Category: fantasy
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Spirits that Walk in Shadow
By Nina Kiriki Hoffman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Viking, 2006 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy ISBN: 9780670060719 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 306 Setting: Spores Ferry, Oregon Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Jaime Locke is worried about starting her first year of college. As a member of a magical family, she…
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The Exile: an Outlander Graphic Novel
By Diana Gabaldon; illustrated by Hoang Nguyen Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Del Rey, 2010 Genre: Historical fiction, fantasy, adventure, time travel fantasy, historical fantasy, romance Format: Graphic novel Series: Outlander Graphic Novels; 1 ISBN: 9780345505385 Audience: Adult Number of pages: Unpaginated Setting: Scotland Time period: 1743 Plot summary: Young Jaime Fraser returns to…
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Death Masks
By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2003 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal mystery, paranormal, vampire Series: The Dresden Files; 5 ISBN: 9780451459404 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 374 (378 including an excerpt from Blood Rites). Setting: Chicago, IL Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Harry wanted…
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From Dead to Worse
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 8 ISBN: 9780441015894 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 359 Setting: Bon Temps, LA Time period: Contemporary (post Hurricane Katrina) Plot summary: Sookie has recently…
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Drums of Autumn
By Diana Gabaldon; narrated by Davina Porter Place: Publisher & Year: Prince Frederick, Md.: Recorded Books, p1999 Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, time travel fantasy Format: Audiobook Series: Outlander; 4 ISBN: 9781419359743 Intended audience: Adult Recorded time: 39 sound discs (45 hr., 45 min.) Settings: North Carolina – Wilmington & Cape Fear River,…
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All Together Dead
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Mystery, paranormal mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 7 ISBN: 9780441014941 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 323 Setting: Bon Temps, Louisiana and the city of Rhodes (located on…
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Howl’s Moving Castle
By Diana Wynne Jones Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper Trophy, c1986, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk Series: Howl’s Moving Castle; 1 ISBN: 9780064410342 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 329 Setting: Market Chipping, Porthaven, and Kingsbury, Ingary & Wales Time period: No stated time period in Ingary. The Wales setting is a contemporary…
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Heart’s Blood
By Juliet Marillier Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, historical fiction, historical fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance ISBN: 9780451462930 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 402 Setting: Whistling Tor & Market Cross, Ireland Time period: 12th century Plot summary: When Caitrin, a young female scribe, finally musters the courage to flee…
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Summer Knight
By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2002 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal mystery, paranormal Series: The Dresden Files; 4 ISBN: 9780451458926 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 371 Setting: Chicago, IL & where it meets Faerie Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harry Dresden has been feeling…
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Definitely Dead
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2006, 2007 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 6 ISBN: 9780441014910 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 324 (342 including an excerpt from the next book – All Together Dead) Setting: Bon…
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