Recs if you like The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)...

JK Rowling is a bigot who uses her platform to hurt transfolks and other marginalized groups (plus she literally just quoted Mein Kampf on the bird site). If you're still supporting her in 2025, don't bother talking to me.

As the name of the list suggests, these are books inspired by Welsh / Wales folklore, myths, history, etc. Absolutely open to recommendations!

(As this is very niche, I may end up expanding it to include Scottish and Celtic folklore as well, but for now we'll start with Welsh.)

A fun collection of D&D like adventure books or after adventure stories

These middle grade series may not have seven movies, a TV show, and a literal theme park dedicated to them, but they sure deserve it! Especially because they weren't written by JKR. All recommended by Pagebound users, and suggestions are always always welcome -- middle grade fantasy/mystery series-starters only, please! Let's foster a love of reading in kids without supporting bigotry and hatred.

I'm becoming a bit of an expert on curating chapter books to read aloud at bedtime for an INCREDIBLY critical audience (the bedtime story DNF rate at our house is WILD). Collecting them here to share with other parents and guardians. Suggestions welcome and encouraged (please - they are ravenous for the stories)

Underrated/forgotten fantasy gems that deserve more love.

(For those concerned about content, all books on this list are clean to mostly clean, with no spice and minimal profanity, intense violence, & graphic gore)

The kind of books that make youngins dream of adventure, and call adults back home to for a cozy reread.

Note: In a series, only the first book is listed.

This is a not quite exhaustive list of notable fantasy works from the Tolkien era to pretty much today. In the case of series I have only included the first book. I know there are books I am missing so if you can see any let me know and I will add them. (Not necessarily in order of release date)

The legend that never stopped being told. From medieval romances to modern retellings, these are the stories of knights, quests and camelot dreams that keep pulling you back to the round table.

fantasy prior to the 1970s before Del Rey publishing ruined the genre with their "formula for success”

What I fell asleep reading in the back of my dad’s car

Books that can be read on archive.org for free that look interesting - go and search up your tbr, this is only what I want to read so in no way a comprehensive list ☺️🌸 If you see this list after clicking on a book, you’ll know it’s available on archive.org Disclaimer: Some books are so hard to get tho because they are constantly borrowed