Juvenile and YA Fiction: Fantasy Literature

In this episode, Ian and Megan sit down to talk about what is arguably the most popular genre among young readers today: fantasy literature. They discuss the history leading up to the state of fantasy today, the unique thematic features of world-building, and their own childhood obsession with these books.

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• The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

  
  



• The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald

  
  



• The Light Princess by George MacDonald

  
  



• Phantastes by George MacDonald

  
  



• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

  
  



• “The Quangle Wangle’s Hat” by Edward Lear

  
  



• Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

  
  



• The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison

  
  



• The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

  
  



• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

  
  



• The Space/Ransom Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

  
  



• The Shanara Chronicles by Terry Brooks

  
  



• The Pendragon Series by D.J. Machale

  
  



• The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen

  
  



• Eragon by Christopher Paolini

  
  



• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

  
  



• Redwall by Brian Jacques

  
  



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