Books like Isle of View by Piers Anthony

In The Name of the Wind, a young orphan named Kvothe tells the tale of his rise from street player to legendary wizard, recounting adventures, love, and loss in a richly imagined world.

In Earthsea, a young sorcerer named Ged seeks to master the language of magic after unleashing a dangerous shadow, learning that true power requires balance and humility.

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A witty, supernatural romp in which a demon, an angel, and a misfit dog stop the apocalypse after their prophetic bible misplaces the Antichrist.

Neil Gaiman’s American Waters combines Americana, fantasy, and ancient and modern mythologies into a story of a mysterious traveler who awakens city‑wide enigmas and the timeless clash of gods.

Ghost Millie seeks to restore her lost love Jonathan, a zombie, by sending magician Dor back to ancient Xanth for a life‑restoring potion.

In Piers Anthony’s Xanth, King Trent assigns Bink's team to locate the source of the world’s magic, only to discover that even their leader may betray them and that Bink plans to erase Xanth’s enchantments entirely.

In Xanth, ogre Smash reluctantly guides a group of young women through mystical perils, revealing a deeper truth about his nature and the realm's magic.

An Xanth adventure where the escaped Gap Dragon, a forget‑spell‑induced mass amnesia, and a twelve‑year‑old (Ivy?) child converge in a chaos-saturated fantasy landscape.

After centuries as a ghost, Knight Jordan returns to Castle Roogna, tending to a five‑year‑old child while confronting a past betrayal by two wily magicians and a lost love, with a quest to recover his scattered bones.

In the whimsical world of Xanth, Mare Imbrium, a night mare with a fractured soul, is sent from a war‑torn realm to deliver a dire message to King Trent, encountering a relentless Horseman on the way.

Grundy Golem embarks on a quest to find the lost dragon Stanley Steamer, freeing a damsel and stirring the wrath of a Sea Hag who relentlessly seeks revenge.

College freshman Grey Murphy’s life spirals when a computer program pulls him into the magical world of Xanth, where he meets Ivy and her quest for the missing Good Magician Humfrey.

The 15th installment of Piers Anthony’s Xanth series follows Gwenny Goblin as she vies for goblin chiefship while Mela Merwoman discovers the power of her perfect pair of panties.

In "Yon Ill Wind", Piers Anthony’s Xanth world is disrupted by a rogue hurricane that drags the Baldwin family into the realm, where they must confront demonic bargains and bizarre transformations to restore balance.

San Francisco writer Franz Westen discovers a century-spanning curse in the city he loves, forever changed by its ghostly figure waving at him from his building.

A young faun seeks to rescue a missing friend and save a vital tree, risking his own safety in a quest across Ptero and its moons.

When the tyrannical bird Ragna Roc threatens Xanth, the Good Magician Humfrey enlists half‑human playwright Cyrus the Cyborg to gather a troupe of actors whose performances might lure the ruler’s attention and save the realm.

Don’t panic! The Hitchhiker’s saga returns once again with a full-cast dramatisation of Mostly Harmless, the fifth book in Douglas Adams’s famous ‘trilogy in five parts’. While frequent flyer Arthur Dent searches the universe for his lost love, Ford Prefect discovers a disturbing blast from the past at The Hitchhiker’s Guide HQ. Meanwhile, on one of many versions of Earth, a blonder, more American Trillian gets tangled up with a party of lost aliens having an identity crisis. And just when Arthur thinks he has found his true vocation on the backwater planet of Lamuella, the original Trillian turns up with more than a little spanner in the works. A stolen ship, a dramatic stampede and a new and sinister Guide lead to a race to save the Earth...again. But this time, will they succeed?

When an older couple rents a bargain house in the city, they discover its back door opens onto an endless forest. With the help of their grandchildren, they investigate the strange and potentially dangerous reality that surrounds them.

In Piers Anthony’s Xanth universe, Kody awakens in a hospital and then in the magical land, where a spell has inverted all perceptions of appearance and affection—turning love into hate and ugliness into beauty—leaving him the only one able to restore the realm’s true feelings.

A young man in Xanth is transported to court to marry a Princess.

Moira MacLean has spent most of her life cloistered in the solemn halls of a Scottish convent - and has only ever known her father's iron will. So when a handsom warrior barges in with news of her father's dying wish - that she marry this stranger on the spot - Moira knows that duty has her bound. Soon Moira realizes the folly of her haste: that her father sent no such message: that she has just exchanged vows with her clan's own enemy, Ian Cameron of Glencoe. Left behind at the convent she discovers she carries his child. But all is not bleak in the foggy Scottish moors: Ian returns to take his bride home, leaving rumors that her life is in danger - but is it from her father or someone else? Ian recognizes in himself feelings he thought he'd never feel again. And although she, too, thinks herself impervious to the emotions of love, Moira may well be in for a surprise.

After his mother dies, 12‑year‑old David escapes into the stories that once comforted him, only for myth and war to collide in a world where a Crooked Man and a faded king rule over wolves and hidden secrets.