One and Done Fantasy

Standalone fantasy books that won't make you invest your life in a dozen installments

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created by hannah

last updated July, 2025

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Sisters of Sword and Song

Rebecca Ross

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

Bring Me Your Midnight

Rachel Griffin

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

Zoraida Córdova

The Amalfi Curse

Sarah Penner

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

The Bone Houses

Emily Lloyd-Jones

Into the Heartless Wood

Joanna Ruth Meyer

Our Infinite Fates

Laura Steven

The Wolf and the Woodsman

Ava Reid

Uprooted

Naomi Novik

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Brandon Sanderson

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Emma Törzs

A Song to Drown Rivers

Ann Liang

Gallant

Victoria Schwab

The Lady Rogue

Jenn Bennett

Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

Margaret Rogerson

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Axie Oh

Amid Clouds and Bones

Ella Fields

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

The Bone Orchard

Sara A. Mueller

Sofi and the Bone Song

Adrienne Tooley

An Enchantment of Ravens

Margaret Rogerson

Dragonfruit

Makiia Lucier

Where the Dark Stands Still

A.B. Poranek

The Beautiful Ones

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Book Eaters (International Edition)

Sunyi Dean

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

Untethered Sky

Fonda Lee

Comments

mikaelabooks

I think you would love "Bring Me Your Midnight" based on this list

hannah

Added! I'll have to check it out!

lucyPagebound

omg needed this list in my life

hannah

I plan on adding more soon!

clubby

I think An Enchanment of Ravens would also fit into this list!!! It was so good and pretty quick to the point for a standalone fantasy if I'm remembering right!

aerishaireads

This is practically a great starter pack for fantasy readers, like me lol! Thanks for organizing these ٩( ᐛ )و

hannah

Thank you! I add to it often when I find a good standalone.

lauraeb

this is so good! if you're looking to add, I'd say Tress of the Emerald Isle is a standalone

hannah

Thanks! I've heard a lot of good things about it!

Devin

I plan on reading the sword of kaigen soon which I think would fall into this as well! Thanks, I'm all about some breaks between series where I can get in and out of a world but enjoy my time.

hannah

I just added that book on my tbr! From what I've seen it does count as its own standalone story even thought there are two other books set in the same world. I'll add it to the list!

notbillnye

i refuse to believe the Sword of Kaigen will be a standalone forever 😤 (she says, crying pleading, begging)

loveislikebread

There should be a feature to bulk add lists to your TBR. That's how I feel about this list.

hannah

Thank you 😊 I love lists so making them here is cathartic 😂

loveislikebread

If there anything I can do to encourage this behaviour, let me know. 😅

blytheyyy

you're a life saver <3

dear_dotty

I LOVE this! Sometimes I just can’t be bother with fantasy series, but still in the mood for fantasy lol

mollymadworld

Absolutely love love love this - Thank you so much <3

bellaa

obsessed with this list and I think Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross would fit right in — I read it last year & loved it!!

hannah

Added!

marissa

This would make a great quest in my opinion!!

hannah

I haven't made a quest yet, I've been waiting for the right idea. But you may be right! I love standalone fantasy. I may try and put something together!

marissa

I love standalone fantasy too!! I would join in a heart beat hehe

Galai9

Thanks girl, this list is fantastic!

hannah

Thank you! I try to find more to add as I can!

wanderfulbooks

A list I always knew I needed but couldn’t be bothered to make. Thanks for the compilation!

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