The trend toward web serials becoming print series continues. 'A Practical Guide to Sorcery' is a massive web serial that's getting a professionally edited and revised book release this year. The magic system is incredibly detailed, following a young woman who disguises herself as a man to attend a university of magic. The web version has millions of words, so the story depth and long-term planning are proven. Jumping into the polished book version is the perfect way to start a journey that already has a huge, active community discussing every theory.
Sometimes the title just grabs you. 'How to Steal the Moon's Reflection.' How could I not read that? It's about a thief tasked with stealing impossible, intangible things—dreams, echoes, the sound of a sunset. Each job is a heist in a magically secure location. The first book is a complete caper, but the client's grand scheme is clearly a multi-book plan. It's fun, clever, and the progression of heists promises incredible variety. The long-term pull is watching the thief's skills and moral code evolve with each impossible theft.
The cozy fantasy wave is still going strong. 'The Wizard of the Weekly Market' is about a powerful mage who retires to run a vegetable stall and gets dragged into small-town problems. The stakes are personal, not world-ending. The charm is in the characters and the slice-of-life details. It's planned as an open-ended series of adventures, like chapters in a long, comfortable life. After reading so much high-stakes epic fantasy, this is the perfect palete cleanser you can return to for years.
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A Vow of Stone and Starlight
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In the twilight realm of Solvalla, the throne is a death sentence. To save her brother from the front lines, Weaver Isolde Thorne steals a noblewoman’s identity and enters the "Catalyst Trials," a ceremony to find a bride who can absorb the king's petrification curse. When King Alaric Valerion chooses her, Isolde finds herself bound by a blood-pact to a silent man who is more stone than flesh. As their "soul-link" forces her to feel his every hidden desire, a shadow from the court threatens to expose her weaver roots. Isolde must navigate a fake marriage where the stakes are her life, all while a mysterious stalker closes in, forcing her to choose between the brother she protected and the King she is starting to love.
In a divided world where witches, demons, elves, and humans live under fragile peace, a young witch named Seraphina Vale discovers a forbidden power within her blood a power that once destroyed kingdoms.
When Seraphina saves a wounded stranger during a night raid, she unknowingly crosses paths with Prince Kael, heir to the Demon Throne. Their encounter awakens an ancient curse known as the Bloodbound Mark, binding their fates together. As word spreads of the mark’s return, witch councils, demon lords, and human hunters all begin hunting her believing her death will prevent another war.
Haunted by visions of a powerful witch from centuries past, Seraphina flees with her friend Lira, only to learn her magic is mutating beyond control. Forced into an uneasy alliance with Kael, she discovers that the mark connects them not as enemies, but as halves of one prophecy a curse meant to either unite or destroy all realms.
As the world prepares for war, Seraphina is betrayed by her own kind and hunted by Demon Hunters led by the relentless Captain Ryn. Meanwhile, Kael hides a devastating secret: his father, King Azarel, plans to use Seraphina’s blood to merge the demon and human worlds forever. Torn between loyalty and love, Kael risks everything to protect her even as the curse begins consuming them both.
Ten thousand years have past since the Megalos machi (great battle) between the kind and the remnants of The Level World. The kind have long been proved extinct and the world has moved on into a new age.
However deep in the Ignere forest they awake, they breed, they learn to fight, growing by the thousands waiting for the birth of their prince.
A golden .
Heir to the throne.
At his birth the nations will fall. No one could stand against him..well that's until he is taken and led far away from this world to ours.
Here he discovers he is the most powerful being in the universe..however he is at the mercy of one thing.
A human.
His mate.
book 1 in the Azian prince of dragons series - (currently editing)
The Academy of The Ascendant - Book 1 Marked by Starlight
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She was never meant to survive their world.
Now she’s the only one who can burn it down.
Lyra thought she was just a girl with strange dreams and a birthmark that shimmered beneath moonlight. But when a celestial event rips her from Earth and drops her into the brutal halls of the Academy of the Ascendant, she discovers a deadly truth: she’s the lost heir of a realm that erased her bloodline—and she’s carrying the forbidden magic that could unravel it all.
The Academy is ruled by power and hierarchy. The weak are crushed. The strong ascend. And the Triad—three elite heirs born of elemental fire, storm, and air—will do anything to break her. Until they realize she’s more powerful than all of them.
Mocked. Hunted. Desired.
As Lyra unlocks the four elemental affinities no student should possess, she becomes the center of a prophecy that the Council has killed to keep buried. But it’s the fifth element—the forbidden Void—that marks her for something more.
Survival means mastering her magic.
Love could cost her everything.
And rebellion might just start with a kiss.
Perfect for fans of Zodiac Academy, Throne of Glass, and The Cruel Prince, Marked by Starlight is the explosive first book in a dark fantasy romance series filled with elemental magic, enemies-to-lovers heat, and a heroine who refuses to bow.
Since The Fires of Alira one thousand five hundred years ago, dragons have lived separate from the other races in Midgar. They rarely make contact with others, unless in terms of conflict.
Eleonora is the descendant of the dragon sovereign, and will one day assume the throne of the Perilous Horde herself. The horde, despite years of murky conflict, forges an alliance with the human kingdom of Samirya located in the northern region. It is no longer a matter of petty bickering. Now, with the eve of a Great War looming over them, both groups lives depend on a truce.
As conflict thickens and land disputes grow increasingly more bitter, the chieftain of the Perilous Horde makes a final desperate move to unite the two worlds: the dragons will send an ambassador to protect the humans capital city of Mimmgar from the oncoming invasion.
And who should be that ambassador be but Eleonora?
Eleonora just hopes to complete that task quickly so she can return home, but soon finds that the humans are nothing like she expected. Forming an unforeseen connection with the human king, and becoming captivated by a young blacksmith, she begins to question everything she's ever known and learns that her homeland may have some terrible secrets of its own.
Book one of A Dragon’s Legacy.
Book two of A Dragon’s Legacy, sequel to Dragon’s Breath.
With Eleonora leading the Perilous horde into a fierce battle to protect her home. She now must travel the lands of Midgar in search of allies to aid her. After a meeting with the notorious Horde of Fates, Eleonora travels to the Hidden Forest of the Fae. The Fae were proud allies of the Perilous horde during the great Fires of Alira. Now over a thousand years later the Perilous horde is once again turning to the Fae for help.
Eleonora's and Flavius's relationship is challenged as new unexpected problems arise during the war with the horde Betsalel. Will Eleonora once again close herself or will Flavius be able to pull her from the depth of despair.
During these troubled times, new people come from the shadows, some friends others foes. Will Eleonora be able to uphold her relationships and settle in as the new chieftain of the Perilous horde or will everything burn once more?
A lot of recommendations here are Western fantasy. If you want to branch out, translated works offer incredible long series. 'The Three-Body Problem' trilogy by Cixin Liu is hard sci-fi, but it reads like epic fantasy in its scope and imagination. It's a completed, mind-bending journey through cosmic sociology. Or try 'Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit' by Nahoko Uehashi (originally Japanese), a fantasy series deeply rooted in anthropology and spirit lore. Different cultural perspectives can make a long series feel brand new.
If you're craving something epic with a fresh twist, 'The Will of the Many' by James Islington should be at the top of your list. It's got that perfect blend of political intrigue and magic systems that remind me of 'Mistborn' but with a Roman-inspired setting that feels totally unique. The protagonist’s climb through a brutal hierarchy had me hooked—every choice feels like a gamble with life-or-death stakes.
And if you haven’t read 'The Jasmine Throne' by Tasha Suri yet, 2024 is the year to catch up. The prose is lush, the queernormative world-building is immersive, and the tension between the two leads crackles like wildfire. It’s one of those books where even the villains have layers you’ll obsessively dissect with friends afterward.
My pick is for those who love intricate magic systems that clearly have rules waiting to be exploited over many books. 'The Founders Trilogy' by Robert Jackson Bennett, starting with 'Foundryside'.
The magic is based on 'scriving'—rewriting the reality of objects with commands. The first book is a heist story in a city controlled by merchant houses, but the implications of the magic are universe-breaking. By the end, you realize the story isn't just about one city; it's about the fundamental laws of reality and the beings who might have written them. The sequels escalate the scope dramatically. You can see the author methodically peeling back layers of a cosmic onion, with each book revealing a larger, more terrifying truth. That's a planned arc.
2024 is shaping up to be an incredible year for fantasy lovers, with some highly anticipated releases that promise to transport readers to magical worlds. One of the most talked-about books is 'The Sun and the Void' by Gabriela Romero Lacruz, a lush, Latinx-inspired fantasy filled with dark magic and complex characters. Another standout is 'The Book of Doors' by Gareth Brown, a thrilling tale about a mysterious book that opens portals to other worlds.
For fans of epic fantasy, 'The Tainted Cup' by Robert Jackson Bennett is a must-read, blending mystery and magic in a richly imagined setting. Meanwhile, 'The Familiar' by Leigh Bardugo, known for her 'Grishaverse' series, is expected to be a historical fantasy masterpiece set in 16th-century Spain.
If you’re into urban fantasy, 'The Atlas Complex' by Olivie Blake, the final installment in 'The Atlas Six' series, is sure to captivate with its intricate plot and morally ambiguous characters. Lastly, 'The Phoenix King' by Aparna Verma offers a unique blend of Indian mythology and science fiction, making it a standout in the genre. These releases are just the tip of the iceberg, and I can’t wait to dive into these worlds!