Elves

In many works of modern fantasy, elves are depicted as a race or species of pointy-eared humanoid beings.

Post-Tolkien fantasy elves tend to be immortal or long-lived in comparison to humans, more beautiful and wiser, with sharper senses and perceptions, and abilities or crafts that seem alien or magical. Often elves do not possess facial or body hair, are not portrayed fat or old and are consequently perceived to be androgynous.

As a race, Elves are typically depicted as more ancient than humans or other races, mentioned to have flourished in a sort of Golden Age forgotten by other races. Tha
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Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)
Unraveled (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9.5)
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1)
Azarinth Healer: Book One (Azarinth Healer, #1)
Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1
Of Darkness and Light (The Bound and the Broken, #2)
Azarinth Healer: Book Two (Azarinth Healer, #2)
The Aspect of Essence (The Aelfyn Archives, #1)
The Broken Elf King (Kings of Avalier, #2)
Azarinth Healer: Book Three (Azarinth Healer, #3)
Of War and Ruin (The Bound and the Broken, #3)
System Clash (System Universe, #8)
Indaria (System Universe #6)
Long Live the Elf Queen (The Elf Queen, #2)
Apprentice (Guild Mage #1)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
A Deal with the Elf King (Married to Magic, #1)
Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)
Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4)
Dreams of the Ringed Vale (Luthiel's Song, #1)
Fierce Heart (Elven Alliance, #1)
The Silmarillion
The Lord of the Rings
The King's Captive (Gate of Myth and Power, #1)
Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Jacob GrimmTales of Virtuous Stepmothers by Georgina WarrenThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenThe Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Classic Fairytale Books
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Elvish by S.G. PrinceThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
All Time Best Elf Books
35 books — 35 voters


Neil Gaiman
All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.
Neil Gaiman

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