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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New Releases Tagged "Epic Fantasy"

The Red Winter
Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces, #1)
A Day of Breath
Pretenders to the Throne of God (The Tyrant Philosophers, #4)
The Cure for Living - Part One (The Twelfth World #2)
The Poet Empress
Silver & Blood (Silver & Blood, #1)
To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2)
Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead (The Loyal Opposition #1)
Sister Wake
A God of Countless Guises (The Book of the Holt, #2)
The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
The Sunlit Man
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
The Path of Ascension 11 (The Path of Ascension, #11)
Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 2 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 3 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
Don't Be In Love
He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #6)
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
The Primal Hunter (The Primal Hunter, #1)
He Who Fights With Monsters 7 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #7)
Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)
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 JordanMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy Books Written for Adults
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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)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #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)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)

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