published 2015, avg rating 4.14 — Hardcover $16.29 $ 16. Excerpted from Confident Women by Tori Telfer. Young adult fantasy books are known for being filled with over the top action, drama, love, and rich fantasy worlds. Refresh and try again. published 2011, avg rating 4.55 — We have chosen to create separate boards for Romance and Paranormal & Urban fantasy, so please see those boards for more information on those subgenres of Low Fantasy. Welcome back. published 2019, avg rating 4.31 — published 2020, avg rating 4.18 — published 2018, The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4), The Fiery Trial (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #8), Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #2), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1), Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3), The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4), The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3), The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2), City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5), City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4), City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3), The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5), The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1), The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2), The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5), City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1), The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3), The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #5), The Red Scrolls of Magic (The Eldest Curses, #1), A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #4), The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2), Angels Twice Descending (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #10), Born to Endless Night (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #9), Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3), Bitter of Tongue (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #7), Pale Kings and Princes (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #6), The Evil We Love (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #5), Nothing but Shadows (Tales from Shadowhunter Academy, #4), The Whitechapel Fiend (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #3), The Lost Herondale (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #2), Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #1), Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices, #3), Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2), The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1), Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1), The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1), The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1), City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6), City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2), Dead or Alive (Skulduggery Pleasant, #14), Seasons of War (Skulduggery Pleasant, #13). published 2007, avg rating 4.34 — Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi and Ron Barrett 1-48 of over 100,000 results for "fantasy books" Best Seller in Teen & Young Adult Arthurian Myths & Legends. Fantasy books for toddlers and preschoolers. I read widely in YA, and enjoy just about every genre in it. 29,323 ratings — Set on an abandoned space station, Gideon is a sword-fighting cavalier sworn to protect her worst enemy as she uses necromancy to figure out how to win the emperor’s competition. Tomi Adeyemi is the author of some on the best fantasy books for YA readers in recent years. Teens: Compelling YA Fantasy and Adventure. I love moving contemporary reads, thrilling sci-fi, and lush fantasy. published 2008, avg rating 4.36 — 10 High Fantasy YA Books to Read . published 2012, avg rating 4.42 — Copyright 2021 by Tori Telfer. 00 $5.99 $5.99. Now, Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. Book 1 of 1: Legendborn. Loved Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem? The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien J.R.R. I'm always hungry to find bright new voices in YA. 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,878. published 2019, avg rating 4.14 — Legendborn. YA Books WITHOUT Romance! 76,233 ratings — The standard deviation was 14,000 words. 15,465 ratings — 12,469 ratings — published 2020, avg rating 4.41 — Young adult fantasy is an incredible genre that I overlooked as an adult until just a few years ago. published 2011, avg rating 4.30 — 2,120,704 ratings — We’ve collected some of the best young adult fantasy books and series for you to add to your TBR. 220,838 ratings — BESTSELLER. Children of Blood and Bone. Young adult fantasy titles hit the right balance between adventurous escapism and handling difficult topics in a way younger readers can relate, and each year brings exciting new titles to the genre. published 2014, avg rating 4.38 — 16,978 ratings — Spring clean with low prices. What if you were asked to reduc. This book is a bananpants mix of sci-fi and fantasy with a dash of horror thrown in for good measure, and it’s hilarious. Its author Maurice Druon is the … published 2011, avg rating 4.22 — published 2015, avg rating 4.32 — 175,205 ratings — Meanwhile, Sadie has been living with her grandparents in London. 163,772 ratings — published 2015, avg rating 4.51 — published 2014, avg rating 4.28 — 1 - 20 of 55 results. published 2015, avg rating 4.43 — 13,133 ratings — There’s More Where That Cam... 10 Books By Latinx Authors We Can’t Wait To Read In 2021. 803,488 ratings — published 2021, avg rating 4.36 — published 2016, avg rating 3.91 — Young Adult Fiction + Non-Fiction. Its subgenres include Magic Realism, Steampunk, Gaslamp, Romance, Paranormal and Urban fantasy. 450,303 ratings — 12 YA Fantasy Books to Read in 2019 by Feliza Casano. published 2008, avg rating 4.21 — Young Adult Fantasy (YA Fantasy) A fantasy that is primarily aimed or marketed at a young adult (teenage) readership, usually with young adult protagonists. So many incredible new YA fantasy books hit shelves in 2019’s opening months , and we hope you’ve kept up, because the rest of the year does not seem to be slowing down. You’re in luck! Spring clean with low prices. 365,356 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 4.52 — In two 2019 books, for example, authors dive back into 18th and 19th century Paris and supernatural twists. published 2020, avg rating 4.43 — published 2005, avg rating 4.08 — avg rating 4.39 — Somehow, I forgot that I loved these books that are filled with magic, monsters, and amazing new worlds. 212,086 ratings — 789,089 ratings — published 2007, avg rating 4.07 — published 2011, avg rating 4.15 — 106,611 ratings — 1. An imprint of North Star Editions, Inc., Flux is open to unagented YA fiction in a variety of genres. Tolkien’s trilogy is a classic of fantasy fiction and is a must-read for all fantasy fans. Rick Riordan is most popular for writing thePercy Jackson books. Again, if the list was specifically meant to reward books in that mode, that would be fine but it does say it is for the best fantasy books of all time, not the best YA fantasy novels of all time. Escape reality with this list of the best YA fantasy books! You can see there is a lot of variation in word length, especially in epic high fantasy, where books can stretch beyond 200,000 words or sink as low as 50,000. Neanderthal King: A Medieval Epic YA Fantasy Adventure Imagine Game ofThrones, but with Neanderthals too!It's 1107, and the once-great Neanderthal empire is no more, laid waste by the dark Sapien king, Isaac, the same bastard who slaughtered the Thal queen's young heirs. 31+ [Hand Picked] Popular Books On Low Fantasy Discover the list of some best books written on Low Fantasy by popular award winning authors. Kindle $0.00 $ 0. published 2015, avg rating 4.09 — One Chr… 664,111 ratings — 37 Young Adult Fantasy Novels You Can’t Miss in the Second Half of 2019 Y’all, this year opened strong . The Sordid Tale Of The Woman Who Scammed Marie-Antoinette, Books By Black Women We Can’t Wait To Read In 2021, 11 Fiction Books About Black Joy You Need To Read Now. 510,063 ratings — Marley Dias can. published 2014, avg rating 4.02 — 12,338 ratings — published 2015, avg rating 4.04 — 339,274 ratings — published 2009, avg rating 4.50 — One of the best books of all time, and not just within the YA genre. published 2012, avg rating 4.11 — 17,167 ratings — 715,725 ratings — The funny thing is, that I read it all the time while I was in middle school and high school. 16,606 ratings — 1,728 ratings — published 2011, avg rating 4.25 — published 2010, avg rating 4.24 — published 2015, avg rating 4.10 — published 2021, avg rating 4.52 — 50,926 ratings — Grid View Grid. by amlegaspi - a community-created list : Believe it or not, there are some great Teen or YA books out there that do not have romance in them! 737,151 ratings — 73 ratings — published 2015, avg rating 4.31 — The highest word count was 115,000, the lowest was 47,000, and the average was 75,000. published 2010, avg rating 4.41 — Based on what I remember from high school, this is completely appropriate. Apr 16, 2017 - Low Fantasy is fantasy set in the real world but with magical, fantastical or time travel related elements. The biggest struggle I have is finding more YA Fantasy books that I’ll like, books like Throne of Glass.So with that in mind, I’ve put together as complete a list as I can manage of the best YA Fantasy books as of the time of posting this article. 441,502 ratings — 3,217 ratings — The Best YA Books Being Published in 2021 10 Books That Promote Positive Thinking in Teens Pride and Less Prejudice: LGBTQIA+ Books for Teens Popular Topics Books Girls Love Books Boys Love Science Fiction & Fantasy published 2018, avg rating 4.18 — Which celebrities or trends, music or eras would you reference to help sum it up? 1,030,328 ratings — published 2011, avg rating 4.40 — Flux (YA fiction). published 2015, avg rating 4.13 — published 2018, avg rating 4.45 — As you can expect, this list of YA fantasies isn’t comprehensive. Published with permission from Harper Perennial and HarperCollins Publishers. The term thus contrasts with high fantasy stories, which take place in fictional worlds that have their own sets of rules and physical laws. Young Adult fantasy is expansive and growing, which makes it all the more surprising that Book Riot hasn’t had a must-read list of the best YA fantasy books before. On Inauguration Day, many prepared themselves to fawn over the star-studded lineup of performances, from Lady Gaga’s Broadway rendition of the Nation, Marley Dias Is Changing Black Girls’ Lives — One Book At A Time, 11 History Books That Every Woman Should Read. This section consists of picture books and other simple stories designed to introduce very young children to the world of fantasy. 833,012 ratings — 2,413 ratings — Everything changed the night magic disappeared. 128,652 ratings — But better late than never. Typical Elements: orphans, young adult characters discovering hidden powers/skills, coming of age dilemmas, first romances, high school or school-like settings, adult mentors. List View List. The Xoe Meyers Series: Books 1-3 (Xoe Meyers Young Adult Urban Fantasy Book 0) by Sara C. Roethle 4.5 out of 5 stars 748. 12,062 ratings — Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. 1. 708,015 ratings — Read 20 664 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. As for what I'm specifically looking for, that's a hard thing to pin down. 788,263 ratings — published 2006, avg rating 4.41 — In the mood for a YA fantasy book? published 2013, avg rating 4.44 — 469,990 ratings — 13,325 ratings — However, paranormal and YA fantasy books appear to remain largely in the 80-120,000 range, with books targeted at children or younger teenagers sometimes dipping to 50-70,000. 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