Reddit mentions: The best teen & young adult fantasy books

My suggestions don't really explain the Bible, but they are thought-provoking and fascinating if you like science.

Creation and Time

Beyond the Cosmos (I found this book really interesting.)

The Creator and the Cosmos

The Fingerprint of God

These are all by the same guy, and I really enjoyed them a great deal, so I fully recommend them to you.

I also enjoy Christian fantasy books, for example:

The Dragon King Trilogy: In the Hall of the Dragon King

The Warlords of Nin

The Sword and the Flame

The Pendragon Cycle: Taliesin

Merlin

Arthur

Pendragon

Grail

To be honest, I haven't read the last two, they weren't out yet when I read these books.

I also recommend some classics like Lilith by George MacDonald.

The Case for Christ

Anyway, that's all I can think of at this time. If I think of anything else, I'll update this list.

A great list of 6 very good books! (Especially love The Golem and the Jinni, which is amazing...)

There are also a lot of very, very good Middle Eastern 'flavored' SF/F books that are from non US/UK authors, and well worth seeking out. Or, skip the flavor, and pick up some books from Middle Eastern authors! The combination of Google and Amazon/Book Depository makes it surprisingly easy...

If you're interested, some starters:

• This site - arablit.org - is a great resource. As is Islam and Science Fiction.
  
• Handy listicle.
  
• NYT article about dystopian fiction in the middle east.
  
• Massive GR list
  
  Some non 'Arabian Nights' classic fantasy:
  
  
• Hoshruba
  
• The Adventures of Amir Hamza
  
  More recent authors and books:
  
  
• Iraq + 100
  
• Saad Hossain's Escape from Baghdad!
  
• Sami Shah's Fire Boy
  
• Youssef Ziedan's Azazeel
  
• Ahmed Khaled Towfik's Utopia
  
• Basma Abdel Aziz's The Queue
  
• Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red
  
• Amin Maalouf's Samarkand and others.
  
• Elif Shafak
  
• Plus the short stories of Usman Malik, Amal El-Mohtar and Sophia Al-Maria (amongst others)
  
  

Barely any mentions of Steelheartand Firefight? Two awesome Brandon Sanderson super hero / villain novels! This is the first instance ever where someone (besides a big comic publisher) created super powereds that were actually interesting and pretty awesome. The ending to Steelheart, and how things play out is truly genius in my opinion. You have to read it to know what i'm talking about...

I'd like to recommend Rowena's Rescue which is a story with an old fashioned beginning about a princess who has been kidnapped by a wizard and her father, the king, has promised her hand in marriage to anyone who can rescue her. However, the princess in this story is very independent and has decided to rescue herself and therefore gain the right to her own hand and be able to decide her own destiny in life.

Her attempts at escape reads very much like a character who is attempting a dungeon crawl and while I wouldn't call it a rational story, there's a fair bit of munchkinry and puzzle solving.

I've just been re-watching these as well :)

These aren't detective stories, but if you want strong capable heroines, I'd recommend Tamora Pierce's books, particularly:

[Tricksters] (http://www.amazon.com/Tricksters-Daughter-Lioness-Tamora-Pierce/dp/0739451456/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334468727&sr=1-2) series

This heroine, Aly, has the most in common with Veronica (in terms of wit, slight cynicism, talents)

But also:
[The Song of the Lioness] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Song-Lioness-Quartet-Adventure/dp/0375825649) series
[The Immortals] (http://www.amazon.com/Immortals-Boxed-Wolf-Speaker-Emperor-Realms/dp/0375827005/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334468603&sr=1-4) series
[Protector of the Small] (http://www.amazon.com/Protector-Small-First-Squire-Knight/dp/0739446983/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334468653&sr=1-8) series

The Fire Ignites is the first book in my middle-grade fantasy series, The Tenth Dimension. I have also released the second and third books of the series. Here are the links:

The Wild Lands

The Dark Assembly

I only just published the books (the eBook versions will be available soon), but I am super excited to have my writing available on Amazon.

Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out! Any feedback, positive or negative, would be greatly appreciated.

You might try the Cecilia and Kate books, Sorcery and Cecilia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician. Light romance, but it's definitely present. The trilogy bound together was on sale yesterday and goes on sale every once in awhile for a few dollars, but today it's back to $17.99 on Amazon. Still slightly cheaper than buying the books individually. https://smile.amazon.com/Cecelia-Kate-Novels-Sorcery-Magician-ebook/dp/B00NVZPCUE/ref=pd_sim_351_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AEYNYN9GP2C3HRZV60GC

On the heavier/darker romance side, if you don't mind your Victorian leaning way Steampunk, you could check out Bec McMaster's London Steampunk series. Book 1 is Kiss of Steel - https://smile.amazon.com/Kiss-Steel-London-Steampunk-Book-ebook/dp/B007ZI06FE/ref=la_B00CGU3DKQ_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1500919906&sr=1-8 . I read the first 2 in the series and enjoyed them. I didn't realize the series went out to 5 books now!

Since he likes making his own stories, Wizards of the Coast published a book about dragons and one about monsters from the D&D game that read like a kids' non-fiction catalog. It sounds like he has a love of fantasy and creativity that lend well to roleplaying games when he gets older. For someone who doesn't enjoy reading there is a payoff when you get to play a game if you read the book.

A Practical Guide to Monsters
A Practical Guide to Dragons

After looking this up, I found more Practical Guides from WotC. Keep looking if you are interested.

Hi /u/RruinerR, thanks for the plug!

My book, The Dinosaur Four, is an adult sci-fi thriller about ten everyday people trapped in the past. It's meant to feel sorta like an '80s horror movie. Have a look and see what you think. (If you like audiobooks, I recommend the audio version. Nick Podehl's performance brings the story to life and audible has a great return policy if you decide it isn't for you after a few chapters.)

Raptor Red, by paleontologist Robert Bakker, tells the story of a Utahraptor running around 120 million years ago. It's a really fun read.

As ForgotToKnock mentioned, Jurassic Park and The Lost World are both worth a read and they're quite different from the films.

Ray Bradbury's collection Dinosaur Tales has some neat stories, including the classic, "A Sound of Thunder."

Finally, I recently published a story in a dinosaur anthology called Prehistoric. I haven't read the other stories yet, so I can't vouch for any in particular, but if you find one you like, look up the author's work. I believe they have all written dinosaur novels.

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Best,

Geoff Jones

Author of The Dinosaur Four

I would suggest reading up on Cassandra Claire and The Draco Trilogy first.

The Draco Trilogy, despite having been revealed to have been heavily plagiarized from Pamela Dean's book The Secret Country, spawned heavily used HP fan tropes like Draco in Leather Pants, as well as the Draco/Ginny 'shipping pairing. The Cassandra Claire plagiarism controversy also resulted in the founding of popular Harry Potter fanfiction site FictionAlley.

Cassandra Claire has since removed The Draco Trilogy from FictionAlley due to her becoming a published author, as well as recycling some scenes from The Draco Trilogy into her first published book, City of Bones. She also changed her penname to "Cassandra Clare", and has since become known as a YA author for her series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.

Here is also a [very] in-depth and long account of what exactly happened with Cassandra Claire and plagiarism in The Draco Trilogy.

As for advice on writing Harry Potter fanfiction, I would highly suggest checking out /r/HPFanFiction! Good luck with your ideas!

It may be cliche to say and I will anyways. I am fortunate to be married the most dedicated woman I could ever have asked our God for. In between giving her time every single day to enrich our son's learning, preparing us for every day, and taking care of us every single way that she can.. She writes. She writes to help us escape from this daily grind I know many people, not just us, are all too familiar with. She just finished her first novel set in a parallel world of magic, assassins, and a bloodthirsty Elf queen hellbent on the eradication of anyone that stands up to her authority. A forbidden love that is crushed in it's desperation for survival. A mother that is left no other choice but to abandon her Court and escape into our world. If you like elemental magic and dark fey, please check out Feylin: Inner World Prequel.

Also, watch out for Book 1 which will be published on September 27th.

Princess of the Elves: A Fairytale Portal Fantasy (The Inner World Book 1)

This is for you R.L. Medina :)

>Do you think fairy tales can still affect today social issues?

Oh, absolutely. They already are. Fairy tales and fairy tale retellings have immense cultural relevance and cultural staying power in modern society, and honestly to both my delight and horror the US media has been in somewhat of a fairy tale adaptation revitalization period; it seems like every time I turn around there's another book or television show or movie based on a fairy tale coming out (which means lovingly faithful adaptations, epic historical dramas, updated and period piece retellings, dark reimaginings, and just plain fun adaptations....and on the flipside, nonsense like this and this).

Many of the stories are universal in their themes and are just as applicable to modern-day life as they were hundreds of years ago. Why do you think we keep retelling them? They still hold an incredible amount of appeal to people despite their age.

I think that the way we tell and retell fairy tales in today's society speak to the social issues that we still find relevant to examine and revisit. Beauty and the Beast retellings have had a minor bump in the past decade in a way that completely flips the original points and purposes of the BATB narrative on its head (in that the 'Beast' figure is often a man who is very physically attractive but is a jerk or someone with a lot of Issues™), and I think it speaks to the way in which we as a society have a thing for "bad boys" that just "need a little love" to become Good Boys right now. The way a culture views and retells fairy tales and folklore is very indicative of the ways that culture is trying to grapple with certain Big Issues, and that's no less relevant to us than it was to people hundreds of years ago.

The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C Wrede is engaging, witty, and sex-free.

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak is wonderful for everyone of any age. It has lyrical writing, a story that sticks with you, and moving imagery. I can't recommend it enough.

Tamora Pierce's Tortall novels are great (I'd recommend starting with the Protector of the Small series or The Immortals series). There is some sex in them, but it's not graphic and it's far from the focus of the books.

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathon Stroud is witty, well-paced, and engaging.

The Sabriel series by Garth Nix is pretty dark, but no more so than the ones you listed.

Let us know what you end up getting her!

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This is a good book. I had a different book; from the Baby Sitters Club series.

Also, i admit to learning a little from the series "The Song of the Lioness Quartet (Alana: The first adventure/In the Hnd of the Goddess/ The woman who rides like a man/ Lioness Rampant). Basically a coming of age story about a girl who starts out dressed as a boy because she wants to learn how to be a knight. She is basically unprepaired to become a woman, and unexpectedly has her first period and thinks she is going to die. Only thing someone may be concerned about is that she is dressed as a boy for a good part of the story (some may see this as not empowering women), but i think it helps to address gender roles. There is some romance/sex in the novel, but it is targeted to a teen audience. http://www.amazon.com/The-Song-Lioness-Quartet-Adventure/product-reviews/0375825649/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

Beowulf! Beowulf is a must for any fantasy lover!

if you've read Beowulf and you want something similar, then check this out: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HBBWHW7/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4

if you want something with mermaids then check out one of these two: https://www.amazon.com/Shearwater-Mermaid-Romance-D-S-Murphy-ebook/dp/B01N45RZCQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1541179533&sr=8-2&keywords=shearwater

or

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DZN9DBY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i8

There's the Godzilla: With Lights and Sound book for the new movie.

Godzilla vs Gigan and the Smog Monster picture book, obviously used is much cheaper.

[Godzilla on Monster Island] (http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Monster-Island-Pictureback-R/dp/0679880801/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412126648&sr=1-10&keywords=godzilla), Godzilla Likes to Roar, and Who's Afraid of Godzilla and great but pricey even used.

And I'm not sure of the reading level of your child but there are the Scott Ciencin books.

• Godzilla: King of the Monsters
  
• Godzilla Invades America
  
• Godzilla vs the Space Monsters
  
• Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island
  
  And there's the more advanced series by Marc Cerasini:
  
  
• Godzilla Returns
  
• Godzilla 2000
  
• Godzilla at World's End
  
• Godzilla vs the Robot Monsters
  
  

I just released a book about a necromancer in high school, with conservative Christian parents and an undead stalker.

[Through the Lichgate] (https://www.amazon.com/Through-Lichgate-Drama-Club-Presents-ebook/dp/B07D579MDR/)

Thana Ayers may seem like any other girl her age, struggling to balance schoolwork, drama club activities, and her religious parents. But at night, she battles unholy monstrosities with her own astonishing abilities to control the dead. Thana’s never lost a battle. That is, until a mysterious creature appears unlike any she has faced before.

This strange presence threatens to unravel Thana’s carefully balanced life and reveal her powers to the world. It also promises to show her the secrets of the lichgate and unlock her true power, but all power comes with a cost.

The book is 3.99 on Kindle, free on Kindle unlimited, and available in print for 12.99. You can find it here.

If you're looking to read some decent adult Godzilla books check out Marc Cerasini's 4 book series. My favorites are the first two, Godzilla Returns and Godzilla 2000.

Top of the list as per Rex Grossman: A Pracitcal Guide to Dragons

Is it "A Practical Guide to Dragons?"

maybe this is it

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N1F8ULW/ref=series_rw_dp_sw

Was it A Practical Guide to Dragons or Dragonology?