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Storylace Guild Book Club Wishlist - Fantasy

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🧙✨ FANTASY BOOKS ONLY Dop your suggestions for candidate books you'd like to see in the polls! Every month we'll grab a small subset from the books on this list to create the monthly polls. Please ensure the books you add meet these criteria: ✅ Adult books only (not YA). ✅ Only first books of series and standalones. ✅ Strong & imaginative worldbuilding, intricate plots and thought-provoking themes. ✅ Ideally under 600 pages, but it's ok to add longer ones. ✅ Widely popular. This includes works that have won major literary awards or been adapted (or being adapted) into films or TV shows or books More...

59 Books in this list.

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1 mention

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A Brightness Long Ago

by Guy Gavriel Kay

Historical FictionAlternate HistoryHistorical Fantasy
80

1 mention

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A Deadly Education

by Naomi Novik

The Scholomance #1
Urban FantasyParanormal
78

1 mention

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A Master of Djinn

by P. Djèlí Clark

Dead Djinn Universe #1
Alternate HistorySteampunkHistorical Fantasy
89

3 mentions

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A Natural History of Dragons

by Marie Brennan

The Memoirs of Lady Trent #1
Historical FictionHistorical FantasyAdventure
77

1 mention

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Annihilation

by Jeff VanderMeer

Southern Reach #1
HorrorDystopiaFantasy
74

1 mention

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A Shadow in Summer

by Daniel Abraham

Long Price Quartet #1
High/Epic FantasyAlternate HistorySteampunk
91

2 mentions

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Assassin's Apprentice

by Robin Hobb

The Farseer Trilogy #1
High/Epic FantasyAdventure
85

1 mention

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A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Earthsea Cycle #1
AdventureHigh/Epic Fantasy
79

1 mention

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Beyond Redemption

by Michael R. Fletcher

Manifest Delusions #1
High/Epic FantasyScience FictionDark Fantasy
77

1 mention

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Blood Over Bright Haven

by M.L. Wang

Altima
Fantasy
71

1 mention

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Circe

by Madeline Miller

MythologyHistorical FictionFantasy
81

2 mentions

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City of Last Chances

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Tyrant Philosophers #1
DystopiaHigh/Epic Fantasy
79

1 mention

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Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks

The Culture #1
Space Opera
73

1 mention

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Dragons of Autumn Twilight

by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Dragonlance Universe #1
High/Epic FantasyAdventure
86

1 mention

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Foundryside

by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Founders Trilogy #1
High/Epic FantasyScience Fiction
83

2 mentions

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Gardens Of The Moon

by Steven Erikson

Malazan Book of the Fallen #1
High/Epic FantasyDark Fantasy
74

1 mention

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Godkiller

by Hannah Kaner

Fallen Gods #1
High/Epic FantasyDark Fantasy
75

2 mentions

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Gods of Jade and Shadow

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Magical RealismMythologyHistorical Fantasy
79

2 mentions

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Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

Howl's Moving Castle #1
RomanceAdventureFantasy
91

1 mention

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Jade City

by Fonda Lee

The Green Bone Saga #1
Urban FantasyMysteryHigh/Epic Fantasy
79

1 mention

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Kill the Farm Boy

by Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne

The Tales of Pell #1
Fairy TaleAdventureComedic Fiction
67

2 mentions

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Kings of the Wyld

by Nicholas Eames

The Band #1
High/Epic FantasyAdventureComedic Fiction
83

2 mentions

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Legends & Lattes

by Travis Baldree

Legends & Lattes #1
Slice of LifeRomantic FantasyCozy Fantasy
87

1 mention

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Luck in the Shadows

by Lynn Flewelling

Nightrunner #1
High/Epic FantasyRomanceAdventure
50

3 mentions

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Magician: Apprentice

by Raymond E. Feist

The Riftwar Saga #1
High/Epic FantasyScience FictionAdventure
88

1 mention

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Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher

Fairy TaleParanormalFantasy
78

1 mention

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Nine Princes in Amber

by Roger Zelazny

The Chronicles of Amber #1
High/Epic FantasyScience FictionAdventure
60

2 mentions

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Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

Rivers of London #1
Urban FantasyParanormalInvestigator
91

1 mention

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Senlin Ascends

by Josiah Bancroft

The Books of Babel #1
High/Epic FantasySteampunkAdventure
74

1 mention

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Ship of Magic

by Robin Hobb

Liveship Traders Trilogy #1
High/Epic FantasyAdventure
83

1 mention

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Small Gods

by Terry Pratchett

Discworld #13
High/Epic FantasyReligion & SpiritualityComedic Fiction
86

1 mention

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

Green Town #2
Science FictionHorrorFantasy
61

1 mention

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Storm Front

by Jim Butcher

The Dresden Files #1
Urban FantasyParanormalMystery
70

1 mention

1 mention

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The Black Company

by Glen Cook

The Chronicles of the Black Company #1
High/Epic FantasyMilitary FictionDark Fantasy
82

1 mention

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The Blacktongue Thief

by Christopher Buehlman

Blacktongue #1
High/Epic FantasyDark FantasyAdventure
75

1 mention

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The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie

The First Law #1
High/Epic FantasyAdventureDark Fantasy
81

1 mention

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The Bone Ships

by R.J. Barker

The Tide Child #1
High/Epic FantasyAdventure
77

1 mention

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The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

by Mark Lawrence

The Library Trilogy #1
High/Epic FantasyRomantic FantasyDark Fantasy
82

1 mention

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The City & the City

by China Miéville

Urban FantasyAlternate HistoryWeird Fiction
83

1 mention

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The City We Became

by N.K. Jemisin

Great Cities #1
Urban FantasyAlternate History
80

1 mention

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The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

Discworld #1
High/Epic FantasyAdventureComedic Fiction
74

3 mentions

1 mention

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The Devils

by Joe Abercrombie

Dark FantasyFantasyHistorical Fiction
82

1 mention

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The Fifth Season

by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #1
ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia
84

2 mentions

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The Hexologists

by Josiah Bancroft

The Hexologists #1
Historical FantasyParanormal Mystery
82

1 mention

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The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #0
High/Epic FantasyAdventure
86

1 mention

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The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig

Magical RealismContemporary FictionFantasy
75

1 mention

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The Phoenix Guards

by Steven Brust

The Khaavren Romances #1
High/Epic FantasyAdventureHistorical Fantasy

1 mention

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The Poppy War

by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War #1
High/Epic FantasyHistorical Fiction
80

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