Sword and Sorcery

Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a fantasy subgenre generally characterized by swashbuckling heroes engaged in exciting and violent conflicts. An element of romance is often present, as is an element of magic and the supernatural. Unlike works of high fantasy, the tales, though dramatic, focus mainly on personal battles rather than world-endangering matters.

Mark of the Fool 6 (Mark of the Fool #6)
Helen of Wyndhorn
An Heir of Frost (A Trial of Sorcerers, #4)
A King's Bargain (Legend of Tal, #1)
Conan the Barbarian, Vol. 1: Bound in Black Stone
Red Sonja: Consumed (Red Sonja, #1)
The Kraken's Tooth (The Seven Swords, #2)
Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
Conan: City of the Dead
The Dreaming City (Michael Moorcock's Elric, #4)
A Tournament of Crowns (A Trial of Sorcerers, #3)
The Citadel of Forgotten Myths
Idols Fall (Iconoclasts, #3)
Ravencaller (The Keepers, #2)
Conan: Blood of the Serpent
Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)
Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #2)
The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #2)
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
Jirel of Joiry
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (The Elric Saga, #2)
Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)
The Conquering Sword of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #3)
Imaro (Imaro #1)
Kull: Exile of Atlantis
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
The Weird of the White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3)
Conan the Conqueror
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Highly Fantasy Books
61 books — 9 voters

The Way of Shadows by Brent WeeksThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashoreAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
SF/F Assassins!
305 books — 801 voters
Dragon Eaters by Janet E. MorrisKargaroth by Mark B. FrostThe Sacred Band by Janet E. MorrisBeyond the Veil by Janet E. MorrisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasty Books Worth Reading
75 books — 51 voters


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When a mortal man breaks a people, it is always blamed on the gods.
S.M. White, The Witch's Price

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