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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Honor & Heresy
Cast in Blood: A Chronicles of Elantra Novel
The Sunrise Dagger
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
Daughter of Crows (The Academy of Kindness, #1)
Mayhem and the Mortal
The Book of Fallen Leaves (The Autumn Empire, #1)
Green & Deadly Things
The Last Starborn Seer (Chronicles of Arcelia, #1)
Entwined (The Entwined Duology, #1)
Steel Gods (The Great Silence, #2)
The Path of Ascension 11 (The Path of Ascension, #11)
Black as Diamond
Champion of the Fallen: An Epic Fantasy Adventure (Rivenworld Book 2)
Wolf Rotten
The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
Don't Be In Love
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
The Sunlit Man (Cosmere)
He Who Fights with Monsters 2 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
He Who Fights with Monsters 3 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
The Primal Hunter (The Primal Hunter, #1)
He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #6)
He Who Fights With Monsters 7 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #7)
He Who Fights With Monsters 8 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #8)
Cast in Blood: A Chronicles of Elantra Novel
The Primal Hunter 3 (The Primal Hunter, #3)
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
150 books — 622 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy World
1,685 books — 2,048 voters
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
245 books — 206 voters

Cold Days by Jim  ButcherKing of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceA Perfect Blood by Kim HarrisonFair Game by Patricia BriggsTricked by Kevin Hearne
Science Fiction & Fantasy Titles for 2012!
661 books — 1,431 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,603 books — 26,723 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 (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 Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)

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