Fantasy Book Club

 

Welcome to the Cleary's Bookstore Fantasy Book Club! This year we will be tucking in to a bouquet of all this fantastic genre has to offer. On our list are books in the subgenres: fairy tale retellings, epics, arthurian fantasy, paranormal romance, magical realism, contemporary romantasy, low & high fantasy and more!

Book picks are announced at the end of each meeting and then the following day on social media and our website. Below you will find this year's schedule, a link to this book club's Story Graph, and our current pick. 

2025 Fantasy Book Club Schedule

In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill.

Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword Catcher—the body double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He and Conor are as close as brothers, but his destiny is to die for Conor. No other future is possible.

Lin Caster is a physician from a small community whose members still possess magical abilities. But despite her skills, she cannot heal her best friend without access to forbidden knowledge.

After a failed assassination attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the ruler of Castellane’s criminal underworld. But as long-kept secrets begin to unravel and forbidden attractions arise, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal? And will their discoveries plunge their nation into war—and the world into chaos?