Portal Fantasy

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke · Fantasy

**From the *New York Times* bestselling author of *Jonathan Strange & Mr.

magical realism · portal fantasy · twist ending

The Cruel Prince

Holly Black · Fantasy

Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her…

enemies to lovers · fae · portal fantasy · chosen one

The Someday Garden

Ashley Poston · Romance

The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden .

slow burn · forced proximity · paranormal romance · portal fantasy · magic academy

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Brandon Sanderson · Fantasy

\#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new…

slow burn · quest · coming of age · portal fantasy

The Book Witch

Meg Shaffer · Literary Fiction

Rainy March is a proud third-generation book witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary.

magical realism · slow burn · portal fantasy · romantic comedy

The Chronicles of Narnia

C. S. Lewis · Fantasy

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battle between good and evil - what more could any reader ask for in one book?

portal fantasy · chosen one · quest · found family

Anathema

Keri Lake · Fantasy

From USA Today bestselling author Keri Lake comes a hardcover repackage of her spellbinding gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman who is forced…

dark romance · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · demons · portal fantasy · trauma recovery

The Astral Library

Kate Quinn · Fantasy

Have you ever wished you could live inside a book?

portal fantasy · urban fantasy · quest

The Elsewhere Express

Samantha Sotto Yambao · Fantasy

When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you.

cozy vibes · magical realism · portal fantasy · coming of age

The Hollow Places

T. Kingfisher · Horror

Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly…

cosmic horror · portal fantasy · psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle

The River Has Roots

Amal El-Mohtar · Fantasy

In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, dwells the mysterious Hawthorn family.

magical realism · found family · portal fantasy · fae

Through Gates of Garnet and Gold

Seanan McGuire · Fantasy

A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Selection!

urban fantasy · portal fantasy · found family · quest

The Faraway Inn

Sarah Beth Durst · Fantasy

Als ihr Ex ihr das Herz bricht und ihre Sommerpläne ins Wasser fallen, beschließt Calisa, die Ferien im B&B ihrer Großtante zu verbringen.

cozy vibes · coming of age · portal fantasy · found family

The Secret World of Briar Rose

Cindy Pham · Fantasy

Enter the century-long dream of sleeping Princess Amelia, a place of whimsy, magic and hidden nightmares .

coming of age · portal fantasy · cozy vibes · found family · fae

A Darker Shade of Magic

V. E. Schwab · Fantasy

Welcome to Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, with one mad king―George III.

urban fantasy · enemies to lovers · magic academy · slow burn · portal fantasy

Gliff

Ali Smith · Literary Fiction

From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning and knowingAn uncertain near-future.

dystopian society · magical realism · portal fantasy · political intrigue

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern · Fantasy

The circus arrives without warning.

slow burn · enemies to lovers · forbidden romance · portal fantasy · magic academy

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Brandon Sanderson · Fantasy

Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares.

slow burn · opposites attract · paranormal romance · portal fantasy

Private Rites

Julia Armfield · Literary Fiction

A NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice!

magical realism · forbidden romance · portal fantasy

Elantris

Brandon Sanderson · Fantasy

Elantris: gigantic, beautiful, radiant-----filled with powerful individuals who use their magical abilities to benefit all the people of Arelon.

quest · chosen one · portal fantasy · magic academy

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown · Fantasy

Bookseller Cassie Andrews feels something is missing from her life.

slow burn · opposites attract · urban fantasy · portal fantasy · magical realism · found family

This Woven Kingdom

Tahereh Mafi · Fantasy

To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight.

slow burn · coming of age · enemies to lovers · found family · portal fantasy

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs · Fantasy

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for…

coming of age · urban fantasy · portal fantasy · found family · gothic atmosphere

The Other Valley

Scott Alexander Howard · Literary Fiction

LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2025 | Shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize For fans of Emily St.

magical realism · coming of age · portal fantasy

All Hail Chaos

Sarah Rees Brennan · Fantasy

SHE TRIED TO FIX HIM. SHE MADE HIM WORSE. Rae is a fantasy reader who's been transported to her favourite fictional world of swords and sorcery,…

dark academia · grimdark · unreliable narrator · portal fantasy · revenge plot

Every Heart a Doorway

Seanan McGuire · Fantasy

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down…

found family · coming of age · portal fantasy · trauma recovery

The Lost Story

Meg Shaffer · Literary Fiction

As boys, best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell went missing in a vast West Virginia state forest, only to mysteriously reappear six months later…

magical realism · coming of age · quest · portal fantasy · found family

The Magician's Nephew

C. S. Lewis · Fantasy

When Diggory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness…

portal fantasy · chosen one · quest · magic academy

The Child Thief

Brom · Fantasy

Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood.

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · fae · portal fantasy · grimdark

The Talisman

Stephen King · Fantasy

The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub.

quest · coming of age · chosen one · portal fantasy · high stakes survival

The Mirror of Infinite Endings

Stephanie Garber · Fantasy

Jacks and Evangeline Fox have finally found their happily ever after.

slow burn · fae · forbidden romance · portal fantasy

Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll · Fantasy

*Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There* (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson),…

portal fantasy · cozy vibes · quest

A Winter's Promise

Christelle Dabos · Fantasy

"A stunningly atmospheric fantasy that doubles as an exceptional character study .

slow burn · found family · portal fantasy

The Wizard of Oz

L. Frank. Baum · Fantasy

A shortened version of the novel. 8 yrs+

coming of age · portal fantasy · quest · found family

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany · Fantasy

The lord of Erl is told by the parliament of his people that they want to be ruled by a magic lord.

quest · fae · forbidden romance · portal fantasy

Six Crimson Cranes

Elizabeth Lim · Fantasy

The exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a…

slow burn · forbidden romance · quest · dragons · portal fantasy · redemption arc

The Rose Field

Patricia Pushlady · Fantasy

The long-awaited and highly anticipated conclusion to Philip Pullman's bestselling The Book of Dust sequence .

coming of age · chosen one · quest · portal fantasy

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow · Fantasy

In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself.

coming of age · portal fantasy · slow burn · magical realism · found family

Stations of the Tide

Michael Swanwick · Sci-Fi

The story of a nameless bureaucrat who is sent by the Office of Technology Transfer, charged with restricting the flow of dangerous technologies, to…

space opera · portal fantasy · cat and mouse · twist ending