You've got to be able to suspend your disbelief and really fall into the book to truly enjoy a magical story. Things happen that can't happen, and that's just the way it goes. Remember when you were a kid and could do that? Try to recapture it.
Here's a list of magical stories I've personally read and enjoyed, including internal links to this blog's posts where I discussed them (if I did).
Note: I have an admitted weakness for vampires, but they're not really "magical" so I'll save that list for another day. ;)
- I, Coriander by Sally Gardner - A fantastic, captivating middle-grade book about a 17th Century London girl who ends up in the land of fairies.
- The Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde - A high-rise rest home for magicians, the orphan who tries to keep it all afloat, and a quest to save the world's last dragons.
- The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna Van Praag - A magical, living house that protects women in need.
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - The first in her All Saints Series, where a witch and a vampire fall in forbidden love.
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - Highly acclaimed novel, a steampunk magic circus.
- The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman - A library of magical materials, collected by the famous Grimm Brothers.
- The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry - Salem's modern witches, who tell fortunes by focusing through hand-made lace.
I also could simply recommend nearly anything by Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett, but if I have to choose just one from each of them, I'll recommend:
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman - A naive young man who vows to bring back a falling star to win a girl's love, and the profane Earthly embodiment of that star who doesn't want to be captured and held prisoner.
- The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett - Crivens! A girl witch (and a clan of drunken, thieving, miniature warriors) tries to save her baby brother from the Queen of Fairies.
What's your favorite book of magic?
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