A collection of fantasy stories so vivid they leapt off the page and onto the big screen. From dark academias to epic quests, explore the books that inspired some of cinema’s most magical worlds.
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last updated October, 2025
The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1)
L.J. Smith
The Host (The Host, #1)
Stephenie Meyer
Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)
Leigh Bardugo
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
George R.R. Martin
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
Stephen King
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Gregory Maguire
Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)
Andrzej Sapkowski
Fallen (Fallen, #1)
Lauren Kate
Warm Bodies (Warm Bodies, #1)
Isaac Marion
The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Beastly (Beastly, #1)
Alex Flinn
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
Lev Grossman
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
Ransom Riggs
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
Richelle Mead
The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1)
Soman Chainani
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
J.K. Rowling
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
Cassandra Clare
Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
Kami Garcia
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Suzanne Collins
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan
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