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The Mary Sue
The Mary Sue
Sarah Fimm

EXPLAINED: The 10 best fantasy books with no magic | Vintage Vibes

A fantasy book with no magic? That’s like a bagel without cream cheese! Cereal without milk! An owl without a graduation cap! Criminal! Heretical! An affront to nature! Or is it? Maybe fantasy books don’t actually need to be propped up by whacky magic systems, allowing author to focus on character building rather than enchanted swords and ponderable orbs. Maybe these authors are actually on to something here? I’ll give these 10 best fantasy books with no magic a try, but I’m still gonna put cream cheese on my bagel. Some things are meant to be a certain way for a reason, any college educated owl could tell you that.

His Majesty’s Dragon

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