A classic series of young adult fantasy novels written by the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, The Earthsea Cycle was published between 1968 and 2001, beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea. The story takes us to the world of Earthsea which is a vast archipelago of hundreds of islands where Magic is a central…
Written by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey, Dragonriders of Pern is a science fantasy series published since 1968. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. Dragonriders of Pern takes place in an isolated world where life is presented as a pre-industrial society. But their ancient…
Written by Jennifer L. Armentrout (LUX), The Covenant series is a young-adult fantasy series inspired by mythology. In the books, the Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi–pure bloods–have godlike powers. But you also have Children of Hematoi and mortals, a not-so-lucky position to occupy, as they…
Written by Darren Shan, more known for his Cirque Du Freak series, The Demonata is a young adult horror/ fantasy series dealing with the world of demons. The series is told by three different protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck, and Bec MacConn. The Demonata, or demons, are creatures who have no feelings or emotions and…
Written by American writer Sarah J. Maas, the Throne of Glass is a fantasy series that takes us to a land without magic where we follow Celaena Sardothien, an 18-year-old assassin in the kingdom of Adarlan. After being imprisoned for a year by the king, Celaena Sardothien accepts an offer to compete with other assassins…
Born on March 5, 1986, in New York City, New York, Sarah J. Maas is an American fantasy author. Maas began writing what would become her debut novel, Throne of Glass, when she was sixteen years old, and it has now sold in thirty-five languages. Since then, Sarah J. Maas became a New York Times…
Created by author Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas is a twenty-year-old short-order cook working at the Pico Mundo grill. He is not like everybody else because he can see the lingering dead and uses it to try and bring peace to the ghosts he encounters so that they can move on to the next life. His…
Also known as The Enola Holmes Mysteries, this creation of American author Nancy Springer is about Sherlock Holmes‘s sister, Enola. Everything began with her mother’s disappearance and her brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft, doing nothing. Enola makes a discovery that puts her on the road to becoming herself a detective, even if Mycroft insists that she…
Holly Black is an American writer mostly known for her series of children’s books and young-adult fantasy series, working with authors like Tony DiTerlizzi and Cassandra Clare. She also works for DC Comics on the New52 Lucifer series. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and…
Written by English novelist Sir Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials is a young-adult fantasy series set across a multiverse, moving between many parallel worlds. More specifically, it follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes. In Lyra’s world, who resembles that…
Born in 1979, Colleen Hoover is an American writer of New adult and young adult literature. She grew up in Texas where she graduated with a degree in social work. She worked various jobs in the social and teaching field before becoming a full-time writer. Hoover self-published her first two books, Slammed and Point of…
All of Alan Bradley’s Books in Order. Who is Alan Bradley? Canadian author Alan Bradley started his professional life as a radio and television engineer which led him to work as Director of Television Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan for 25 years. Following his early retirement in 1994, Bradley focused on writing, mostly screenplays…
