https://pithybooks.com/tags/magic/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “magic”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:09 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/a-darker-shade-of-magic/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-darker-shade-of-magic/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Antari Kell Maresh, a blood magician who travels between Londons, meets thief Delilah Bard after she steals a stone of Black London magic that should have stayed sealed. https://pithybooks.com/books/assassins-apprentice/ https://pithybooks.com/books/assassins-apprentice/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bastard Fitz trains Skill Wit as assassin for Buckkeep. https://pithybooks.com/books/brisingr/ https://pithybooks.com/books/brisingr/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eragon rescues Katrina, backs a dwarf king, and earns a burning sword. https://pithybooks.com/books/howls-moving-castle/ https://pithybooks.com/books/howls-moving-castle/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cursed old by the Witch of the Waste, hatmaker Sophie Hatter talks her way into wizard Howl's moving castle and bargains with fire demon Calcifer to break the spell and free them both. https://pithybooks.com/books/ninth-house/ https://pithybooks.com/books/ninth-house/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dropout Alex Stern sees ghosts and monitors Yale secret societies after a townie murder. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-color-of-magic/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-color-of-magic/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A failed wizard guides a tourist across a flat world on a turtle, with comic fantasy chaos. https://pithybooks.com/books/words-of-radiance/ https://pithybooks.com/books/words-of-radiance/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers. https://pithybooks.com/books/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them/ https://pithybooks.com/books/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Newt Scamander's Hogwarts textbook catalogues 85 magical beasts across five continents. https://pithybooks.com/books/once-upon-a-broken-heart/ https://pithybooks.com/books/once-upon-a-broken-heart/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Evangeline trades three kisses with the Prince of Hearts to stop a wedding and dooms herself instead. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-witches/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-witches/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A boy and his grandmother face the Grand High Witch's plan to turn England's children into mice. https://pithybooks.com/books/a-kingdom-of-flesh-and-fire/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-kingdom-of-flesh-and-fire/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Poppy travels to Atlantia with Hawke as Casteel while war, prophecies, and her own gifts close in. https://pithybooks.com/books/eldest/ https://pithybooks.com/books/eldest/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eragon trains with Oromis in Ellesmera while Roran defends Carvahall and Nasuada leads the Varden toward war. https://pithybooks.com/books/graceling/ https://pithybooks.com/books/graceling/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Katsa, Graced with killing, breaks from her uncle's use of her and follows a kidnapped prince toward a hidden king. https://pithybooks.com/books/house-of-flame-and-shadow/ https://pithybooks.com/books/house-of-flame-and-shadow/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bryce lands outside Midgard while Hunt sits in Asteri dungeons and the war for two worlds builds. https://pithybooks.com/books/inkheart/ https://pithybooks.com/books/inkheart/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bookbinder Mo reads characters alive and daughter Meggie is pulled into Capricorn's hunt for Inkheart. https://pithybooks.com/books/stardust/ https://pithybooks.com/books/stardust/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tristran Thorn climbs over the wall of Wall to fetch a fallen star and finds Yvaine, witches, and princes hunting her. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-hero-of-ages/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-hero-of-ages/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vin and Elend face ash, mist, and Ruin itself as the prophecies fail and Sazed searches old faiths for answers. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-subtle-knife/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-subtle-knife/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Will finds a window to Cittagazze, meets Lyra, and both hunt the knife that cuts between worlds. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-tales-of-beedle-the-bard/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-tales-of-beedle-the-bard/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five wizard fairy tales from Hermione book, with Dumbledore notes, including the Three Brothers and the Hallows. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dorothy is carried to Oz by a cyclone and walks the yellow brick road with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion.