High Fantasy

High fantasy is defined as fantasy fiction set in an alternative, entirely fictional ("secondary") world, rather than the real, or "primary" world. The secondary world is usually internally consistent but its rules differ in some way(s) from those of the primary world. By contrast, low fantasy is characterized by being set in the primary, or "real" world, or a rational and familiar fictional world, with the inclusion of magical elements. ...more

Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces, #1)
The Red Winter
The Sun and the Starmaker
A Stage Set for Villains: A High-Stakes, Twisty Fantasy Romance of Lies and Illusions
Weavingshaw
The Trident and the Pearl (The Fisher King, #1)
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die
Saltswept (The Earthsalt Duology, #1)
Out of the Ashes (After the Fall, #1)
The Price of Fear (The Wretched Trilogy, #1)
A Vow in Vengeance (Immortal Desires, #1)
The Poet Empress
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (The Broken Accords, #1)
The Swan's Daughter
Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
Glow of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #2)
Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
Heat of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #3)
Court of Lies and Deceit (Flame and Thorns, #3)
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
Realm of Wind and Vines (Flame and Thorns, #4)
The Ascended (Aesymarean Duet, #1)
Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal, #1)
The Everlasting
Blood Over Bright Haven
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,315 books — 25,993 voters
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudThe Cavalier by Israh AziziPseudo-Dragon by Cheryl MatthynssensDaughter of the Empire by Raymond E. FeistServant of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist
Little Known Fantasy Books
189 books — 145 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books With Elves -- NOT Faeries
239 books — 171 voters
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. ArmentroutFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosGild by Raven KennedyA Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. ArmentroutThe Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Sarah J. Maas Clones
95 books — 388 voters


The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

Constantina Maud
I speak of the laws man has made, to make everyone lawful.
Constantina Maud, Hydranos

George R.R. Martin
She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

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