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Novels
Adams, Richard. Watership Down. Fic Ada
A group of hardy Berkshire rabbits share many adventures together as they search for a safe place to establish a new warren after the destruction of their community.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Hawksong. Fic Atw
In a land that has been at war so long that no one remembers the reason for fighting, the shapeshifters who rule the two factions agree to marry in the hope of bringing peace, despite deep-seated fear and distrust of each other.
Black, Holly. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale. Fic Bla
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.
Brown, Mary. Pigs Don't Fly. FIC BRO
Seventeen-year-old Summer, an orphan with a small dowry and a magic ring, finds herself helping a variety of creatures including a pig with wings, a starved turtle, and a knight who has lost both sight and memory.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Fic Car
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
Cash, Steve. The Meq. Fic Cas
Twelve-year-old Zianno Zezen learns that he is a member of a race known as the Meq and posseses amazing powers which he endeavors to use against a sinister villian, the Flower of Evil.
Cochran, Molly. The Forever King. FIC COC
The Holy Grail's protectors are few and weak, an ex-FBI agent, an old gentleman, and a ten-year-old boy, Arthur Blessing.
Also try:
The Broken Sword
Cochran, Molly. World without End. Fic Coc
Sam Smith becomes a target of assassins after he discovers a clue to the location of the lost continent of Atlantis, but he is transported out of their reach when he travels into the past where he gains the knowledge that may help him save the world of his own time.
Crichton, Michael. The 13th Warrior: The Manuscript of Ibn Fodlan, Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922. Fic Cri
Ibn Fadlan sets out in A.D. 922 as an ambassador from Bagdad to the King of Saqalaba, but before he arrives, he meets Viking chieftain Buliwyf, and joins him on a mission to Scandinavia where they must battle the monsters threatening the land.
De Haven, Tom. It's Superman!: A Novel. Fic Deh
In rural Kansas in the 1930s, young Clark Kent discovers he possesses superpowers that will help him fight the world's most evil criminals.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales. Fic Doy
Professor Challenger leads an expedition to explore an isolated plateau rising above the Amazon jungles where they discover dinosaurs, primitive ape-men, and prehistoric monsters.
Ende, Michael. The Neverending Story. Fic End
Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.
Fforde, Jasper. The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime. Fic Ffo
Detective Inspector Jack Spratt, head of the Nursery Crime Division of the Reading police force, teams up with his new partner Mary Mary to investigate the suspicious death of Humpty Dumpty, an ex-convict and former millionaire philanthropist who was found shattered to death in a bad part of town.
Also try:
The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime
Fforde, Jasper. The Eyre Affair: A Novel. Fic Ffo
In a surreal version of Great Britain, Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection, investigates the kidnapping of Jane Eyre.
Also try:
Thursday Next in Lost in a good book: a novel.
Thursday Next in The Well of Lost Plots : A Novel.
Thursday Next in Something Rotten : A Novel.
Foster, Alan Dean. The Hand of Dinotopia. Fic Fos
Wille and Sylvia search for the mysterious Hand of Dinotopia, which will supposedly lead to a safe sea route to and from the hidden island where people and dinosaurs live together peacefully.
Also try:
Dinotopia Lost
Gardner, John. Grendel. Fic Gar
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own version of the story.
Hambly, Barbara. Stranger at the Wedding. PB FAN HAM
Kyra, a journeyman wizard, heads home to the family that disowned her to save her sister from a spell of death.
Hilton, James. Lost Horizon. Fic Hil
Welcome to Shangri-La, high in the distant reaches of the Tibetan mountains where a group of worldly men and women have stumbled upon a land of mystery and matchless beauty, where life is lived in tranquil wonder, beyond the grasp of a doomed world. And a great secret is kept hidden.
James, L. Dean. Summerland. PB FAN Jam
After watching her family be destroyed during the drought of the year of the fire, Jamie Weston vows to find the rain, for she is the key to humanity's salvation--the sole challenge to a terrifying conspiracy of magical alien technologies that would annihilate a civilization--just for fun.
Larbalestier, Justine. Magic or Madness. Fic Lar
From the Sydney, Australia home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she discovers that friends and foes can be hard to distinguish.
Also try:
Magic Lessons.
Magic's Child.
Le Guin, Ursula K. The Beginning Place. FIC LEG
Two young people meet in a magical, peaceful world, but they soon find their refuge becoming a place of horrors and nightmares.
Le Guin, Ursula K. Gifts. Fic Leg
When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.
Also try:
Powers
L'Engle, Madeleine. Many Waters. Fic Len
The fifteen-year-old Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys, are accidentally sent back to a strange Biblical time period, in which mythical beasts roam the desert and a man named Noah is building a boat in preparation for a great flood.
Lewis, C. S. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold. FIC LEW
Tells the story of two princesses, one beautiful and the other unattractive, in a reworking of the classical myth of Psyche, a mortal woman so beautiful she inspired the wrath of Venus and the love of Cupid.
Marr, Melissa. Wicked Lovely. Fic Mar
Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance.
McCaffrey, Anne. Dinosaur Planet. Fic McC
A crew is sent to Ireta to catalogue fauna, flora, and search for new energy sources, but the results of their investigations were unexpected. Then suddenly members of the crew began to change. What caused the change?
McCaffrey, Anne. Dragonflight. Fic McC
Lessa, the last of the bloodline of Ruatha, disguises herself as a kitchen drudge, biding her time until she can reclaim her birthright, but her plans are changed with she is pressed into service as a Weyr woman to the new dragon queen and charged with helping rebuild the dragon force in time to combat an attack of the deadly Thread.
Also try:
The White Dragon.
Dragonsong.
Dragonsinger.
Dragondrums.
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern.
All the Weyrs of Pern.
The Dolphins of Pern.
McCaffrey, Anne. Killashandra. FIC MCC
Sequel to: Crystal singer. Aware that her presence on Ballybran constitutes a threat to her lover, Killashandra goes undercover to find a much-needed crystal.
McCaffrey, Anne. Lyon's Pride. Fic McC
The children of Damia and Afra Lyon unite their telepathic powers to destroy the Hiver aliens that threaten their peaceful world.
McKillip, Patricia A. The Moon and the Face. FIC MCK
Kyreol's mission to another planet and Terje's trip to observe their old river home both meet with unexpected dangers and an eventual melding of very different cultures.
McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown. FIC MCK
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, domon-haunted North.
Miller, Rand. Myst: The Book of Atrus. Fic Mil
Anna creates a stir when she finds her way from the outside world into the domain of the D'ni, and the inhabitants of the underground society are further shaken when she meets and marries one of their young lords.
Also try:
Myst: The Book of Ti'ana
Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. Fic Pao
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
Also try:
Eldest
Brisingr, or, the Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular.
Pogue, Charles Edward. Dragonheart. PB FAN Pog
When young King Einon betrays Sr Bowen's teachings, Bowen teams up wth a rebel, a traveling bard, and a wise dragon to save the kingdom from destruction.
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass. Fic
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Also try:
The Subtle Knife.
The Amber Spyglass.
Saint Exupéry, Antoine de. The Little Prince. FIC SAI
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little man from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe seeking the secret of what is really important in life.
Silverberg, Robert. Lord Valentine's Castle. FIC SIL
On the planet of Majipoor, Prince Valentine undertakes a dangerous quest to reclaim his birthright and his realm.
Stewart, Mary. The Crystal Cave. FIC STE
Follows Merlin the magician from his childhood of the King of Wales until Arthur's birth.
Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. Fic Swi
Presents Jonathan Swift's satire in which a shipwrecked Englishman encounters bizarre populations in unheard-of lands, including an enlightened race of horses that makes him see his fellow humans in a different light; and includes explanatory notes and a note on the text, which is based on the 1726 edition.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings. FIC TOL
Frodo the hobbit and a band of warriors from different kingdoms set out to destroy the Ring of Power before the evil Sauron grasps control.
Also try:
The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings.
The Return of the King: Being the Third Part o The Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit or, There and Back Again. FIC TOL
The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Fic Tol
Includes "The Silmarillion," and four short works: "The Ainulindale," "The Valaquenta," "The Akallabeth," and "Of the Rings of Power."
Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Fic Tol
A collection of Tolkien's unpublished manuscripts dealing with events from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Rings.
Verne, Jules. Around The World in Eighty Days. Fic Ver
In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.
White, T. H. The Once and Future King. Fic Whi
Tells the story of the youth and reign of King Arthur, the establishment of the Round Table, and the search for the Holy Grail.
Wilde, Oscar. The Birthday of the Infanta. FIC WIL
A grotesque dwarf falls in love with the beautiful Infanta.
Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose. Fic Yol
The tale of Sleeping Beauty and the dark tale of the Holocaust twined together in a story of darkness and redemption.
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Short Stories
The Cracked Looking Glass: Stories of Other Realities. SC Cra
A collection of nine short stories about other realities.
De Lint, Charles. Waifs and Strays. SC Del
A collection of sixteen short fantasy stories about modern teenagers--many whom also appear in the author's novels.
Realms of Wizardry. SC Rea
A collection of sixteen short fantasy stories divided as fantasy as legend, fantasy as satire, fantasy as romance, fantasy as adventure story, and new directions in fantasy.
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Nonfiction
Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: A Source Book and Research Guide. 398 Myt
Provides descriptions and the historical origins of well-known creatures of fantasy. Also includes a summary chapter for lesser known creatures.
Created February, 2010.
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