Here are some of our favorite fantasy novels of 2022. From sweeping epics to modern fairytales, and from vivid historical fantasy to fresh contemporary magic, here is a vast variety of fantastic fiction by grandmasters and newcomers from all around the world. (Created February 2023).
Daughter of Redwinter
Raine can see — and speak — to the dead, a gift that comes with a death sentence. A rare act of kindness — rescuing an injured woman in the snow — becomes the most dangerous decision Raine has ever made. Series debut.
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When Eleanor West decided to open her school, her sanctuary, her "Home for Wayward Children," she knew from the beginning that there would be children she couldn't save - children like Cora. 7th in this beloved series.
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View Where the Drowned Girls GoThe Book of Gothel
Everyone knows the story of Rapunzel in the tower, but do you know the story of the witch who put her there? Here is the truth behind the fairytale, as only a witch might tell it.
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View The Book of GothelA Strange and Stubborn Endurance
Being forced into an arranged, diplomatic marriage to a girl from Tithena, Velasin vin Aaro reveals his preference for men and finds himself engaged to his intended’s brother instead, despite such relationships being forbidden.
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View A Strange and Stubborn EnduranceThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau
When the arrival of Eduardo Lizalde sets motion a dangerous chain of events, Carlota Moreau finds her carefully constructed world falling down around her, amidst a motley group of monstrosities.
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View The Daughter of Doctor MoreauBattle of the Linguist Mages
In modern day Los Angeles, a shadowy faction develops the arcane art of combat linguistics, planting the seeds of a future totalitarian empire.
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The last in a line of conquered necromantic workers, Charm, a witch, prisoner, survivor and the Emperor's mistress, is the only person who can keep an empire together as she fights for her freedom.
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View The Bone OrchardThistlefoot
Reunited when they receive a strange inheritance--a sentient house on chicken legs called Thistlefoot, the Yaga siblings find themselves being hunted by the Longshadow Man.
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View ThistlefootThe Golden Enclaves
In the epic conclusion to Novik's popular trilogy, the narrator, after miraculously escaping the Scholomance, must turn right around and find a way back in to save everyone from getting killed in the brewing enclave war on the horizon.
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View The Golden EnclavesKaikeyi
“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good it did me.” So begins Kaikeyi’s story.
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