Fantasy genre books (487)
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The Morningside : A Novel by Téa Obreht EN
SerbiaDescription:
From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a magical novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and myths both old and new. There’s the world you can see. And then there’s the one you can’t. Welcome to the Morningside. After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant-future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place called Island City where Silvia’s aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so di... continue
New Zealand393.
The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel--her first to be translated into English--about a mysterious child with the power to change a family's history in a country on the verge of revolution. From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. A... continue
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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne EN
FranceDescription:
Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.
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The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
Series statement and numbering from publisher's website.
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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende EN
GermanyDescription:
Read the book that inspired the classic coming-of-age film before it's back onscreen in select theaters this September! From award-winning German author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the book that magically comes to life. When Bastian happens upon an old book called The Neverending Story, he's swept into the magical world of Fantastica--so much that he finds he has actually become a character in the story! And when he realizes that this mysteriously enchanted world is in great danger, he also discovers that he is the one chosen to save it. Can Bastian ove... continue
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The Night of Wishes : or The Satanarchaeolidealcohellish Notion Potion by Michael Ende EN
Description:
From the author of The Neverending Story, a book that reminds us that “magic—be it good or bad—is no simple matter.” It's New Year’s Eve at the Villa Nightmare but Beelzebub Preposteror is in no mood for celebration. As the Shadow Sorcery Minister, Preposteror has a duty to perform a certain number of evil deeds in service to the Minister of Pitch Darkness. But this year, to his horror, he’s nowhere near meeting that quota. Preposteror has all but given up when who should make an unexpected visit but his aunt, the witch Tyrannia Vampirella. She has come with a diabolical proposal that just mig... continue
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The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko EN
RussiaDescription:
Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are The Others. The Others are magicians, possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy world that exists in parallel to our own. Their aim is maintenance of the precarious balance between good and evil.
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The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola EN
NigeriaDescription:
The ghosts live in the center of the jungle and this tells of what happens to the mortals who venture into the world of the ghosts.
400.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde EN
IrelandDescription:
Gray's outward innocence conceals corruption deep enough to charm those about him into a life of wanton sexuality.