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The highest-rated books featuring the mentor, ranked by readers. Browse 50 titles across Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Sci-Fi.

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The mentor relationship works because it captures something we all crave: someone who believes in us enough to push us forward. There's tension in it—the student must prove themselves worthy, the mentor risks failure through their student—but also profound comfort in knowing someone has walked this path before. You're not alone in the dark; someone is holding a lantern.

You'll find mentors everywhere, from fantasy quests to thrillers to quiet coming-of-age stories. These books explore what happens when knowledge meets hunger to learn, when experience meets ambition, and when two people become entangled in each other's growth. Some mentors are reluctant, some are fierce, some are broken—but they all transform their students, and in doing so, transform themselves.

These are the highest-rated the mentor books across Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Sci-Fi, ranked by reader ratings from Goodreads and Audible.

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    Cold Days cover

    Cold Days

    The Dresden Files • Book 14

    by Jim Butcher

    ★ 4.73 BLT Score (107.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (107.2K)
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    Hellbent cover

    Hellbent

    Orphan X • Book 3

    by Gregg Hurwitz

    ★ 4.73 BLT Score (25.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (25.3K)
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    Small Favor cover

    Small Favor

    The Dresden Files • Book 10

    by Jim Butcher

    ★ 4.70 BLT Score (118.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (118.0K)
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    The Night Fire

    Renée Ballard • Book 3

    by Michael Connelly

    ★ 4.67 BLT Score (76.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (76.6K)
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    The Primal Hunter 7: A LitRPG Adventure

    The Primal Hunter • Book 7

    by Zogarth

    ★ 4.65 BLT Score (10.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (10.2K)
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    Blood Rites cover

    Blood Rites

    The Dresden Files • Book 6

    by Jim Butcher

    ★ 4.62 BLT Score (140.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (140.2K)
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    The House in the Cerulean Sea

    Cerulean Chronicles • Book 1

    by T.J. Klune

    ★ 4.54 BLT Score (1.0M ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.0M)
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    Eldest

    The Inheritance Cycle • Book 2

    by Christopher Paolini

    ★ 4.52 BLT Score (495.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (495.5K)
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    Heart of the Mountain cover

    Heart of the Mountain

    Saga of the Forgotten Warrior • Book 6

    by Larry Correia

    ★ 4.44 BLT Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (1.5K)
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  10. 10
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    Mort

    Discworld • Book 4

    by Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.43 BLT Score (274.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (274.6K)
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    The Client cover

    The Client

    by John Grisham

    ★ 4.42 BLT Score (464.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (464.2K)
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    Countdown

    Welcome to the Multiverse • Book 2

    by Sean Oswald

    ★ 4.41 BLT Score (3.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (3.7K)
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    The Masterharper of Pern cover

    The Masterharper of Pern

    Pern • Book 14

    by Anne McCaffrey

    ★ 4.41 BLT Score (25.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (25.6K)
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    The Giver

    Giver Quartet • Book 1

    by Lois Lowry

    ★ 4.41 BLT Score (2.8M ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (2.8M)
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    The Chosen: Come and See

    The Chosen • Book 2

    by Jerry B. Jenkins

    ★ 4.39 BLT Score (624 ratings)
    ★ 4.78 Goodreads (624)
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    Mark of the Fool cover

    Mark of the Fool

    Mark of the Fool • Book 1

    by J.M. Clarke

    ★ 4.38 BLT Score (10.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (10.1K)
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    Defying Destiny

    The War of Broken Mirrors • Book 3

    by Andrew Rowe

    ★ 4.37 BLT Score (3.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (3.3K)
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    Diplomatic Immunity cover

    Diplomatic Immunity

    Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) • Book 13

    by Lois McMaster Bujold

    ★ 4.34 BLT Score (17.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (17.6K)
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    Neverwhere cover

    Neverwhere

    London Below • Book 1

    by Neil Gaiman

    ★ 4.33 BLT Score (563.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (563.8K)
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    Unintended Cultivator

    Unintended Cultivator • Book 1

    by Eric Dontigney

    ★ 4.33 BLT Score (5.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.51 Goodreads (5.2K)
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    Dragondrums

    Harper Hall of Pern • Book 3

    by Anne McCaffrey

    ★ 4.32 BLT Score (38.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (38.5K)
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    Strange the Dreamer

    Strange the Dreamer • Book 1

    by Laini Taylor

    ★ 4.31 BLT Score (136.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (136.7K)
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    Fool Moon

    The Dresden Files • Book 2

    by Jim Butcher

    ★ 4.30 BLT Score (213.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (213.4K)
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    Assassin's Apprentice cover

    Assassin's Apprentice

    Farseer Trilogy • Book 1

    by Robin Hobb

    ★ 4.25 BLT Score (409.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (409.2K)
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    Soul Music

    Discworld • Book 16

    by Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.25 BLT Score (87.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (87.7K)
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    The Hedge Wizard 2

    The Hedge Wizard • Book 2

    by Alex Maher

    ★ 4.25 BLT Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (1.9K)
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    The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name cover

    The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name

    The Chosen • Book 1

    by Jerry B. Jenkins

    ★ 4.24 BLT Score (1.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.67 Goodreads (1.7K)
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    His Majesty's Dragon

    Temeraire • Book 1

    by Naomi Novik

    ★ 4.24 BLT Score (112.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (112.8K)
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    The Way of Shadows

    Night Angel • Book 1

    by Brent Weeks

    ★ 4.21 BLT Score (177.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (177.4K)
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    Penric’s Fox cover

    Penric’s Fox

    Penric and Desdemona (Publication order) • Book 5

    by Lois McMaster Bujold

    ★ 4.19 BLT Score (6.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (6.5K)
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    Sophie’s World cover

    Sophie’s World

    by Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Møller

    ★ 4.18 BLT Score (284.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (284.9K)
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    Dreamer's Throne 4: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure

    Dreamer's Throne • Book 4

    by Seth Ring

    ★ 4.16 BLT Score (597 ratings)
    ★ 4.72 Goodreads (597)
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    Dreamer's Throne 3

    Dreamer's Throne • Book 3

    by Seth Ring

    ★ 4.16 BLT Score (772 ratings)
    ★ 4.52 Goodreads (772)
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    Dragon's Kin cover

    Dragon's Kin

    Pern • Book 16

    by Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey

    ★ 4.16 BLT Score (11.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (11.0K)
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    The Time Keeper cover

    The Time Keeper

    by Mitch Albom

    ★ 4.13 BLT Score (123.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (123.6K)
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    Elementally Priceless cover

    Elementally Priceless

    Rylee Adamson #0.5 • Book 1

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 4.13 BLT Score (4.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (4.6K)
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    Heartforge cover

    Heartforge

    Painting the Mists • Book 16

    by Patrick G. Laplante

    ★ 4.12 BLT Score (293 ratings)
    ★ 4.67 Goodreads (293)
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    The Adventure of the Demonic Ox cover

    The Adventure of the Demonic Ox

    Penric and Desdemona (Publication order) • Book 14

    by Lois McMaster Bujold

    ★ 4.08 BLT Score (2.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (2.3K)
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    Sons of the Oak cover

    Sons of the Oak

    The Runelords • Book 5

    by David Farland

    ★ 4.05 BLT Score (4.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (4.0K)
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    Ranger Boxed Set: Books 1-3

    Ranger • Book 1

    by Charles W. Lamb

    ★ 4.03 BLT Score (0 ratings)
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    The Secret Pilgrim (The Penguin John le Carré Hardback Collection)

    George Smiley • Book 8

    by John le Carré

    ★ 4.03 BLT Score (9.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (9.2K)
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    The Hunter from the Woods cover

    The Hunter from the Woods

    Michael Gallatin • Book 2

    by Robert McCammon, Vincent Chong

    ★ 4.01 BLT Score (1.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (1.3K)
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    Biomancer

    New Era Online: Biomancer • Book 1

    by Shemer Kuznits

    ★ 3.96 BLT Score (636 ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (636)
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    Wizard's Tower cover

    Wizard's Tower

    Wizard's Tower • Book 1

    by Gregory Allanther

    ★ 3.95 BLT Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.2K)
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    Blood and Thunder: Preternatural Chronicles Book 11 (The Preternatural Chronicles)

    The Preternatural Chronicles • Book 11

    by Hunter Blain

    ★ 3.93 BLT Score (129 ratings)
    ★ 4.6 Goodreads (129)
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    Heart of Evil cover

    Heart of Evil

    Krewe of Hunters • Book 2

    by Heather Graham

    ★ 3.90 BLT Score (8.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (8.3K)
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    Night Angel Nemesis cover

    Night Angel Nemesis

    The Kylar Chronicles • Book 1

    by Brent Weeks

    ★ 3.86 BLT Score (6.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (6.5K)
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    Fool Moon cover

    Fool Moon

    The Dresden Files [Dramatized Adaptations] • Book 2

    by Graphic Audio, Jim Butcher

    ★ 3.85 BLT Score (44 ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (44)
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    The Real Life of Sebastian Knight cover

    The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

    by Vladimir Nabokov

    ★ 3.84 BLT Score (7.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (7.2K)
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    The Broken Blade: An EndWorld Everlasting Saga: A Battle Mage Reborn cover

    The Broken Blade: An EndWorld Everlasting Saga: A Battle Mage Reborn

    An EndWorld Everlasting Saga • Book 2

    by R. Brady Frost, Adam Verner

    ★ 3.84 BLT Score (0 ratings)
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