Fantasy

Children of blood and bone / Tomi Adeyemi

Seventeen-year-old Zelie, her older brother, Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.

Cinderella is dead / Kalynn Bayron

Many years after Cinderella found her prince, the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s finery. If a suitable match is not found, the rejected girls are never heard from again.

Wicked as you wish / Rin Chupeco

Years after the evil Snow Queen desolated the magical kingdom of Avalon, Prince Alexei, his friend Tala, and a ragtag band, inspired by the appearance of the Firebird, try to reclaim their land.

Trial by fire / Josephine Angelini

In her hometown of Salem, Lily endures not only life-threatening allergies but utter humiliation at a party with her crush. But in a different Salem, one ruled by powerful women called Crucibles, she is Lillian, the strongest and cruelest Crucible...Lily's other self in an alternate universe.

Legendborn / Tracy Deonn

To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights.

Realm breaker / Victoria Aveyard

A strange darkness grows in Allward. Even Corayne can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. She soon discovers the truth: She is the last of an ancient lineage—and the last hope to save the world from destruction. A band of unlikely companions assist Corayne on her journey.

Girl, serpent, thorn / Melissa Bashardoust

Soraya, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch, has lived eighteen years in the shadows but as her twin brother's wedding approaches, she faces choices with unimaginable consequences.

All the stars and teeth / Adalyn Grace

Princess Amora has spent her entire life training to be the master of souls. To secure her place as heir to the throne, she must prove her mastery of the monarchy's dangerous soul magic. When her demonstration goes awry, Amora is forced to flee. Facing legendary monsters, Amora must prove she is fit to rule.

The cruel prince / Holly Black

Jude was stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, despite her mortality, but many of the fey despise humans, especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

Anya's ghost / Vera Brosgol

Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school but falling down a well and making friends with the ghost there just may be worse.

Dragon Ops / Mari Mancusi

Twelve-year-old Ian is thrilled to beta test the mixed reality version of his favorite game, but once inside he, his sister, Lilli, and their cousin Derek become trapped by an AI dragon. With no cheat codes, guidebooks, save points or do overs, they’ll need all their wits to defeat the game and survive, for real.

A song of wraiths and ruin / Roseanne A. Brown

For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister Nadia as payment to enter the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal: kill Karina, crown princess of Ziran, in exchange for Nadia's freedom.

A Song below water / Bethany C. Morrow

Tavia must hide her siren powers. Effie is pitted against literal demons from her past. Together, these best friends must navigate through the perils of high school. But when a siren murder trial rocks the nation, and Tavia let’s loose her voice, no place is safe.

Wicked fox / Kat Cho

After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his.

The belles / Dhonielle Clayton

Camilia Beauregard, a Belle, is revered with her sisters, as they control Beauty in Orleans, where all people are born gray and need the Belles to make them beautiful. However, she learns that being a Favorite Belle is not all she dreamed it would be.

The gilded ones / Namina Forna

Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. On the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity, and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.

Princess of the Midnight Ball / Jessica Day George

A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.

Beasts of prey / Ayana Gray

Sixteen-year-old indentured beastkeeper Koffi and seventeen-year-old warrior candidate Ekon forge an unusual alliance and venture into the Greater Jungle to hunt down a monster that has been menacing their city for a century.

House of Hollow / Krystal Sutherland

Iris, Grey and Vivi Hollow are unquestionably strange. Ever since they disappeared on a suburban street in Scotland as children only to return a month later with no memory of what happened to them eerie occurrences seem to follow in their wake. Ten years later when Grey goes missing, Iris and Vivi must unravel the past to find her.

Daughter of smoke & bone / Laini Taylor

Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.

The chaos of stars / Kiersten White

Sixteen-year-old Isadora, the mortal daughter of Isis and Osiris, is sick of being in the middle of family drama so she jumps at the chance to leave Egypt and start a new life in San Diego with her brother.

The young elites / Marie Lu

Adelina survived the blood fever, that killed many, but left others with strange markings and supernatural powers. Cast out by her family, Adelina joins the secret society of the Young Elites and discovers her own dangerous abilities.

The queen's rising / Rebecca Ross

Seventeen-year-old Brienna desires to master her passion and be chosen by a patron. While some are born with passions for the arts, Brienna chooses Knowledge, but her greatest fear comes true when she is left without a patron until a disgraced Lord offers it to her and she must accept.

The agony house / Cherie Priest ; illustrated by Tara O'Connor

Seventeen-year-old Denise and her family are moving back to New Orleans, into the 100-year-old Argonne house. Old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to an old crime.

We set the dark on fire / Tehlor Kay Mejia

Daniela Vargas is the Medio School's top student, where distinguished young ladies are trained to be one of a man's two wives, but her bright future depends upon no one discovering her darkest secret—that her pedigree is a lie.

Loki : where mischief lies / Mackenzi Lee

After the banishment of his only friend, the sorceress Amora, to Earth, a young Loki travels to nineteenth-century London to investigate a string of murders but finds much more than he expects.

Forest of souls / Lori M. Lee

After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, Sirscha's plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend Saengo. Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first lightwender in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King.

Horrid / Katrina Leno

Following her father's sudden death, Jane North-Robinson and her mother are forced to move to the old North house in Maine, where Jane uncovers her family's disturbing secrets.

All that glitters / Gita Trelease

After smallpox takes their parents, seventeen-year-old Camille supports herself and her sister by magically transforming herself into a baroness in the court at Versailles, then faces difficult choices as the French Revolution looms.

Six crimson cranes / Elizabeth Lim

After Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, loses control of her forbidden magic on the morning of the betrothal ceremony she never wanted, her stepmother Raikama banishes her — turning her brothers into cranes and making it so that every word that escapes Shiori's lips will cost a brother his life.

A dark and hollow star / Ashley Shuttleworth.

A queer cast of characters-a half-fae teenager, a temperamental ex-Fury, a fae prince, and his brooding guardian-must track down a serial killer whose disturbing murders are threatening to expose the hidden faerie courts to the human world.

The bones of ruin / Sarah Raughley

An African tightrope walker who cannot die gets involved with a mysterious society that's convinced the world is ending and is drafted into the fight-to-the-death Tournament of Freaks, where she learns the terrible truth of who and what she really is.

The endless skies / Shannon Price

Sixteen-year-old Rowan is about to become one of the famed Leonodai Warriors - the elite shapeshifting fighters who protect the floating city Heliana from the world of Men - but when disaster strikes the city's children, Rowan sets out on her own, risking everything to save her beloved city.

Before we disappear / Shaun David Hutchinson

Fifteen-year-old Jack and sixteen-year-old Wilhelm, assistants to--and captives of--rival magicians, fall in love against the backdrop of Seattle's 1909 world's fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.

The other Merlin / Robyn Schneider

Emry, the daughter of the famed wizard Merlin, must disguise herself as her twin brother to learn magic in Prince Arthur's court, where she finds scandal, danger, and romance.

Jade fire gold / June C.L. Tan

Ahn is no one, with no past and no family. Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen away as a child. When they meet, Altan sees in Ahn a path to reclaiming the throne. Ahn sees a way to finally unlock her past and understand her lethal magical abilities. But they may have to pay a far deadlier price than either could have imagined.

The Ivory Key / Akshaya Raman

Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya are siblings, but they are pretty distant from one another, living separate lives. But one thing finally unites them: the search for the Ivory Key, a legendary item that will provide a new source of magic.

This woven kingdom / Tahereh Mafi

To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. The crown prince has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes would one day soon uproot his kingdom--and the world.

Only a monster / Vanessa Len

Sent to stay with her late mother's eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself. Then a Good Samaritan attempt gone wrong sends Joan spinning through time, and her life quickly begins to unravel. Her family aren't just eccentric: they're monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers.

Curses / Lish McBride

Merit Cravan refused to fulfill her obligation to marry a prince, leading to a fairy godling's curse. She will be forced to live as a beast forever, unless she agrees to marry a man of her mother's choosing before her eighteenth birthday.

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