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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,096,738 ratings — published 2006
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,830,801 ratings — published 1996
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,125,120 ratings — published 2007
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,251,088 ratings — published 1954
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.76 — 538,628 ratings — published 2014
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.66 — 734,724 ratings — published 2010
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 816,770 ratings — published 2005
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.56 — 664,885 ratings — published 2008
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,056,888 ratings — published 1998
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 759,147 ratings — published 2011
Elantris (Elantris, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 376,934 ratings — published 2005
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,659,394 ratings — published 1937
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.04 — 27,759 ratings — published 2015
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.19 — 317,260 ratings — published 2011
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.37 — 737,595 ratings — published 2007
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 643,130 ratings — published 2011
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,097,473 ratings — published 1955
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,188,900 ratings — published 1954
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 875,298 ratings — published
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.59 — 398,332 ratings — published 2017
Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 113,631 ratings — published 2016
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.28 — 357,404 ratings — published 2015
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 340,788 ratings — published 2006
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.20 — 456,425 ratings — published 1995
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 439,791 ratings — published 1993
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 560,398 ratings — published 2018
The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 134,994 ratings — published 2010
The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.40 — 210,999 ratings — published 2016
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.56 — 271,740 ratings — published 2020
Warbreaker (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.29 — 308,852 ratings — published 2009
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 115,679 ratings — published 2004
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 3.82 — 127,090 ratings — published 2011
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 362,683 ratings — published 2006
The Tainted Cup (Ana and Din Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.29 — 116,635 ratings — published 2024
The Monster Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,315 ratings — published 2018
Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.46 — 7,126 ratings — published 2016
Unsong (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,535 ratings — published 2017
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,159,671 ratings — published 2012
Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.10 — 187,733 ratings — published 2016
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 71,666 ratings — published 2016
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 59,098 ratings — published 2013
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,223,737 ratings — published 2015
Shadows of Self (Mistborn, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 230,659 ratings — published 2015
The Emperor's Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.37 — 143,397 ratings — published 2012
The Daylight War (Demon Cycle, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.20 — 66,791 ratings — published 2013
The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.24 — 134,570 ratings — published 2008
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 179,599 ratings — published 2008
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.37 — 218,959 ratings — published 2008
Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 70,072 ratings — published 2012
The Rithmatist (The Rithmatist, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 77,052 ratings — published 2013
