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100 Must-Read Books Featuring Fantastical Creatures

"What is a fantastical creature? I choose to define it as any creature that does not exist in reality, only in the minds of the imaginative and on the pages of fantasy novels everywhere. For the purposes of this list, I chose to avoid titles that geared towards sci-fi or horror and tried to stick with supernatural and fantasy titles. These are tales and bestiaries featuring creatures like unicorns (WHY IS THIS CATEGORY SO VERY WHITE?!?), fairies, genies, gnomes, dragons, vampires, shapeshifters, and other not-quite-humans."
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The Legend Begins (Isabelle Carmody)
The Legend Begins
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Isabelle Carmody
Red Hot Fury (Kasey Mackenzie)
Red Hot Fury
2
Kasey Mackenzie
Prophecy (Ellen Oh)
Prophecy
3
Ellen Oh
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales (Kelly Link)
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales
4
Kelly Link
Fae (Rhonda Parrish)
Fae
5
Rhonda Parrish
Menagerie (Rachel Vincent)
Menagerie
6
Rachel Vincent
Pegasus (Robin McKinley)
Pegasus
7
Robin McKinley
Acorna the Unicorn Girl
Acorna the Unicorn Girl
8
Troll Fell (Katherine Langrish)
Troll Fell
9
Katherine Langrish
Magic Bites (Ilona Andrews)
Magic Bites
10
Ilona Andrews
The Taken (Vicki Pettersson)
The Taken
11
Vicki Pettersson
The Subtle Beauty (Ann Hunter)
The Subtle Beauty
12
Ann Hunter
Tides (Betsy Cornwell)
Tides
13
Betsy Cornwell
The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix (Kate Saunders)
The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix
14
Kate Saunders
The Menagerie (Tui T. Sutherland & Kari Sutherland)
The Menagerie
15
Tui T. Sutherland & Kari Sutherland
The Cloud Roads (Martha Wells)
The Cloud Roads
16
Martha Wells
Huntress (Malinda Lo)
Huntress
17
Malinda Lo
The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey)
The Snow Child
18
Eowyn Ivey
The Unicorn Girl (M.L.Legette)
The Unicorn Girl
19
M.L.Legette
Drink, Slay, Love (Sarah Beth Durst)
Drink, Slay, Love
20
Sarah Beth Durst
Into the Fire (Kelly Hashway)
Into the Fire
21
Kelly Hashway
The Fairy Tale Detectives (Michael Buckley)
The Fairy Tale Detectives
22
Michael Buckley
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Grace Lin)
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
23
Grace Lin
The Devourers (Indra Das)
The Devourers
24
Indra Das
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Jinni
25
Helene Wecker
The Divine (Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka and Boaz Lavie)
The Divine
26
Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka and Boaz Lavie
The Visitors (Simon Sylvester)
The Visitors
27
Simon Sylvester
Unnatural Creatures (Neil Gaiman)
Unnatural Creatures
28
Neil Gaiman
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
29
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Simoqin Prophecies (Samit Basu)
The Simoqin Prophecies
30
Samit Basu
Wildfire (Mina Khan)
Wildfire
31
Mina Khan
Heart of Stone (Christine Warren)
Heart of Stone
32
Christine Warren
Rampant (Diana Peterfreund)
Rampant
33
Diana Peterfreund
Unico (Osamu Tezuka)
Unico
34
Osamu Tezuka
City of the Beasts
City of the Beasts
35
Moonshine (Alaya Dawn Johnson)
Moonshine
36
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Silvertongue (Charlie Fletcher)
Silvertongue
37
Charlie Fletcher
Dreams and Shadows (Robert Cargill)
Dreams and Shadows
38
Robert Cargill
Slave to Sensation (Nalini Singh)
Slave to Sensation
39
Nalini Singh
Dragon of the Lost Sea (Laurence Yep)
Dragon of the Lost Sea
40
Laurence Yep
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