I have only included one title per series and one series (or stand-alone) per author, so be sure to check out additional portal fantasy books by the authors on this list!ĭescriptions come from Amazon some are edited for length. I have used a fairly broad definition of portal fantasy here, and divided portal fantasy books roughly by age range as well as including a few classic titles to help you get an idea of what we’re talking about when we say must-read portal fantasy. Most often, a child or children travel from our world to another, magical world…but sometimes the travel is between dimensions, sometimes the traveler(s) are adults, and sometimes time travel looks a lot like portal fantasy. In portal fantasy, a person is transported from one world to another by some sort of magic, usually (but not always!) through a specific place or object such as a wardrobe, rabbit hole, or mirror. Twitter: All posts by Annika Barranti Klein What is Portal Fantasy?

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