Fantasy genre books (476)


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The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury EN

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You could hear the voices murmuring, small and muted, from the crowds that inhabited his body. A peerless American storyteller, Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. The Illustrated Man is classic Bradbury— eighteen startling visions of humankind’s destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin. In this phantasmagoric sideshow, living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, Martian invasions are foiled by the good life and the glad hand, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets. Provocative and powerful, Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man i... continue

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The Inferno by Dante Alighieri EN

Rating: 3 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
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Writing his Comedy (the epithet Divine was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, Dante aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. It tells the story of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman.

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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina : A Novel by Zoraida Córdova EN

Rating: 5 (6 votes)
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"A ... novel about a family searching for the truth hidden in their past and the power they've inherited"--

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The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
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"A police inspector [reluctantly returns] to her hometown in Basque Country--a place engulfed in mythology and superstition--to solve a series of eerie murders"--From Amazon.com.

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The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem EN

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In a world of forbidden magic and cunning royals, a fugitive queen bargains with her kingdom's greatest enemy and is soon embroiled in a deadly game that could resurrect her scorched kingdom, or leave it in ashes forever. A stunning enemies-to-lovers fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and The Jasmine Throne. At ten years old, the Heir of Jasad flees a massacre that takes her entire family. At fifteen, she buries her first body. At twenty, the clock is ticking on Sylvia's third attempt at home. Nizahl's armies have laid waste to Jasad and banned magic across the four remaining kingd... continue

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The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / India flag India
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Rudyard Kipling’s best-loved book is now the basis for the Netflix film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Freida Pinto, and Rohan Chand A Penguin Classic The story of Mowgli, a man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as the bear Baloo, the graceful black panther Bagheera, and Shere Khan, the tiger with blazing eyes. Other animal stories range from the dramatic b... continue

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The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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It has been more than two hundred years since Bookholm was destroyed by a devastating fire, as told in Moers's The City of Dreaming Books. Hildegunst von Mythenmetz, hailed as Zamonia's greatest writer, is on vacation in Lindworm Castle when a disturbing message reaches him, and he must return to Bookholm to investigate a mystery. The magnificently rebuilt city has once again become a metropolis of storytelling and the book trade. Mythenmetz encounters old friends and new denizens of the city - and the shadowy "Invisible Theater." Astonishingly inventive, amusing, and engrossing, this is a cap... continue

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The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski EN

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Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
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After walking through a portal in the Tower of the Swallow, thus narrowly escaping death, the Witcher girl, Ciri, finds herself in a completely different world... a world of the Elves. She is trapped with no way out. Time does not seem to exist and there are no obvious borders or portals to cross back into her home world. But this is Ciri, the child of prophecy, and she will not be defeated. She knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher, Geralt, and his companions - and also to try to conquer her worst nightmare. Leo Bonhart, the man who chased, wounded and tortured Ciri, is still on... continue

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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi EN

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Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. He was a scholar of myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after - and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past. But when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom soon finds himself unable to resist. For within the crumbling manor&#... continue

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The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski EN

Rating: 4 (7 votes)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
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Geralt de Riv, a Witcher, uses his vast sorcerous powers to hunt down the monsters that threaten the world, but he soon discovers that not every monstrous-looking creature is evil, and not everything beautiful is good.