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The Conan chronicles
By Robert Jordan. 1996
Less than nineteen years old, and new to the snares and enticements of civilization, the young Conan must join forces…
with Karela, a dangerously seductive female bandit, to storm the palace of the evil necromancer Amanar and confront the dreaded Eater of Souls. Descriptions of violence. 1996.The eye of the world (The wheel of time ; #1)
By Robert Jordan. 2003
As time marches on, and ages come and go, memories are left that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and…
even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth returns. In the third Age of Prophecy, the World and Time hang in the balance. Followed by "The great hunt" (DC35979). 2003. (Wheel of time ; 1)The dragon reborn (Wheel of time ; #3)
By Robert Jordan. 1992
The Shadow lies across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One has turned all his power against the…
prison that binds him. If it fails he will escape and nothing will stand in the storm that blows then, save the man that was born to battle the darkness: Rand al' Thor, the Dragon Reborn. But to wage his war Rand must find Callandor, ancient Sword of the Dragon and the Forsaken will shatter the world to thwart him. Sequel to "The great hunt". 1992. (The wheel of time ; 3)The elves of Cintra (Genesis of Shannara. #2.)
By Terry Brooks. 2008
Knight of the Word Logan Tom protects a band of urchins who are destined to save survivors of plague-ridden America…
from the destructive minions of the Void. Meanwhile, knight Angel Perez seeks a legendary talisman in the realm of elves. Sequel to "Armageddon’s Children". Some strong language. 2008. (Genesis of Shannara ; 2)The fairies of Sadieville: a novel of the Tufa (Tufa novels. #6.)
By Alex Bledsoe. 2018
"This is real." Three small words on a film canister found by graduate students Justin and Veronica, who discover a…
long-lost silent movie from more than a century ago. The startlingly realistic footage shows a young girl transforming into a winged being. Looking for proof behind this claim, they travel to the rural foothills of Tennessee to find Sadieville, where it had been filmed. Sequel to "Gather her round", followed by "Shall we gather". 2018.The epic crush of Genie Lo: a novel
By F. C Yee. 2017
The Enchantress returns (Land of Stories. #bk. 2.)
By Chris Colfer. 2013
The Land of Stories is no longer the joyful world Alex and Conner Bailey remember from their Wishing Spell adventure:…
The evil Enchantress, who cursed Sleeping Beauty, is back with a vengeance, and the fairy-tale world lives in fear. When the Enchantress' evil reach extends even to Alex and Conner's world--and their mother is kidnapped!--they must defy their grandmother's orders and find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue her. With a little help from a reluctant Queen Red Riding Hood, the swashbuckling outlaws Goldilocks and Jack, and their old amphibian friend, Froggy, can Alex and Conner save their mother and the fairy-tale world from the greatest threat it's ever faced? Sequel to "The wishing spell", followed by "A Grimm warning". Grades 5-8. 2013.The emperor's soul
By Brandon Sanderson. 2012
A Forger named Shai can copy and re-create any item by using magic to rewrite its history. After being condemned…
to death for attempting to steal the emperor's scepter, Shai is given one final chance. She'll be allowed to live if she can create a new soul for the emperor, who hovers near death. 2012.The exiled queen (Seven realms novel. #2.)
By Cinda Williams Chima. 2011
Two teenagers, one fleeing from a forced marriage and the other from a dangerous family of wizards, cross paths and…
fall in love. Sequel to “The Demon King”. Followed by "The Gray Wolf Throne”. Junior and Senior High. 2011.The Everafter War: The Sisters Grimm (Sisters Grimm. #7.)
By Michael Buckley. 2009
After their parents awake from a sleeping spell, Daphne and Sabrina become caught in the middle of a war between…
the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming's Everafter army and learn a shocking secret about a deadly enemy. Sequel to “Tales from the hood”. Followed by “The inside story”. Grades 3-6. 2009.The fairy-tale detectives (Sisters Grimm. #1.)
By Michael Buckley. 2005
The endless knot (Song of Albion. #3.)
By Robert Whitfield, Stephen R Lawhead. 2002
Oxford student Lewis Gillies passes through a door to another reality, wherein he ascends the throne of Albion as High…
King Llew and takes the beautiful Goewyn for his queen. But in the midst of their joyous union, treachery is in the making, forcing Llew to choose between the honour of his kingship and the desire of his heart. Sequel to "The silver hand". 2002.The enchanted wood (The faraway tree. #1)
By Enid Blyton. 1939
Jo, Bessie and Fanny had always lived in the town, but now their father had a job in the country…
and they were all looking forward to having lots of adventures. "You won't have any more adventures in the country than you will have in the town", said their father. But that's where he was quite wrong. Followed by “The magic faraway tree”. Grades 3-6. 2002, c1939.The eye of the forest (Children of the lamp ; #5)
By Philip Kerr. 2009
When a collection of Incan artifacts goes missing, the Blue Djinn of Babylon dispatches twins John and Philippa Gaunt and…
their Uncle Nimrod to recover them. Along the way, John and Philippa encounter their friend Dybbuk, who was drained of his djinn powers but is determined to get them back. He's headed to an ancient Incan Empire where he believes he can regain his power, and will stop at nothing - even if it means opening a cursed portal, disturbing the enchanted kingdom of the Incas, and destroying the world. Can the twins stop their friend before it's too late? Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The day of the Djinn warriors", followed by "Five fakirs of Faizabad". 2009. (Children of the lamp ; 5)The fairy godmother (A tale Of The Five Hundred Kingdoms Ser.)
By Mercedes Lackey. 2004
In the land of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, the Tradition, that ineffable magic, holds the promise of happily-ever-after for all…
deserving young maidens and courteous princes charming - but not always. Feisty 19-year-old Elena Klovis seems destined to be an Ella of the Cinders (Cinderella), and tries to get work as a maidservant to change the course of her life. Her fairy godmother, Madame Bella, has other plans for her. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and some strong language. 2004.The Eyre affair (Thursday Next. #1.)
By Jasper Fforde. 2001
There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits, the Crimean War is still…
being fought, and everyone is disappointed by the ending of "Jane Eyre". Literary detective Thursday Next is pursuing the world's most evil man, who has kidnapped Jane Eyre in a display of literary vandalism. She must also assist her time-travelling father, marry the man she loves and discover the truth about bananas. Some strong language, Followed by "Lost in a good book" (DC30166). 2001. (Thursday Next ; 1)It is 1862, though not the 1862 it should be - time has been altered, and Sir Richard Francis Burton,…
the king's agent, is one of the few people who know that the world is now careening along a very different course from that which Destiny intended. When a clockwork-powered man of brass is found abandoned in Trafalgar Square, Burton and his assistant, the wayward poet Algernon Swinburne, find themselves on the trail of the stolen Garnier Collection - black diamonds rumoured to be fragments of the Lemurian Eye of Naga, a meteorite that fell to Earth in prehistoric times. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, explicit violence. 2011.The cruel prince (Folk of the Air series. #1.)
By Holly Black. 2018
Jude becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to…
drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, she will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters--and Faerie itself. Followed by "The wicked king". For junior and senior high readers. 2018.The darkest warrior (Lords of the underworld. #14.)
By Gena Showalter. 2018
Puck the Undefeated, betrayed by his brother Sin, must seek the help of William the Ever Randy and a human…
named Gillian Shaw, for whom Puck falls hard. Sequel to "The darkest promise", followed by "The darkest king". 2018.The dark assassin (Starblade chronicles. #3.)
By Joseph Delaney. 2017
Determined to end the war with the demons, Tom leads Jenny and Alice to Pendle for one last epic clash.…
Loyalties will be tested, alliances will be broken, and not everyone will survive. Sequel to "The dark army". For senior high readers. 2017.