The Magicians, Lev GrossmanRead about the other books on the list.
Magic can do a lot of things. It can summon beasts, cast illusions, and make objects vanish. But it can’t cure the malaise of young adulthood, as Grossman’s wizards and witches-in-training discover here.
The Magicians is among Jason Diamond's top fifty books that define the past five years in literature and Joel Cunningham's eight great books for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History.
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Also see: nine of the best witches in literature and seven of the best bad witches in literature.
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