Low Fantasy

Low fantasy is often set in the real world or a close resembling our own, but include fantastical elements. It includes magic or other supernatural elements.

Updated July 24, 2025
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American gods : a novel
Gaiman, Neil.
Paper Book
Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming -- a battle for the very soul of America . . . and they are in its...
The green mile : the complete serial novel
King, Stephen
Paper Book
Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King's classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the...
Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
Rowling, J.K.
Paper Book
Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. The Reason: HARRY POTTER IS A WIZARD!
The Indian in the cupboard
Banks, Lynne Reid
Paper Book
Essential Modern Classics are relaunched in gorgeous new covers bringing these timeless story to a new generation. For Omri, it is a dream come true when the plastic American Indian he locks into the old cupboard comes to life. Little Bull is everything an Indian brave should...
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Clarke, Susanna
Paper Book
Now at the start of the nineteenth century, the Raven King is only a myth and England, with its mad King and its dashing poet, no longer believes in magicians. Then Mr Norrell makes his remarkable talents known and is called upon to help the government in their war against Napoleon,...
Neverwhere : the author's preferred text
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and...
One hundred years of solitude
Garca̕ Mr̀quez, Gabriel
Paper Book
Now a Netflix original series! "One Hundred Years of Solitude is the first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race. . . . García Márquez has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound,...
Tuck everlasting
Babbitt, Natalie
CD
Is eternal life a blessing or a curse? That is what young Winnie Foster must decide when she discovers a spring on her family's property whose waters grant immortality. Members of the Tuck family, having drunk from the spring, tell Winnie of their experiences watching life go by and never growing...

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