5 Books on Writing Fantasy Worlds

Here at Realm Tramper, we strive to not only give you some great accounts and insight into distant places, but a full spectrum of all things Setting. Or the “M” of Orson Scott Card’s M.I.C.E. quotient. To find out what that’s all about, you’ll have to check out his book!

Not in any order, here are 5 books containing some great advice, notes, and commentary on how to build fantasy worlds.

How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by Orson Scott Card

Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding edited by Janna Silverstein

Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer

The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference from Writer’s Digest Books

World-Building by Stephen L. Gillett