Magic
Magic shimmers at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern practice, offering guidance on everything from stage illusions to spiritual rituals. Whether seeking to master sleight-of-hand performance or explore metaphysical traditions, readers will find practical techniques and time-honored knowledge for harnessing both natural and supernatural forces.
Magic Book Summaries
The Hero of Ages
A god of destruction walks free, and a scholar's lost faith is the world's last hope.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Dark Fantasy
The Hero of Ages
A god of destruction walks free, and a scholar's lost faith is the world's last hope.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Dark Fantasy
The Goblin Emperor
A gentle half-goblin outcast inherits an empire: now he must survive a court that expects cruelty.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Steampunk
Adult
Politics
The Goblin Emperor
A gentle half-goblin outcast inherits an empire: now he must survive a court that expects cruelty.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Steampunk
Adult
Politics
The Book of Forbidden Knowledge
Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.
Occult
Magic
Folklore
Witchcraft
Supernatural
The Book of Forbidden Knowledge
Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.
Occult
Magic
Folklore
Witchcraft
Supernatural
The Rise of Kyoshi
Branded the true Avatar after her mentor's murder, Kyoshi joins outlaws to survive and take revenge.
Fantasy
Young Adult
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Adventure
The Rise of Kyoshi
Branded the true Avatar after her mentor's murder, Kyoshi joins outlaws to survive and take revenge.
Fantasy
Young Adult
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Adventure
The Familiar
A scullion's secret magic earns her a patron, a deadly competition, and the Inquisition's gaze.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Adult
The Familiar
A scullion's secret magic earns her a patron, a deadly competition, and the Inquisition's gaze.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Adult
Court of Winter
Kidnapped by a frozen realm's prince, a wingless outcast's hidden magic could restore dying land.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Adult
Court of Winter
Kidnapped by a frozen realm's prince, a wingless outcast's hidden magic could restore dying land.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Adult
The Golden Compass
To rescue her friend from child-snatchers, a girl with a truth-telling compass journeys north.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Middle Grade
Epic Fantasy
The Golden Compass
To rescue her friend from child-snatchers, a girl with a truth-telling compass journeys north.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Middle Grade
Epic Fantasy
The Floating World
A masked acrobat with forbidden light allies with the demon-touched mercenary sent to capture her.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Mythology
The Floating World
A masked acrobat with forbidden light allies with the demon-touched mercenary sent to capture her.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Mythology
Rise of the Wolf
A werewolf boy hunted for his mother's murder is the lost heir of the throne the usurper king stole.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Werewolves
Shapeshifter
Adventure
Rise of the Wolf
A werewolf boy hunted for his mother's murder is the lost heir of the throne the usurper king stole.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Werewolves
Shapeshifter
Adventure
Deadhouse Gates
A historian chronicles a doomed retreat: refugees fleeing across a continent consumed by holy war.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Military
Deadhouse Gates
A historian chronicles a doomed retreat: refugees fleeing across a continent consumed by holy war.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Military
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice falls into a wonderland of vanishing cats, living cards, and a queen who collects heads.
Fantasy
Classics
Children
Young Adult
Literature
Immersive
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice falls into a wonderland of vanishing cats, living cards, and a queen who collects heads.
Fantasy
Classics
Children
Young Adult
Literature
The Goose Girl
Betrayed on her wedding journey, a princess who speaks to animals hides among the palace geese.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fairy Tales
Retellings
Romance
The Goose Girl
Betrayed on her wedding journey, a princess who speaks to animals hides among the palace geese.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fairy Tales
Retellings
Romance
Assassin's Quest
Believed dead, a broken assassin hunts a vanished king whose only weapon left is a dragon.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dragons
Adventure
Assassin's Quest
Believed dead, a broken assassin hunts a vanished king whose only weapon left is a dragon.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dragons
Adventure
Chain of Thorns
A demon prince crowns himself in London. Her sword obeys him. Her husband is his. She fights anyway.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Historical Fiction
Urban Fantasy
Chain of Thorns
A demon prince crowns himself in London. Her sword obeys him. Her husband is his. She fights anyway.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Historical Fiction
Urban Fantasy
The Possession of Alba Díaz
Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Romance
Paranormal Romance
The Possession of Alba Díaz
Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Romance
Paranormal Romance
The Blood of Olympus
Seven demigods must stop an awakening earth goddess, but their plan demands a fatal sacrifice.
Fantasy
Mythology
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Adventure
The Blood of Olympus
Seven demigods must stop an awakening earth goddess, but their plan demands a fatal sacrifice.
Fantasy
Mythology
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Adventure
Aleister Crowley
Before the 1960s, a Victorian magician wrote the rulebook for sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
Biography
History
Religion
Spirituality
Magic
Aleister Crowley
Before the 1960s, a Victorian magician wrote the rulebook for sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
Biography
History
Religion
Spirituality
Magic
The Graveyard Book
A graveyard of ghosts adopts the sole survivor of a family massacre, hiding him from his hunters.
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Horror
Paranormal
The Graveyard Book
A graveyard of ghosts adopts the sole survivor of a family massacre, hiding him from his hunters.
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Horror
Paranormal
A Wrinkle in Time
A girl folds space with her brother to save their father from a planet of crushing sameness.
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Middle Grade
A Wrinkle in Time
A girl folds space with her brother to save their father from a planet of crushing sameness.
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Middle Grade
Kingdom of the Wicked
To find her twin's killer, a witch bargains with a demon prince she was taught to fear.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Kingdom of the Wicked
To find her twin's killer, a witch bargains with a demon prince she was taught to fear.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Six Crimson Cranes
A princess cursed into silence must save six brothers transformed into cranes by her stepmother
Fantasy
Young Adult
Retellings
Romance
Fairy Tales
Six Crimson Cranes
A princess cursed into silence must save six brothers transformed into cranes by her stepmother
Fantasy
Young Adult
Retellings
Romance
Fairy Tales
Swordheart
Widow and cursed immortal warrior must thwart her forced marriage before the curse destroys them.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Adult
Adventure
Swordheart
Widow and cursed immortal warrior must thwart her forced marriage before the curse destroys them.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Adult
Adventure
If Cats Disappeared from the World
A dying postman erases things from the world for more days. Then the devil demands cats.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Fantasy
Magic
Japan
If Cats Disappeared from the World
A dying postman erases things from the world for more days. Then the devil demands cats.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Fantasy
Magic
Japan
His Dark Materials
Armed with a truth-telling compass, a girl journeys into the frozen north to rescue stolen children.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Coming Of Age
Magic
His Dark Materials
Armed with a truth-telling compass, a girl journeys into the frozen north to rescue stolen children.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Coming Of Age
Magic
Ship of Destiny
A stolen sentient ship, a pirate king's ambition, and a dragon's call collide, reshaping a world.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dragons
Adventure
Ship of Destiny
A stolen sentient ship, a pirate king's ambition, and a dragon's call collide, reshaping a world.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dragons
Adventure
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Retired pirate captain takes a rescue job pitting her against a sorcerer and her demon ex-husband.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Pirates
Magic
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Retired pirate captain takes a rescue job pitting her against a sorcerer and her demon ex-husband.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Pirates
Magic
The Young Elites
To save her sister, a girl with deadly illusions infiltrates the rebel group that rescued her.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopian
Magic
Dark Fantasy
The Young Elites
To save her sister, a girl with deadly illusions infiltrates the rebel group that rescued her.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopian
Magic
Dark Fantasy
The Black Prism
The Prism's secret son must learn color magic before a mad king's siege destroys everything.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Adult
The Black Prism
The Prism's secret son must learn color magic before a mad king's siege destroys everything.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Adult
Blood Over Bright Haven
Tiran's first female highmage invents a spell that exposes her city's magic as genocide.
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Magic
Adult
High Fantasy
Blood Over Bright Haven
Tiran's first female highmage invents a spell that exposes her city's magic as genocide.
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Magic
Adult
High Fantasy
Daughter of the Pirate King
A half-siren pirate stages capture to steal a map; her handsome captor sees past her act.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Pirates
Fantasy Romance
Daughter of the Pirate King
A half-siren pirate stages capture to steal a map; her handsome captor sees past her act.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Pirates
Fantasy Romance
The Tombs of Atuan
Kidnapped into a dark priesthood, Tenar captures a wizard. She must choose: her gods or freedom.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Classics
High Fantasy
Magic
The Tombs of Atuan
Kidnapped into a dark priesthood, Tenar captures a wizard. She must choose: her gods or freedom.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Classics
High Fantasy
Magic
When Among Crows
A guilt-ridden Knight and a cursed zmora hunt for Baba Jaga through Chicago's hidden monster world.
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mythology
Folklore
Magic
When Among Crows
A guilt-ridden Knight and a cursed zmora hunt for Baba Jaga through Chicago's hidden monster world.
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mythology
Folklore
Magic
The Emperor's Soul
Condemned to death, a master forger gets one hundred days to rebuild an emperor's shattered soul.
Fantasy
Novella
High Fantasy
Magic
Adult
The Emperor's Soul
Condemned to death, a master forger gets one hundred days to rebuild an emperor's shattered soul.
Fantasy
Novella
High Fantasy
Magic
Adult
Tricks of the Mind
A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Philosophy
Magic
Tricks of the Mind
A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Philosophy
Magic
The Aspect of Essence
She dreamed of elven courts; instead she got a magical bond with the ruthless prince she despises.
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Fantasy
Fae
Magic
The Aspect of Essence
She dreamed of elven courts; instead she got a magical bond with the ruthless prince she despises.
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Fantasy
Fae
Magic
Quidditch Through the Ages
The secret history of the wizarding world's favorite sport, from marshland origins to modern glory.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Children
Magic
Middle Grade
Quidditch Through the Ages
The secret history of the wizarding world's favorite sport, from marshland origins to modern glory.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Children
Magic
Middle Grade
