Don't judge it by the "Da Vinci Code"-ish cover

Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" is "Harry Potter" + "The Chronicles Of Narnia" + Donna Tartt's "The Secret History" + a dash of Clive Barker + Jay McInerney/"Gossip Girl" (depending on your vintage) + the best "D&D" campaign you never played. It's proper literature brimming with quotable passages, manages to be all of the aforesaid thangs and more without losing the enthralling plot, and is easily my book of the year.