What are some captivating fantasy books for teens?

Whether you call it young adult fantasy, YA, or just fantasy – fictional worlds and magical elements have inspired readers for generations. They can be a gateway to reading in a way that real-world-based stories cannot.

What fantasy books do you recommend for teenagers (or even tweens or pre-teens) to hook them into the fantasy genre? These could be books set in a fictional universe, books with magic elements, or anything else that plays with magical realism to tell a compelling tale that school-aged readers can identify with.

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Vote	Details	Readers Count
	Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson	2,167 reads
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4,955 reads
	Eragon Christopher Paolini	1,191 reads
	Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo	1,081 reads
	Redwall Brian Jacques	256 reads
	Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Rick Riordan	99 reads
	Nimona N.D. Stevenson	356 reads
	Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas	179 reads
	Cinder Marissa Meyer	638 reads
	Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson	776 reads
	The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	1,118 reads
	A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	736 reads
	City of Bones Cassandra Clare	972 reads
	Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	107 reads
	Carry On Rainbow Rowell	362 reads
	Magician: Apprentice Raymond E. Feist	311 reads
	The Merciful Crow Margaret Owen	34 reads
	Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	1,850 reads
	Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi	321 reads
	Raybearer Jordan Ifueko	86 reads
	Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	161 reads
	A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	2,361 reads
	Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire	447 reads
	A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Roseanne A. Brown	52 reads
	Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	651 reads
	The Elfstones of Shannara Terry Brooks	32 reads
	Goddess of the Night Lynne Ewing	9 reads
	The Sum of All Men David Farland	35 reads
	He Who Fights with Monsters Shirtaloon Travis Deverell	77 reads
	Half a Soul Olivia Atwater	162 reads
	Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith	41 reads
	Pentagon Pirate Gang Pentagon Pirate Gang: The Secret of the Orchard J.W. Nelson	1 read
	Water & Fire Tamora Pierce	62 reads
	The Dragonet Prophecy Tui T. Sutherland	64 reads
	The Forbidden Game L.J. Smith	9 reads
	Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	460 reads
	The Reader Traci Chee	18 reads
	Abandon Meg Cabot	13 reads
	The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud	168 reads
	The Alchemyst Michael Scott	193 reads
	Wit'ch Fire James Clemens	13 reads

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Vote	Details	Readers Count
	Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson	2,167 reads
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4,955 reads
	Eragon Christopher Paolini	1,191 reads
	Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo	1,081 reads
	Redwall Brian Jacques	256 reads
	Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Rick Riordan	99 reads
	Nimona N.D. Stevenson	356 reads
	Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas	179 reads
	Cinder Marissa Meyer	638 reads
	Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson	776 reads
	The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	1,118 reads
	A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	736 reads
	City of Bones Cassandra Clare	972 reads
	Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	107 reads
	Carry On Rainbow Rowell	362 reads
	Magician: Apprentice Raymond E. Feist	311 reads
	The Merciful Crow Margaret Owen	34 reads
	Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	1,850 reads
	Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi	321 reads
	Raybearer Jordan Ifueko	86 reads
	Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	161 reads
	A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	2,361 reads
	Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire	447 reads
	A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Roseanne A. Brown	52 reads
	Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	651 reads
	The Elfstones of Shannara Terry Brooks	32 reads
	Goddess of the Night Lynne Ewing	9 reads
	The Sum of All Men David Farland	35 reads
	He Who Fights with Monsters Shirtaloon Travis Deverell	77 reads
	Half a Soul Olivia Atwater	162 reads
	Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith	41 reads
	Pentagon Pirate Gang Pentagon Pirate Gang: The Secret of the Orchard J.W. Nelson	1 read
	Water & Fire Tamora Pierce	62 reads
	The Dragonet Prophecy Tui T. Sutherland	64 reads
	The Forbidden Game L.J. Smith	9 reads
	Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	460 reads
	The Reader Traci Chee	18 reads
	Abandon Meg Cabot	13 reads
	The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud	168 reads
	The Alchemyst Michael Scott	193 reads
	Wit'ch Fire James Clemens	13 reads

What are some captivating fantasy books for teens?

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