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Epic High Fantasy Books
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,092,959 ratings — published 2006
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.66 — 732,613 ratings — published 2010
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,827,461 ratings — published 1996
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,123,808 ratings — published 2007
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.20 — 453,907 ratings — published 1995
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.19 — 616,025 ratings — published 1990
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,247,499 ratings — published 1954
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 339,754 ratings — published 2006
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,652,532 ratings — published 1937
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.37 — 734,781 ratings — published 2007
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 3.94 — 145,409 ratings — published 1999
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.76 — 536,987 ratings — published 2014
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.56 — 662,323 ratings — published 2008
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,186,972 ratings — published 1954
The Sword of Kaigen (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 115,570 ratings — published 2019
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 37 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,095,745 ratings — published 1955
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 120,091 ratings — published 2021
Elantris (Elantris, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 375,973 ratings — published 2005
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 361,928 ratings — published 2006
Warbreaker (ebook)
by (shelved 31 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.29 — 307,940 ratings — published 2009
The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 104,824 ratings — published 2014
Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 69,566 ratings — published 2012
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 28 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 758,434 ratings — published 2011
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 27 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 815,940 ratings — published 2005
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 303,657 ratings — published 2019
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 27 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 438,822 ratings — published 1993
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,055,676 ratings — published 1998
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.60 — 396,901 ratings — published 2017
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.28 — 356,575 ratings — published 2015
Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 271,651 ratings — published 1996
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 642,306 ratings — published 2011
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.56 — 295,370 ratings — published 2023
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,729,160 ratings — published 2012
A Wizard of Earthsea (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.01 — 378,941 ratings — published 1968
The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 51,807 ratings — published 2017
The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 3.98 — 80,628 ratings — published 1988
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 23 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 874,369 ratings — published 2000
The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.27 — 368,421 ratings — published 1990
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 557,870 ratings — published 2018
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 3.82 — 126,951 ratings — published 2011
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
by (shelved 22 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,992,432 ratings — published 2002
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 94,255 ratings — published 2011
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 117,531 ratings — published 1998
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.04 — 351,236 ratings — published 1977
Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 42,695 ratings — published 2016
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 179,501 ratings — published 2008
Promise of Blood (Powder Mage, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 66,392 ratings — published 2013
Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.23 — 218,677 ratings — published 1997
The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.28 — 335,342 ratings — published 1991
Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as epic-high-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 73,095 ratings — published 2017
“Are you sure about this?" Rowan asked.
"No," Lily shouted over the whipping wind. Her voice came out choked as it tried to get around her stomach, which was now lodged in her throat. "But it's the only way."
Rowan looked over the side, his face serene as he timed it. Lily saw his willstone pulse as every sense in him sharpened, and he pulled her tightly against his body and launched them off the drake's neck into thin air.
Lily shrieked uncontrollably, clutching at Rowan desperately as they fell.”
― Witch's Pyre
"No," Lily shouted over the whipping wind. Her voice came out choked as it tried to get around her stomach, which was now lodged in her throat. "But it's the only way."
Rowan looked over the side, his face serene as he timed it. Lily saw his willstone pulse as every sense in him sharpened, and he pulled her tightly against his body and launched them off the drake's neck into thin air.
Lily shrieked uncontrollably, clutching at Rowan desperately as they fell.”
― Witch's Pyre
“Hello, Lady Witch," he said, breaking into a brazen grin. "Sorry to see you're laid up again."
"Occupational hazard," Lily mumbled...”
― Witch's Pyre
"Occupational hazard," Lily mumbled...”
― Witch's Pyre
