Here are 500 best fantasy books containing magic that is compelling, logical and more importantly, well executed.

Graceling (Graceling Realm)
Poison Study (Study)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass)
Fire (Graceling Realm)
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle #1) by Diana Wynne Jones)
The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern)
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness)
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Crown Duel (Crown & Court #1–2) by Sherwood Smith
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass)
The Blue Sword (Damar)
Sabriel (Abhorsen)
Fire Study (Study)
The Final Empire (Mistborn)
The Iron King (The Iron Fey)
Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles)
Terrier (Beka Cooper)
The Demon King (Seven Realms)
Touch of Power (Healer)
Bitterblue (Graceling Realm)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Trickster’s Choice (Daughter of the Lioness)
The Hero and the Crown (Damar)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns)
Green Rider (Green Rider)
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters)
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments)
Cybele’s Secret (Wildwood)
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha)
Beyond Bridalveil Fall (Dwellers of Awahnee)
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Seer and the Sword (Healer and Seer)
Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar)
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy)
The Gray Wolf Throne (Seven Realms)
The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter)
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
Mystic and Rider (Twelve Houses)
Tiger’s Voyage (The Tiger Saga)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
The Assassin’s Curse (The Assassin’s Curse)
Troubled Waters (Elemental Blessings)
The Crimson Crown (Seven Realms)
The Crown of Embers (Fire and Thorns)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter)
Sun and Moon)
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy)
Storm Glass (Glass)
Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters)
The Singer of All Songs (The Chanters of Tremaris)
Arielle: Immortal Awakening (Immortal Rapture)
The Magicians’ Guild (Black Magician Trilogy)
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass)
Inkdeath (Inkworld)
Trickster’s Queen (Daughter of the Lioness)
Star of the Morning (Nine Kingdoms)
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle)
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus)
City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments)
Magician’s Ward (Mairelon)
Wolf Tower (Claidi Journals)
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern)
Froi of the Exiles (Lumatere Chronicles)
Son of the Shadows (The Sevenwaters Trilogy)
Shadowfell (Shadowfell)
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices)
The Decoy Princess (Princess)
The Regent’s Gamble (Spellbound Consortium)
Assassin’s Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles)
Knight of Flame by Scott Eder
Forest Born (The Books of Bayern)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Dragon’s Bait by Vivian Vande Velde
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
The Well of Shades (The Bridei Chronicles)
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin)
The Pirate’s Wish (The Assassin’s Curse)
Seer of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters #5) by Juliet Marillier
River Secrets (The Books of Bayern)
Elantris (Elantris)
Blade of Fortriu (The Bridei Chronicles)
Inkspell (Inkworld)
StarCrossed (Thief Errant)
The Frog Princess (Tales of the Frog Princess)
Cold Magic (Spiritwalker)
In The Devil’s Own Words by Elizabeth Wixley
City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments)
Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dark Moon Defender (Twelve Houses)
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass)
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus)
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter)
The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus)
Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier
The Light Who Shines (Bluebell Kildare)
A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter)
My Fair Godmother (My Fair Godmother)
Resenting the Hero (Hero)
Deep World Fire (Deep World Saga #1) by C.M. Meridian
Once Upon a Curse (Tales of the Frog Princess)
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass)
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Singing (The Books of Pellinor)
The King of Attolia (The Queen’s Thief)
Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy)
The Trouble with Kings by Sherwood Smith
The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle)
City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments)
Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy)
Assassin’s Quest (Farseer Trilogy)
Tiger’s Curse (The Tiger Saga)
Written in Red (The Others)
Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy)
The Mage’s Daughter (Nine Kingdoms)
Red Queen (Red Queen)
Witch Song (Witch Song)
In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness)
Kushiel’s Dart (Phèdre’s Trilogy)
Old Magic by Marianne Curley
Warrior of the Myst (Colonization #6) by Scott McElhaney
Warrior of the Myst II (Colonization #7) by Scott McElhaney
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
Dreamer (Chronicles of Marithe)
SEER (Chronicles of Marithe #2) by Patrick O’Scheen
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days)
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn)
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus)
The Fairy Godmother (Five Hundred Kingdoms)
Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood)
Birthmarked (Birthmarked)
Wizard’s First Rule (Sword of Truth)
Outlander (Outlander)
Fallen (Fallen)
Moon 514: Blaze and the White Griffon by Drew Briney
The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy)
Incursion (Catalyst Moon #1) by Lauren L. Garcia
First Test (Protector of the Small)
Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty Universe)
The Immortals (Immortals)
Stalking Darkness (Nightrunner)
Master of Crows (Master of Crows)
The Hob’s Bargain by Patricia Briggs
The Bitter Kingdom (Fire and Thorns)
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
The Queen of Attolia (The Queen’s Thief)
Obsidian (Lux)
Cara’s Twelve by Chantel Seabrook
The Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles #1) by Laurie Forest
Fragments of Your Soul (The Mirror Worlds #1) by E.S. Erbsland
Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy)
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate)
Liar’s Moon (Thief Errant)
Wolf Wing (Claidi Journals)
Reader and Raelynx (Twelve Houses)
The Tower of Ravens (Rhiannon’s Ride)
Switched (Trylle)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Hush)
Wild Magic (Immortals)
Seraphina (Seraphina)
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness)
Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain #2) by Lloyd Alexander
The Pillars of the World (Tir Alainn)
Magic’s Pawn (Valdemar: Last Herald-Mage #1) by Mercedes Lackey
Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Lord of Fire (Fire Chronicles #1) by Susi Wright
A-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša Nuit Pantović
The Subtle Beauty by Ann Hunter
Arielle Immortal Passion (Immortal Rapture)
Wandfasted (The Black Witch Chronicles #0.5) by Laurie Forest
Ptolemy’s Gate (Bartimaeus)
The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling)
The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle)
Vingança — Bloodfever (Fever)
Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad)
On Fortune’s Wheel (Tales of the Kingdom)
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms)
The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain #5) by Lloyd Alexander
Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness)
Dragon’s Keep (Wilde Island Chronicles #1) by Janet Lee Carey
Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip
The Golem’s Eye (Bartimaeus)
Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard)
Reckless (Mirrorworld)
Dreamer’s Pool (Blackthorn & Grim)
Jinx by Meg Cabot
The Hero Strikes Back (Hero)
Heroes Adrift (Hero)
The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus)
Warbreaker (Warbreaker #1) by Brandon Sanderson
The Swan Kingdom by Zoë Marriott
Become by Jillian Watts
Rook and Raven (The Celtic Kingdom)
Sky Ghosts: All for One (Sky Ghosts)
Unexpected Metamorphosis (Alissia Roswell: Book One) by Tianna Holley
The Demon Magician by Alex Dunn
Moonlight by Ann Hunter
The Afternoon When She Died by Maria Johnsen
The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles (The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles)
Air Awakens (Air Awakens)
Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg
Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter)
Conjured (New England Witch Chronicles)
All Hallows Eve (New England Witch Chronicles #4) by Chelsea Luna
New England Witch Chronicles (New England Witch Chronicles)
Wicked Betrayal (New England Witch Chronicles)
Beguilement (The Sharing Knife)
Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms)
The Dark Highlander (Highlander)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy)
Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin)
Gathering Darkness (Falling Kingdoms)
The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell
Frozen Tides (Falling Kingdoms)
The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston
Siege and Storm (The Grisha)
Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices)
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera)
The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl)
Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Potter)
Arrow’s Fall (Heralds of Valdemar)
Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
Searching for Arthur (The Return to Camelot)
Ruin and Rising (The Grisha)
Sedução na Noite (Predador da Noite)
End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days)
Cold Fire (Spiritwalker)
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments)
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments)
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales)
Goddess of the Sea (Goddess Summoning)
Squire (Protector of the Small)
Cleopatra’s Secret: Keepers of the Light by Lydia Storm
The Short Life of Sparrows by Emm Cole
Haunted Tree (The Magus Family Chronicles)
Silhouette by Elissa Riley
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic)
The Black River Chronicles: Level One (Black River Academy Book 1) by David Tallerman
Broken Prince (The Broken Ones)
Torment of Shadows (Angels & Sinners)
Unexpected Entrapment (Alissia Roswell Series)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni)
Fade To Black by Sue Duff
New England Witch Chronicles Boxed Set (New England Witch Chronicles #1–4) by Chelsea Luna
Everneath (Everneath)
Death & the Zombie Apocalypse (Zombie Apocalypse)
Pucker Up (Damsels of Distress)
The Shining Citadel (The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles #2) by A.L. Butcher
The Sacred Band by Janet E. Morris
The Wizard of Seattle by Kay Hooper
Shadow’s Edge (Night Angel)
Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle)
Prince of Wolves (The Grey Wolves)
Nobody’s Princess (Nobody’s Princess)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles)
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
The Wise Man’s Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle)
Morrigan’s Cross (Circle Trilogy)
Talking to Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Case of the Ivy Hollow Werewolf (Monster Club)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings)
Warrior (The Blades of the Rose)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings)
Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen
The Dragon Who Loved Me (Dragon Kin)
Captured (The Captive)
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
Stolen Songbird (The Malediction Trilogy)
The Mummy (Ramses the Damned #1) by Anne Rice)
A Bite’s Tale by Veronica Blade
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
The Shape-Changer’s Wife by Sharon Shinn
Spell of the Highlander (Highlander)
The Assassin and the Underworld (Throne of Glass)
Juliet by Anne Fortier
Kiss of the Highlander (Highlander)
Taste of Darkness (Healer)
Last Dragon Standing (Dragon Kin)
What a Dragon Should Know (Dragon Kin)
About a Dragon (Dragon Kin)
The Golden Dynasty (Fantasyland)
Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman
Dragon Actually (Dragon Kin)
Amante de Sonho (Predador da Noite)
The Castle of Llyr (The Chronicles of Prydain #3) by Lloyd Alexander)
Dança com o Diabo (Predador da Noite)
The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston
Dragon Prince (Dragon Prince)
Beyond the Highland Mist (Highlander)
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
O Abraço da Noite (Predador da Noite)
The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor)
Cold Steel (Spiritwalker)
Heroes at Risk (Hero)
Jogos na Noite (Predador da Noite)
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld)
Magyk (Septimus Heap)
On the Edge (The Edge)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows)
O Beijo da Noite (Predador da Noite)
One Good Knight (Five Hundred Kingdoms)
Princess at Sea (Princess)
À Solta na Noite (Predador da Noite)
The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies)
How to Drive a Dragon Crazy (Dragon Kin)
Winds of Fate (Valdemar: Mage Winds #1) by Mercedes Lackey
First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson)
The Circle Opens Set 1–4 by Tamora Pierce
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky)
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles)
Scent of Magic (Healer)
Frostbite (Vampire Academy)
Sphinx’s Princess (Sphinx’s Princess)
Princess Academy (Princess Academy)
The Wretched of Muirwood (Legends of Muirwood)
Immortal Desires by Laura Eno
The Dark Realm (Feyland)
Reckless Magic (Star-Crossed)
Where the Deer Dwell by Dorothy Gravelle
The Queen’s Curse by Natasja Hellenthal
The Day Human Prince (Day Human Trilogy #1) by B. Kristin McMichael
Bridges: An Extraordinary Journey of the Heart by W.S. Williamson
The Iron-Jawed Boy and the Siege of Sol (Guardians of Illyria)
Find Me I’m Yours by Hillary Carlip
Clay’s Hope (Judgement of the Six Companion Series)
Unmasked (Rise of the Masks #1) by E.M. Kaplan
Average Joe and the Extraordinaires (Average Joe)
Phantom of the Shroppie by Dawn Hammill
The Good Teacher)
Midnight Star (Vampire Girl)
Grey (Covenant of Shadows)
Oak & Mistletoe (Oak & Mistletoe)
Bleeding Hearts (Book #1) by Dana Louise Provo
The Tales of Iryvalya: Bloodlines by LeAnn Kelley
The Council (Witch’s Ambitions Trilogy #1) by Kayla Krantz
A Wicked Awakening (Wicked)
Masks and Mirrors by Sue Duff
The Invasion of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling)
The Blight of Muirwood (Legends of Muirwood)
A Dragon Born (Book of One)
Call Off The Search (The Comyenti #1) by Natasja Hellenthal
Destruction (The December People)
Bound (Bound Trilogy)
The Poison Throne (Moorehawke Trilogy)
Scarlet (King Raven)
Eden-West (Eden)
Eden (Eden)
First Year (The Black Mage)
Wings (Wings)
Chalice by Robin McKinley
The Sacred Band by Janet E. Morris
The Sacred Band by Janet E. Morris
Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters)
The Scourge of Muirwood (Legends of Muirwood)
After Dark (The 19th Year)
Tales of Erana: Myths and Legends by A.L. Butcher
Arrow’s Flight (Heralds of Valdemar)
The Perilous Gate (Golden Daughter #2) by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Burning Bright (The Extraordinaries #1) by Melissa McShane
Gene Of Isis (Mystique Trilogy)
Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad)
Scotch Broom (Witches of Galdorheim)
Fool’s Fate (Tawny Man)
The Hidden Princess (Mages and Kingdoms)
The Crouching Shadow (Golden Daughter #1) by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
The Dying Moon (Golden Daughter #4) by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
The Bloodbound (Bloodbound)
Lord of the Fading Lands (Tairen Soul)
Candidate (The Black Mage)
Golden Daughter (Tales of Goldstone Wood)
The Long Fire (Golden Daughter #3) by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Turned (The Vampire Journals)
Magician’s Gambit (The Belgariad)
Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad)
A Broken Throne (Book of One)
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders)
Tiger’s Quest (The Tiger Saga)
Betrayed (The Vampire Journals #3) by Morgan Rice
Enchanters’ End Game (The Belgariad)
Fablehaven (Fablehaven)
Legend of Witchtrot Road (Spirit Guide)
My Wolf’s Bane (Shapes of Autumn)
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama
A New Age (Book of One)
The Final Redemption (Mageborn)
Entreat Me by Grace Draven
Radiance (Wraith Kings)
Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
Avery (The Chronicles of Kaya #1) by Charlotte McConaghy
Warprize (Chronicles of the Warlands)
The Wizard’s Daughters by Michael Dalton
Zero Sight (Zero Sight)
Shatterglass (The Circle Opens)
Heroes Return (Hero)
10 Weird Tales of Magic and Wonder by Kyra Dune
Love & the Zombie Apocalypse (Zombie Apocalypse)
By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey
Secret of the Sirens (The Companions Quartet)
The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles)
Bound (The Crystor)
Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Magic Lessons (Magic or Madness)
Ink and Steel (Promethean Age)
The Awakening / The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries)
Ethereal (Celestra)
The Winter King (Weathermages of Mystral)
Under Different Stars (Kricket)
Scarlet (Scarlet)
Rose Red & Snow White: A Grimms Fairy Tale by Ruth Sanderson
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
The Ships of Air (The Fall of Ile-Rien)
Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant)
Witch Week (Chrestomanci)
The Shining City (Rhiannon’s Ride #2) by Kate Forsyth
A Conspiracy of Kings (The Queen’s Thief)
Heart Mate (Celta’s Heartmates)
The Witch Of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant)
Beauty and the Werewolf (Five Hundred Kingdoms)
The Far West (Frontier Magic)
High Stakes (The Mediator)
The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel by Paulo Coelho
Emperor Mage (Immortals)
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
The Riddle (The Books of Pellinor)
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean)
The Salamander Spell (Tales of the Frog Princess)
The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen)
Crewel (Crewel World)
Kushiel’s Justice (Imriel’s Trilogy)
Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles)
Kushiel’s Scion (Imriel’s Trilogy)
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet #1) by Madeleine L’Engle
Kushiel’s Avatar (Phèdre’s Trilogy #3) by Jacqueline Carey
Crystal Storm (Falling Kingdoms)
Kushiel’s Chosen (Phèdre’s Trilogy)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Witch’s Daughter (The Witch’s Daughter)
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Ash by Malinda Lo
The Crimson Thread: A Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
Talyn (Korre)
Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower)
The Highlander’s Touch (Highlander)
A Tangled Web by Mercedes Lackey
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings)
The Sleeping Beauty (Five Hundred Kingdoms)
The Immortal Highlander (Highlander)
Divine By Blood (Partholon)
The Snow Queen (Five Hundred Kingdoms)
Stone Guardian (Entwined Realms)
To Tame A Highland Warrior (Highlander)
Foundation (Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles)
Inkheart (Inkworld)
The Cat (Sons of Destiny)
Brightly Burning (Valdemar)
The Lioness and Her Knight (The Squire’s Tales)
Magic Steps (The Circle Opens)
The Assassin’s Blade (Throne of Glass)
The Night Dance: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Once Upon A Time)
Lady Knight (Protector of the Small)
The Squire)
Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic)
Fortune’s Fool (Five Hundred Kingdoms)
The Wee Free Men (Discworld)
The Mage (Sons of Destiny)
Street Magic (The Circle Opens)
Fortune and Fate (Twelve Houses)
Once Upon a Marigold (Upon a Marigold)
Hawksong (The Kiesha’ra)