Books like Jirel Of Joiry
30 fantasy books to read after Jirel Of Joiry, by Moore, C. L., the closest match first.
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1. Works By Clark Ashton Smith
by Smith, Clark Ashton
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This author, together with Robert Howard and HP Lovecraft, helped pioneer a whole genre of "weird tales" that the public had never encountered before. Clark blends together different genres: horror,...
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2. Death Dealer
by Frazetta, Frank
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True to classic Sword and Sorcery, there are plenty of barbarians, wizards, and seductresses lining the pages of this classic work. The story centers on Gath of Baal, a barbarian...
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3. Imaro
by Saunders, Charles
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A classic example of the Sword and Sorcery sub-genre, features a hero who fights humans, beasts, and demons. A noteworthy example that mixes somewhat familiar histories with legend.
You don't normally read about an African hero in fantasy literature, but Saunders creates a compelling episodic Sword & Sorcery tale with Imaro.The titular hero grows up as an outcast...
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4. The Black Company
by Cook, Glen
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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...
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5. The Sword, The Ring, And The Chalice
by Chester, Deborah
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Another modern sword & sorcery tale. There’s a lot of swashbuckling swordplay, adventure, and romance present in this novel. While some might say the series is more high fantasy than...
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6. The Book Of Sword
by Saberhagen, Fred
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A great tale that doesn’t take itself too seriously and one that doesn’t get bogged down with the little details. This fantasy marks the heyday of the 60s and 70s...
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7. The Princess And The Goblin
by Macdonald, George
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This classic is written in a similar manner as Brother's Grimm and is a magical fairy tale about an independent, yet innocent, eight-year-old princess who discovers that her mysterious great-grandmother...
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8. Weird Tales Magazine
by Krimes, Kurtis
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Weird Tales had a seminal impact on Fantasy and Science Fiction. First published in March 1923, it was a pulp magazine aimed at readers who would enjoy "the weird, the...
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9. Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser
by Leiber, Fritz
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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are the titular characters of a collection of sword-and-sorcery stories. Originally they were created as more human counterpoints to larger than life characters like Tarzan...
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10. The Broken Sword
by Anderson, Poul
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The Broken Sword tells the story of a human baby stolen at birth and raised by elves. It is a rock-solid bit of writing and a truly fantastic dark fantasy...
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11. The Call Of Cthulhu And Other Weird Stories
by Lovecraft, Howard Phillips
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Lovecraft's tales of cosmic dread, including the title story where something ancient sleeps beneath the sea.
This is one of those books that if you give any plot lines – you give away the story. Suffice it to say that this dark and enticing set of...
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12. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Through The Looking-glass
by Carroll, Lewis
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A story that needs no introduction! The classical tale of Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and into Wonderland. Filled with nonsense rhymes, songs, and puns, this is a...
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13. Peter Pan
by Barrie, J. M.
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What can I say to introduce a character as renowned as Peter Pan? Originally Peter Pan was an ensemble character in "The Little White Bird". Eventually, Peter Pan grew up...
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14. Lud-in-the-mist
by Mirrlees, Hope
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Lud-in-the-Mist is one of the genuinely overlooked classics, a striking piece of fantasy that, for almost 100 years, has been ignored and forgotten. Amazingly, when reading it, you wouldn't realize...
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15. Beowulf
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Beowulf is the oldest surviving long poem, written by an anonymous poet. It is acknowledged as being one of the most important works in English literature. Beowulf tells the story...
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16. The Picture Of Dorian Gray
by Wilde, Oscar
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This cautionary tale of morals, psychology, and poetic justice has become one of the greatest fantasy and horror works in recent history. After a young man makes a Faustian wish,...
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17. A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Shakespeare, William
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Arguably Shakespeare's best-known comedy, A Midsummers Night's Dream contains a tremendous amount of fantasy, romance, and folly. The story concerns itself largely with four individuals who, while entwined in a...
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18. One Thousand And One Nights
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Aladin, Sinbad, Genies, Flying Carpets, Ali Baba… One Thousand and One Nights has left us with some enduring characters. The European version was first introduced (in French) in 1707. For...
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19. The Ship Of Ishtar
by Merritt, Abraham
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This thrilling adventure story is jammed with as much true fantasy as any other writers 3 book series. It's such a pity that this book is not praised more. The...
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20. The Complete Fairy Tales
by Macdonald, George
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If C.S. Lewis and Tolkien say that Macdonald is their master and that they build on his foundation in every story they write… The Complete Fairy Tales must be a...
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21. The Iliad / The Odyssey
by Homer,
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Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2 700 years, The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War and Achilles. Written by an author we call Homer, both books...
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22. Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
by Grimm, Jacob
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First of all – I'm not talking about the Disney version here. I'm talking about the real Grimms Fairy Tales – filled with rape (Sleeping Beauty), murder (Pinocchio), self-mutilation (Cinderella)...
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23. Legend
by Gemmell, David
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Gemmell specializes in heroic fantasy. His best book is widely regarded as Legend. Legend doesn’t try to be anything but what it is: a heroic adventure with lots of blood,...
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24. Conan The Barbarian
by Howard, Robert E.
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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...
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25. Sword-dancer
by Robertson, Jennifer
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If you are looking for some classic sword and sorcery that combines action and romance in equal spades, The Sword Dancer series delivers on this. The characters evolve dramatically over...
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26. The Broken Sword
by Anderson, Poul
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The Broken Sword explores what happens when a human child is exchanged at birth and taken and raised by the elves. It is a solid bit of writing and a...
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27. A Tale Of The King's Blades
by Duncan, Dave
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Duncan’s managed to make this list with 3 series. King’s Blades are some sword-heavy fantasy for those who like fantasy full of swashbuckling, politics, and raw action. This is not...
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28. Sword Of Shadows
by Jones, J. V.
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I can't say enough good things about this amazing fantasy series except that the author has gone completely AWOL and, as of 2015, looks like she's pretty much abandoned writing...
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29. Conan The Barbarian
by Howard, Robert E.
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Conan – the name conjures up images of swords, bare chests, sweat, blood and lots of furs (like a non-campy version of Dolf Lungren's He-Man). It's hard to believe that...
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30. Dracula
by Stoker, Bram
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Though this book is not the first instance of vampires in literature, it is a defining story. It features more than just chilling storytelling; elements of horror, the gothic novel, sexual conventions, colonialism/post-colonialism, and immigration are all woven into this classic epistolary tale.
Dracula will always reign as the true master vampire, the one creature in horror and fantasy who can simultaneously seduce and terrify. And don't let yourself think this is an...
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