Barker, Clive

Abarat

C. 2002

Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, one day finds herself on the edge of a foreign world that is populated by strange creatures, and her life is forever changed.

Bradbury, Ray

Something Wicked this Way Comes

C. 1962

Story of two young boys who begin to encounter evil secrets when a lightning rod salesman gives them one of his contraptions covered with mystical symbols. 

Butcher, Jim

Storm Front

C. 2009

A modern-day mage and consultant to the police finds his stale life suddenly enlivened by the presence of a rival in the black arts. 

Clarke, Susanna

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

C. 2004

In nineteenth-century England, all is going well for rich, reclusive Mr. Norell, who has regained some of the power of England's magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, appears and becomes Mr. Norrell's pupil. 

Donohue, Keith

Stolen Child

C. 2006

Stolen from his family by changelings, Henry Day is given the name "Aniday" by the ageless and  magical beings, who replace him with another child who takes his place with his parents, a young boy who possesses an extraordinary gift of music.

Feist, Raymond

Flight of the Nighthawks

C. 2006

Pug, a sorcerer, searches for the meaning of a prophetic nightmare that portends the destruction of the world of Midkemia, while two young brothers, untrained and unprepared, become a part of the Conclave of Shadows. 

Friedman, C.S. 

Feast of Souls

C. 2007

In order to use their powers, witches draw upon their own souls, thus shortening their lives, but the immortal male Magisters have a different, unknown source, and when Kamala petitions to be taught their secret, the entire kingdom is thrown into chaos. 

Gaiman, Neil

Neverwhere

C. 1997

Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and angels, and he must help Door on her mission to save this strange underworld kingdom from destruction. 

Graphic Novel

Jordan, Robert

Eye of the World

C. 1990

Relates a tale of the bestial Trollocs, the witch Moiraine, and three boys, one of whom is fated to become the Dragon -- the world's only hope and the sure means of its destruction. 

Kay, Guy Gavriel

Ysabel

C. 2007

While his famed photographer father works to record Saint-Saveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence, Ned Marriner wanders the halls and rooms of the ancient structure, uncovering some of the many secrets of the monument and discovering that it is not as empty as it appears. 

Le Guin, Ursula K.

Wizard of Earthsea

C. 1968

When Sparrowhawk, a young student at the School for Wizards, becomes overanxious and tries his dangerous powers too soon, he unleashes a terrible evil throughout the land.

Modesitt, L.E.

The White Order

C. 1998

A poor orphaned boy in a medieval village becomes a famous magician, thanks to the miller's daughter who teaches him to read. A look at the mores and manners of the period.

Rothfuss, Patrick

The  Name of the Wind

C. 2007

A hero named Kvothe, now living under an assumed name as the humble poprietor of an inn, recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the most notorious wizard, musician, thief, and assassin in his world. 

Tolkien, J.R.R.

The Fellowship of the Ring

C. 1982

Frondo the hobbit and his companions set out to deliver the One Ring of Power to the dark land of Mordor in order to destroy the ring in the forge of its creation. 

Book on CD

White, T.H.

Once and Future King

C. 1958

Arthur becomes king of the Britons under the guidance of Merlin.