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Best Anti-Hero Fantasy Books

Best Anti-Hero Fantasy Books

Tired of fantasy where the hero is always noble and good and the perfect gentleman? Want a hero that's a bit of a dick, occasionally selfish or maybe even a...

Best Fantasy Series

Best Fantasy Series

Do you love those fantasy novels with many kingdoms, protagonists, politics, and cultures? Do you like the epic struggles between small bands of heroes against impossible evil? Do you eagerly...

Best Fantasy Books of 2018

Best Fantasy Books of 2018

The finest works of fantasy literature have the ability to transport readers to distant realms, such as J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth or Homer’s ancient Greece. In 2018, avid readers of fantasy...

The Best of the Dresden Clones

The Best of the Dresden Clones

All these books are in some way similar to The Dresden Files while still being completely unique.  Butcher's Dresden seemingly created an entire subgenre of Urban Fantasy -- one of...

The Worst Fantasy Books Ever

The Worst Fantasy Books Ever

This list contains the books you should generally, in my opinion, avoid. Some of the authors who published this crap should never have been published, while the others should be...

The Best Sci-Fi Movies

The Best Sci-Fi Movies

The Sci-Fi genre is arguably one of the most exciting in the film industry. The freedom of Sci-Fi allows almost endless subject matter possibilities. Hence, Science Fiction movies, unlike other...

Best Fantasy Books of the 70's

Best Fantasy Books of the 70's

The 70's saw us Afro hairstyle, the Me generation, the continuation of the Cold War, the end of the Vietnam war, and death of the hippy trail.  It was also...

Top 25 Best Fantasy Books of the 90's

Top 25 Best Fantasy Books of the 90's

Ah the 90's. Bad fashion, bad hair and Nickelback.If fashion and hairstyles (and arguably music) took a hit, fantasy certainly did not. The 90's saw the emergence of some of...

The Best Fantasy Books of the 1960's

The Best Fantasy Books of the 1960's

The Swinging 60's. The Space Race. Martin Luther King JR. Vietnam. JFK. The Beetles Woodstock. Bonnie and Clyde. The Sound of Music. The Jungle Book. The 60's is an era...

Top 25 Fantasy Books of the 80's

Top 25 Fantasy Books of the 80's

The 80s wasn't just a period of Hammertime(!) and big hair. It was also a revolutionary decade for fantasy. a revolution in the marketplace that helped make fantasy the pop...

Best of the Tolkien Clones

Best of the Tolkien Clones

Tolkien is considered the founding father of the modern epic fantasy. Thus, it’s no surprise that many fantasy epics give a heavy nod to Tolkien, through some of the plot...

Top 100 Fantasy Books

Top 100 Fantasy Books

This list continues directly from where  the Top 25 Best Fantasy List ends, starting from #26 and ending at #100 (yes, I know the list shows #1, but 1 = 26).Frankly, there are...

Top 25 Best Fantasy Books Since 2010

Top 25 Best Fantasy Books Since 2010

Sometimes you don't want to wade through older books when picking out your next selection of best fantasy to read. As impacting and awesome as some of the older 'greats'...

Best Fantasy Books You've Never Read

Best Fantasy Books You've Never Read

Most astute fantasy readers have heard about the hyped-up authors – those authors who are often touted as the “best” in a genre; they are quite often the first fantasy...

Top 50 Best Epic Fantasy

Top 50 Best Epic Fantasy

Epic fantasy is arguably the father of all fantasy subgenres. It's also the most popular fantasy genre, with hordes of new epic fantasy books being released each month. Unfortunately, the...

Best Fantasy Games with a Story

Best Fantasy Games with a Story

There are plenty of Fantasy and Science Fiction video games out there. Here is my list of the Best Fantasy Games ever. These games all range from first person shooters...

Best Sci-Fi Games with a Story

Best Sci-Fi Games with a Story

Are you a science fiction fan who loves video games with a rich story? There are a gazillion sci-fi themed games out there, but few of them actually deliver a...

World Fantasy Award Winners

World Fantasy Award Winners

A list of all the books that have won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, from the first (1975) to the newest 2014.The award is given out for the...

Top 25 Best Fantasy Audiobooks

Top 25 Best Fantasy Audiobooks

Listening to an Audiobook is a popular way to 'read' a book these days -- especially for those who are always on the move and don't have time to site...

Best Non-English Fantasy Books

Best Non-English Fantasy Books

English literature has many great works of fantasy -- Lord of the Rings, A Game of Thrones, The Chronicles of Narnia. But there's an entire body of literature -- and...

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The Shadowed Sun

The Shadowed Sun

'UTTERLY ENTHRALLING' Trudi Canavan 'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation . . . Jemisin seems able to do just about everything' NEW YORK TIMES 'Jemisin...

Jemisin, N. K.
The Obelisk Gate

The Obelisk Gate

"Intricate and extraordinary." - New York Times on The Fifth Season Continuing the trilogy that began with the award-winning The Fifth Season Winner of the Hugo Award Shortlisted for the...

Jemisin, N. K.
The Stone Sky

The Stone Sky

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel 2018Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel 2018 The shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling...

Jemisin, N. K.
The Stone Sky

The Stone Sky

The shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with The Fifth Season, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2016,...

Jemisin, N. K.
The Gods Return

The Gods Return

The Gods Return is the end of the Crown of the Isles trilogy and the final chapter in the Lord of the Isles.The Fortress of Glass began the tale of...

Drake, David
The Knight and the Moth

The Knight and the Moth

'Dreamy prose, characters so vibrant they breathe on the page, a romance that smoulders, and a spellbinding world to get lost in. Prepare to meet your next obsession' Rebecca Ross,...

Gillig, Rachel
Krondor: Tear Of The Gods

Krondor: Tear Of The Gods

The vile sorcerer Sidi plans to strike the kingdom a fatal blow, setting the murderous pirate Bear upon the high seas in pursuit of the vessel that is transporting Midkemia's...

Feist, Raymond E.
The Crown Of Embers

The Crown Of Embers

The second book in Rae Carson's award-winning The Girl of Fire and Thorns fantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones and Kristin Cashore. Tamora Pierce called the first...

Carson, Rae
The God-stone War

The God-stone War

Seven years have passed since Mordecai’s battle with the Shining God, Celior, and since that time his control of his abilities has vastly improved. He has at last envisioned a...

Manning, Mr. Michael G.
The Chronicles Of The Unhewn Throne

The Chronicles Of The Unhewn Throne

A new epic fantasy series that just hits pitch perfect notes. This is really one of the best new fantasy series to come out the past decade.There's royal siblings separated...

Staveley, Brian
Kushiel's Chosen

Kushiel's Chosen

Following hard on the heels of Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey's spectacular debut novel, comes Kushiel's Chosen, the second in the glittering and riveting Kushiel's Legacy Trilogy. Phèdre nó Delaunay has...

Carey, Jacqueline
The Broken Kingdoms

The Broken Kingdoms

A man with no memory of his past and a struggling, blind street artist will face off against the will of the gods as the secrets of this stranger's past...

Jemisin, N. K.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

First book in The Inheritance Trilogy, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms centers on the novel's narrator, Yeine, granddaughter of the ruler of the world. Yeine suddenly is named heir to this...

Jemisin, N. K.
The Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (chinese)

The Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (chinese)

Thereâs the Odyssey, thereâs the Iliad, thereâs Beowulf, and then thereâs The Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ã¢ an ancient sweeping epic Chinese work of literature thatâs influenced a score...

Guanzhong, Luo
Shield of Sparrows

Shield of Sparrows

#1 on the New York Times Bestseller list Now in development as a feature film with Amazon MGM Studios, with John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad attached to write the script!...

Perry, Devney
Dead Man's Steel

Dead Man's Steel

"The Ancients have arrived. In the third volume of Luke Scull's "gripping"* fantasy epic, the Grim Company must face the immortal race known as the Fade, who seek nothing less...

Scull, Luke
Malazan Book Of The Fallen

Malazan Book Of The Fallen

This book nearly tops the Best Fantasy Books list and a number of other lists on this site; it would be an injustice to omit this series here as well,...

Erikson, Steven
The Courts Of Chaos

The Courts Of Chaos

Amber reveals the mysteries of King Oberon's disappearance, the hellwitch's identity, and the magical pattern that holds the kingdom of Amber together, but his victory over the Dark Lands remains...

Zelazny, Roger
Mistress Of The Catacombs

Mistress Of The Catacombs

For the first time in a thousand years, the Kingdom of the Isles has a government and a real ruler: Prince Garric of Haft. But the enemies joining against him...

Drake, David
The Cry Of The Newborn

The Cry Of The Newborn

Epic war fantasy where there is a clear sense of black and white. For some, this may be a breath of fresh air from all the gritty, shades-of-grey type fantasy...

Barclay, James

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