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.

Redwall

#1 of 28 in Redwall

Redwall
ByBrian Jacques

1986 • 509 Readers • 351 pages 4

Eragon

#1 of 5 in The Inheritance Cycle

Eragon
ByChristopher Paolini

2002 • 1,886 Readers • 518 pages 3.6

Mistborn: The Final Empire

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

Mistborn: The Final Empire
ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 4,191 Readers • 534 pages 4.4

The Eye of the World

#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time

The Eye of the World
ByRobert Jordan

1990 • 2,273 Readers • 708 pages 4