Augarde, Steve.  The Various.
YA F AUG
While staying on her uncle’s rundown farm in the Somerset countryside, twelve-year-old Midge discovers that she has a special connection to the Various, a tribe of “strange, wild—and sometimes deadly” fairies struggling to maintain their existence in the nearby woods. Other books in this series include Celandine and Winter Wood.

Barron, T.A.  The Lost Years of Merlin.
YA F BAR
A young boy who has no identity or memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.  The first book in a five-book series.

Beddor, Frank.  The Looking Glass Wars.
YA F Bed
When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne. Followed by Seeing Red and Archenemy.

Black, Holly.  Tithe.
YA F Bla
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.

Brennan, Herbie.  Faerie Wars.
YA F Bre
Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night. There are two more books in this series.

Cashore, Kristen.  Graceling.
YA F Cas
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.  If you like Graceling, check out the prequel, Fire.

Chima, Cinda Williams.  The Heir Chronicles.
YA F Chi
Book 1: The Wizard Heir
Book 2: The Warrior Heir
Book 3: The Dragon Heir

Croggon, Alison.  The Books of Pellinor.
YA F Cro
Book 1: The Naming.
Book 2: The Riddle.
Book 3: The Crow.
Book 4: The Singing.

Curley, Marianne.  The Named.
YA F Cur
Ethan, one of the Named, fights the Order of Chaos and its destruction in the present by traveling through time.  This is Book 1 in the Guardians of Time Trilogy and continues with The Dark and The Key.

Dickinson, Peter.  The Ropemaker.
YA F DIC
When the magic that protects their Valley starts to fail, Tilja and her companions journey into the evil Empire to find the ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast those spells.

Farmer, Nancy.  The Sea of Trolls.
YA F Far
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.  The story continues in Land of the Silver Apples.

Ferris, Jean.  Once Upon a Marigold.
YA F Fer
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.

Goodman, Alison.  Eon: Dragoneye Reborn.
YA F Goo
Sixteen-year-old Eon hopes to become an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune and learn to be its main interpreter, but to do so will require much, including keeping secret that she is a girl.  

Hale, Shannon.  The Books of Bayern.
YA F Hal
Book 1: Goose Girl
Book 2: Enna Burning
Book 3: River Secrets
Book 4: Forest Born

Law, Ingrid.  Savvy.
YA F Law
Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

Marr, Melissa.  Wicked Lovely.
YA F Mar
Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance.

Nix, Garth.  Lirael.
YA F Nix
When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies.  The Old Kingdom series continues with Sabriel, Abhorsen, and Across the Wall.

Paolini, Christopher.  Eragon.
YA F Pao
YA AB/CD Pao
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.  Read the sequel Eldest and the rest of the Inheritance series.

Pattou, Edith.  East.
YA F Pat
A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.

Pierce, Tamora.  Beka Cooper series.
YA F Pie
When sixteen-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of "Dogs," as the Provost's Guards are called, she uses her police training, natural abilities, and a touch of magic to help them solve the case of a murdered baby in Tortall's Lower City.
Book 1: Terrier
Book 2: Bloodhound.

Pratchett, Terry.  A Hat Full of Sky.
YA F Pra
Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.

Pullman, Philip.  The Golden Compass.
YA F Pul
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.  The Subtle Knife is the next book in the His Dark Materials series.

Riordan, Rick.  The Lightning Thief.
YA F Rio
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. Look for the other four books in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle for the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian.

Scott, Michael Dylan.  The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.
YA F Sco
YA AB/CD Sco
While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.

Stroud, Jonathan.  The Amulet of Samarkand.
YA F Str
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.