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

The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2)
Fallen City (Fallen City Duology, #1)
Seven Deadly Thorns
Empire of the Dawn (Empire of the Vampire, #3)
Ship of Spells
The Bookshop Below
The Sacred Space Between
Break Wide the Sea (Break Wide the Sea, #1)
Witchlight (The Witchlands, #5)
The Last Wish of Bristol Keats (The Courting of Bristol Keats, #2)
A Fate So Cold (A Fate So Cold, #1)
Deadly Ever After
The Blackfire Blade (The Last Legacy, #2)
The Nameless Land (The Witch Roads, #2)
Brimstone (Fae & Alchemy, #2)
Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
Glow of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #2)
Crowntide (Lightlark, #4)
The Ascended (Aesymarean Duet, #1)
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
Heat of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #3)
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Nightbane (Lightlark, #2)
Blood Over Bright Haven
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
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)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

Hazel Butler
Cold coiled through me, lacing each breath with clouded wisps of frost. There was not so much as a candle lit within the small, single room of my cottage, and delicate crystals of alabaster and beryl rimed my meagre possessions and the barren fireplace. I did not care.
Hazel Butler, Bleizgeist

Scott Kaelen
Children, Hakhos! Women and children. My own Epheema, curse you! She was one of your people. She was your friend. Epheema loved you, Hakhos, loved you as her own brother…” Lonaris’ strength was failing, his vision blurring. “And you killed her, for what? Because she chose to live with one of the Volami?” “I did not kill her!” Hakhos said, pointing his blade down at Lonaris. “You did that. You condemned her the day you thralled her to you and took her under your roof.” Lonaris barked a wry laug ...more
Scott Kaelen, Night of the Taking

More quotes...
The Cruisin' Through Books Collective is a vibrant and inclusive community of readers celebratin…more
2 members, last active 11 months ago
HFC Atlanta The HFC Atlanta is an 18+ inclusive networking community designed to facilitate in person connec…more
55 members, last active 48 days ago
Epic Fantasy Books A group for fans of the large-scale adventures and engaging characters found in the Epic Fantasy…more
226 members, last active 3 hours ago
Morally Black Book Club discord.gg/morallyblackbookclub for all your unhinged and darkest needs. Dark romance book club …more
29 members, last active 3 months ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: high-fantasy and highfantasy