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  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • The Immortals

    Couldn't leave this one out. Yes, it's another Tamora Pierce YA treasure set in the Kingdom of Tortall,; you can even cross paths with the Lioness herself. Yet Immortals takes...

  • The Runelords

    David Farland’s Runelords series may be divisive in some regards, but his unique magic systemsare hard to deny. The concept of Endowments is by far the most interesting of the...

  • 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...

  • Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha, 1)

    "Children of Blood and Bone" is a young adult fantasy novel written by Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi. The novel was published in March 2018 and is the first installment in...

  • Howl's Moving Castle

    Before famous director, Hayao Miyazaki turned Howl's Moving Castle into an animated film, it was an enchanting novel written by Diana Wynn Jones. This novel follows the life a young...

  • Threads Of Malice

    This is the second book in Jones' series, and the book has a thriller edge to it. At the outermost regions of the kingdom, young men are going missing –...

  • The Spook's Apprentice

    This book (and the rest of the Wardstone Chronicles) genuinely scared the absolute shit out of me when I first read it. It's the story of a young boy being...

  • Ingo Series

    Comprised of five novels, Helen Dunmore's sweet and charming Ingo series is a perfect introduction to young adult fantasy, especially for teenagers. After Sapphire's father vanishes off the coast of...

  • The Eye Of The Dragon

    I normally like Steven King -- he's a talented writer and a master of the horror genre. But when he tries his hand at pure fantasy, bad, bad things happen....

  • Kingdom of Ash - Target Exclusive (Throne of Glass)

    “With a twisting and turning plot that ultimately leads its expansive cast of characters to a long-fated collision, Kingdom of Ash is a worthy finale to one of the best...

  • The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia Book 2)

    Love is a sacrifice at the altar of power.In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom,...

  • Keys To The Kingdom

    Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world -- where one boy is about to venture and unlock a...

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  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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 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

    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

    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 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...