Whether you call it young adult fantasy, YA, or just fantasy – fictional worlds and magical elements have inspired readers for generations. They can be a gateway to reading in a way that real-world-based stories cannot.
What fantasy books do you recommend for teenagers (or even tweens or pre-teens) to hook them into the fantasy genre? These could be books set in a fictional universe, books with magic elements, or anything else that plays with magical realism to tell a compelling tale that school-aged readers can identify with.
#1 of 7 in The Mistborn Saga
2006 • 2,291 Readers • 541 pages • 4.4
#1 of 8 in Harry Potter
1987 • 3,471 Readers • 320 pages • 4.3
1986 • 245 Readers • 356 pages • 4.1
5 Readers • 5
#1 of 5 in Secret Projects
2023 • 1,118 Readers • 384 pages • 4.5
#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time
1990 • 1,381 Readers • 708 pages • 4
2015 • 330 Readers • 272 pages • 4.3
#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle
1968 • 995 Readers • 320 pages • 3.8
#1 of 3 in Legacy of Orïsha
2018 • 545 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
#1 of 4 in Enchanted Forest Chronicles
1990 • 142 Readers • 232 pages • 4.2
#2 of 2 in The Original Shannara Trilogy
1982 • 44 Readers • 458 pages • 3.8
#1 of 4 in Dragonlance: Chronicles
1984 • 198 Readers • 447 pages • 3.8
1 Reader • 289 pages • 5
#1 of 10 in Wayward Children
2016 • 559 Readers • 176 pages • 3.9
#1 of 2 in A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
2020 • 140 Readers • 480 pages • 4.1
#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle
1986 • 814 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
#1 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 2,129 Readers • 694 pages • 4.4
#1 of 10 in Daughters of the Moon
2000 • 9 Readers • 304 pages • 2.6
#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen
1999 • 858 Readers • 559 pages • 4
#1 of 11 in He Who Fights with Monsters
2021 • 81 Readers • 680 pages • 3.8