An ordinary person is destined to save (or doom) the world.
The chosen one is fantasy's oldest engine: a prophecy, a sword in a stone, a mark at birth. Modern fantasy loves to subvert it — the prophecy is wrong, the chosen one refuses, or the sidekick is the real hero.
Jane Austen
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Stephen King
Robert Jordan
Tui T. Sutherland
Tui T. Sutherland
Tui Sutherland
Tui T. Sutherland
Tui T. Sutherland
Tui T. Sutherland
Tui T. Sutherland
Tui T. Sutherland
Robert Jordan
Tui T. Sutherland
Tui T. Sutherland
Stephen King
Tui T. Sutherland
Shannon Messenger
Erin Hunter
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Elisabetta Dami
Kirby McCauley, Dennis Etchison
Chloe Benjamin
Megan McDonald
Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey
Anne Bishop
Elizabeth Lowell
Robert Venditti
Kiersten White
Richelle Mead
Roshani Chokshi
Sara B. Elfgren, Mats Strandberg
Cornell Woolrich
Piers Anthony, Robert E. Margroff
Kathleen McGowan
Sheri S. Tepper
Nostradamus
Christina Dodd
Kiersten White
Stephen Baxter
Bram Stoker
Daniel Pinchbeck
Manly Wade Wellman
Christina Dodd
Christina Dodd
An ordinary person is destined to save (or doom) the world. The chosen one is fantasy's oldest engine: a prophecy, a sword in a stone, a mark at birth. Modern fantasy loves to subvert it — the prophecy is wrong, the chosen one refuses, or the sidekick is the real hero.
Popular the chosen one books include Pride and Prejudice (1813), The Last Olympian (2008), The Battle of the Labyrinth (2005), The Son of Neptune (2011) and Good Omens (1990).