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Best Epic Fantasy Books, Ranked by Readers · Fic Scout

Best Epic Fantasy Books

This list is for when you want to get lost in a whole other world. Big maps, big casts, and stories that take a few books to tell. These are the epic fantasy books readers rated highest overall.

1
The Tethered God
Noah Brisk
Overall5.0
Very fast pace · Dark tone · 5/5 characters
2
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
Overall5.0
Medium pace · Dark tone · 5/5 characters

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3

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss, Marc Simonetti

Overall4.5

Medium pace · Light tone · 5/5 magic system

The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson

Medium pace · Dark tone · 5/5 villain

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

Slow pace · Balanced tone · 5/5 setting

Warbreaker

Brandon Sanderson

Fast pace · 5/5 plot · 5/5 ending

Midnight Tides

Steven Erikson

5/5 plot

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson

Slow pace · Balanced tone · 5/5 main character

The Great Hunt

Robert Jordan

Fast pace · 5/5 characters · 5/5 plot

Baptism of Fire

Andrzej Sapkowski

5/5 characters · 5/5 writing · 5/5 main character

A Storm of Swords

George R. R. Martin

Fast pace · 5/5 characters · 5/5 plot

The Shadow of What Was Lost

James Islington

Fast pace · Balanced tone · 5/5 mystery

The Fellowship of the Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien

Slow pace · Balanced tone · 5/5 writing

Words of Radiance

Brandon Sanderson

Medium pace · Dark tone · 5/5 characters

Eragon

Christopher Paolini

Fast pace · 5/5 main character · 5/5 villain

The Fury of the Gods

John Gwynne

Medium pace · 5/5 setting · 5/5 action

The Light of All That Falls

James Islington

Fast pace

Malice

John Gwynne

5/5 characters · 5/5 plot · 5/5 setting

Valor

John Gwynne

Very fast pace · 5/5 characters · 5/5 setting

Song of Monsters

Noah Naiman

Slow pace · 5/5 characters

Gardens of the Moon

Steven Erikson

Medium pace · 5/5 setting

The Shadow of the Gods

John Gwynne

Medium pace · 5/5 action

The Hunger of the Gods

John Gwynne

Medium pace · 5/5 characters · 5/5 setting

The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon

Medium pace · Light tone · 4.5/5 ending

An Echo of Things to Come

James Islington

Medium pace

The Sword of Kaigen

M. L. Wang

Promise Of Blood

Brian McClellan