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Epic Fantasy

Epic Fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is set in invented or parallel world. It is most commonly considered to be the same genre as High Fantasy, since they share many of the same elements, but Epic Fantasy takes the story even farther, in a bigger and more epic way (e.g. the stakes are greater; the land/world is in peril; a great evil threatens the world; the conflict shakes all who dwell in the world of the story).

Epic Fantasy became more famous through the works of such as: Brandon Sanderson, Brent Weeks, Robert Jordan, Robin Hobb, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie, Terry B
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The Floating World (The Floating World, #1)
A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)
The Wind Weaver (Reign of Remnants, #1)
The Notorious Virtues (The Notorious Virtues, #1)
Broken Souls and Bones (Broken Souls and Bones, #1)
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
Faithbreaker (Fallen Gods, #3)
The Ashfire King (The Sandsea Trilogy, #2)
The Book That Held Her Heart (The Library Trilogy, #3)
A Flame of the Phoenix (An Heir Comes to Rise, #6)
A Brief History of Chronomancy (Arcane Ascension, #6)
Forged for Destiny
The Crimson Fire (Memories of Kenjir Book 1)
What Wakes the Bells
Nightweaver (Nightweaver, #1)
Picking Daisies on Sundays (Picking Daisies on Sundays, #1)
The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
The Sunlit Man
A Language of Dragons
Immortal
The In-Between Bookstore
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn, #1)
Catch the Sun
Nothing Better Than You (Better than the Movies, #1.6)
Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1)
Don't Be In Love
At the Bottom of the Garden
The Aspect of Essence (The Aelfyn Archives, #1)
Kingdom of Fallen Ash (The Order #1)
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Fantasy Books Written for Adults
1,275 books — 1,595 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienA Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Medieval Fantasy Books
483 books — 893 voters

Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonPrince of Fools by Mark  LawrenceTower Lord by Anthony RyanThe Broken Eye by Brent WeeksHalf a King by Joe Abercrombie
Best Fantasy of 2014
144 books — 608 voters
Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboWorm Holes by Kyle KeyesLove is the Answer, God is the Cure by Aimee Cabo NikolovBentwhistle the Dragon in a Threat from the Past by Paul CudeA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton
Indie Writers Unite!
1,195 books — 970 voters

Senlin Ascends by Josiah BancroftBlood Song by Anthony RyanIsle of Winds by James FahyTheft of Swords by Michael J. SullivanDrowned Tomb by James Fahy
Best Indie Fantasy Books Worth a Read
1,556 books — 1,645 voters

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)

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Daniel McHugh
You are blessed with a knack for sucking the wonder out of the extraordinary.
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Angelo Tsanatelis
...choose your battles wisely and remember, what the heart knows, walks afar from reason. It simply is.
Angelo Tsanatelis, Origins

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