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Top 25 Best Indie Fantasy Books

Top 25 Best Indie Fantasy Books

Welcome to our new, and long-overdue list: The Best Indie Fantasy Books. It's been years in the making, but I've finally put my best efforts into giving a good guide...

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Gate Of Ivory Gate Of Horn

Gate Of Ivory Gate Of Horn

A son searching for his father in a British forest discovers a world teeming with live mythological characters. One of them is a Celtic princess-warrior and he falls in love...

Holdstock, Robert
Gate Of Ivory

Gate Of Ivory

Magic is what lures people like anthropology student Theodora to the exotic, dangerous world of Ivory, where everything is for sale and magic really works. But cut off from her...

Holdstock, Robert
Gate Of Ivrel

Gate Of Ivrel

It wasn't until the 90s that really gritty fantasy became the norm for the genre, which is why The Morgaine Stories were so different to the standard epic fantasies of...

Cherryh, C. J.
The Gate Of Fire

The Gate Of Fire

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood...

Harlan, Thomas
The Gate Of Gods

The Gate Of Gods

Tremaine Valiarde and a small, brave band of heroes ventured into a wondrous new realm on their desperate mission to save Ile-Rien from the conquering Gardier. Now, as a relentless...

Wells, Martha
Gates Of Paradise

Gates Of Paradise

Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he...

Rice, Anne
The Blood Song

The Blood Song

The first in the “powerful” (SFFWorld.com) New York Times bestselling fantasy series. Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate...

Ryan, Anthony
The Bitter Kingdom

The Bitter Kingdom

The New York Times‒best-selling series! "Carson joins the ranks of writers like Kristin Cashore, Megan Whalen Turner, and Tamora Pierce as one of YA's best writers of high fantasy."—Locus In...

Carson, Rae
Baldur's Gate Ii Shadows Of Amn

Baldur's Gate Ii Shadows Of Amn

Few games have had as much of an impact on the genre as Baldur's Gate II. Its influence is seen across the market, from the smallest indie titles to development...

Bioware,
Baldur's Gate 2

Baldur's Gate 2

Amazon.com Product Description In Baldur's Gate 2: Shadow of Amn, you face an uncertain future, with a lineage that tempts the unscrupulous to use you and the ignorant to fear...

Pc,
The Path Of Flames

The Path Of Flames

One reviewer said The Path of Flames should be up for a Gemmel award. And I wholly agree. This is one of the best examples of what indie fiction can...

Tucker, Phil
Tea With The Black Dragon

Tea With The Black Dragon

This is something of an unusual fantasy in that the fantasy elements are indeed visible, including dragons, but it's very rooted in the 1980s. Macavoy is very decided about her...

Macavoy, R. A.
War Master's Gate

War Master's Gate

SHADOWS OF THE APT: BOOK NINE Relentlessly advancing towards Collegium, the Empire is again seeking to break down its walls. The mighty imperial armies have learnt from their failures, and...

Tchaikovsky, Adrian
Traitors' Gate

Traitors' Gate

On the eve of world war two, a secret conflict is ignited, that could end it all before it has begun.

Elliott, Kate
Baldur's Gate 2 (2000)

Baldur's Gate 2 (2000)

This faultless improvement on the original title still has a scope beyond many of today's biggest RPGs. Created at BioWare's heights, this game throws you into a D&D inspired world...

Bioware,
Shadow Gate

Shadow Gate

The captivating, bestselling Spirit Gate swept readers into the turbulent world of the Hundred, where the peace and order of life under the protection of the immortal Guardians has given...

Elliott, Kate
Spirit Gate

Spirit Gate

There is a distinct Asian flavor to this trilogy (called Crossroads). True to Kate Elliot form, there’s quite a bit of attention to world-building and plenty of strong characters. While...

Elliott, Kate
Eden's Gate: The Reborn

Eden's Gate: The Reborn

Another cross-into-a-game-world LitRPG and a new one (came out in 2017), but it's also one of the better reads and certainly better than most. It has a bit of an...

Brody, Edward
Pillars Of Eternity

Pillars Of Eternity

With all of the modern graphics and first-person shooters saturating the market, it almost felt as if classic RPGs were a thing of the past. Then, seemingly out of nowhere,...

Entertainment, Obsidian
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.

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