Fantasy Faction's Top Books of 2014

Another Best Fantasy of 2014 came out, and this one is a whopper. The folks at Fantasy Faction picked out more than 50 books that they wanted to highlight from 2014.  I found a lot of books that I would expect on such a list, and some that are new to me that I want to check out. Hopefully you will to.   Here is a link to their article.

And here are the covers for the books:


The titles include are:Assail (Malazan Empire, #6) by Ian C. EsslemontBanished (The Blackhart Legacy, #1) by Liz de JagerBlood and Iron (The Book of the Black Earth, #1) by Jon SprunkBlood Will Follow (The Valhalla Saga, #2) by Snorri KristjanssonDust and Light (The Sanctuary Duet, #1) by Carol BergFoxglove Summer (Peter Grant, #5) by Ben AaronovitchFull Fathom Five (Craft Sequence, #3) by Max GladstoneMirror Sight (Green Rider, #5) by Kristen BritainMurder (Mayhem, #2) by Sarah PinboroughNight of the Hunter (Companions Codex, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #25) by R.A. SalvatoreSeal of the Worm (Shadows of the Apt, #10) by Adrian TchaikovskyShattered (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #7) by Kevin HearneSteles of the Sky (Eternal Sky #3) by Elizabeth BearSworn in Steel (Tales of the Kin, #2) by Douglas HulickThe Boy with the Porcelain (Erebus Sequence, #1) by Den PatrickThe Dark Defiles (A Land Fit for Heroes, #3) by Richard K. MorganThe Fell Sword (The Traitor Son Cycle, #2) by Miles CameronThe Gospel of Loki by Joanne M HarrisThe High Druid’s Blade (The Defenders of Shannara, #1) by Terry BrooksThe Magician’s Land (The Magicians, #3) by Lev GrossmanThe Shadow Throne (The Shadow Campaigns, #2) by Django WexlerThe Splintered Gods (The Memory of Flames #6) by Stephen DeasThe Widow’s House (The Dagger and the Coin, #4) by Daniel AbrahamThief’s Magic (Millenium’s Rule, #1) by Trudi CanavanTower Lord (Raven’s Shadow, #2) by Anthony RyanValor (The Faithful and the Fallen #2) by John GwynneVeil of the Deserters (Bloodsounder’s Arc, #2) by Jeff SalyardsThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonBroken Monsters by Lauren BeukesThe Emperor’s Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1) by Brian StaveleyDreamer’s Pool (Blackthorn And Grim #1) by Juliet MarillierThe Crimson Campaign (The Powder Mage, #2) by Brian McclellanRuin And Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh BardugoSon of the Morning by Mark AlderTraitor’s Blade (Greatcoats, #1) by Sebastien De CastellShadowplay (Micah Grey, #2) by Laura LamAge of Iron (Iron Age, #1) by Angus WatsonThe Mirror Empire (Worldbreaker Saga, #1) by Kameron HurleyDreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3) by Laini TaylorSkin Game (Dresden Files, #15) by Jim ButcherRed Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1) by Pierce BrownThe Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1) by Erika JohansenSmiler’s Fair (The Hollow Gods, #1) by Rebecca LeveneThe City Stained Red (Bring Down Heaven, #1) by Sam SykesHalf A King (Shattered Sea, #1) by Joe AbercrombiePrince of Fools (The Red Queen’s War, #1) by Mark LawrenceBreach Zone (Shadow Ops, #3) by Myke ColeCity of Stairs by Robert Jackson BennettThe Copper Promise (The Copper Promise, #1) by Jennifer WilliamsThe Broken Eye (Lightbringer, #3) by Brent WeeksWords of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) by Brandon SandersonFool’s Assassin (The Fitz And the Fool Trilogy, #1) by Robin HobbWell done...to all the authors, and well done too goes out to Fantasy Faction for putting together such a comprehensive list.