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 Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi, #2)
Mortedant's Peril (The Trials of Irody Hasp, #1)
Cold Wind (Ironbound, #2)
The Mistral
Our Lady of Blades (Court of Shadows, #2)
Sisters of the Lizard (The Rakada, #2)
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The Demon King (Nightfall Saga, #3)
Darksight Dare (Penric and Desdemona, #16)
Cast in Blood (Chronicles of Elantra #19)
The Sunrise Dagger
The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
Don't Be In Love
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
The Sunlit Man (Cosmere)
The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi, #2)
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He Who Fights With Monsters 7 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #7)
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
Cold Wind (Ironbound, #2)
Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 12 (He Who Fights with Monsters #12)
Rozdroże kruków (Saga o Wiedźminie, #0.1)
He Who Fights with Monsters 11 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #11)
Nothing Better Than You (Better than the Movies, #1.6)
Bloodline (Cradle, #9)
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Titles for 2012!
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Medieval Fantasy Books
510 books — 933 voters

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4,694 books — 26,840 voters
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Best Fantasy of 2014
149 books — 621 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 Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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)
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)

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