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  • Bitter Seeds

    Bitter Seeds begins the Milkweed Triptych, a genre-bedning series set in an alternate version of WWII, where the Nazi's have created super-soldiers, and Britain responds by turning to warlocks and...

  • Tome Of The Undergates

    Another one of those grimdarks that borrows heavily from the Joe Abercrombie style of it. But, perhaps a bit much of it. If you like your world bleak and dirty...

  • Devices And Desires

    KJ Parker is a highly underrated author. His (or her...the author writes under a pseudonym) books are not the normal fantasy fare. Expect complicated characters, moral ambiguity, deep themes, and...

  • The Ten Thousand

    Paul Kearny is one of the most underrated fantasy authors out there. He’s written a host of awesome military fantasy books and has been mostly ignored by the wider public...

  • To Ride Hell's Chasm

    Wurts is one of the more underrated fantasy authors in the genre; she's written many book, but perhaps her most fun, most thrilling book is her stand alone To Ride...

  • Talion: Revenant

    List more than a few entries on this Top 100 list, Talion is a completely underrated fantasy book. Stackapole is a prolific author, writing everything from Star Wars novels, video...

  • Acts Of Caine

    Not an epic fantasy in your traditional sense, but one of the most underrated series out there starring the brutal amoral assassin, Caine. This is a series that holds nothing...

  • The God Stalker Chronicles

    Virtually unknown by most and recently reprinted, The God Stalker Chronicles are very underrated. For those in the know, this is one of the better unknown series out there. The...

  • The Silmarillion

    The author J.R.R. Tolkien is certainly not underrated but his majestic work, The Silmarillion gets very little attention compared to his other great works, The Hobbit and The Lord of...

  • The Vagrant

    The Vagrant was one of my top five favorite fantasy books of 2015. Itâs compelling, itâs deftly written, and itâs something like youâve never read before. Those who appreciate a...

  • Bioshock

    This is one of the few steampunk fantasy games to make it big, and it easily deserves that popularity. Bioshock is set in Rapture, a sprawling underwater city that has...

  • Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser

    Often referred to as 'the greatest fantasy author you've never read' by some. And sadly true.But if you've read any modern sword and sorcery with dark themes, complex characters, strong...

  • Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn

    Tad Williams' series was the source of inspiration for many of the titles on the listand some outside of it. Authors like R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, and more all cite...

  • Hawkwood's Voyage

    One of the best undiscovered epic fantasy series out there a sort of A Song of Ice and Fire lite if you will. Yes, if you want to look at...

  • The Initiate Brother

    This duology has flown under the radar in the fantasy world, which is a shame - it’s perhaps one of the richest fantasy tales out there, made all the more...

  • The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making

    A new classic has entered the literary stage. I know, a bit bold of a thing to say, but it follows in the tradition of Lewis Carol, A.A. Milne, and...

  • Monarchies Of God

    A lot of people call Kearney's Monarchies of God 'A Game of Thrones Lite.' And for the most part, this is true. There are a five books (each only a...

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  • 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...