Fantasy
Do you prefer high fantasy with high stakes or cosy fantasy to cuddle up with? Whatever your subgenre of choice, fantasy reads offer the ultimate escape. From monsters to magic, fae to fire-breathing dragons, folklore to facing deadly trials, real-world (kind of) to romantasy, you’re sure to find your favourite new world here.
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The Tempest
William Shakespeare
John Gilbert

The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov

Past Perfect
Danielle Steel

The Mortal Word
Genevieve Cogman

Windwitch
Susan Dennard

Fluke
James Herbert

Bright Ruin
Vic James

From the Earth to the Shadows
Amanda Hocking

Between the Blade and the Heart
Amanda Hocking

The Last Days of New Paris
China Miéville

Four to Score
Janet Evanovich

Sworn in Steel
Douglas Hulick

Shriek
Jeff VanderMeer

City of Saints and Madmen
Jeff VanderMeer

Veniss Underground
Jeff VanderMeer

The Lost Plot
Genevieve Cogman

Firestorm
Lucy Hounsom

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier
Mark Frost

Skullsworn
Brian Staveley

Tarnished City
Vic James

The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle

Heartland
Lucy Hounsom

Starborn
Lucy Hounsom

Lord of the Darkwood
Lian Hearn

Vowed
Liz de Jager

The Traders' War
Charles Stross

The Eternal Kingdom
Ben Peek

The Never King
James Abbott

Wrath
John Gwynne

Heaven's Net is Wide
Lian Hearn

Fierce Gods
Col Buchanan

This Census-Taker
China Miéville

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Helen Oyeyemi

Freeks
Amanda Hocking

Emperor of the Eight Islands
Lian Hearn

Gilded Cage
Vic James

Truthwitch
Susan Dennard

Grass for His Pillow
Lian Hearn

The Burning Page
Genevieve Cogman

God of Clocks
Alan Campbell