A Fantasy Reading List
The following books have been recommended for reading level C and above. I am indebted to one of our fantastic librarians for providing this list of fantasy for children and young people and I'm amazed there are so many.
| Author | Title | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Lloyd | Chronicles of Prydain | C |
| Anderson, Rachel | Scavenger's Tale | F |
| Applegate, K.A | Everworld Series | A, F |
| Barlow, Steve & Skidmore, Steve | Any, but particularly Vernon Bright and the Magnetic Banana | H |
| Burgess, Melvin | Bloodtide | M, Fab |
| Colfer, Eoin | Artemis Fowl | H, Fab |
| Cooper, Louise | Daughter of the Storms and The Dark Caller | F |
| Cooper, Louise | Heart of Ice/Fire/Stone | F, R |
| Cooper, Susan | The Dark is Rising series | F |
| Corlett, William | The Magician's House Quartet | F |
| Crossley-Holland, Kevin | Arthur: The Seeing Stone | M, W |
| Garner, Alan | Elidor | C |
| Gates, Susan | Killer Mushrooms Ate my Gran | H |
| Gibbons, Alan | Shadow of the Minotaur series | M, F |
| Hendry, Diane | Minders | F |
| Howarth, Lesley | Maphead (not for cat-lovers) | We |
| Jarvis, Robin | Anything, but particularly Deathscent, the first in the Intrigues of the Reflected Realm series | F, Fab |
| Jennings, Paul | Unmentionable/Undone! | H |
| Lawrence, Louise | Warriors of Tann | F |
| Le Guin, Ursula | Wizard of Earthsea quintet | C |
| Lewis, C.S | The Chronicles of Narnia | C |
| Mahy, Margaret | The Changeover | C, Fam |
| Nicolson, William | The Windsinger series | F, Fam, Fab |
| Pierce, Tamora | Anything | F |
| Potts, Stephen | Hunting Gumnor | We, Fam |
| Pratchett, Terry | Discworld series | H |
| Pullman, Philip | His Dark Materials trilogy | F, Fab, Fam |
| Rees, Celia | Cunning Man | F, Fam |
| Reeves, Philip | Mortal Engines | F, Fab |
| Ridley, Philip | Meteorite Spoon | We, H |
| Rushdie, Salman | Haroun and the Sea of Stories | W, Fab |
| Snicket, Lemony | A Series of Unfortunate Events | H, Fab |
| Tolkien, JRR | The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | F, Fab |
The Key
| A | American |
| C | Classic |
| F | True Fantasy |
| Fab | Recommended |
| Fam | more than just fantasy i.e modern family/relationship issues |
| H | Humour |
| M | Myth-based |
| R | Romance/Fantasy |
| W | Worthy i.e award nominated |
| We | Weird |
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