Sword and Sorcery

Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a fantasy subgenre generally characterized by swashbuckling heroes engaged in exciting and violent conflicts. An element of romance is often present, as is an element of magic and the supernatural. Unlike works of high fantasy, the tales, though dramatic, focus mainly on personal battles rather than world-endangering matters.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Sword and Sorcery"

Mark of the Fool 6 (Mark of the Fool #6)

A Tournament of Crowns (A Trial of Sorcerers, #3)

The Dragon in Winter (Kagen the Damned, #3)

The Kraken's Tooth (The Seven Swords, #2)

The Dreaming City (Michael Moorcock's Elric, #4)

An Heir of Frost (A Trial of Sorcerers, #4)

Conan the Barbarian, Vol. 1: Bound in Black Stone

Solomon Kane: The Banquet of Souls: The Heroic Legends Series

Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer

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Sword and Sorcery Books

Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)

Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #2)

The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #2)

The Conquering Sword of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #3)

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (The Elric Saga, #2)

Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)

The Weird of the White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3)

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Matthias and the Shadow by Michael Blythe

The Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl by Janet E. Morris

Heroic fiction

14 books — 5 voters

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Inspirational Books For Savage Warriors & Barbarians

31 books — 5 voters

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

The Bloody Crown of Conan by Robert E. Howard

The Conquering Sword of Conan by Robert E. Howard

Best Fantasy Sword and Sorcery The Good Stuff

100 books — 3 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Best Epic Military or Sword & Sorcery Fantasy Novels

16 books — 7 voters

The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke

Books that should be talked about more

168 books — 51 voters

Swords Against Darkness by Andrew J. Offutt

Swords & Sorcery Anthologies

45 books — 22 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Sword and Sorcery”

“ Dragons were notoriously finicky about whom they ate, and thought it the height of bad manners to be kept waiting by their selected fare. ”
― Sully Tarnish, The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Humorous Fantasy Adventure

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“ Valley of the Damned (The 'Halla, Vol. # 1) No force can oppose Love in Earth or Heaven above, No, not even the damned of Hell can stop relentless Love. —Valkyrie Kari, Chapter Sixteen ...more ”
― douglas laurent

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