Fantasy genre books (166)


1.
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens EN

Rating: 4     8 Votes
Description:
From the bustling, snowy streets of 19th-century London to the ghostly apparitions of Christmases past and future, award-winning artist Roberto Innocenti vividly renders not only the authentic detail but also the emotional impact of Charles Dickens's beloved Christmas tale. In both crowded urban scenes and intimate portraits of familiar characters, we gain a sense of the timeless humanity of the tale and perhaps catch a glimpse of ourselves.

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A Winter Book

A Winter Book : Selected Stories by Tove Jansson EN

Rating: 3.5     5 Votes
Country: Europe / Finland flag Finland
Description:
Drawn from youth and older age, and spanning most of the 20th century, this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writer's prose.
Recommended: 02 Dec 2022

3.
A Winter's Promise

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos EN

Rating: 4     2 Votes
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
When Ophelia, who can travel through mirrors, is betrothed to an influential member of a faraway clan, she journeys to the towering city of Citaceleste, where she realizes she has become a pawn in a dangerous political game.
Recommended: 08 May 2023

4.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Description:
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
Recommended: 18 Sep 2023

5.
Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne EN

Rating: 3.5     5 Votes
Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
Description:
Verne's classic novel of global voyaging One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.... continue

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Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi EN

0 Ratings
Country: Asia / India flag India
Recommended: 16 Feb 2022

7.

Ash by Malinda Lo EN

Rating: 3.5     1491 Votes
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
Forced into becoming an indentured servant when her family dies, Ash lives a lonely and desperate life with no hopes for the future, until she meets Kaisa, the King's royal Huntress, who teaches her to love, live, and dream once again.
Recommended: 23 Aug 2023

8.

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
Description:
"Baba Yaga Laid an Egg takes a traditional myth and spins it afresh. The result is an extraordinary meditation on femininity, aging, identity, secrets and love." -- taken from jacket front flap.
Recommended: 27 Sep 2022

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Babel

Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang EN

Rating: 5     3 Votes
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford Univer... continue

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Back in a Spell by Lana Harper EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Serbia flag Serbia
Description:
An awkward first date leads to a sparkling romance between one of the most powerful witches in town and a magical newbie in this rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback’s a Witch. Even though she won’t deny her love for pretty (and pricey) things, Nineve Blackmoore is almost painfully down-to-earth and sensible by Blackmoore standards. But after a year of nursing a broken heart inflicted by the fiancée who all but ditched her at the altar, the powerful witch is sick of feeling low and is ready to try something drastically different: a dating app. At her best friend... continue


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