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  • Sword-singer

    Outlawed for slaying her sword master, Del must return to the Place of Swords to stand in sword-dancer combat.

  • Sword Of Avalon

    Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted countless readers...

  • Sword Of Shadows

    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...

  • Sword Of The North

    The City of Shades is drowned. The Grey City enslaved. The barrier between the worlds is failing and only the Magelord of the City of Towers still lives to protect...

  • Sword Of Skelos

  • Sword Of Shannara

    Terry Brooks is one of the most popular fantasy authors. He’s been writing fantasy for decades and is a household name. His books are pretty simplistic -- boy finds special...

  • Sword Of Truth

    This one falls under the "Terribly Written Books" category AND the "Overrated Books With Undeserved Hype". Woah, double kill!Some people might be wondering why bestselling author Terry Goodkind is missing...

  • Sword-dancer

    Del, a swordswoman of the North, travels south searching for her younger brother, who was kidnapped by slavers.

  • Sword-maker

    Tiger scales a mountain to reach Dragon's Lair and to confront the force that has been wreaking havoc on the village and that, legend has it, is an evil and...

  • Sword-breaker

    Falsely accused of murder, and with sword-dancer assassins and religious zealots in hot pursuit, Tiger and Del escape across the Punja Desert, but soon Tiger realizes that his sword has...

  • Sword-born

    In Sword Born, Del, a beautiful "sword-singer" of the North, and her guide, Tiger, a mysterious "sword-dancer" of the South, set out to find Tiger's true home.

  • Sword-dancer

    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...

  • Sword-born

    This second Sword omnibus edition includes the third and fourth novels in the best-selling series: Sword-Maker and Sword-Breaker.

  • Sword-sworn

    Dunk the Tall and Egg enter Standfast, a region beset by drought. The battle over the water from the only stream leads to animosity between Ser Eustace and Lady Rohanne,...

  • Sword-born

    Tiger, swor -dancer from the South and Del, sword-singer from the North, journey to find Tiger's original home, possibly the island of Skandi.

  • The Sword In The Stone

    Instead of picking up the story of King Arthur from the day when young Art pulls the sword from the stone, T.H. White gazes back to the innocent childhood of...

  • A Sword From Red Ice

    Master storyteller J. V. Jones (called "a striking writer" by Robert Jordan) weaves an unforgettable tale of ambition, dangerous, arrogant clan chiefs a young woman whose mystical destiny is shrouded...

  • The Sword Of Angels

    After betraying his king, Lukien, the Bronze Knight of Liiria, tormented by guilt, protects the mountain fortress of Grimhold with a magical amulet known as the Eyes of God, but...

  • The Sword Of The Lictor

    When Severian, the Torturer, sets a woman free from prison, he is forced to flee and experiences many strange adventures in the distant future of Earth

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  • Best Sword and Sorcery Books

    Before I recommend the best sword and sorcery books, it's important that you, the reader, understand exactly what classic sword and sorcery really is. Sword & Sorcery is a complex...

  • Best Sellers in Sword & Sorcery Fantasy

    Sword and sorcery fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literature and media that focuses on action-packed adventures featuring sword-wielding heroes, mystical elements, and a gritty, often dark tone. It originated...

  • Best Literary Fantasy Books

    If you're tired of those same old boy villager finds magic sword / talisman / super power, meets a company of sidekicks (with the requisite princess in disguise and old...

  • 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 Early Modern Fantasy Books (1930's to 1950's)

    After the development of Fantasy in the early part of the 20th century, it truly seemed like the genre was moving towards a golden age. Then the real world became...

  • 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...

  • Best Dark Fantasy Books

    Dark fantasy books are those that contain elements of the horror genre. Terrifying monsters, horrible people and awful violence are all a must. In dark fantasy worlds, the shadows hold...

  • 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...

  • Best Asian Fantasy Books

    So you like fantasy with martial arts, swords, ninjas, or just something different that’s not set in the same old ‘knights, lords, and wizards duking it out in some generic...

  • 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 25 Best Gritty Fantasy Books

    Fantasy books can transport us to bright, wondrous worlds filled with magic and heroism, where heroes always survive unscathed, and the villains are cartoonish. This list is not about those...