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Among the Beasts & Briars

Ashley Poston · 342 pages

Cozy FantasyQuest NarrativeAtmosphericWhimsical
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Epistolary FormatDiary FormatWhimsicalDry Humor
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Swordheart

T. Kingfisher · 448 pages

Dry HumorCharmingQuest NarrativeWhimsical
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Talking to Dragons

Patricia C. Wrede · 255 pages

A fast paced, humorous YA science fiction. Young Daystar, raised by his mother Cimorene at the edge of the Enchanted Forest, is sent out on an adventure with a magical sword, meeting a young fire witch and an immature dragon on the way. This is the fourth book of the Enchanted Forest series, and takes place a generation after the first.

WhimsicalQuest NarrativeDry HumorWitty Banter
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The Wee Free Men

Terry Pratchett · 320 pages

A riotous, wise, and gripping junior Discworld novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author and acknowledged master of comic fantasy.Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have been a witch, but now Granny Aching is dead and it's up to Tiffany to work it all out when strange things begin happening: a fairy-tale monster in the stream, a headless horseman and

Fae/FaeriesWhimsicalQuest NarrativeDry Humor
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Silver in the Bone

Alexandra Bracken · 497 pages

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Lore comes a stunning contemporary fantasy inspired by Celtic lore—the tale of a teenage girl who seeks her destiny in the cursed ruins of Avalon, driven by love, revenge, and pure adrenaline! "Simmering with magic, peril, romance, and heartbreak." —Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone

Quest NarrativeMissing PersonAdventureFantasy
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Water Moon

Samantha Sotto Yambao · 384 pages

**A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical journey when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike and enchanting fantasy novel.** On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life

Cozy FantasyWhimsicalQuest NarrativeCharming
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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

Sangu Mandanna · 353 pages

It's time to get her spark back . . . Once, Sera Swan was one of the most powerful witches in Britain - until she sacrificed most of her magic to resurrect her beloved aunt. Now she runs an enchanted inn in Lancashire, where she deals with her quirky guests' shenanigans and longs for a future that seems entirely lost. Then she meets Luke Larsen, the handsome and icy magical historian who could hol

Cozy FantasyWhimsicalCharmingWitty Banter
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Fablehaven

Brandon Mull · 351 pages

For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic in a cynical world. Enchanting? Absolutely! Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite . . . Kendra and her brother Seth have no idea that their grandfather is the current c

Fae/FaeriesQuest NarrativeWhimsicalCharming
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Axie Oh · 325 pages

Quest NarrativeWhimsicalAtmosphericFantasy
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Apprentice to the Villain

Hannah Nicole Maehrer · 336 pages

Cozy FantasyCharmingWhimsicalFantasy
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The Undermining of Twyla and Frank

Megan Bannen · 380 pages

Cozy FantasyWhimsicalCharmingWitty Banter
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The Knight and the Moth

Rachel Gillig · 400 pages

Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum’s wi

Quest NarrativeMissing PersonAtmosphericFantasy
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A Treacherous Curse

Deanna Raybourn · 308 pages

Scientist ProtagonistMissing PersonCharmingFirst Person Narrator
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Arm of the Sphinx

Josiah Bancroft · 407 pages

"The Tower of Babel is proving to be as difficult to reenter as it was to break out of. Forced into a life of piracy, Senlin and his eclectic crew are struggling to survive aboard their stolen airship as the hunt to rescue Senlin's lost wife continues. Hopeless and desolate, they turn to a legend of the Tower, the mysterious Sphinx. But help from the Sphinx never comes cheaply, and as Senlin knows

Quest NarrativeMissing PersonWhimsicalDry Humor
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Alan Bradley · 375 pages

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found

Scientist ProtagonistDry HumorWhimsicalCharming
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A River Enchanted

Rebecca Ross · 467 pages

Cozy FantasyFae/FaeriesMissing PersonFantasy
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Stardust

Neil Gaiman · 238 pages

E-book extra: Neil Gaiman's "Writing and the Imagination."In the tranquil fields and meadows of long-ago England, there is a small hamlet that has stood on a jut of granite for 600 years. Just to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here, in the hamlet of Wall, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. And here, one crisp O

Fae/FaeriesWhimsicalCharmingQuest Narrative
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Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik · 465 pages

Fae/FaeriesWhimsicalAtmosphericFantasy
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The Tropic of Serpents

Marie Brennan · 341 pages

"Attentive readers of Lady Trent's earlier memoir, A Natural History of Dragons, are already familiar with how a bookish and determined young woman named Isabella first set out on the historic course that would one day lead her to becoming the world's premier dragon naturalist. Now, in this remarkably candid second volume, Lady Trent looks back at the next stage of her illustrious (and occasionall

Scientist ProtagonistEpistolary FormatAtmosphericAdventure
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Quicksilver

Callie Hart · 624 pages

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen's reservoirs for as long as she can remember. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone. When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently re-opens

Fae/FaeriesWitty BanterFirst Person NarratorFantasy
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A Wild Sheep Chase

Haruki Murakami · 299 pages

It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement. What he doesn't realize is that included in the pastoral scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man in black who offers a menacing ultimatum

WhimsicalDry HumorAtmosphericMissing Person
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The House Witch

Delemhach · 474 pages

Cozy FantasyCharmingWitty BanterWhimsical
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What the River Knows

Isabel Ibañez · 404 pages

Missing PersonQuest NarrativeAdventureAtmospheric
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