Welcome to our recommended list of best fantasy books for college students! Our team of reviewers has been a voracious reader of fantasy and science fiction books where from which our selections made.
If you’re in college, you should be consuming a lot of books, and a top-15 list of fantasy books is an excellent place to begin.
Whether your goal is to improve your vocabulary, reading speed, or imaginative ability, these 15 fantasy books can point you in the right direction.
Here we go!
1. Scarlet Odyssey
Scarlet Odyssey is a fantasy book that blends technology, science fiction, and myth. The writer (C. T. Rwizi) delivers a fast-paced story based on myths and stories heard growing up in Swaziland.
The ease of reading these books makes it quite versatile. You can read this book from the comfort of your home, at the beach, or during your study hall. With a rating of 4.6 out of 5, you definitely would want to read this.
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone( From Harry Potter series)
J. K. Bowling wrote this multi-award-winning series. She is often described as a charming, imaginative, and magical confection of a novel. These books made her a billionaire, and the reason for that is not far-fetched. So, if you haven’t read the Harry Potter series, you are missing a lot.
3. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
Exploring nature, these books focus on trees and plants that shape our landscapes and our lives through the seasons. It evaluates the connection between people and plants, in low-lands and up-lands, and various fields.
Written by Lisa Schneidau and earning a customer review rating of 4.7. It is one of the best fantasy books for college students.
4. Wicked Deal (Shadow Guild The Red Book Series)
Lindsey Hall (author) builds a fantastic magical world in this book series. It is filled with suspense, magic, and scenes of murder. Wicked Deal series is one of the hottest fantasy books right now. What’s incredible about this series is the way it merges classic fantasy while retaining uniqueness and plenty of memorable twists.
5. Four Beheadings and a Funeral ( The Good Guys Book Series)
In this book series, we join Montana, an abroad returnee who is now a bit wiser, a bit broader in ideology, and freaked out by the once dead person sitting in his bedroom. Four Beheadings and a Funeral are a humorous and a wild romp of town-building LitRPG. You don’t want to miss this.
6. Shadows and Surrender: A Snarky Urban Fantasy Detective Book Series
Deborah Wilde (author) takes us on a roller coaster journey of emotions, blending humour, intrigue, and rage in this detective series. According to her, “a murder scene reveals a linkage Ash’s father who cold-heartedly abandoned her when she was 13 and could be the key to stopping Chariot from attaining immortality”.
7. Peace Talks (Dresden Files Book Series)
Jim Butcher’s main character, Harry Dresden, is a professional wizard, who joins the White Council security team to make sure that the talks remain civil when the holy nations of the world meet up to negotiate. But can he? Find out more about the book by clicking it right away.
8. Like a Wolf With a Bone (The Pride Series)
According to USAToday.com, Shelly Laurenston’s ‘Like a Wolf with a Bone’ is a little bit of everything, combining humour, passion, suspense with a touch of paranormal”. Although, like any other fantasy book series, you’ll have to commit quite some time to read up the chain of books in this series.
9. Famine ( The Horsemen Book Series)
Short description: “they came to earth – Pestilence, War, Famine, Death – four horsemen were riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four Horsemen with the power to destroy all humanity. They came to earth, and they came to an end us all”. Will they end humanity? Could you read it to find out?
10. Map Shadows (Mapwalkers Book series)
The author, J. F. Penn, tells us that “a certain world is under there from the Borderlands, and a young woman whose grandmother as murdered under mysterious circumstances must risk the shadows to save herself and her family”. This dark fantasy novel is the first in the Mapwalker fantasy adventure trilogy.
11. Just One Damned Thing After Another
Jodi Taylor’s “Just One Damned Thing After Another” focuses on how time travel meets history in an explosive adventure. According to previous readers, it is considered “a great mix of British properness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun”.
12. The Atlantis Plague
The Atlantis Plague series has sold over 3 million copies worldwide (in 20 different languages), received 25000+ reviews on Amazon. A. G wrote them. Riddles, this trilogy is presently being developed to become a major motion picture.
13. A court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, the author of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, presents this new captivating adventure series. It is enchanting, spellbinding, suspense-filled, and imaginative by the USA today. You, too, can have a feel of such powerful imagination of it.
14. Midlife Fairy Hunter: A paranormal Women’s Fictional Novel
Shannon Mayer’s “Midlife Fairy Hunter” focuses on Women’s divorce fiction, women’s action, and adventure fiction. If you are a lover of women’s fiction, then this book is right for you.
15. Elegy Beach Elegy
Elegy Beach fantasy book series belongs in science fiction and anthologies. In this series, the earth suddenly experiences a tremor, where almost all the laws of nature stop to work. “It is a dramatic, soul-satisfying and a worthy substitute to my favourite adventure novels of all time” – Connor Doctorow, New York Times, bestselling author.
Wow! That’s it. This top-15 best fantasy college will provide many years of reading material for college students. No doubt! The more you read, the better you become. Feel free to read as many as possible. You’re guaranteed academic, cognitive, and mental development.
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