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42 of the Best Fantasy Novels of the Last 10 Years

"The last 10 years have been a glorious time for fans of fantasy. We've been blessed with stories from authors of varied backgrounds, taking place in worlds familiar and strange, with stories both wildly original and based on a wide variety of mythology, folk tale, legend, and fairy tales. In sub-genres from low fantasy and magical realism to high fantasy and sword and sorcery, there have been a plethora of fantasy reads to satisfy every reader.
I've collected 42 of the very best of the best fantasy from the last 10 years. I liked the roundness of 2012 to 2022, though, so it's really 11 years. These are primarily adult titles, with some young adult gems to round out the list. There's everything from (d)jinn to witches to dragons; star daughters to moon daughters to bone shard daughters; goblin kingdoms to sea kingdoms to cities of brass. In short, there is something for everyone." - Annika Barranti Klein/Book Riot
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Alif the Unseen (G.Willow Wilson)
Alif the Unseen (G.Willow Wilson)
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Throne of the Crescent Moon (Saladin Ahmed)
Throne of the Crescent Moon (Saladin Ahmed)
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The Golem and the Djinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Djinni (Helene Wecker)
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The Goblin Emperor (Katherine Addison)
The Goblin Emperor (Katherine Addison)
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A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E Schwab)
A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E Schwab)
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An Ember in the Ashes (Sabaa Tahir)
An Ember in the Ashes (Sabaa Tahir)
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The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
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Sorcerer to the Crown (Zen Cho)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Zen Cho)
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Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
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The City of Brass (S.A.Chakraborty)
The City of Brass (S.A.Chakraborty)
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Jade City (Fonda Lee)
Jade City (Fonda Lee)
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Wintersong (S. Jae-Jones)
Wintersong (S. Jae-Jones)
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The Hazel Wood (Melissa Albert)
The Hazel Wood (Melissa Albert)
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Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse)
Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse)
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Witchmark (C.L.Polk)
Witchmark (C.L.Polk)
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Descendant of the Crane (Joan He)
Descendant of the Crane (Joan He)
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Gods of Jade and Shadow (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
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Magic for Liars (Sarah Gailey)
Magic for Liars (Sarah Gailey)
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Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo)
Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo)
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The Priory of the Orange Tree (Samantha Shannon)
The Priory of the Orange Tree (Samantha Shannon)
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Alix E. Harrow)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Alix E. Harrow)
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The Bone Shard Daughter (Andrea Stewart)
The Bone Shard Daughter (Andrea Stewart)
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Girl, Serpent, Thorn (Melissa Bashardoust)
Girl, Serpent, Thorn (Melissa Bashardoust)
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Race the Sands (Sarah Beth Durst)
Race the Sands (Sarah Beth Durst)
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Star Daughter (Shveta Thakrar)
Star Daughter (Shveta Thakrar)
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The Year of the Witching (Alexis Henderson)
The Year of the Witching (Alexis Henderson)
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The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo)
The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo)
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The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna)
The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna)
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The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina (Zoraida Cordova)
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina (Zoraida Cordova)
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The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri)
The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri)
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Light From Uncommon Stars (Ryka Aoki)
Light From Uncommon Stars (Ryka Aoki)
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She Who Became the Sun (Shelley Parker-Chan)
She Who Became the Sun (Shelley Parker-Chan)
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The Unbroken (C. L. Clark)
The Unbroken (C. L. Clark)
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Babel (R. F. Kuang)
Babel (R. F. Kuang)
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The City of Dusk (Tara Sim)
The City of Dusk (Tara Sim)
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Sue Lynn Tan)
Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Sue Lynn Tan)
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Axie Oh)
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Axie Oh)
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Kaikeyi (Vaishnavi Patel)
Kaikeyi (Vaishnavi Patel)
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The Spear Cuts Through Water (Simon Jimenez)
The Spear Cuts Through Water (Simon Jimenez)
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The Stardust Thief (Chelsea Abdullah)
The Stardust Thief (Chelsea Abdullah)
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