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Fool's Errand
Fool's Errand Robin Hobb · 2001 · ★ 4.4 · 666p · ≈ 22h · Moderate Robin Hobb has emerged as one of today's foremost fantasy authors. Now she continues the adventures of one of her most popular heroes in the first book of what promises to be her most spectacular trilogy yet. Fool's ErrandFor fifteen years FitzChivalry Farseer has lived in self-imposed exile, assumed to be dead by almost all who once cared about him. But that is about to change when destiny seeks… Shares Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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Ironside Holly Black · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 329p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When pixie Kaye declares herself to Roiben on the day of his coronation, he is forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye is forbidden to see or speak to him unless she can find the one thing she knows doesn't exist: a faerie who can tell a lie. Shares Quests, Supernatural, Paranormal, Magic
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Fool's Fate Robin Hobb · 2003 · ★ 4.5 · 805p · ≈ 26h · Moderate A heralded writer of epic fantasy, Robin Hobb has given readers worlds within worlds in her heroic Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies. Now she takes the final step in the breathtaking trilogy of the Tawny Man, as the tale of FitzChivalry Farseer comes to an epic end. Rife with boundless adventure and unforgettable characters, Fool's Fate is destined to become a classic of the genre.Assassin,… Shares Quests, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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Last Dragonslayer (Last Dragonslayer, #1) Jasper Fforde · 2010 · ★ 4.3 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer--and Big Magic"--Provided by publisher. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians, but it is hard to stay in business when magic is drying up.… Shares Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
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Lord of Shadows Cassandra Clare · 2014 · ★ 4.4 · 752p · ≈ 25h · Moderate Would you trade your soul mate for your soul? A Shadowhunter's life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. the word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds *parabatai*, warrior partners--sworn to fight together, die together, but to never fall in love. Emma Carstairs has learned that the love she shares with her *parabatai*, Julia Blackthorn,… Shares Supernatural, Paranormal, Magic, Fantasy fiction
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The Royal Book of Oz Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1921 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Scarecrow searches for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Shares Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
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The Song of the Quarkbeast Jasper Fforde · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate King Snodd IV of the Kingdom of Hereford has realized that the power of magic has untold financial possibilities, and the man who controls magic controls almost anything. To this end, he has appointed as Official Court Sorcerer the odious Blix at Industrial Magic, one of only two Houses of Enchantment left in the world. With Blix's willing assistance, only one person stands between King Snodd and… Shares Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
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The Magic World Edith Nesbit · 1959 · ★ 3.8 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Twelve stories with magic occurrences. Shares Magic, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
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With the immortals Francis Marion Crawford · 1888 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares Supernatural, Paranormal with this book.
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The elixir of life (Auriol) William Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Supernatural, Paranormal with this book.
The Blade Itself
The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie · 2001 · ★ 4.5 · 531p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of… Shares Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony · 1977 · ★ 4.5 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled - where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs, dragons and basiliks.But poor Bink alone had no magic. And unless he got some - and fast - he would be exiled. The Good Magician Humfrey was convined that Bink did indeed have magic, magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or Good Magician Humfrey… Shares Magic, Fantasy
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Hunted Maggie Stiefvater · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In the world of Erdas, only a rare few are able to summon a spirit animal in the way Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have. The bond they share with their animals is a partnership that allows them to access more-than-human abilities. But what if there was another way to create a spirit animal--to force the bond, giving the human partner total control? And what if someone with selfish… Shares Quests, Supernatural, Paranormal, Fantasy fiction
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Rinkitink in Oz L. Frank Baum · 1916 · ★ 3.8 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Moderate When all the inhabitants of Pingaree are kidnapped by the mongrel hordes of twin island kingdoms, Prince Inga and his friend King Rinkitink decide to go to the rescue. Shares Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
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Flight of the Moon Dragon Tracey West · 2016 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Light Shares Quests, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction with this book.
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Midnight over Sanctaphrax Paul Stewart · 2001 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Twig has the caterbird tethered to his ship, the edgedancer, and is being led into a storm never seen before, on his way to find his father. Twig soon learns that this storm is the mother storm, and that the mythical place, called riverisse is real. And is torn between a simple yet complicated choice. Cut the anchor chain of sanctaphrax, and all of the edges knowledge, to save riverisse, or have… Shares Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
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The Goat-Foot God Violet M. Firth (Dion Fortune) · 1971 · ★ 4.0 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Desperate and wretched after the death of his wife at the hands of her lover, Hugh Paston becomes engrossed in the occult and goes on a quest for Pan, aided by an old bookseller called Jelkes. In order to fulfil his desire he buys an old monastery to convert into a temple for Pan. The monastery is haunted however by the spirit of a fifteenth century prior who was walled up for his pagan beliefs… Shares Paranormal, Children's fiction
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The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce · 1982 · ★ 4.2 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Aeriel is kidnapped by the Darkangel, swept up into his dozens of black wings and carried to his distant keep. There she is to serve his brides - thirteen pitiful creatures who were once beautiful, before the Darkangel drained away their souls. Aeriel would free them, but now that she, too, is one of the Darkangel's captives, she can do no other than obey - even while she knows she must destroy… Shares Supernatural, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction

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