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High Fantasy

High fantasy is defined as fantasy fiction set in an alternative, entirely fictional ("secondary") world, rather than the real, or "primary" world. The secondary world is usually internally consistent but its rules differ in some way(s) from those of the primary world. By contrast, low fantasy is characterized by being set in the primary, or "real" world, or a rational and familiar fictional world, with the inclusion of magical elements. ...more

A Harvest of Hearts
The Ragpicker King (The Chronicles of Castellane, #2)
Fable for the End of the World
The River Has Roots
What Wakes the Bells
The Shadow Bride (The Scarlet Veil, #2)
The Prince Without Sorrow (Obsidian Throne, #1)
Homegrown Magic
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom (The Three Realms, #1)
Exquisite Ruin (The Labyrinth, #1)
The Tomb of Dragons (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #3)
Galaphile (The First Druids of Shannara, #1)
Once Was Willem
Idolfire
A Flame of the Phoenix (An Heir Comes to Rise, #6)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Glow of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #2)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
Heat of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #3)
Trial of the Sun Queen (Artefacts of Ouranos, #1)
Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
Rule of the Aurora King (Artefacts of Ouranos, #2)
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
Nightbane (Lightlark, #2)
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Skyshade (Lightlark, #3)
Fate of the Sun King (Artefacts of Ouranos, #3)
Eragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinDragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
The Greatest Dragon Books
232 books — 182 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
484 books — 891 voters

Glass Sword by Victoria AveyardThe Winner's Kiss by Marie RutkoskiThe Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. PearsonCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoA Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
YA Epic Fantasy 2016
101 books — 560 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 — 358 voters

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. ArmentroutFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosGild by Raven KennedyA Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. ArmentroutThe Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Sarah J. Maas Clones
89 books — 336 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)

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