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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 Devils (The Devils, #1)
A Fate Forged in Fire
The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)
Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame
Anji Kills a King (The Rising Tide, #1)
The Sword Triumphant (Lands of the Firstborn #3)
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)
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 Song of Legends Lost (Invoker Trilogy, #1)
Picking Daisies on Sundays (Picking Daisies on Sundays, #1)
The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
The Sunlit Man
Lady of Darkness (Lady of Darkness, #1)
I Am Not Jessica Chen
Death of the Author
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
A Language of Dragons
Immortal
Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn, #1)
The In-Between Bookstore
Twisted Ties (The Arrow Hart Academy #2)
Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1)
The Aspect of Essence (The Aelfyn Archives, #1)
Kingdom of Fallen Ash (The Order #1)
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashorePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderThe Golden Dynasty by Kristen AshleyThrone of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Epic Fantasy Romance
718 books — 1,242 voters
Luck in the Shadows by Lynn FlewellingCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatMagic's Pawn by Mercedes LackeyStalking Darkness by Lynn FlewellingThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Fantasy Books with Gay Main Characters
1,213 books — 2,599 voters

Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosHell Bent by Leigh BardugoWitch King by Martha WellsThe Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyTress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Most Anticipated Adult Fantasy, 2023
420 books — 357 voters
The Way of Shadows by Brent WeeksThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashoreAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
SF/F Assassins!
303 books — 801 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 — 609 voters
The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Real Epic Fantasy
160 books — 392 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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