Most unique, original, and interesting magical systems (152 books)

Harry Potter is a wonderful series, but also has the most obvious and traditional magical system out there. This list features books with strange, unusual, and unique systems or non-systems of magic/ESP. Enjoy!

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95	Aftermath (The Shard Chronicles, #2) by Ono Northey (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Hunted Sorcery (Jon Oklar, #2) by B.T. Narro (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 971 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Book of Night (Book of Night, #1) by Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 84,269 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3) by Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 24,588 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	Magic Beginnings (Magical Girls Academy, #1) by Kayla Bashe (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	Stained Glass Monsters (Eferum, #1) by Andrea K. Höst (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 452 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	The Eye of Zoltar (The Last Dragonslayer, #3) by Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6,848 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce, #1) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 25,701 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	Greenstone (The Ammolite Adventures, #3) by C.E. Johnson (Goodreads Author) 4.84 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	The Queen of Blood (The Queens of Renthia, #1) by Sarah Beth Durst (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 13,967 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1) by Ashley Shuttleworth (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 8,036 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) by Robert Jordan 4.19 avg rating — 583,703 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	The Magicians' Guild (The Black Magician Trilogy #1) by Trudi Canavan 3.95 avg rating — 89,848 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8,192 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	Bones of the Fair (Darest, #2) by Andrea K. Höst (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 326 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	Blackstone (The Ammolite Adventures, #4) by C.E. Johnson (Goodreads Author) 4.74 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	The Night Watch Collection: Night Watch / Day Watch / Twilight Watch (Watch #1-3) by Sergei Lukyanenko 4.18 avg rating — 1,330 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	The Incompleat Enchanter (The Incompleat Enchanter, #1) by L. Sprague de Camp 3.94 avg rating — 1,246 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) by Laini Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 133,842 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 6,044 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	The Snow Merchant by Sam Gayton 3.94 avg rating — 399 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	Scholarly Magics (A College of Magics, #1-2) by Caroline Stevermer (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 14,797 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Wizard's Bane (Wiz, #1) by Rick Cook 3.82 avg rating — 2,244 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Tinker (Elfhome, #1) by Wen Spencer (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 5,840 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1) by Susan Dennard (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 53,177 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones 3.89 avg rating — 6,402 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 11,926 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones 3.93 avg rating — 4,387 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	Wit'ch Fire (The Banned and the Banished, #1) by James Clemens (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 7,354 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip 4.02 avg rating — 2,784 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	Feed (Newsflesh, #1) by Mira Grant 3.85 avg rating — 61,230 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
133	Ill Wind (Weather Warden, #1) by Rachel Caine 3.74 avg rating — 19,191 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
133	The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) by Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 136,663 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
135	Raven's Shadow (Raven, #1) by Patricia Briggs 4.02 avg rating — 9,075 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
136	Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 27,258 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
137	Orphans of Chaos (Chronicles of Chaos, #1) by John C. Wright 3.60 avg rating — 2,137 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
138	Cold Kiss (Cold Kiss, #1) by Amy Garvey (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 3,677 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
138	Shamara (Shielder, #3) by Catherine Spangler (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 306 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
138	Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 177,457 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
141	Shadow Crossing (Shielder #4) by Catherine Spangler (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 257 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
142	A Nameless Witch by A. Lee Martinez (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 5,080 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
142	The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Hart and Mercy, #1) by Megan Bannen (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 46,364 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
144	In the Company of Ogres by A. Lee Martinez (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 5,112 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
145	Point of Hopes (Astreiant, #1) by Melissa Scott (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,136 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
145	The Cursed by Dave Duncan 3.92 avg rating — 334 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
147	Flesh and Spirit (Lighthouse, #1) by Carol Berg (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 3,466 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
147	The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods, #3) by Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 13,115 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
149	The Pillars of the World (Tir Alainn, #1) by Anne Bishop 3.94 avg rating — 8,819 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
150	Brood of Bones by A.E. Marling (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 806 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
151	Speak to the Devil (The Brothers Magnus, #1) by Dave Duncan 3.51 avg rating — 261 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
152	Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 11,572 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars