Quest: Portals into New Worlds

The realms of imagination are vast and glorious, and some stories even have several worlds within them. Portals are often depicted as the mystical gateways used to move between them. Venturing through these magic portals can lead to journeys full of surprises. Dare to cross through the portal?

Add books you've read that feature a magical or technological portal where a primary character is transported through it into a world, dimension or time that's different from theirs.

5 occurrences

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #2

AdventureFantasy

189 PagesOctober 1950

Read by 47 people

4 occurrences

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1

AdventureFantasy

160 PagesNovember 1865

Read by 28 people

4 occurrences

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

ParanormalAdventureFantasy

206 PagesJuly 2002

Read by 31 people

3 occurrences

Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke

Magical RealismMythologyLiterary Fiction

365 PagesSeptember 2020

Read by 34 people

3 occurrences

The Time Machine

by H.G. Wells

DystopiaAdventureFantasy

122 PagesMay 1895

Read by 17 people

3 occurrences

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

by Mark Lawrence

The Library Trilogy #1

High/Epic FantasyRomantic FantasyDark Fantasy

576 PagesMay 2023

Read by 23 people

2 occurrences

The Gate of the Feral Gods

by Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl #4

LitRPGApocalypticComedic Fiction

18h 3m June 2021

Read by 14 people

2 occurrences

The Magician's Nephew

by C.S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #1

AdventureFantasy

208 PagesMay 1955

Read by 20 people

2 occurrences

Fairy Tale

by Stephen King

Urban FantasyScience FictionDark Fantasy

608 PagesSeptember 2022

Read by 17 people

2 occurrences

Starsight

by Brandon Sanderson

Skyward #2

DystopiaSpace OperaAdventure

457 PagesNovember 2019

Read by 24 people

2 occurrences

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

by Brandon Sanderson

Secret Projects #2

High/Epic Fantasy

384 PagesApril 2023

Read by 18 people

2 occurrences

And Put Away Childish Things

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

208 PagesMarch 2023

Read by 5 people

2 occurrences

Where the Heart Festers

by Gillian Grant

The Blood of Eith #3

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

460 PagesJune 2022

100

Read by 4 people

2 occurrences

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

by Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl #6

LitRPGApocalypticComedic Fiction

694 PagesJuly 2023

Read by 9 people

2 occurrences

The Kaiju Preservation Society

by John Scalzi

Alternate HistoryAdventureComedic Fiction

272 PagesMarch 2022

Read by 8 people

2 occurrences

Dungeon Crawler Carl

by Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl #1

LitRPGApocalypticComedic Fiction

446 PagesOctober 2020

Read by 24 people

2 occurrences

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb #2

Science FictionFantasyHorror

560 PagesOctober 2020

Read by 9 people

2 occurrences

11/22/63

by Stephen King

Historical FictionScience FictionFantasy

1120 PagesNovember 2011

Read by 17 people

2 occurrences

Outlander

by Diana Gabaldon

Outlander #1

Historical FictionFantasyHistorical Romance

850 PagesJune 1991

Read by 23 people

1 occurrence

A Soul to Guide

by Opal Reyne

Duskwalker Brides #4

ParanormalParanormal RomanceFantasy

644 PagesJune 2023

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

A Holiday in Every Heart

by Kate King

Enchanted Legacies #3

106 PagesNovember 2025

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Secret Chapter

by Genevieve Cogman

The Invisible Library #6

Urban FantasySteampunkAdventure

334 PagesNovember 2019

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Uncommon Charm

by Emily Bergslien, Kat Weaver

Historical FictionGothicHistorical Fantasy

94 PagesMay 2022

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Silver Dream

by Michael Reaves, Neil Gaiman

InterWorld #2

Science FictionFantasy

256 PagesApril 2013

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Traveler's Handbook to Chime and Beyond

by Trudie Skies

The Cruel Gods #0.5

121 PagesJanuary 2021

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Children of Chaos

by Trudie Skies

The Cruel Gods #2

SteampunkFantasy

757 PagesOctober 2022

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 1: The World Of Memory

by Kazuki Takahashi

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World #1

Fantasy

192 PagesMarch 2003

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Awakening

by Nora Roberts

The Dragon Heart Legacy #1

Urban FantasyRomanceParanormal

512 PagesNovember 2020

Read by 5 people

1 occurrence

The Dark Archive

by Genevieve Cogman

The Invisible Library #7

Urban FantasySteampunkAdventure

November 2020

Read by 5 people

1 occurrence

Mother of Learning: ARC 4

by Domagoj Kurmaic, Nobody103

Mother of Learning #4

Progression Fantasy

601 PagesApril 2023

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

The Seven Year Slip

by Ashley Poston

352 PagesJune 2023

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Dark Skye

by Kresley Cole

Immortals After Dark #14

Urban FantasyParanormal RomanceParanormal

432 PagesAugust 2014

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Gloutons & Dragons Tome 1

by Ryoko Kui

ダンジョン飯 / Delicious in Dungeon #1

Comic FantasyComedic Fiction

192 PagesJanuary 2015

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

The Sunlit Man

by Brandon Sanderson

Secret Projects #4

High/Epic Fantasy

400 PagesOctober 2023

Read by 8 people

1 occurrence

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

by Brandon Sanderson

Secret Projects #3

High/Epic Fantasy

461 PagesJuly 2023

Read by 19 people

1 occurrence

Bloodfire

by Helen Harper

Blood Destiny #1

Urban FantasyParanormal RomanceParanormal

December 2012

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Shadow of What Was Lost

by James Islington

The Licanius Trilogy #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

736 PagesAugust 2014

Read by 17 people

1 occurrence

Mother of Learning: ARC 3

by Domagoj Kurmaic, Nobody103

Mother of Learning #3

Progression Fantasy

743 PagesSeptember 2022

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Assassin's Quest

by Robin Hobb

L'Assassin royal #3

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

880 PagesMarch 1997

Read by 31 people

1 occurrence

Phantom Tales of the Night, Vol. 1

by Matsuri

Phantom Tales of the Night #1

MysteryParanormalFantasy

182 PagesDecember 2016

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

by Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde #1

Fantasy

336 PagesJanuary 2023

Read by 29 people

1 occurrence

Queen of Faces

by Petra Lord

Fantasy

427 PagesFebruary 2026

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Great Hunt

by Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time #2

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

700 PagesNovember 1990

Read by 31 people

1 occurrence

Spin

by Robert Charles Wilson

Spin #1

Alternate HistoryDystopiaApocalyptic

368 PagesApril 2005

Read by 5 people

1 occurrence

Age of Death

by Michael J. Sullivan

The Legends of the First Empire #5

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

420 PagesFebruary 2020

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

The Legend of Black Jack

by A.R. Witham

Black Jack Saga #1

Fantasy

495 PagesMay 2022

Read by 10 people

1 occurrence

Dad Bod Demon

by Violet Rae

ParanormalFantasy

136 PagesMay 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Black Flame

by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Horror

208 PagesApril 2025

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Hollow World

by Michael J. Sullivan

DystopiaAdventureFantasy

384 PagesMarch 2014

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Including Through the Looking Glass

by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1-2

AdventureFantasy

264 PagesDecember 1871

Read by 19 people