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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Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #1)
How High We Go in the Dark
Anatomy: A Love Story
Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2)
A Letter to Three Witches
The Starless Crown (Moon Fall, #1)
Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7)
The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1)
The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)
Goliath
The Red Palace
Road of Bones
The Kindred
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves
Heavenly Bodies (Heavenly Bodies Book #1)
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  • The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
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    Midlife Witch Hunter (Forty Proof #6)
    Circe
    The School for Good Mothers
    Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
    Caraval (Caraval, #1)
    Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
    Court (Crave, #4)
    Wild Knight (Midnight Empire: The Tower, #1)
    The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
    Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow #1)
    A Throne of Feathers and Bone (Honey and Ice Trilogy, #2)
    Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
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    Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
    The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
    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 Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
    The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
    The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
    A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

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