What are some captivating fantasy books for teens?
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.
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 Mistborn: The Final Empire
| 4.45 | 2,653 reads | ||
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
| 4.29 | 6,025 reads | ||
 Eragon
| 3.63 | 1,453 reads | ||
 Six of Crows
| 4.31 | 1,308 reads | ||
 Redwall
| 3.97 | 306 reads | ||
 Cemetery Boys
| 4.15 | 220 reads | ||
 Nimona
| 4.27 | 426 reads | ||
 Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
| 4.27 | 121 reads | ||
 Cinder
| 4 | 749 reads | ||
 Tress of the Emerald Sea
| 4.46 | 949 reads | ||
 A Wizard of Earthsea
| 3.89 | 902 reads | ||
 The Eye of the World
| 4.01 | 1,340 reads | ||
 Raybearer
| 4.28 | 101 reads | ||
 Carry On
| 4.09 | 441 reads | ||
 City of Bones
| 3.58 | 1,131 reads | ||
 The Merciful Crow
| 4.01 | 45 reads | ||
 Dealing with Dragons
| 4.17 | 144 reads | ||
 Magician: Apprentice
| 4.01 | 373 reads | ||
 Children of Blood and Bone
| 3.97 | 393 reads | ||
 Ender's Game
| 4.26 | 2,257 reads | ||
 Pentagon Pirate Gang Pentagon Pirate Gang: The Secret of the Orchard
| 5 | 1 read | ||
 Half a Soul
| 4.09 | 201 reads | ||
 The Elfstones of Shannara
| 3.82 | 42 reads | ||
 Wit'ch Fire
| 3.71 | 15 reads | ||
 The Alchemyst
| 3.72 | 220 reads | ||
 Abandon
| 3.48 | 26 reads | ||
 The Dragonet Prophecy
| 3.55 | 84 reads | ||
 Water & Fire
| 3.98 | 84 reads | ||
 The Forbidden Game
| 3.71 | 9 reads | ||
 Gardens of the Moon
| 3.99 | 538 reads | ||
 The Reader
| 3.9 | 27 reads | ||
 Dragons of Autumn Twilight
| 3.77 | 203 reads | ||
 Every Heart a Doorway
| 3.89 | 519 reads | ||
 A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
| 4.01 | 58 reads | ||
 Howl's Moving Castle
| 4.17 | 783 reads | ||
 Goddess of the Night
| 3.55 | 18 reads | ||
 The Sum of All Men
| 3.58 | 41 reads | ||
 He Who Fights with Monsters
| 4.1 | 126 reads | ||
 A Game of Thrones
| 4.37 | 2,881 reads | ||
 The Amulet of Samarkand
| 4.01 | 226 reads | ||
 Night World No. 1
| 3.69 | 47 reads |