What are some captivating fantasy books for teens?Answer

Whether you call it young adult fantasy, YA, or just fantasy – fictional worlds and magical elements have inspired readers for generations. They can be a gateway to reading in a way that real-world-based stories cannot. What fantasy books do you recommend for teenagers (or even tweens or pre-teens) to hook them into the fantasy genre? These could be books set in a fictional universe, books with magic elements, or anything else that plays with magical realism to tell a compelling tale that school-aged readers can identify with.

City of Bones

#1 of 6 in The Mortal Instruments

City of Bones
ByCassandra Clare

1999 • 1,568 Readers • 485 pages 3.6

Children of Blood and Bone

#1 of 3 in Legacy of Orïsha

1900 • 965 Readers • 544 pages 4

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

27 Camp Half-Blood Chronicles

2010 • 186 Readers • 318 pages 4.3

Cinder

#1 of 5 in The Lunar Chronicles

Cinder
ByMarissa Meyer

2011 • 1,232 Readers • 448 pages 4

Six of Crows

#1 of 2 in Six of Crows

Six of Crows
ByLeigh Bardugo

2015 • 2,556 Readers • 465 pages 4.3

Mistborn: The Final Empire

#1 of 3 in The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogy

Mistborn: The Final Empire
ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 4,197 Readers • 534 pages 4.5