Fantasy 2022
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).
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The Last Feather
South African born debut author brings a threat-and-danger, hidden-world fantasy seet among the hidden community of Reborns, people who were born on earth and after death, and reborn in this realm with magical abilities.
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The Monsters We Defy
A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance.
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Even Though I Knew the End
Offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell, a magical detective in Chicago is given three days to track down the White City Vampire and the chance to live out the rest of her life.
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Juniper & Thorn
A young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father, while a monster lurks in the midst of their city.
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Fevered Star
Living avatars, Serapio and Naranpa, fight to stay human in the face of changes that will transform the great city of Tova as tense alliances form and far-away enemies gather in the sequel to Roanhorse's award-winning "Black Sun."
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A River Enchanted
This vivid, lyrical series debut is set on the magical Isle of Cadence, where two childhood enemies must team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan.
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A Taste of Gold and Iron
In Arasht, a kingdom where princes can tell what substances are precious metals through touch, Kadou and his sister uncover a counterfeiting conspiracy, amounting to heresy, which could bring about his country's ruin.
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The Martyr
Alwyn Scribe, spymaster and sworn protector of Lady Evadine Courlain, at odds with both the Crown and Covenant due to her visions of a demonic apocalypse, is sent to the Duchy of Alundia to put down a rebellion. Continues the story started in "The Pariah."
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Sword and Shadow
In this sequel to "The Emperor's Wolves, we meet Severn Handred, the newsest member of the emperor's dreaded executioners.
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Light Perpetual
The conclusion to the Hussite trilogy finds Reynevan on the run again, harried by enemies—some human, and some mystical— as crusades sweep through Silesia and the Czech Republic.
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