Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (collectively known as speculative fiction or science fiction/fantasy)

In its broadest sense, fantasy comprises works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians, from ancient myths and legends to many recent works embraced by a wide audience today, including
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Night Tiger
Courting Darkness (Courting Darkness Duology, #1)
Enchantée
Smoke & Summons (Numina Trilogy, #1)
Bloodwitch (The Witchlands, #3)
We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)
The Raven Tower
The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons, #1)
The City in the Middle of the Night
Lady Smoke (Ash Princess Trilogy #2)
The Cerulean  (Untitled Duology, #1)
Crown of Feathers (Crown of Feathers, #1)
Warrior of the Wild
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  • In a Badger Way (Honey Badger Chronicles, #2)
    Sin & Salvation (Demigods of San Francisco, #3)
    Bite Of Winter (Fae's Captive, #3)
    Circe
    Fae's Captive (Fae's Captive, #1)
    Boundary Broken (Boundary Magic, #4)
    The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
    Sin & Chocolate (Demigod of San Francisco, #1)
    Gypsy Moon (All The Pretty Monsters, #4)
    Sin & Magic (Demigod of San Francisco #2)
    Protector (the Full-Blood Series #1)
    Norse Mythology
    Underlord (Cradle, #6)
    Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #3)
    The One (The Selection, #3)
    The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingA Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
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    The Final Empire by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
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    Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAlanna by Tamora PiercePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
    The Hobbit or There and Back Again
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
    A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
    The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
    A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
    The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
    The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
    The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
    A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

    Madeline Miller

    Author of The Song of Achilles

    Madeline Miller was born in Boston and grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. She attended Brown University, where she earned her BA and MA in Classics. For the last ten years she has been teaching and tutoring Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students. She has also studied at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, and in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA, where she teaches and writes. The Song of Achilles is her first novel.

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    “ Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can! ”
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