Mort
Death hires apprentice Mort in this 1987 Discworld comedy, where a spared princess splits reality and duty bends for love, with no Rincewind.
2,386-word summary · 11 min read
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Two magicians bring magic back to Napoleonic England, one by books and one by daring.
2,067-word summary · 9 min read
Children of Blood and Bone
White haired Zelie chases magic return with princess Amari hunted by Inan.
2,027-word summary · 9 min read
A Curse for True Love
Evangeline wakes married with no memory of Jacks while Apollo and Jacks hunt.
2,287-word summary · 10 min read
Finale
Sisters face waking Fates with debts due, loving princes, and choices that break immortal math.
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The Silver Chair
Eustace and Jill retold: four signs, a lost prince, Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle, giants at Harfang, and the Lady below.
2,940-word summary · 13 min read
The Poppy War
A war orphan wins a place at Sinegard academy, bonds with a fire god, and faces invasion.
2,977-word summary · 13 min read
The Great Hunt
Rand hunts the stolen Horn of Valere across the land while Egwene and Nynaeve face the Seanchan and the White Tower.
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The Dragon Reborn
Rand flees to Tear to claim Callandor while Perrin, Mat, and Egwene are drawn after him to the fallen Stone.
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The Ballad of Never After
Evangeline hunts four missing Arch stones with Jacks to free a cursed Apollo and learns what his rescue will cost.
3,690-word summary · 16 min read
One Dark Window
Elspeth Spindle hides a monster in her head and joins a treasonous hunt for twelve magic cards to save mist-locked Blunder.
3,040-word summary · 14 min read
Oathbringer
Dalinar chases unity in Urithiru while Kholinar falls and an old oath demands payment.
3,513-word summary · 16 min read
Legendary
Tella enters a new Caraval in Valenda to pay a debt with Legend's name, while curses and waking Fates raise the cost.
2,886-word summary · 13 min read
Inheritance
Eragon and Saphira march on Uru'baen to end Galbatorix, with hidden hearts and hard goodbyes.
3,160-word summary · 14 min read
Elantris
A prince thrown into a cursed city, a princess fighting court plots, and a priest on a deadline collide in Sanderson's debut.
4,049-word summary · 18 min read
Carry On
Simon Snow returns to Watford for his last year as a failing Chosen One, with his roommate Baz missing and the Humdrum wearing his face.
2,662-word summary · 12 min read
Babel
A Chinese orphan trained in translation magic at Oxford must choose between empire and resistance as Britain drives toward war with China.
3,696-word summary · 16 min read
A Wizard of Earthsea
A proud goatherd becomes the wizard Ged, looses a shadow at Roke, and must hunt it across Earthsea to name it. Le Guin's lean 1968 series opener.
2,972-word summary · 13 min read
Words of Radiance
Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.
2,754-word summary · 12 min read
The Color of Magic
A failed wizard guides a tourist across a flat world on a turtle, with comic fantasy chaos.
2,032-word summary · 9 min read
Ninth House
Dropout Alex Stern sees ghosts and monitors Yale secret societies after a townie murder.
2,271-word summary · 10 min read
Howl's Moving Castle
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…
2,363-word summary · 11 min read
Brisingr
Eragon rescues Katrina, backs a dwarf king, and earns a burning sword.
2,214-word summary · 10 min read
Assassin's Apprentice
Bastard Fitz trains Skill Wit as assassin for Buckkeep.
2,518-word summary · 11 min read