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

We Who Will Die (Empire of Blood, #1)
Dawn of the Firebird
Tailored Realities
The Dark Is Descending (Nytefall, #3)
Something Wicked (Idle Reputations, #1)
Lout of Count's Family (Novel) Vol. 6
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2)
Fallen City (Fallen City Duology, #1)
Seven Deadly Thorns
Empire of the Dawn (Empire of the Vampire, #3)
Ship of Spells
The Bookshop Below
The Sacred Space Between
Break Wide the Sea (Break Wide the Sea, #1)
Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
Glow of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #2)
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
The Ascended (Aesymarean Duet, #1)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)
Nightbane (Lightlark, #2)
Blood Over Bright Haven
Heat of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #3)
Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal, #1)
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
238 books — 170 voters
Seraphina by Rachel HartmanDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeEon by Alison GoodmanA Natural History of Dragons by Marie BrennanDragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Girls with Dragons
234 books — 167 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
184 books — 143 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienMistborn Trilogy Boxed Set by Brandon Sanderson
Great Fantasy Reads
366 books — 535 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareMistborn by Brandon SandersonDivergent by Veronica RothLegend by Marie Lu
Best Series: Trilogies
515 books — 335 voters
Glass Sword by Victoria AveyardThe Winner's Kiss by Marie RutkoskiThe Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. PearsonCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoA Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
YA Epic Fantasy 2016
104 books — 569 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)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

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