Books @lemmy.ml counselwolf @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1y ago

Can Anyone Recommend me Magic/Superhero School or Guild Stories?

Here's what I've read so far.

Worm by Wildbow (Superhero "guild")
Mage Errant (Magic School)
Harry Potter Series (Magic School)
Vita Nostra (Magic School)
Super Powereds (Superhero School)
The Circle Series by Sara Elfgren (Magic within normal School)

I've also read The Magician but I didn't liked it.

I may have forgotten some other books but hopefully this narrows it down.

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Bit of a stretch, but Rick Riordan's mythology books (Percy Jackson and its sequels/spinoffs) tend to involve magic school-type settings.
- Way back, I believe I read the first 10 books of Percy Jackson + Jason. I liked it, I don't know why I dropped it in the end. (or maybe the latter books weren't released yet because this was in 2013).
  
  Thanks for the suggestion thoug.
  
  IIRC, Trials of Apollo went from 2015-2020, so the timelines do add up. He's also done similar books for Egyptian and Norse mythology (Kane Chronicles and Magnis Chase)
A few off the top of my head:

The Reckoners series by Sanderson (organized evil superheros, completed series)

scholomance series by novik (magic school, unfinished)

The Kingkiller Chronicle by Rothfuss (magic school, unfinished and probably never will be, but excellent)

Scythe by Shusterman (guild of death kind of thing. More scifi, but has the vibe I think you're going for.)

Rangers Apprentice series by Flanagan (no magic, but guild of rangers with bows. Similar vibe to some of what you listed as well.)
- The Kingkiller Chronicle by Rothfuss (magic school, **unfinished **and probably never will be, but excellent)
  
  Wait it's unfinished? I thought it was a trilogy. It even had some side stories.
  
  Thanks for the recommendations, I'll proobably look at The Reckoners.
  
  It is, but book three hasn't released, and probably never will. :(
  
  He released a few novellas and stuff, but "Doors of Stone" is in development hell unfortunately.
A wizard of earthsea has the best magic school. It's the start of a very loose series, but can be read by itself.
It’s only one book, but in my childhood I read Wizard’s Hall by Jane Yolen, which takes place in a magical school.
Annette Marie has a number of series set in her world of The Guild Codex. Urban fantasy where guilds of "mythics" (mages of various sorts) live hidden from the mundane world. The first series The Guild Codex: Spellbound is a good place to start, featuring a normal human woman stumbling into a bartending gig for such a guild. That 8 book series within the world is complete. Book one is "Three Mages and a Margarita."

Super engaging, and has great audio narration if you're into that as well.
Forgot to add, I'd be happier if it's a complete series.
- Sanderson's Mistborn
  
  Sanderson's Warbreaker
  
  Jade City (it's a trilogy, something different)
  
  Codex Alera
The Book of the Ancestor series by Mark Lawrence.
Myth books by Robert Aspirin.

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