, while a new threat — the Valg, demonic beings from another world — descends on Adarlan with the King's devastating backing.

The third installment of The Empyrean series follows Violet Sorrengail and Xaden Riorson as they venture beyond the Aretia wards to discover what truly threatens their world.

A young miner from Mars's lowest caste disguises himself as one of the ruling class and infiltrates their elite military academy to bring down the society that enslaved his people.

The first volume completed by Brandon Sanderson from Robert Jordan's notes: Rand al'Thor approaches psychological breaking point as the Last Battle nears, while Egwene fights to reunite the fractured White Tower from within its walls.

A caseworker for magical children is sent to evaluate a mysterious orphanage housing the most dangerous magical children in existence, where he finds something unexpected: a home.

Kvothe continues his legendary life story, traveling to foreign courts and distant lands while attending the University and becoming the man of myth and music his world knows.

Nesta Archeron and Cassian are trapped in a brutal training regimen together, slowly discovering that their mutual antagonism masks something much harder to fight.

Feyre returns to the Spring Court as a spy, and the war against Hybern that has been building since the first book finally arrives in a climax that reshapes Prythian.

The fifth installment of A Song of Ice and Fire follows Jon Snow at the Wall, Tyrion in exile, Daenerys ruling Meereen, and Stannis marching on Winterfell.

A girl discovers a secret door in her new home that leads to an Other world with an Other Mother who seems perfect — but wants to keep Coraline forever.

Harry's fifth year is defined by institutional persecution, Voldemort's growing power, and the devastating loss of the person who most represented his connection to his parents. The Ministry of Magic has declared war on the truth, and Dolores Umbridge has come to Hogwarts to enforce it.

Bryce Quinlan finds herself in an unfamiliar world — the world of the Fae, inhabited by characters from Maas's other series. Meanwhile, Hunt, Ruhn, and their allies fight to survive in Midgard as the Asteri's grip tightens. The conclusion of the Crescent City trilogy draws all threads — and all of Maas's worlds — together.

Rand struggles to unite the world's factions while two rival groups of Aes Sedai compete to control him, culminating in the Battle of Dumai's Wells — one of the most celebrated action sequences in epic fantasy. The series crosses the thousand-page threshold for the first time.

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of a Greek god and must prevent a war among the Olympians by recovering Zeus's stolen master lightning bolt.