Vote	Details	Readers Count
	Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson	1,472 reads
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	3,260 reads
	Eragon Christopher Paolini	813 reads
	Redwall Brian Jacques	144 reads
	Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo	725 reads
	Percy Jackson Rick Riordan	5 reads
	Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson	519 reads
	The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	824 reads
	Cinder Marissa Meyer	454 reads
	Nimona Noelle Stevenson	216 reads
	A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	513 reads
	Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas	128 reads
	City of Bones Cassandra Clare	601 reads
	Magician: Apprentice Raymond E. Feist	229 reads
	Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi	229 reads
	Raybearer Jordan Ifueko	60 reads
	Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	84 reads
	Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	1,273 reads
	The Merciful Crow Margaret Owen	20 reads
	Carry On Rainbow Rowell	241 reads
	The Elfstones of Shannara Terry Brooks	27 reads
	Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith	29 reads
	Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	106 reads
	Pentagon Pirate Gang Pentagon Pirate Gang: The Secret of the Orchard J.W. Nelson	1 read
	Half a Soul Olivia Atwater	99 reads
	Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire	346 reads
	A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Roseanne A. Brown	36 reads
	Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	431 reads
	A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	1,586 reads
	Goddess of the Night Lynne Ewing	9 reads
	The Forbidden Game L.J. Smith	9 reads
	The Sum of All Men David Farland	22 reads
	Water & Fire Tamora Pierce	51 reads
	Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	346 reads
	The Reader Traci Chee	12 reads
	Abandon Meg Cabot	12 reads
	L'amulette de Samarcande Jonathan Stroud	113 reads
	Wit'ch Fire James Clemens	10 reads
	He Who Fights with Monsters Shirtaloon Travis Deverell	49 reads

What are some captivating fantasy books for teens?

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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.

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Vote	Details	Readers Count
	Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson	1,472 reads
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	3,260 reads
	Eragon Christopher Paolini	813 reads
	Redwall Brian Jacques	144 reads
	Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo	725 reads
	Percy Jackson Rick Riordan	5 reads
	Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson	519 reads
	The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	824 reads
	Cinder Marissa Meyer	454 reads
	Nimona Noelle Stevenson	216 reads
	A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	513 reads
	Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas	128 reads
	City of Bones Cassandra Clare	601 reads
	Magician: Apprentice Raymond E. Feist	229 reads
	Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi	229 reads
	Raybearer Jordan Ifueko	60 reads
	Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	84 reads
	Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	1,273 reads
	The Merciful Crow Margaret Owen	20 reads
	Carry On Rainbow Rowell	241 reads
	The Elfstones of Shannara Terry Brooks	27 reads
	Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith	29 reads
	Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	106 reads
	Pentagon Pirate Gang Pentagon Pirate Gang: The Secret of the Orchard J.W. Nelson	1 read
	Half a Soul Olivia Atwater	99 reads
	Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire	346 reads
	A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Roseanne A. Brown	36 reads
	Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	431 reads
	A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	1,586 reads
	Goddess of the Night Lynne Ewing	9 reads
	The Forbidden Game L.J. Smith	9 reads
	The Sum of All Men David Farland	22 reads
	Water & Fire Tamora Pierce	51 reads
	Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	346 reads
	The Reader Traci Chee	12 reads
	Abandon Meg Cabot	12 reads
	L'amulette de Samarcande Jonathan Stroud	113 reads
	Wit'ch Fire James Clemens	10 reads
	He Who Fights with Monsters Shirtaloon Travis Deverell	49 reads

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What are some captivating fantasy books for teens?