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Epic Fantasy World-building
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Magic for Liars
by Sarah Gailey YA F GAI
In a first novel by an Hugo Award-winning writer, a private investigator and talented liar embarks on a search for a killer at a California private academy for mages where her estranged, magically gifted twin hides in plain sight.
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The Magicians
by Lev Grossman FAN GRO
After graduating from a secret, exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, Quentin Coldwater finds that a fictional land from a series of childhood fantasy novels is real, but is more darker and dangerous than he could have imagined.
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Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle
by Patrick Rothfuss FAN ROT
This suspenseful coming-of-age story folllows Kvothe as he recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the most notorious wizard, musician, thief, and assassin in his world.
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Furies of Calderon
by Jim Butcher FAN BUT
In the land of Alera, where people bond with the furies--elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal--young Tavi struggles to cope with his lack of magical talent, until his homeland erupts into fierce conflct between rebels and loyalists and Tavi discovers that he holds the key to his realm's survival.
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The Way of Kings
by Brandon Sanderson FAN SAN
A new epic series by the best-selling writer of Robert Jordan's final Wheel of Time' novels introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery, and a woman who would save her impoverished house.
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The Bone Season
by Samantha Shannon FAN SHA
A first entry in a planned seven-part series is set in the mid-21st century where major world cities are controlled by a formidable security force and where clairvoyant underworld cell member Paige commits acts of psychic treason before being captured by an otherworldly race that would make her a part of their supernatural army.
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Wards of Faerie
by Terry Brooks FAN BRO
A first entry in a planned rapid-release trilogy set in the popular Shannara universe is set seven years after the High Druid series during a tumultuous period in the Four Lands, where young Druid Aphenglow stumbles on a dangerous secret about an Elven girl's heartbreak and the vanished Elfstones.
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Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
In the quiet English hamlet of Wall, Tristran Thorn embarks on a remarkable journey through the world of Faerie to recover a fallen star for his lover, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. 50,000 first printing.
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Well of Darkness
by Margaret Weis FAN WEI
The servant of a prince becomes a pawn is his master's power play to gain the throne, and soon his own ambitions to become a Magi lead him into the land of darkness.
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The Bear and the Nightingale
by Katherine Arden FAN ARD
A debut novel inspired by Russian fairy tales follows the experiences of a wild young girl who taps the mysterious powers of a precious necklace given to her father years earlier to save her village from dark and dangerous forces.
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The Life of Elves
by Muriel Barbery F BAR
Two girls from France and Italy who possess uncanny respective abilities to communicate with nature and perform music at a preternatural level come into contact with magical and malevolent forces before meeting each other in world-changing ways.
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Chosen Ones
by Veronica Roth FAN ROT
On the 10th anniversary of the Dark One’s defeat, one of the Chosen Ones—who brought the Dark One down—dies and the remaining four discover the Dark One’s ultimate goal was much bigger than they, the government or even prophecy could have foretold.
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The City of Brass
by S. A. Chakraborty FAN CHA
A young con artist of unsurpassed talent inadvertently summons a mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, revealing the existence of true magic before the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom falls into her hands.
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Monstress - Vol. 1
by Marjorie M Liu GN LIU
A survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and the Arcanics, teenager Maika Halfwolf is both the hunter and hunted as she seeks answers about her mysterious past.
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The Sisters of the Winter Wood
by Rena Rossner F ROS
A tale inspired by Jewish mythology is set in a woodland village on the border of Moldova and Ukraine and follows the experiences of two sheltered sisters who uncover a secret magical heritage.
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The Goblin Emperor
by Katherine Addison FAN ADD
Reluctantly elevated to the throne when his father and brothers are killed in a suspicious accident, an exiled half-goblin is rapidly overwhelmed by ambitious sycophants, imperial burdens, and dangerous plots while searching for friendship and love.
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The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan FAN JOR
Relates a tale of the bestial Trollocs, the witch Moiraine, and three boys, one of whom is fated to become the Dragon--the World's only hope and the sure means of its destruction.
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Uprooted
by Naomi Novik FAN NOV
A tale inspired by the "Beauty and the Beast" story follows the experiences of Agnieszka, who becomes the latest girl chosen to serve an immortal wizard who protects their village from the malevolent forces of a nearby forest.
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