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The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind (2007, DAW Books) is Patrick Rothfuss's debut fantasy and first Kingkiller Chronicle volume, a framed autobiography in which the legendary Kvothe recounts his youth to Chronicler at the Waystone Inn.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is Alexander McCall Smith's 1998 novel and series about Mma Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's first female-run detective agency in Gaborone; over 20 million English copies, 46 languages, BBC/HBO 2008 adaptation.
The Notebook Trilogy
The Notebook Trilogy: Le grand cahier, La preuve, Le troisième mensonge (1986–1991), three French-language novels by Hungarian-born Ágota Kristóf following twins Claus and Lucas through war and divided Europe.
The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power
The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power (無自覚聖女は今日も無意識に力を垂れ流す), also sold as Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along!, is a Japanese light novel series by Almond about Carolina Sanchez, a supposedly magicless noblewoman whose unconscious holy power exceeds her Saint sister Flora's; it spawned a Yona Etou manga and a 2026 twelve-episode Magic Bus anime.
The Ogre's Bride
The Ogre's Bride (Oni no Hanayome) is a Japanese romantic fantasy light novel series by Kureha, about a schoolgirl claimed as bride by an oni.
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter is a Japanese BL novel series by Wakatsu about an accountant swept into another world, adapted into manga and a 2026 anime.
The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival
The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival (Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival; 乙サバ) is a Japanese light novel by Harunohi Biyori: orphan Alicia learns she is an otome game's destined heroine, rejects that fate, and becomes the fighter Aria; adapted to manga and a July 2027 anime.
The Path of Daggers
The Path of Daggers (1998) is book eight of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, published by Tor Books; Rand al'Thor battles the Seanchan with Callandor while the Asha'man succumb to madness.
The Penultimate Peril
The Penultimate Peril is the twelfth of thirteen books in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, published October 18, 2005 by HarperCollins. It is set at Hotel Denouement, where the Baudelaire orphans, disguised as concierges, face a trial, a harpoon-gun death, and the hotel's burning.
The Power of Six
The Power of Six (2011) is the second Lorien Legacies young adult science fiction novel by Pittacus Lore, pseudonym of James Frey with Jobie Hughes. It alternates between John (Number Four) on the run in the US and Marina (Number Seven) hiding in Spain, and reached number one on the New York Times best seller list.
The Predicament
The Predicament is William Boyd's 2025 spy novel, second in the Gabriel Dax trilogy after Gabriel's Moon, set in 1963 Guatemala and West Berlin as the amateur MI6 agent uncovers a plot against JFK.
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Priory of the Orange Tree is a 2019 epic fantasy novel by Samantha Shannon, reimagining Saint George and the Dragon in a world divided over dragons.
The Pursuit of Love
The Pursuit of Love is Nancy Mitford's 1945 semi-autobiographical comic novel about Linda Radlett and her eccentric family, narrated by cousin Fanny; adapted for TV in 1980, 2001, and 2021.
The Queen of the Damned
The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice's 1988 third Vampire Chronicles novel, follows the first vampire Akasha's world-remaking plan after Lestat's rock music wakes her; adapted into a poorly received 2002 film and an AMC season.
The Raven Scholar
The Raven Scholar (2025) by Antonia Hodgson is the first book of the Eternal Path trilogy, an epic fantasy in which High Scholar Neema Kraa investigates a murder during Orrun's imperial succession tournament; it won the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
The Remarried Empress (재혼황후) (novel)
The Remarried Empress (재혼황후) is a South Korean romance-fantasy web novel by Alphatart, serialized on Naver Series from 2018, about an empress who remarries after divorce.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980) is Douglas Adams's second Hitchhiker's Guide novel, adapting radio fits 7-12, 5, 6; it features Milliways, the time-traveling restaurant at the end of time, and the Golgafrincham ark.
The Return of the Condor Heroes (神雕侠侣)
The Return of the Condor Heroes (神雕侠侣, Shendiao Xialv) is Jin Yong's 1959–1961 wuxia novel, second of the Condor Trilogy, following Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü's forbidden love during the Mongol invasion of Southern Song.
The Return of the King
The Return of the King is the third and final 1955 volume of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, containing Books V and VI plus the appendices; also Peter Jackson's 2003 New Line Cinema film adaptation.
The Riftwar Cycle
The Riftwar Cycle is Raymond E. Feist's epic-fantasy series of about 31 novels (1982-2013) set on Midkemia and Kelewan, opening with Magician and ending with Magician's End, rooted in a UCSD roleplaying campaign.
The Road Back
The Road Back (German: Der Weg zurück) is a 1931 novel by Erich Maria Remarque that continues All Quiet on the Western Front, following soldiers returning to postwar Germany.
The Road to Calvary
The Road to Calvary (Хождение по мукам) is a trilogy of novels by the Russian writer Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy, following two sisters through war, revolution, and civil war.
The Rogue Prince
The Rogue Prince: George R. R. Martin's 2014 novelette 'The Rogue Prince, or, A King's Brother' (Rogues anthology; later in Fire & Blood) about Prince Daemon Targaryen, and the House of the Dragon episode named for it.
The Rose Field
The Rose Field is Philip Pullman's 2025 fantasy novel, the third and final Book of Dust volume, concluding Lyra and Pantalaimon's quest along the Silk Roads to the desert of Karamakan, following The Secret Commonwealth and His Dark Materials.
The Saga of Darren Shan
The Saga of Darren Shan, aka Cirque du Freak, is a 12-book YA vampire horror series by Irish author Darren Shan (Darren O'Shaughnessy), published from January 2000, about a boy made a half-vampire by Larten Crepsley; adapted into a 2009 film and a Takahiro Arai manga.
The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me
The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me is a Japanese light novel series by Sawatari. It follows two high school students who secretly love each other.
The Sea of Fertility
The Sea of Fertility (Hōjō no Umi, 豊饒の海) is a four-volume novel cycle by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, his last work, finished the day he died in 1970.
The Secret Seven
The Secret Seven are Enid Blyton's child-detective club of Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin, George and dog Scamper, in 15 novels (1949–1963) plus six short stories.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel is Michael Scott's six-book YA fantasy series (Delacorte, 2007-2012) about twins Sophie and Josh Newman, the immortal alchemist Nicholas Flamel, the stolen Codex, and Dr. John Dee.
The Shadowhunter Chronicles
The Shadowhunter Chronicles, also called the Shadowhunters books by Cassandra Clare, is a YA urban fantasy universe launched with City of Bones (2007), spanning five series over 150 years and concluding with The Wicked Powers (2026).