6 Standalone YA Fantasy Books for a Quick Read

by Alyssa Roat
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6 books
If you want the fun of YA fantasy but don’t have the time or energy to commit to a series, look no further! This list features standalone YA fantasy books that are a complete experience all on their own.
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Sorcery of Thorns

Margaret Rogerson, 2020
: Featuring beautiful prose and a bookish protagonist who saves the world using magical books, this fantasy novel is perfect for lovers of adventure, whimsy, and soft romance.

Together We Burn

Isabel Ibañez, 2022
In a beautifully atmospheric world based on Spanish bullfighting, dragon fighters enter the ring to danger and glory. If you love flamenco dancing, dragons, and enemies-to-lovers romance, this book with delightful worldbuilding is for you.

Girl, Serpent, Thorn

Melissa Bashardoust, 2020
This book feels like reading an old fairy tale. Set in a dynamic Persian-inspired world, a princess who is poisonous to the touch navigates betrayal, demons, political upheaval, and love in this beautiful tale featuring nods to fascinating mythology.

The Songweaver's Vow

Laura VanArendonk Baugh, 2017
In a Norse mythology book reminiscent of Shaharazad and the tale of Cupid and Psyche, Euthalia tells Greek tales to entertain Norse gods, until her tales lead to murder. This book is deeply woven with history and mythology to create a fascinating epic fantasy tale that is tied up beautifully in a single volume.

Dear Hades

Every Monster Needs a Mortal, Every Mortal Needs a Monster
Hope Bolinger, Alyssa Roat, 2024
In this chat fiction standalone contemporary fantasy based on Greek mythology, when Medusa and Tiresias rise from the Underworld as twenty-first-century teens and meet through Persephone and Hades' new dating app, it seems like a second chance. But not everyone is pleased with an app designed to kindle romance between mortal enemies. As distrust grows between the heroes, monsters, and gods making up the app's user base, Medusa and Tiresias accept their task: kill their date. For a rompy tale with plenty of mythology and humor that wraps up in a single quick read, consider checking out this novel written by Hope Bolinger and me.

House of Hollow

Krystal Sutherland, 2022
In this beautifully unsettling tale, Iris Hollow begins to learn the truth of the time she and her two strange sisters went missing. Featuring nature-horror elements and the spooky vibes of a misty Scottish evening, this contemporary horror fantasy is delightfully eerie.