5 Fantasy Novels Off the Beaten Track

Take the road less traveled by for some great fantasy fiction

In today’s world, a spotlight often shines on a great book for a second, and then it disappears into space, never to be seen again. But there are definitely some older books that are still worth reading, even if they might have fallen off a reader’s radar.

Here are five books that I consider classics in the fantasy genre, but that many newer readers might not have heard of, let alone read. But they’ve stood the test of time and are well worth picking up today and immersing yourself in their imaginative worlds.

Modeled on the events of the French Revolution, Illusion is set in an alternate fantasy world where magic exists and has long kept the nobility in power. But when magic is no longer contained just in the realm of nobles, a society of inequality will quickly become a society turned on its head.

Paula Volsky’s book is so wonderfully detailed and complex that you will feel that you are right there in the middle of the story. And the conflict between the haves and have-nots, and the contrived reasons that separate the two, is definitely still very relevant today.

Tanith Lee has long been one of my favorite authors — her works are vivid and imaginative, and while originally writing in a time before LGBTQ+ phrasing even existed (she started publishing in the 1970s), she always wrote bold, sexually adventurous women and genderfluid characters who undertook magnificent quests for self-fulfillment.

A Heroine of the World follows the footsteps of a girl who grows up in an alternate world that resembles 19th century Russian during wartime, and she must make hard decisions in order to survive. While a fortune teller might have read her fate, the stars are not set in stone, and perhaps she can find a better future for herself. Along the way, love is given a chance to blossom.

This is still one of the best books out there that has both classic fantasy themes and also breaks…

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