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Best Grimdark Fantasy Books

Best Grimdark Fantasy Books

One of the more popular subgenres of Fantasy now (there’s debate as to whether it’s a legit subgenre or just an artistic category) but one can hardly argue its prevalence...

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The Iron Tower Trilogy

The Iron Tower Trilogy

No saving this one from the fall. Unashamedly put in the Terribly Written Books category.A shameless rip from Tolkien. And I mean a really, really, really shameless rip. If Terry...

Mckiernan, Dennis L.
Gale Force

Gale Force

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than...

Caine, Rachel
Reaper’s Gale

Reaper’s Gale

All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor. Meanwhile, the...

Erikson, Steven
The Monarch Of The Glen

The Monarch Of The Glen

A special illustrated edition of The Monarch of the Glen by bestselling storytelling legend, Neil Gaiman. This American Gods world novella will thrill Games of Thrones devotees and Terry Pratchett...

Gaiman, Neil
Cruel Zinc Melodies

Cruel Zinc Melodies

View our feature on Glen Cook's Cruel Zinc Melodies. Garrett uncovers the dark side of the fantasy city TunFaire, where no one is to be trusted especially beautiful women. When...

Cook, Glen
The Tyranny Of The Night

The Tyranny Of The Night

Another entry from the always awesome Glen Cook, a new almost mystical figure in the fantasy world with his genre defining work The Black Company which pretty much helped birth...

Cook, Glen
Bleak Seasons

Bleak Seasons

The first three books in Glen Cook's Black Company series.

Cook, Glen
Ozma Of Oz

Ozma Of Oz

Readers of all ages will welcome the chance to be reunited with Dorothy Gale and such beloved characters as the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion, as well as to...

Baum, L. Frank
Dust Of Dreams

Dust Of Dreams

In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the final chapter of The Malazan Book of the Fallen has begun. This masterwork of imagination may be the high-water mark of...

Erikson, Steven
The Black Company

The Black Company

In an era when fantasy was about honorable farm boys with magic swords and a noble destiny, Glen Cook said 'fuck that mess; let's have some amoral pricks doing bad...

Cook, Glen
Dorothy And The Wizard In Oz

Dorothy And The Wizard In Oz

Fantasy lovers of all ages will rejoice at this chance to travel once again to the marvelous land of Oz! A California earthquake sends Dorothy Gale and her new friends--Zeb...

Baum, L. Frank
The Black Company

The Black Company

This is a different breed of fantasy fiction than its pulp fiction brethren. However, there are many elements found in the Black Company that have Sword and Sorcery qualities to...

Cook, Glen
Glinda Of Oz

Glinda Of Oz

Peace, prosperity, and happiness are the rule in the marvelous Land of Oz, but in a faraway corner of this magical domain dwell two tribes--the Flatheads and the Skeezers--who have...

Baum, L. Frank
Conan The Barbarian

Conan The Barbarian

When someone mentions Sword and Sorcery, what comes to mind is Conan the Barbarian, arguably the greatest representation of the genre. It’s true that the story of Conan has been...

Howard, Robert E.
Bloodsounder's Arc

Bloodsounder's Arc

I read the fist in the series, Scourge of the Betrayer, late 2014 and was blown away with how good Salyards' tale was. A sort of a cross between The...

Salyards, Jeff
The Prince Of Dreams

The Prince Of Dreams

San Francisco psychologist Diana Ransom can't take her eyes off the gorgeous, green-eyed stranger. But when she finally approaches him across the smoke-filled room, her reasons have little to do...

Benjamin, Curt
The Kingdoms And The Elves Of The Reaches Iii

The Kingdoms And The Elves Of The Reaches Iii

The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches series is a reader favorite, also recommended by The Complete Idiot's Guide to Elves and Fairies, The Ancient Art of Faery Magick...

Stanek, Robert
The Shadow Throne

The Shadow Throne

This was a pretty good follow up to his amazing first The Thousand Names which set a new standard for colonial military fantasy. It was a compelling read and had...

Wexler, Django
The Wind Through The Keyhole

The Wind Through The Keyhole

Now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba The Wind Through the Keyhole is another of Master of Horror Stephen King’s New York Times bestselling installment in...

King, Stephen
The Shadow Campaigns

The Shadow Campaigns

If you are looking for some of the best military fantasy to come out the past decade, look no further then Django Wrexler's Shadow Campaigns series. The series has all...

Wexler, Django

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