Low Fantasy

Low fantasy, or intrusion fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy in which magical events intrude on an otherwise-normal world. The term thus contrasts with high fantasy stories, which take place in fictional worlds that have their own sets of rules and physical laws.

An alternative definition, common in role-playing games, rests on the story and characters being more realistic and less mythic in scope.

Low fantasy is related to a number of other genres or subgenres.
* Urban fantasy takes place in a modern-like urban setting, as opposed to rural or historical setting, and thus can potentially be low fa
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New Releases Tagged "Low Fantasy"

Graceless Heart (The Spellbound History, #1)
City of Others (The DEUS Files, #1)
An Arcane Inheritance
The Court of the Dead (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #2)
Out of House and Home (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #7)
Villain's Vignettes: Volume 1 (Villains' Code)
Princess at Heart
Princess Ever After
Apocalypse Kings (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5.6)
ノラガミ 26 [Noragami 26]
A Practical Guide to Conquering the World (The Siege, #3)
River Mumma
Das Elixier der Lügen (Silver & Poison, #1)
Jenseits der tanzenden Nebel (Cassardim, #3)
That’s the Art of Getting By
Breaking Time (Breaking Time, #1)
Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder (Corax Trilogy #3)
The Secret Market of the Dead
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettEmpire of Shadows by Jacquelyn BensonThe Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India HoltonEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettEmily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Adventure academia
42 books — 31 voters
Dead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonEdge of Darkness by Joseph  FarrSummer Knight by Jim  ButcherShadows Forged by Joseph  FarrWorking for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
Favorite Low Fantasy Books
22 books — 3 voters

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. MaasWe Hunt the Flame by Hafsah FaizalThe Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoAn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Hop Aboard The Fantasy Train
47 books — 28 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
SFF: Best Settings
40 books — 13 voters

Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí ClarkThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonI'm in Love with the Villainess (Light Novel), Vol. 1 by InoriLight from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Female-led SFF with no M/F
143 books — 46 voters


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height? She ran her hand over the numerous scars—big and small, old and new—that covered his body. She knew that on a swordsman, these were counted as few, but on a husband, these were already too many.
J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

Cytadela – szepnął gorączkowo do jej ucha. – Pamiętaj, Maybeth. Cytadela.
Maria Magdalena Syryńska, Dziedzic kłamstwa

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