17 YA Epic Fantasies To Treat Your Westeros Withdrawal

Winter is coming, just not fast enough. These books will tide you over until Game of Thrones season 5 premieres.

Looking for some kick-ass ladies?

HMH Books for Young Readers (Graceling, Grave Mercy), Walker Children's (Scarlet),

Check out Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen, and Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

Maybe you like your kick-ass ladies to come with a great destiny?

Bloomsbury Childrens (Throne of Glass), Feiwel and Friends (Cinder), Greenwillow Books (The Girl of Fire and Thorns)

Check out Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, and Cinder by Marissa Meyer

What about fierce battles and daring deeds?

Penguin Young Readers Group (An Ember in the Ashes and Falling Kingdoms) and Farrar, Strauss and Giroux (The Winner's Curse)

Check out An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (publishes April 28, 2015), Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes, and The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

Need a touch of magic?

Egmont (Brightly Woven), Random House Children's Books (A Great and Terrible Beauty), Little, Brown (The Daughter of Smoke and Bone)

Check out Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, and The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

One word: DRAGONS.

Penguin Young Readers Group (Frozen and Eon), Random House Children's Books (Seraphina)

Check out Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston, Eon by Alison Goodman, and Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Are you a little tempted by the dark side?

Henry Holt and Co (Shadow and Bone), Penguin Young Readers Group (The Young Elites)

Check out Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo and The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Happy reading!