Epic Fiction


The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
The Silmarillion
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1)
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Big Page Count, Epic Historical Fiction
212 books — 233 voters
I the Sun by Janet E. MorrisJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Sacred Band by Janet E. MorrisOrope - The White Snake by Guenevere LeeGreen Darkness by Anya Seton
Best Historical Fantasy Epic
28 books — 19 voters

Mark Morneweg
He thought of Penthe. He sensed a flutter, her smile, a look, just her hair, wild, passing by. He watched the fire, in the fog, for some time. It was the entrance to Hades, where Odysseus visited Achilles...
Mark Morneweg, Penthe & Alphonse

Annie Proulx
Deiter felt himself too old, lost in the forest of his own experience.
Annie Proulx, Barkskins

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