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My Favorite Stories
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We're Going on an Adventure! These are the stories I love and like to disappear for a while in.
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Mystical Realms & Science Fiction
 
Paranormal Mysteries & Historical Fiction

Mystical Realms & Science Fiction

Magic, fairies, and dragons… oh, my!

 
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Bad ass book and there's dragons so it's like… top notch.
Fourth Wing
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2nd in the series to Fourth Wing
Iron Flame
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3rd book, coming soon! Preorder now!
Onyx Storm
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Magic, faeries, and adventure!
A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set ...
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These books are for pre-teens, but I'm adding them anyway. My fave since I was 10 and now my son is starting them. If you like Harry Potter, you'll like these (at any age!)
Leven Thumps: The Complete Series by Obert Skye
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Okay seriously mind blowing and I'm THRILLED the show is now out on Netflix. Amazing writing.
The Three-Body Problem a book by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu
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Some of the best stories can be found in the Irish and Celtic traditions
A Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)
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This is inspired by Icelandic folklore <3
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Emily Wilde Series #1)|BN Exclusive
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This series makes me FEEL a lot of things. If you've seen the show, you may relate, but nothing compares to the books.
The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of Swallows, The Lady of the Lake
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Paranormal Mysteries & Historical Fiction

Ghosts, mediums, romance, and historical & religious lore.

 
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Her stuff NEVER gets old.
The Blackbird Trilogy - (3 book series)
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If you're into native folklore and mystery, this is the one.
The Haunted Mesa (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
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Dreams, nightmares, visions, SUSPENSE!
Nora Roberts Sign of Seven Trilogy Box Set | Paperback
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Not as good as The Da Vinci Code, but one of my top ten in historical fiction
The Charlemagne Pursuit a book by Steve Berry
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Obvi nothing tops this in historical/religious books. My fave.
The Da Vinci Code a book by Dan Brown
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Again, she's my fave paranormal/historical fiction writer. I'd add all her books if there weren't 58496264 of them.
The Unholy (Krewe of Hunters Series #6)
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