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Ongoing series2016

A Court of Mist and Fury

Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses

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Ongoing series2015

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses

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Magic
High
Complete series2020

A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik

The Scholomance

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2011

A Discovery of Witches

Deborah Harkness

All Souls

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Magic
High
Cover of A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Unfinished series1996

A Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin

A Song of Ice and Fire

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Magic
Low
Complete series2021

A Marvellous Light

Freya Marske

The Last Binding

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Magic
High
Standalone2021

A Master of Djinn

P. Djeli Clark

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Complete series2006

A Shadow in Summer

Daniel Abraham

The Long Price Quartet

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2007

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Brandon Sanderson

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2021

Amari and the Night Brothers

B. B. Alston

Supernatural Investigations

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Magic
High
Complete series2018

Aru Shah and the End of Time

Roshani Chokshi

Pandava Quintet

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Magic
High
Complete series1995

Assassin's Apprentice

Robin Hobb

The Farseer Trilogy

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series2020

Beware of Chicken

Casualfarmer

Beware of Chicken

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Magic
High
Complete series2022

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Rebecca Thorne

Tomes & Tea

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Magic
High
Complete series2020

Daughter of No Worlds

Carissa Broadbent

The War of Lost Hearts

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Magic
High
Complete series2023

Divine Rivals

Rebecca Ross

Letters of Enchantment

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series2020

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl

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Magic
High
Standalone2005

Elantris

Brandon Sanderson

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Complete series2002

Eragon

Christopher Paolini

The Inheritance Cycle

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Magic
High
Complete series2019

Fireborne

Rosaria Munda

The Aurelian Cycle

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2001

Fool's Errand

Robin Hobb

The Tawny Man Trilogy

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2018

Foundryside

Robert Jackson Bennett

The Founders Trilogy

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2023

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

The Empyrean

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2020

From Blood and Ash

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Blood and Ash

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Magic
High
Complete series1999

Gardens of the Moon

Steven Erikson

Malazan Book of the Fallen

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2019

Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb

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Magic
High
Complete series2004

Going Postal

Terry Pratchett

Discworld

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Magic
Medium
Standalone1990

Good Omens

Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Complete series1989

Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett

Discworld

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Magic
Medium
Complete series1995

Hawkwood's Voyage

Paul Kearney

The Monarchies of God

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series2019

He Who Fights with Monsters

Shirtaloon

He Who Fights with Monsters

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2020

House of Earth and Blood

Sarah J. Maas

Crescent City

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Magic
High
Complete series1986

Howl's Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones

Howl's Moving Castle

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Magic
High
Cover of Jade City by Fonda Lee
Complete series2017

Jade City

Fonda Lee

The Green Bone Saga

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Magic
Medium
Standalone2004

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2017

Kings of the Wyld

Nicholas Eames

The Band

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Magic
High
Cover of Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Ongoing series2022

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree

Legends & Lattes

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Magic
Low
Complete series2006

Mistborn: The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Original Trilogy

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Magic
High
Complete series1987

Mort

Terry Pratchett

Discworld

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Magic
High
Complete series2021

Mother of Learning: ARC 1

Domagoj Kurmaic

Mother of Learning

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Magic
High
Standalone2022

Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2019

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo

Ninth House

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Magic
High
Complete series1995

Northern Lights

Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2022

One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig

The Shepherd King

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Magic
High
Complete series2014

Orconomics

J. Zachary Pike

The Dark Profit Saga

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Magic
High
Standalone2020

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

Standalone novel

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series2024

Quicksilver

Callie Hart

Fae & Alchemy

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Magic
High
Complete series2017

Red Sister

Mark Lawrence

Book of the Ancestor

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2011

Rivers of London

Ben Aaronovitch

Rivers of London

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Magic
High
Complete series1996

Royal Assassin

Robin Hobb

The Farseer Trilogy

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series1995

Sabriel

Garth Nix

The Old Kingdom

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Magic
High
Complete series1998

Ship of Magic

Robin Hobb

The Liveship Traders

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2015

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows

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Magic
Medium
Complete series1992

Small Gods

Terry Pratchett

Discworld

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Magic
High
Standalone2018

Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2017

Sufficiently Advanced Magic

Andrew Rowe

Arcane Ascension

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Magic
High
Standalone2018

Swordheart

T. Kingfisher

Standalone novel

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Medium
Ongoing series2023

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

S. A. Chakraborty

Amina al-Sirafi

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2011

The Alloy of Law

Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: Wax & Wayne

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Magic
High
Complete series2017

The Bear and the Nightingale

Katherine Arden

The Winternight Trilogy

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2021

The Blacktongue Thief

Christopher Buehlman

Blacktongue

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Magic
High
Complete series2006

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie

The First Law Trilogy

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Magic
Low
Complete series2019

The Bone Ships

R. J. Barker

The Tide Child Trilogy

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2018

The Bridge Kingdom

Danielle L. Jensen

The Bridge Kingdom

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Magic
Low
Complete series2017

The City of Brass

S. A. Chakraborty

The Daevabad Trilogy

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Magic
High
Complete series2020

The City We Became

N. K. Jemisin

The Great Cities

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Magic
High
Complete series1983

The Colour of Magic

Terry Pratchett

Discworld

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Magic
High
Standalone2003

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

Robert E. Howard

Standalone novel

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2018

The Cruel Prince

Holly Black

The Folk of the Air

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Magic
High
Cover of The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
Complete series2011

The Dragon's Path

Daniel Abraham

The Dagger and the Coin

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Magic
Low
Cover of The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
Complete series1988

The Dragonbone Chair

Tad Williams

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series2012

The Dragonet Prophecy

Tui T. Sutherland

Wings of Fire

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Magic
High
Standalone2012

The Emperor's Soul

Brandon Sanderson

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Cover of The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Complete series1990

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time

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Magic
High
Standalone2024

The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

Standalone novel

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Magic
Medium
Cover of The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
Complete series2015

The Fifth Season

N. K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth

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Magic
High
Standalone2016

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Standalone2014

The Goblin Emperor

Katherine Addison

Standalone novel

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Magic
Low
Cover of The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Complete series2015

The Grace of Kings

Ken Liu

The Dandelion Dynasty

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Magic
Medium
Complete series2008

The Hero of Ages

Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Original Trilogy

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Magic
High
Standalone1937

The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien

Standalone novel

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series2020

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune

Cerulean Chronicles

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Slow
Magic
Medium
Standalone2020

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V. E. Schwab

Standalone novel

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Slow
Magic
Low
Complete series2021

The Jasmine Throne

Tasha Suri

The Burning Kingdoms

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Magic
High
Ongoing series1993

The Last Wish

Andrzej Sapkowski

The Witcher

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Magic
Medium
Standalone2015

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Unfinished series2006

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch

Gentleman Bastard

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Magic
Low
Ongoing series2005

The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

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Magic
High
Complete series1950

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia

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Magic
High
Complete series2009

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

The Magicians

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Magic
High
Cover of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Unfinished series2007

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss

The Kingkiller Chronicle

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Magic
High
Standalone2011

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Standalone2020

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Complete series2018

The Poppy War

R. F. Kuang

The Poppy War

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2020

The Primal Hunter

Zogarth

The Primal Hunter

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Magic
High
Standalone1973

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

Standalone novel

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Magic
Low
Ongoing series2019

The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon

The Roots of Chaos

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Magic
High
Unfinished series2017

The Rage of Dragons

Evan Winter

The Burning

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Magic
High
Complete series1976

The Riddle-Master of Hed

Patricia A. McKillip

Riddle-Master

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2013

The Rithmatist

Brandon Sanderson

The Rithmatist

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2022

The Serpent and the Wings of Night

Carissa Broadbent

Crowns of Nyaxia

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Magic
High
Complete series2021

The Shadow of the Gods

John Gwynne

The Bloodsworn Saga

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Magic
Medium
Standalone2024

The Spellshop

Sarah Beth Durst

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Complete series1984

The Summer Tree

Guy Gavriel Kay

The Fionavar Tapestry

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Magic
High
Standalone2019

The Sword of Kaigen

M. L. Wang

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2024

The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett

Shadow of the Leviathan

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Magic
High
Standalone2024

The Teller of Small Fortunes

Julie Leong

Standalone novel

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Magic
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Standalone2022

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

Megan Bannen

Standalone novel

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series2016

The Wandering Inn

pirateaba

The Wandering Inn

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2010

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson

The Stormlight Archive

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Magic
Medium
Ongoing series2023

The Will of the Many

James Islington

Hierarchy

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Magic
High
Complete series2012

Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass

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Magic
Medium
Standalone2023

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Brandon Sanderson

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Complete series2016

Unsouled

Will Wight

Cradle

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Magic
High
Standalone2015

Uprooted

Naomi Novik

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Complete series2007

Vampire Academy

Richelle Mead

Vampire Academy

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Magic
High
Standalone2009

Warbreaker

Brandon Sanderson

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Ongoing series2024

When the Moon Hatched

Sarah A. Parker

Moonfall

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Magic
High
Complete series1988

Wyrd Sisters

Terry Pratchett

Discworld

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Magic
High
Standalone2023

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Brandon Sanderson

Standalone novel

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Magic
High
Complete series2019

Zodiac Academy: The Awakening

Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Zodiac Academy

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Magic
High