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Fantasy Books With Great Characters · Fic Scout

Fantasy Books With Great Characters

This list is for when you want characters to remember. You’ll love some, you’ll hate some, and some will feel like old friends you want to just hang out with. Readers rated the cast in every one of these books 4.5 or higher.

1
The Tethered God
Noah Brisk
Overall5.0
Characters5.0
Very fast pace · Dark tone · 5/5 plot
2
The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson
Overall4.5

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Characters4.8

Medium pace · Dark tone · 5/5 villain

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

Very fast pace · Dark tone · 5/5 plot

A Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin

Medium pace · Dark tone · 5/5 plot

Words of Radiance

Brandon Sanderson

Medium pace · Dark tone · 5/5 plot

The Cruel Prince

Holly Black

Fast pace · Dark tone · 5/5 main character

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J. K. Rowling

Medium pace · Light tone · 5/5 setting

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

Slow pace · Balanced tone · 5/5 setting

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling

Medium pace · 5/5 plot · 5/5 setting

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

Fast pace · Dark tone · 5/5 plot

Between two fires

Christopher Buehlman

Fast pace · Dark tone · 5/5 plot

The Great Hunt

Robert Jordan

Fast pace · 5/5 plot · 5/5 writing

Baptism of Fire

Andrzej Sapkowski

5/5 writing · 5/5 main character

A Storm of Swords

George R. R. Martin

Fast pace · 5/5 plot · 5/5 writing

Reign & Ruin

J. D. Evans

Moderate spice · 5/5 plot · 5/5 setting

Golden Son

Pierce Brown

Very fast pace · 5/5 plot · 5/5 setting

Dark Age

Pierce Brown

Fast pace · 5/5 plot · 5/5 writing

Morning Star

Pierce Brown

Very fast pace · 5/5 plot · 5/5 setting

Half a King

Joe Abercrombie

Fast pace · Balanced tone · 5/5 writing

Eragon

Christopher Paolini

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

Lion of Macedon

David Gemmell

Fast pace · Balanced tone · 5/5 writing

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

J. K. Rowling

5/5 setting · 5/5 villain · 5/5 emotional impact

Malice

John Gwynne

5/5 plot · 5/5 setting · 5/5 action

Valor

John Gwynne

Very fast pace · 5/5 setting · 5/5 main character

A Heart of Blood and Ashes

Milla Vane

Explicit spice · 5/5 plot · 5/5 setting

Song of Monsters

Noah Naiman

Slow pace

Swordheart

T. Kingfisher

Closed door spice · 5/5 writing · 5/5 female main character

Radiance

Grace Draven

Moderate spice · 5/5 female main character · 5/5 male main character

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree

Slow pace · Cozy tone

Light Bringer

Pierce Brown

Fast pace · 5/5 writing · 5/5 setting