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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 ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Epic Fantasy"

The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
The Sunlit Man
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
Empire of the Dawn (Empire of the Vampire, #3)
Don't Be In Love
Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)
Rozdroże kruków (Saga o Wiedźminie, #0.1)
He Who Fights with Monsters 2 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 3 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
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)
The Primal Hunter (The Primal Hunter, #1)
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)
He Who Fights with Monsters 9 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #9)
He Who Fights with Monsters: Book Twelve (He Who Fights with Monsters, #12)
Twisted Ties (The Arrow Hart Academy #2)
Bloodline (Cradle, #9)
Nothing Better Than You (Better than the Movies, #1.6)
He Who Fights with Monsters 10 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #10)
He Who Fights with Monsters 11 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #11)
The Primal Hunter 2 (The Primal Hunter, #2)
The Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn #1)
Disquiet Gods (The Sun Eater, #6)
The Primal Hunter 3 (The Primal Hunter, #3)
The Primal Hunter 6 (The Primal Hunter #6)
The Primal Hunter 9 (The Primal Hunter #9)
The Primal Hunter 5 (The Primal Hunter, #5)
The Primal Hunter 4 (The Primal Hunter, #4)
Smoke and Scar (Shattered Crown, #1)
The Primal Hunter 7 (The Primal Hunter #7)
Lessons in Faking (Hall Beck University, #1)
The Aspect of Essence (The Aelfyn Archives, #1)
The Primal Hunter 8 (The Primal Hunter #8)
The Primal Hunter 10 (The Primal Hunter #10)
The Primal Hunter 11 (The Primal Hunter, #11)
Defiance of the Fall (Defiance of the Fall, #1)
Four Ruined Realms (The Broken Blades, #2)
Heretical Fishing (Heretical Fishing, #1)
Defiance of the Fall 2 (Defiance of the Fall, #2)
Defiance of the Fall 3 (Defiance of the Fall, #3)
Immortal
Faithbreaker (Fallen Gods, #3)
Three Shattered Souls (The Broken Blades, #3)
The In-Between Bookstore
Defiance of the Fall 4 (Defiance of the Fall, #4)
Defiance of the Fall 5 (Defiance of the Fall, #5)
The Path of Ascension (The Path of Ascension #1)
Queen Demon (The Rising World, #2)
Mark of the Fool 2 (Mark of the Fool, #2)
Azarinth Healer: Book One (Azarinth Healer, #1)
The Path of Ascension 2 (The Path of Ascension #2)
Mark of the Fool 5 (Mark of the Fool #5)
Flowers of Esthelm (The Wandering Inn, #3)
Defiance of the Fall 6 (Defiance of the Fall, #6)
Mark of the Fool 4 (Mark of the Fool #4)
System Change (System Universe #1)
Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)
Knight of Shadows (King's Dark Tidings #6)
A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2)
Cursebound (Faebound, #2)
Furysong (The Aurelian Cycle, #3)
Age of Empyre (The Legends of the First Empire, #6)
Azarinth Healer: Book Two (Azarinth Healer, #2)
Mark of the Fool 3 (Mark of the Fool, #3)
City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)
The Last Light (The Wandering Inn, #5)
Magical Midlife Awakening (Leveling Up, #10)
Winter Solstice (The Wandering Inn, #4)
Honeysuckle and Bone
Academy of Outcasts
Threshold: Stories from Cradle
Of Empires and Dust (The Bound and The Broken, #4)
Age of Death (The Legends of the First Empire, #5)
What Comes of Attending the Commoners Ball
The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)
The Half King (The Half King, #1)
At the Bottom of the Garden
House of Dragons (Royal Houses, #1)
Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1)
The Lotus Empire (The Burning Kingdoms, #3)
The Nightshade God (The Nightshade Crown, #3)
A Brief History of Chronomancy (Arcane Ascension, #6)
Tears of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #9)
Anji Kills a King (The Rising Tide, #1)
Drumindor (The Riyria Chronicles, #5)
No Life Forsaken (Witness, #2)
The Martyr (Covenant of Steel #2)
A Soldier's Life (A Soldier's Life #1)
Long Live the Elf Queen (The Elf Queen, #2)
Unbound (Songs of Chaos, #2)
The Empress of Beasts (The Wandering Inn, #13)
The Invisible College (The Invisible College, #1)
The Wind Runner (The Wandering Inn, #10)
An Honored Vow (The Halfling Saga, #4)
Garden of Sanctuary (The Wandering Inn, #15)

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Quotes Tagged “Epic Fantasy”

George R.R. Martin
“ She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night. ”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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Holly Black
“ Before, I never knew how far I would go. Now I believe I have the answer. I will go as far as there is to go. I will go way too far. ”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince
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Videos Tagged “Epic Fantasy”

The Knights of the Dawn King
The Knights of the Dawn King
TV Interview for Icarus Rising
TV Interview for Icarus Rising
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Groups Tagged "Epic Fantasy"

Epic Readers For fans of the Curse Breaker series. Fictional characters welcome.
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Epic Fantasy - The Arachlumen #1 – The Rise of Thion (Official Community) Step into the realm of Yî, a universe brimming with ancient myths, gods entangled in power strug…more
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The Velvet Beehive This is a book club for those who are interested in any of the following: — Classics by w…more
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ATL Fearless Fantasy Book Club We select 5 or more books a month for our fearless fantasy fans. You may choose to read none, on…more
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