47 books
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28 voters
Hard Fantasy Books
Showing 1-50 of 793
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.49 — 947,935 ratings — published 2006
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,713,280 ratings — published 1996
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.76 — 476,844 ratings — published 2014
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,071,696 ratings — published 2007
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.66 — 655,413 ratings — published 2010
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,114,880 ratings — published 1954
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 786,883 ratings — published 2005
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.56 — 577,311 ratings — published 2008
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,013,962 ratings — published 1998
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.34 — 734,025 ratings — published 2011
Elantris (Elantris, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 342,023 ratings — published 2005
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.19 — 282,528 ratings — published 2011
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.38 — 638,990 ratings — published 2007
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 615,304 ratings — published 2011
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,417,556 ratings — published 1937
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 840,927 ratings — published 2000
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.61 — 347,581 ratings — published 2017
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,028,596 ratings — published 1955
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,111,406 ratings — published 1954
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.04 — 24,921 ratings — published 2015
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.58 — 231,671 ratings — published 2020
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.29 — 328,632 ratings — published 2015
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 305,785 ratings — published 2006
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 463,900 ratings — published 2018
Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.32 — 95,560 ratings — published 2016
The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 184,371 ratings — published 2016
Warbreaker (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 273,717 ratings — published 2009
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 3.83 — 122,787 ratings — published 2011
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 336,939 ratings — published 2006
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.19 — 393,287 ratings — published 1995
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.38 — 122,861 ratings — published 2024
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 410,230 ratings — published 1993
Unsong (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,281 ratings — published 2017
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,092,312 ratings — published 2012
Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 160,632 ratings — published 2016
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.43 — 63,880 ratings — published 2016
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 57,348 ratings — published 2013
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,137,164 ratings — published 2015
Shadows of Self (Mistborn, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.26 — 202,148 ratings — published 2015
The Emperor's Soul (The Cosmere)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.37 — 127,774 ratings — published 2012
The Daylight War (Demon Cycle, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,157 ratings — published 2013
The Warded Man (The Demon Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 131,003 ratings — published 2008
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 113,206 ratings — published 2004
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.36 — 196,442 ratings — published 2008
The Rithmatist (The Rithmatist, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 74,251 ratings — published 2013
The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.33 — 82,663 ratings — published 1999
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.19 — 587,357 ratings — published 1990
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,552,773 ratings — published 2025
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,490,611 ratings — published 2023
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-fantasy)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,391,264 ratings — published 2023







