{"id":5351,"count":240,"description":"A book of fantasy, at its simplest, is any book that has magic in it. For an <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/lev-grossman-on-fantasy\/\">introduction to fantasy,<\/a> the best place to start is our interview with Lev Grossman, author of <em>The Magicians,\u00a0<\/em>who defines the genre and puts it in its literary context. Fantasy classics\u2014like the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/best-kids-books\/lord-of-the-rings-books\/lord-of-the-rings-books-in-order\/\"><em>Lord of the Rings<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/book\/lion-witch-and-wardrobe-by-cs-lewis\/\"><em>The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/book\/his-dark-materials-by-philip-pullman\/\"><em>His Dark Materials<\/em><\/a>\u2014are well worth reading, but modern fantasy has also flourished into an array of subgenres you can browse below. For the literary end of the genre, we recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/book\/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-by-susanna-clarke\/\">Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke<\/a>; for the latest fantasy sensation, look out for <em>Fourth Wing<\/em> book 3, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/book\/onyx-storm-rebecca-yarros\/buy\">Onyx Storm<\/a>, <\/em>by American fantasy author Rebecca Yarros.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/the-best-sci-fi-and-fantasy-audiobooks-of-2024-audiofile-editors\/\">Best Fantasy Audiobooks<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/best-dragon-fantasy-books-taran-matharu\/\">Dragon Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/romantasy-francesca-martin\/\">Romantasy Books<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/dark-fantasy-alex-pheby\/\">Dark Fantasy Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/fantasy-books-based-on-fairytales-ursula-vernon\/\">Best Fairy Books for Adults<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/the-best-medieval-fantasy-books-robin-hobb\/\">Medieval Fantasy<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/warhammer-40k-books-graham-mcneill\/\">Warhammer 40k books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/magical-realism\/\">Magical Realism Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/dark-academia-lev-grossman\/\">Dark Academia Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/gothic-fantasy-cj-cooke\/\">Gothic Fantasy Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/cozy-fantasy-books-t-j-klune\/\">Cozy Fantasy<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/classic-fantasy-books-matthew-sangster\/\">Classic Fantasy Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/fantasy-worlds-r-j-barker\/\">Fantasy Worlds<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/the-best-fantasy-series-samantha-shannon\/\">Best Fantasy Book Series<\/a> | See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/science-fiction\/\">Best Sci Fi Books<\/a>","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/fantasy\/","name":"Fantasy","slug":"fantasy","taxonomy":"category","parent":11186,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/5351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/11186"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=5351"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=5351"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=5351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}