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TR Readers' Advisory Overview

A series of Reader's Advisory lists prepared by the staff of the Trinity River campus of TCC

Modern Fantasy

The Midnight Library book cover

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

 

Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets'

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The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable theory about her mother's disappearance fourteen years ago: she was kidnapped; murdered; took on a new identity to start a new family; she was a witch. This is the most worrying charge because in a world where witches are real, peculiar behavior raises suspicions and a woman-- especially a Black woman-- can find herself on trial for witchcraft.

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.

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Cackle by Rachel Harrison

After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. Then Annie meets Sophie. Sophie’s appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power…but she couldn’t be…could she?

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A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to.

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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. 

Classic Fantasy

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The Once and Future King by T.H. White

A famous retelling of the legend of King Arthur, the sword Excalibur, and the court of Camelot.

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The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

Collecting the first three books of the legendary tales of danger, deceit, and daring. To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. However, when she meets a Queen dragon, the bond they share will elevate Lessa to new heights and begin a journey to save the world of Pern.

The Princess Bride by William Goldman book cover

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

A thrilling fairy tale, concerning pirates, princesses, miracles, marauders, redemption, revenge, and true love. 

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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his home until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

When the city of Ankh-Morpork is threatened by a dragon, and the heroes refuse the rather pitiful reward offered to slay it, it falls to the underpaid and overlooked City Watch to save the day. 

Sword and Sorcery

Scions of the Black Lotus: The Complete Tales of the Floating World by J.C. Kang book cover

Scions of the Black Lotus: The Complete Tales of the Floating World by J.C. Kang

In the legendary Floating World, wars are waged with wit, the strongest soldier can be bound with threads of silk, and flesh is the currency by which life, death, and freedom can all be purchased.

The coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard book cover

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

Collected in this volume, profusely illustrated by artist Mark Schultz, are the first thirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versions by author Robert E. Howard, in some cases for the first time in more than seventy years.

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The Citadel of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock

Elric is the estranged emperor of the Melnibonéan empire, struggling with his nature while desperately striving to move forward with his dying empire alongside the constant thirst of his soul-sucking sword, Stormbringer.

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Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

After a failed assassination attempt brings bodyguard Lin and spellcaster Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the ruler of Castellane’s criminal underworld. But as long-kept secrets begin to unravel and forbidden attractions arise, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal?

Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski book cover

Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.