Fantasy Genres Reading Lists
Adventure
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Bloody Jack Series - Ms Carmyn has a copy
Cat Royal Series - F GOL Gypsy Crown Series - a gypsy girl must collect the charms that will free her family who have been arrested for singing and dancing (which were forbidden during Cromwell's reign) F FOR Trouble Twisters Series - F NIX Inkheart - F FUN Song of the Lioness Series - F PIE Dread Pirate Fleur - F STA The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland - F VAL, Ms Carmyn has whole series Anything by Frances Harding - F HAR, Ms Carmyn has others Poison Throne Series - F KIE Princess Academy series - F HAL City of Beasts Series - F ALL Land of Elyon - F CAR The girl who could Fly - F FOR anything else by Michelle Lovric - F LOV Talina in the Tower - F LOV Wildwood - F MAL Stardust - F GAI Tattoo or Golden - F BAR Dragonfly Links - F COL Kidglovz - F HUN (graphic novel) |
Animal Adventure Stories
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Redwall Series - F JAC
Cat Warrior Series - F HUN East - F PAT Song for a Scarlet Runner - F HUN Legend of Little Fur series - F CAR Talina in the Tower - F LOV |
Dragon Stories
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Seraphina - F HAR
Dragonsong Series - F MCC, Ms Carmyn has the entire series How to Train your dragon - F COW Dragonclaw Series - F FOR Wing of Fire Series - f SUT Dragonkeeper Series - F WIL Dealing with Dragons series - F WRE Dragon lance series - F DRA Last Dragonslayer - F FFO Eon Series - F GOO Dragon Rider - F FUN Beowolf Retold - F BEO |
Fairytale Retellings
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Cinder Series - F MEY
Clementine, Firebird, Hinter's Moon, Moonlight and Ashes, Scarlet in the snow, Crystal heart by Sophie Masson - F MAS Dorothy must die - F PAG Fairest - F LEV Ash - F LO Sisters Grimm - F BUC Merrow - F BRA Frogkisser - F NIX Ever After High series - F HAL Goose girl Series - F HAL Cinderella grows a spine - F ROS *** Whatever after series - anything by Robyn McKinley - F MCK Beastly - F FLI Ella enchanted - F LEV Heartless - F MEY Wildwood Dancing - F MAR Splintered by A G Howard (see Ms Carmyn for a copy) East - F PAT Curse dark as gold - F BUN Rapunzel's Revenge (graphic novel) - F HAL Graphic novels by Neil Gaiman - try your local library (Note - some are pretty adult!) Once upon a time series - Sunlight and shadow F DOK; Scarlet Moon F VIG; Spirited F HOL; Ms Carmyn owns several more of this series School for Good and Evil - F CHA Wisdom's Kiss - F MUR or read this first chapter (2 stars) and let me know if it's any good: http://forreadingaddicts.co.uk/new-releases/enjoy-excerpt-exciting-new-fairytale-reboot/19178 |
Fantasy
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Silvermay series - F MAL
Book of Lies Series - F MAL Belgariad series - F EDD Circle of Magic Series - F PIE Discworld series - Equal Rites, Reaper man, Mort - F PRA, Ms Carmyn has others, including some audio books Arcanae Series - F NON Dark is Rising series - F COO Tiger's Curse series - F HOU Dragon links - F COL Tallow series - F BRO Monsterblood Tattoo series - F COR Throne of Glass Series - F MAA Red Queen Series - F AVE Ember in the Ashes series - F TAH |
Historical adventure
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Pirates - F REE
Act of Faith - F GAR Stravaganza - F HOF Pagan series - F JIN |
Horror
I'll add more horror classics here as I come across them. I don't actually read horror, so let me know if you think something's worth adding. Well-written horror books are extremely creepy - definitely not PG - so if you're a wimp like me, steer clear of this list!
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Thronicles of Vladimir series - F BRE
The Diviners Series - F BRA Dance of Shadows - F BLA Anna Dressed in Blood - F BLA Pimpernelles series - F ELI Graveyard book - F GAI Coraline - F GAI (Graphic novel = ***) Shades of London series - F JON Thyla - GOR |
Mermaid Stories
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Breathe Series - F RUS
Ingo Series - Ms Carmyn has this series Merrow - F BRA The Siren - F CAS Thora - F JOH Fate in the box - F LOV |
Steam Punk
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Ettiquette and Espionage series - F CAR
City of Orphans series - F JIN Cinder Series - F MEY Leviathan Series - F WES Invention of Hugo Cabret - F SEL Girl in the Steel Corset series Worldshaker series - F HAR |
Supernatural Romance
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Hush Series - F FIT
Vampire Academy series - F MEA Bloodthirsty - F MEA Shiver Series - F STI Golden - F BAR Tattoo - F BAR Salem Witch Tryouts - F MCC Blood Moon - F FRE Devilish - Ms Carmyn has a copy Hex Education - Ms Carmyn has a copy House of Night Series - F CAS Inheritance - F FOR wicked Lovely - F MAR Game of Love and Death - F BRO |