Sorry about below if it  seems messy, I was fixing how it went and, well, things got complicated. Anyway, I have been reading it for my literature in school, and it has a lot of stories counting the Canterbury tales alone! And I  rate it four stars because of the good quality of the stories, how nice and long they are so you don't finish the stories quickly. The only thing I don't like is how the words are sometimes hard to decipher when it is written in old Irish. The Canteburry tales are an example of this.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature 

The Major Authors/7^th Edition

Timeline                                                                                                                                                  TIME                                        TITLE                                     AUTHOR

                        8^th to 10^th century                      Beowulf                                    Author Unknown

                        11^th century                               History of the Kings of Britain    Geoffrey of Monmouth

                        1110 to 1180                             The Roman Challenge                Wace

                        1190                                          Arthur's Dream                          Layamon

                        12^th Century                              Lanval                                       Marie de France

                        1342 to 1416                            A Book of Showings                  Julian of Norwich

                        1375 to 1400                            Sir Gawain                                 Author Unknown

                        1386                                         The Canterbury Tales                 Geoffrey Chaucer

                        14^th century                              The Death of Arthur                    Sir Thomas Malory

                        ???? to 1575                             Noah's Flood                             Chester

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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

The Fellowship of the Ring
****
By J. R. R. Tolkien

What I like: The way the author makes the mythical creatures seem so real that you expect to find dwarves every time you go below ground or in a mountain.

Plot: A young hobbit in his `` tweens`` called Frodo inherits his uncle Bilbo`s fortune which he (Bilbo)  had gotten when he (Bilbo) had gone on an adventure. Frodo also inherits a magic ring which, when worn, can turn you invisible. Oh, and it was also The Enemy's (Hey, I didn't make the names) one great source of power, though this isn't revealed to Frodo until Gandalf the wizard comes and shows Frodo a special writing on the Ring. So Frodo sets off to Rivendale with Sam Gamgee, his friend and (maybe) servant, and also his    other friends Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Perrigrim Tuke to find out what to do with the Ring.


Not for kids under 10.

Wolves of the Beyond

Lone Wolf
*****
By Kathryn Lasky

What I like: The mix of magic and mundane.

Plot: A wolf mother gives birth to a deformed/malcadh/cursed pup who is taken away from her and left to die on a cliff about to tumble into a river by wolf custom that all deformed or cursed pups be left to die somewhere. The pup gets saved by a bear mother he later calls Thunderheart who has had her last cub killed by a cougar. He gets named Faolan and grows up to  be a wolf with paws in both the bear and the wolf world. He later goes out to find out what he is (he doesn't know about wolves) when Thunderheart doesn't return after going into a blizzard. There had been aftershocks after an earthquake lately.

Last Dragon Chronicles

Book 1: The Fire Within
****
By Chris D'Lacy

What I like: The mix of magic and mundane.

Plot: A young man called David Rain is boarding at the Pennykettle house and helps Elizabeth and her daughter, Lucy. But early on, he finds something out: all the dragons are alive. He gets one of his own, Gadzooks (Hey, they name the dragons), whose ability is to be in connection with the universe (though this isn't realized at first) and jot down ideas it gets from the universe on his writing pad and send them into the mind of David. With Gadzooks' help, David starts to unravel the mystery of the dragons... and turn into a famous writer at the same time.

Inheritance Series

Eragon
****

By Christopher Paolini

What I like: The adventure, drama, and magic.

Plot: A Young farm boy named Eragon finds a smooth blue rock in a treacherous mountain range known as the Spine and takes it home with a view to selling it for some money to get his adopted family some food for the winter. When he finds it isn't valuable, he keeps it. But late one night he finds he has a dragon egg! He keeps it in secret and names it Saphira. But they are forced to leave when two strangers come to his village Carvahall. They try to capture Eragon an Saphira, but fail. They (Eragon and Saphira) flee with a new ally Brom, who has quite a few secrets to reveal (maybe). Eragon gets a new sword from Brom, learns magic and starts his tutoring.


Not for kids 9-0.

The Hobbit
*****
Prelude to The Lord of the Rings series.


By J. R. R. Tolkien


What i like about this book: The fantasy, adventure, and magic.


Plot: A kindly old hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who ( apparently) has no taste for adventure is swept along on one by the wizard Gandalf and 13 dwarves (including the about-to-rise-to-power king of the dwarf race) to reclaim the dwarf mountain called the Lonely Mountain which was taken over by a greedy dragon named Smaug. And who knows? That hobbit might be the most courageous hobbit who ever lived! Or reach very close to the mantle anyways.


Oh and not for kids under 10 years of age as it is a bit scary.

Series: The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica.

Book: Here, There Be Dragons.

By  James A. Owen.
****

What I like about it: The mix of fantasy and history.

Plot: Three scholars named John, Jack, and Charles are entrusted with the mantle of Caretakers to the Imaginarium Geographica ( Imaginary Geography ), a geography to all the islands in the Archipalego of Dreams, in which there are many different items, animals, and people. The caretakers then go on a mission to save the Archipalego from the evil Winter King, in which they meet many friends and foes.

P.S. There is some violence, so I suggest waiting till you're 10 to read it.