Fantasy

The giants behind some of the best fantasy books still loom large – nobody looks like dethroning Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, nor Earthsea author Ursula Le Guin, any time soon – but the popularity of the genre on TikTok has led to the emergence of new favourites, too: Erin Morgenstern’s fantastic The Night Circus and The Starless Sea; Holly Black’s Book of Night; Naomi Novik’s The Golden Enclaves; and the popularity of fantasy romance books such as K. A. Tucker’s A Fate of Wrath & Flame and its ensuing series.

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Where to start with Terry Pratchett's books

The late, great Terry Pratchett left an extraordinary reading legacy behind. His legendary fantasy stories have been casting spells over young readers for years and years…

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Journey to another world

Discover the Terry Pratchett universe

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The Book of Dust and His Dark Materials

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Travel in time with Outlander

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Quiz

Which fantasy book world do you belong to?

Would you be most at home in the mountains of Middle-Earth? Amidst the creatures of Narnia? Or in the pastoral paradise of Elizabeth Knox’s fantasy epic, The Absolute Book? Take our quiz to find out.

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