adventure + magic

17 books tagged both “adventure” and “magic”.

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L. Frank Baum · 1900

Dorothy is carried to Oz by a cyclone and walks the yellow brick road with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion.

3,297-word summary · 15 min read

Robert Jordan · 1990

Farm boys flee Trollocs with Moiraine and Lan, split at Shadar Logoth, and trek to the Eye in the Blight.

2,454-word summary · 11 min read

Patrick Rothfuss · 2011

Kvothe leaves the University to serve Maer Alveron in Vintas, then survives Felurian, the Adem and a trial back home.

2,788-word summary · 12 min read

Christopher Paolini · 2003

Paolini's Eragon retold: a farm boy, a blue stone, Saphira the dragon, and the road to the Varden.

1,996-word summary · 9 min read

C. S. Lewis · 1950

C. S. Lewis's Narnia opener retold: four Pevensies, the White Witch's winter, Aslan's sacrifice, and the crowning at Cair Paravel.

2,502-word summary · 11 min read