Do you prefer high fantasy with high stakes or cosy fantasy to cuddle up with? Whatever your subgenre of choice, fantasy reads offer the ultimate escape. From monsters to magic, fae to fire-breathing dragons, folklore to facing deadly trials, real-world (kind of) to romantasy, you’re sure to find your favourite new world here.
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Zen Cho

Rjurik Davidson

Seth Dickinson

Cherie Priest

Mark Charan Newton

China Miéville

Paul Cornell

Leigh Evans

John Gwynne

William Horwood

Mark Charan Newton

Liz de Jager

Mark Charan Newton

Genevieve Cogman

Jay Kristoff

Helen Oyeyemi

Brian Staveley

Josephine Angelini

Alden Bell

Hal Duncan

Col Buchanan

Rjurik Davidson

Paul Cornell

Ben Peek

Col Buchanan

Genevieve Cogman

Col Buchanan

William Horwood

Brian Staveley

John Gwynne

Alan Campbell

Mark Charan Newton

Melanie Rawn

R. A. Salvatore

Lori Handeland

Michael De Larrabeiti

Liz Williams

William Horwood

Greg Keyes

Cherith Baldry