Epic Fantasy

Invented worlds with maps, and wars worth the map. Long-form fantasy at scale — many viewpoints, contested kingdoms, and a plot that takes several volumes to turn over.

On the Fantasy & the Invented shelf.

Books shelved as Epic Fantasy

• Ruin — John Gwynne
• The Goblin Emperor — Katherine Addison
• Fire and Hemlock — Diana Wynne Jones
• The Dragon and the Sun Lotus — Amélie Wen Zhao
• The Burning White — Brent Weeks
• Charon's Claw — R. A. Salvatore
• Passage to Dawn (Legacy of the Drow, #4; The Legend of Drizzt, #10) — R.A. Salvatore
• Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11) — Jim Butcher
• The Shadow of What Was Lost — James Islington
• Spear — Nicola Griffith
• Godslayers (Gearbreakers #2) — Zoe Hana Mikuta
• Martis the Brazen — Rien Gray
• A Duel with the Vampire Lord — Elise Kova
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Lord of the Rings, Book 1 — Unknown author
• The Rogue — Trudi Canavan
• The Way of Kings — Brandon Sanderson
• The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) — Ursula K. Le Guin
• Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel, #3) — Brent Weeks
• Daughter of the Blood — Anne Bishop
• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — George R.R. Martin
• The Orc King — R. A. Salvatore
• A Deadly Education — Naomi Novik
• The Fires of Heaven — Robert Jordan
• Magician's Gambit — David Eddings

Related genres

• Fantasy
• Urban Fantasy
• Dark Fantasy
• Cozy Fantasy
• Historical Fantasy
• Dragons
• Fairy Tale Retelling
• Asian-inspired Fantasy
• LitRPG
• Military Fantasy
• Grimdark
• Contemporary Fantasy
• Court Intrigue
• Fae
• Portal Fantasy
• Sapphic Fantasy
• Quest Fantasy
• Flintlock Fantasy
• Necromancy
• Roman-inspired Fantasy
• Dying Earth

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