Does anyone know any good fantasy novels for young adults?
“The Wee Free Men” “A Hat Full of Sky” and “Wintersmith”, all by Terry Pratchett and all well worth reading.Funny, moving, irreverent and with a good understanding of human nature, these books are well written and attention grabbing, once you are in you are in for the ride, you actually care what becomes of the characters!
Try Andre Norton’s Witch World series. The original series was a long time ago and since then she and others have added lots of extra short stories and fill in novels so there is plenty to read. Another old time series you will love are the Darkover books by Marion Zimmer Bradley. She too has shared her universe with other writers so there is a broad body of work there too. Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar series is my favourite but all her books are seriously good fantasies and although intended for adults are mostly straightforward action/adventure so you should have no problems with them. Tamora Pierce writes good young adult fantasies which I have found very enjoyable particularly the Alanna series.
Not sure exactly what age range you mean by “young adults” but for teenagers I would recommend series by Philip Pullman and Susan Cooper, both of whom have had films based on their books in the last year. Pullman: Northern Lights; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass Cooper: Over Sea Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver On The Tree If you liked Howl’s Moving Castle, you would probably enjoy other stuff by Diana Wynne-Jones, even though most of it doesn’t include witches and wizards. I would also recommend anything by Alan Garner.
