Written by American author Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen is a popular young adult fantasy series set in a world divided by blood. In fact, published in February 2015, Red Queen is the writer’s first book. The story centers on 17-year-old Mare Barrow who steals for a living. Her blood is red, like the one of…
The Grishaverse is at the center of the fantasy series written by Leigh Bardugo. It’s a world in which science and magic collide. With multiple stories taking place in the same universe, Grishaverse is taking us to Ravka, Ketterdam, and other places with great heroes–starting with Alina Starkov who must unlock the secrets of her…
From 1983 to 2015, The Discworld was the main satirical/parody fantasy series written by the English author Terry Pratchett (RIP). This series is set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The main storylines take place around the…
Played by Daniel Radcliffe on the big screen, Harry James Potter is one of the most famous wizards of modern times. He just doesn’t know it’s when the story begins. On his tenth birthday, Harry learns that he is a wizard, and joins Hogwarts where he meets Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry Potter is…
Written by the British writer Brian Jacques, Redwall is a series of children’s fantasy novels with anthropomorphic animals (like mice, otters, moles, squirrels, hedgehogs, and more). This is about the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey and the surrounding Mossflower Woods. The Woodlanders and Redwallers go on expeditions, fight monsters, or must fend off hordes of vermin…
Barbara Erskine is a British writer born in 1944 who’s passionate about history and even studied Scottish history at Edinburgh University. Since her best-selling first novel Lady of Hay published in 1986, Barbara Erskine has written almost twenty more books–and short stories–dealing with both history and the supernatural. How to read Barbara Erskine’s Books in…
Written by Nalini Singh (author of the Psy Changeling series), Guild Hunter is a series of Urban Fantasy that takes us among vampires and angels. In fact, in this world, angels hold sway over vampires. The story begins with the introduction of Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux when she is hired by the Archangel Raphael. She…
Written by American author Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight Saga is a young adult vampire-romance series about the love story between a seventeen-year-old human girl, Bella Swan, and a 104-year-old vampire, Edward Cullen. Most of the story is told from Bella’s perspective. One of the biggest phenomena of the 2000s, with 160 million copies sold worldwide,…
Written by American writer Roger Zelazny, The Chronicles of Amber is a series of fantasy novels consisting of two-story arcs, a number of short stories and four additional prequel books, authorized by the Zelazny estate following his death The story takes place in two contrasting “true” worlds, Amber and Chaos, and in shadow worlds (Shadows)…
The Caster Chronicles is a young adult Southern Gothic fantasy series written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The books are told from the viewpoint of the male protagonist. It comprises two series: Beautiful Creatures and its spin-off set in the same universe, Dangerous Creatures. Everything begins with Ethan Waite, a 16-year-old boy who wants…
The Templeverse is a fictional universe in which most of Shayne Silvers’s supernatural thrillers take place. At the center of it, there’s Nate Temple, a foul-mouthed wizard who thinks that rules are only meant to be broken. He tries to protect St. Louis from every bad supernatural creature you only hope doesn’t exist. Two other…
Garth Richard Nix is an Australian and best-selling author writing in the fantasy genre, specializing in children and young adults. Though he has been a published author since the 1990s, he became a full-time writer in 2001. Now, his books have been sold around the world and have been translated into 42 languages. According to…
