106 books
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131 voters
Epic Books
Showing 1-50 of 27,901
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 887 times as epic)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,739,309 ratings — published 1996
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 725 times as epic)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,195,902 ratings — published -800
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 654 times as epic)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,158,105 ratings — published 1954
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 651 times as epic)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,022,362 ratings — published 1998
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 594 times as epic)
avg rating 3.93 — 510,850 ratings — published -800
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 557 times as epic)
avg rating 4.55 — 847,325 ratings — published 2000
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 544 times as epic)
avg rating 4.66 — 672,539 ratings — published 2010
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 511 times as epic)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,464,420 ratings — published 1937
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 511 times as epic)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,128,636 ratings — published 1954
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 508 times as epic)
avg rating 4.17 — 793,120 ratings — published 2005
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 495 times as epic)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,043,895 ratings — published 1955
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 471 times as epic)
avg rating 4.34 — 739,311 ratings — published 2011
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 449 times as epic)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,084,643 ratings — published 2007
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 412 times as epic)
avg rating 3.50 — 348,168 ratings — published 1000
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 400 times as epic)
avg rating 4.19 — 594,374 ratings — published 1990
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 378 times as epic)
avg rating 4.49 — 978,819 ratings — published 2006
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 348 times as epic)
avg rating 3.75 — 119,366 ratings — published -2000
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 342 times as epic)
avg rating 4.76 — 489,867 ratings — published 2014
The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 327 times as epic)
avg rating 3.87 — 143,738 ratings — published -19
The Lord of the Rings (Paperback)
by (shelved 323 times as epic)
avg rating 4.54 — 731,899 ratings — published 1959
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 287 times as epic)
avg rating 4.38 — 658,679 ratings — published 2007
The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
by (shelved 283 times as epic)
avg rating 4.27 — 356,648 ratings — published 1990
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 269 times as epic)
avg rating 4.56 — 594,563 ratings — published 2008
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 259 times as epic)
avg rating 4.55 — 621,821 ratings — published 2011
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 256 times as epic)
avg rating 4.60 — 358,498 ratings — published 2017
Paradise Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 253 times as epic)
avg rating 3.86 — 182,966 ratings — published 1667
The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)
by (shelved 250 times as epic)
avg rating 4.28 — 324,767 ratings — published 1991
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 240 times as epic)
avg rating 3.93 — 137,778 ratings — published 1999
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 239 times as epic)
avg rating 4.35 — 832,331 ratings — published 1989
The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4)
by (shelved 228 times as epic)
avg rating 4.29 — 261,981 ratings — published 1992
Taming Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 209 times as epic)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,708 ratings — published 2022
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 206 times as epic)
avg rating 4.04 — 336,659 ratings — published 1977
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 202 times as epic)
avg rating 4.19 — 402,770 ratings — published 1995
The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)
by (shelved 198 times as epic)
avg rating 4.20 — 212,101 ratings — published 1993
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 197 times as epic)
avg rating 3.91 — 665,351 ratings — published 1982
Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)
by (shelved 194 times as epic)
avg rating 4.20 — 196,899 ratings — published 1994
The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)
by (shelved 192 times as epic)
avg rating 4.44 — 177,762 ratings — published 2009
A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)
by (shelved 183 times as epic)
avg rating 4.07 — 186,770 ratings — published 1996
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
by (shelved 177 times as epic)
avg rating 4.58 — 240,423 ratings — published 2020
Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9)
by (shelved 176 times as epic)
avg rating 3.97 — 155,220 ratings — published 2000
The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)
by (shelved 171 times as epic)
avg rating 3.93 — 162,443 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 168 times as epic)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,117,171 ratings — published 2007
Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time, #13)
by (shelved 162 times as epic)
avg rating 4.48 — 175,052 ratings — published 2010
Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)
by (shelved 162 times as epic)
avg rating 3.77 — 140,444 ratings — published 2003
Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)
by (shelved 160 times as epic)
avg rating 4.20 — 148,635 ratings — published 2005
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 158 times as epic)
avg rating 4.35 — 836,889 ratings — published 1978
Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
by (shelved 158 times as epic)
avg rating 4.12 — 253,754 ratings — published 1994
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 155 times as epic)
avg rating 4.22 — 312,948 ratings — published 2006
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 154 times as epic)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,440,965 ratings — published 1997
“They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, and so capriciously favored by the sinister flying squads of the NKVD.
Ironically, the arrest when it came did not shock Batya. He had prepared for it.”
― Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
Ironically, the arrest when it came did not shock Batya. He had prepared for it.”
― Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
“I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
― Steelheart
― Steelheart
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