Best Modern Fantasy Novels - April 2024

Midnight's Children: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

The iconic masterpiece of India that introduced the world to “a glittering novelist—one with startling imaginative and intellectual resources, a master of perpetual storytelling” (The New Yorker)WINNER OF THE BEST OF THE BOOKERS • SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time • The twenty-fifth anniversary edition, featuring a new introduction by the author Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812976533
• ASIN: 0812976533
• ISBN: 9780812976533
• Brand: Unbranded
• Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

As I Lay Dying (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeFrom the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner—also available are Snopes, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, and Selected Short StoriesOne of William Faulkner’s finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren’s family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375504524
• UPC: 880792745071
• ASIN: 0375504524
• ISBN: 0375504524
• Brand: Modern Library
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

• ASIN: 0385333846
• ASIN: 0385333846
• ISBN: 0812988523
• Brand: Delta
• Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback

Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels : An English-Language Selection, 1946-1987

Recommends the hundred best modern fantasy novels and offers brief summaries of each work

• ASIN: 0872263282
• ASIN: 0872263282
• ISBN: 0872263282
• Manufacturer: Peter Bedrick Books

The Hobbit (Graphic Novel) with a subtitle of An illustrated edition of the fantasy classic

An illustrated edition of the enchanting prequel to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit—the classic fantasy that inspired Peter Jackson’s major motion picture trilogy—in a newly expanded edition.When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton. Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But as they journey from the wonders of Rivendell to�... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345445600
• ASIN: 0345445600
• ISBN: 9780345445605
• Brand: Del Rey Books
• Manufacturer: Del Rey

Legends: Short Novels By The Masters of Modern Fantasy (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn)

• ASIN: B005LVO6FS
• ASIN: B005LVO6FS
• Manufacturer: Tor Books

Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels

• ASIN: 0246134208
• ASIN: 0246134208
• ISBN: 0246134208
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers

The Bookseller: A Novel

A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of Sliding Doors, The Bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams.Nothing is as permanent as it appears . . .Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She loves the bookshop she runs with her best friend, Frieda, and enjoys complete control over her day-to-day existence. She can come and go as she pleases, answering to no one. There was a man once, a doctor named Kevin, but it didn’t quite work out the way Kitty ha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00L7WZDES
• ASIN: B00L7WZDES
• Manufacturer: Harper

CIRCE

"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times).In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power--the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into mo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316556343
• ASIN: 0316556343
• ISBN: 0316556343
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)

Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest He... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0395843677
• UPC: 046442843676
• ASIN: 0395843677
• ISBN: 0395843677
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Rainbow (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timePronounced obscene when it was first published in 1915, The Rainbow is the epic story of three generations of the Brangwens, a Midlands family. A visionary novel, considered to be one of Lawrence’s finest, it explores the complex sexual and psychological relationships between men and women in an increasingly industrialized world. “Lives are separate, but life is continuous—it continues in the fresh start by the separate life in each generation,” wrote F. R. Leavis. “No work, I think, has presented this perception... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375759654
• ASIN: 0375759654
• ISBN: 0375759654
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

Legends 2 : Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy

A collection of original short novels by Stephen King, Robert Silverberg, Orson Scott Card, and Raymond E. Feist returns each author to his own special fantasy world for a new and illuminating story

• ASIN: 0812575237
• ASIN: 0812575237
• ISBN: 0812575237
• Brand: Brand: Tor Books
• Manufacturer: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc

The Song of Achilles: A Novel

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adv... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062060627
• ASIN: 0062060627
• ISBN: 0062060627
• Brand: Ecco Press
• Manufacturer: Ecco

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

New York Times Bestseller • The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote cornerof the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age.The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture, granted universal religious freedom, and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0609809644
• ASIN: 0609809644
• ISBN: 0609809644
• Brand: Broadway Books
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, Vol. 1

The great anthology of short novels by the masters of modern fantasy.Stephen King tells a tale of Roland, the Gunslinger, in the world of The Dark Tower, in "The Little Sisters of Eluria."Robert Silverberg returns to Majipoor and to Lord Valentine's adventure in an ancient tomb, in "The Seventh Shrine."Orson Scott Card spins a yarn of Alvin and his apprentice from the Tales of Alvin Maker, in "Grinning Man."Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga is the setting of the tale of "The Wood Boy."

• ASIN: 0812566637
• ASIN: 0812566637
• ISBN: 0812566637
• Brand: Brand: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates
• Manufacturer: Tor Books

Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels - eBook

Pringle presents his selections in chronological order and includes a synopsis of the story, a discussion of the author's overall contribution to fantasy literature, critical commentary on the title's significance, and a brief publishing history.

• UPC: 955163680

Junkyard Druid : A New Adult Urban Fantasy Novel

Name's Colin McCool, but folks call me the Junkyard Druid. The local Fae Queen Maeve is blackmailing me into doing her dirty work. Now I'm in way over my head trying to retrieve her stolen

• UPC: 707681160

The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy - eBook

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was a prolific British writer and journalist.  Bennett is popular for fiction such as The Old Wives’ Tale and also for non-fiction works such as How to Live on 24 Hours a

• UPC: 407335295
• Rating: 4.0

Year's Best Fantasy 3 - eBook

The door to fantastic worlds, skewed realities, and breathtaking other realms is opened wide to you once more in this third anthology of the finest short fantasy fiction to emerge over the past year, compiled

• UPC: 900831660
• Rating: 3.0

The Best British Fantasy 2013 - eBook

From the post-apocalyptic American West to the rural terror in New Zealand, this major anthology has evil spirits, bin-Laden style assassinations, steampunk, sexual dysfunction, a twisted version of Peter Pan, the folklore of standing stones,

• UPC: 864580395
• Rating: 2.0

The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy - eBook

First published in 1907, The Ghost was the first of many "fantasias on modern times" written by Arnold Bennett. These illustrated his ability to produce not only realistic novels, perfected in his portrayals of provincial

• UPC: 749825978
• Rating: 4.0

Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy - eBook

Terry Brooks. David Eddings. George R. R. Martin. Robin Hobb. The top names in modern fantasy all acknowledge J. R. R. Tolkien as their role model, the author whose work inspired them to create their

• UPC: 733325390
• Rating: 3.0

Legends-Vol. 2 Stories By The Masters of Modern Fantasy - eBook

The Great Anthology of Short Novels by the Masters of Modern FantasyTerry Goodkind tells of the origin of the Border between the lands in the world of The Sword of Truth, in "Debt of Bones."George

• UPC: 582650344
• Rating: 3.0

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition - eBook

Welcome to the dark. It comes in more colors than you may have imagined. Quiet blue shadows, a glimpse of ghostly white, a once-dim corner deepening to stygian black, the sudden scarlet stain in the

• UPC: 466473883
• Rating: 3.75

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition - eBook

No matter your expectations, the dark is full of the unknown: grim futures, distorted pasts, invasions of the uncanny, paranormal fancies, weird dreams, unnerving nightmares, baffling enigmas, revelatory excursions, desperate adventures, spectral journeys, mundane terrors,

• UPC: 869881723
• Rating: 4.25

Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle Paperback Book The Fast

• UPC: 382275138940
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 10 USD

Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels by Pringle, David Hardback Book The Fast

• UPC: 392274126064
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 18 USD

"Modern Fantasy:The Hundred Best Novels" David Pringle 1st ed Peter Bedrick TPB

• UPC: 232500263749
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 13 USD

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Ninth Series HC DJ 1st Edition 1960

• UPC: 184226345155
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 24 USD

Modern Fantasy : The Hundred Best Novels by David Pringle

• UPC: 193370836167
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 5 USD

Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels : An Engli

• UPC: 302390240168
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 3 USD

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Ninth Series 1959 BCE HC Book with DJ

• UPC: 163971872408
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 13 USD

Modern Fantasy : The Hundred Best Novels by Pringle, David

• UPC: 223401096895
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 3 USD

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Ninth Series 1959 BCE HC Book with DJ

• UPC: 303532001579
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 8 USD

Modern Fantasy: the Hundred Best Novels: an English-Language Selection,...

• UPC: 303504647312
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectable
• Price: 31 GBP