This list contains a variety of examples of high fantasy or epic fantasy fiction. The list is ordered alphabetically by author or originator's last name. A separate section is included for non-print media.
The First Law
''The First Law'' is a fantasy series written by British author Joe Abercrombie. ''The First Law'' is the title of the original trilogy in the series, but is also used to refer to the series as a whole. The full series consists of a trilogy, th ...
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* Daniel Abraham's ''The Long Price Quartet'' series and ''
The Dagger and the Coin
''The Dagger and the Coin'' is a series of high fantasy
High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.Brian Stableford, ''The ...
Victoria Aveyard
Victoria Aveyard (born July 27, 1990) is an American writer of young adult and fantasy fiction and screenplays. She is known for her fantasy novel '' Red Queen''. Aveyard wrote the novel a year after graduating from University of Southern Califor ...
Hans Joachim Alpers
Hans Joachim Alpers (14 July 1943 – 16 February 2011) was a German writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy. Together with Werner Fuchs and Ulrich Kiesow he founded Fantasy Productions, which became one of the premier German RPG- and boa ...
Sarah Ash
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious ...
MythAdventures
''MythAdventures'' or ''Myth Adventures'' is a fantasy series created by Robert Asprin, Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books. After his death i ...
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R. Scott Bakker
Richard Scott Bakker (born February 2, 1967, Simcoe, Ontario) is a Canadian fantasy author and frequent lecturer in the South Western Ontario university community. He grew up on a tobacco farm in the Simcoe area. In 1986 he attended the Univers ...
L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...
Peter S. Beagle
Peter Soyer Beagle (born April 20, 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. His best-known work is ''The Last Unicorn'' (1968), a fantasy novel he wrote in his twenties, which ''Locus'' subscribers voted the ...
Frank Beddor
Frank Beddor (July 31, 1958) is an American former world champion freestyle skier, film producer, actor, stuntman, and author. He worked as a producer on ''There's Something About Mary'' and ''Wicked'', and wrote the book ''The Looking Glass War ...
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The Looking Glass Wars
''The Looking Glass Wars'' is a series of three novels by Frank Beddor, heavily inspired by Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and its 1871 sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass''. The premise is that the two books w ...
Andrei Belyanin
Andrei Olegovich Belyanin (born 24 January 1967, Astrakhan) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy writer, who wrote at least 15 novels with many of them selling over 2 million copies. He is especially known for humour and parody in his fiction. ...
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Hans Bemmann
Hans Bemmann (April 27, 1922 in Groitzsch near Leipzig – April 1, 2003 in Bonn) was a German writer.
Hans Bemmann studied German language and literature and musicology in Innsbruck. He worked as an editor at the Austrian ''Borromäuswerk'', ...
The Etched City
''The Etched City'' is the first novel (and the only one published to date) of the Australian science-fiction writer K. J. Bishop. It was published for the first time by Prime Books in 2003 (cover art done by K. J. Bishop herself), then by Tor ...
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Elizabeth H. Boyer
Elizabeth Hall Boyer (born 1952) is an United States, American fantasy author who produced books in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Career
Boyer studied English literature and Scandinavian mythology at Brigham Young University. She lives on a farm ...
Gillian Bradshaw
Gillian Marucha Bradshaw (born May 14, 1956) is an American writer of historical fiction, historical fantasy, children's literature, science fiction, and contemporary science-based novels, who lives in Britain. Her serious historical novels are oft ...
Hawk of May
''Hawk of May'' is the first installment in Gillian Bradshaw’s ''Down The Long Wind'' trilogy. Published initially in 1980 by Simon and Schuster, ''Hawk of May'' is a bildungsroman set in the time of King Arthur and centered on Gwalchmai ap Lot ...
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Kingdom of Summer
''Kingdom of Summer'' is the second book in a trilogy of fantasy novels written by Gillian Bradshaw. The novel tells of the ascendancy of King Arthur and the planting of the seeds of his downfall. The tale is recounted by Rhys ap Sion, a Dumnoni ...
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In Winter's Shadow
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* Patricia Bray's The Sword of Change trilogy (''
Devlin's Luck
''Devlin’s Luck'' is the 2002 fantasy novel by Patricia Bray, the first in The Sword of Change series.
Explanation of the novel's title
More often than not, Devlin seems to accomplish his tasks through luck rather than skill. Also, when sweari ...
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Marie Brennan
Marie Brennan is the pseudonym of Bryn Neuenschwander, an American fantasy author. Her works include the ''Doppelganger'' duology ('' Doppelganger'' and its sequel '' Warrior and Witch'', respectively retitled ''Warrior'' and ''Witch'' on late ...
Peter V. Brett
Peter V. Brett (born February 8, 1973) is an American fantasy novelist. He is the author of the ''Demon Cycle'', whose first volume was published in the UK by HarperCollins's Voyager imprint in 2008 as ''The Painted Man'' and in the US by Del Re ...
's ''Demon Cycle'' series
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Kristen Britain
Kristen Britain is an American author. She wrote '' Green Rider'' (which was nominated for the Crawford Award), '' First Rider's Call'', '' The High King's Tomb'', '' Blackveil'' (which was nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award), and ''Mir ...
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Green Rider
''Green Rider'' (titled ''The Green Rider'' in some later printings) is the first novel written by Kristen Britain and is the first book in its series. It was nominated for the Crawford Award in 1999.
Plot summary
Karigan G'ladheon, a merchant' ...
N. M. Browne
N. M. Browne is a British writer of fiction for young adults, including time travel and fantasy.
Biography
She was born and brought up in Burnley, Lancashire, to Welsh parents and currently lives in London.
Browne read Philosophy and Theolo ...
Chalion
''The Curse of Chalion'' is a 2001 fantasy novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold. In 2002 it won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Locus Fantasy Awards in 2002. The serie ...
Aleksandr Bushkov
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bushkov (born April 5, 1956) is a best-selling Russian author who has written books in the genres of science fiction, crime fiction, popular history and non-fiction. In his belletristic, published in literary and popular j ...
Codex Alera
Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author., He has written the contemporary fantasy ''The Dresden Files'', ''Codex Alera'', and ''Cinder Spires'' book series.
Personal life
Butcher was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1971. He ...
Age of the Five
''Age of the Five'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Australian author Trudi Canavan; it consists of the novels: ''Priestess of the White'', ''Last of the Wilds'' and ''Voice of the Gods''. The fictional series recounts the story of Auraya ...
Land of Elyon
The Land of Elyon is a series of children's fantasy novels by Patrick Carman.
The series consists of:
Book 1: ''The Dark Hills Divide''
Book 2: ''Beyond the Valley of Thorns''
Book 3: ''The Tenth City''
Prequel: ''Into the Mist''
Book 4: '' ...
Red Moon and Black Mountain
''Red Moon and Black Mountain: the End of the House of Kendreth'' is a fantasy novel by Joy Chant, the first of three set in her world of Vandarei. It was first published in the U.K. in hardcover by George Allen & Unwin, London, in 1970. The fir ...
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C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels '' Downbelo ...
The Fortress Series
''Fortress'' is a series of fantasy novels by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh, published by HarperCollins. They are set in a medieval fantasy world with a 15th-century feel and feature magic, sorcery, medieval warfare, politics ...
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Kate Constable
Kate Constable (born 1966) is an Australian author. Her first novel was '' The Singer of All Songs'', the first in the ''Chanters of Tremaris'' trilogy. It was later followed by '' The Waterless Sea'' and '' The Tenth Power''.
Biography
Consta ...
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Glen Cook
Glen Charles Cook (born July 9, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, known for ''The Black Company'' and ''Garrett P.I.'' fantasy series.
Biography
Cook was born in New York City.The Black Company'' series, ''Sung in Blood'' ''The Dread Empire'' series
* Susan Cooper's '' The Dark Is Rising''
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Alison Croggon
Alison Croggon (born 1962) is a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, fantasy novelist, and librettist.
Life and career
Born in the Transvaal, South Africa, Alison Croggon's family moved to England before settling in Australia, first in Bal ...
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Pellinor
Pellinor is a fantasy series by Australian author Alison Croggon, spanning four books and a prequel.
The series is the retelling of the "Naraudh Lar-Chanë", the Riddle of the Treesong, set in the fictional world of Edil-Amarandh. The story m ...
Moonheart
''Moonheart'' is an urban fantasy novel by Canadian writer Charles de Lint. In the story, the female co-owners of a modern antique store enters the Otherworld, and has to team up with a wizard to rescue two different worlds. Meanwhile, she bonds ...
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Susan Dennard
Susan Dennard (born February 25, 1984) is an American YA fantasy author. Her debut novel, ''Something Strange and Deadly'', was published in 2012 by HarperCollins.
Biography
Susan Dennard was born on February 25, 1984, in the state of Virgin ...
Stephen R. Donaldson
Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'', his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity ...
Brian Lee Durfee
Brian Lee Durfee is an United States of America, American Animal painter, wildlife, Landscape painting, landscape, and fantasy painter, and a fantasy and Horror fiction, horror writer. His paintings have appeared in various genre and other magazi ...
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The Forgetting Moon
''The Forgetting Moon'' is a 2016 grimdark epic fantasy novel by Brian Lee Durfee, published through Saga Press.
Plot
A young boy, Nail, is orphaned and subsequently raised by a retired warrior named Shawcroft. Unbeknownst to him, he is part of a ...
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Lord Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957, usually Lord Dunsany) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. Over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays appeared in his lifetime.Lanham, M ...
David Anthony Durham
David Anthony Durham (born March 23, 1969) is an American novelist, author of historical fiction and fantasy.
Durham's first novel, ''Gabriel's Story'', centered on African American settlers in the American West. ''Walk Through Darkness'' fol ...
's ''Acacia'' trilogy
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Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko
Spouses Maryna Yuryivna Dyachenko (born 23 January 1968) and Serhiy Serhiyovych Dyachenko (14 April 1945 – 5 May 2022) (Marina Yuryevna Dyachenko (Shirshova) and Sergey Sergeyevich Dyachenko) (rus. Марина и Сергей Дяченко, ...
's ''Wanderers'' tetralogy, ''The Key of the Kingdom'' trilogy and ''Varan/The Copper King'' duology
Belgariad
''The Belgariad'' is a five-book fantasy epic written by David Eddings, following the journey of protagonist Garion and his companions, first to recover a sacred stone, and later to use it against antagonist Torak. It was a bestseller from the fir ...
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Malloreon
The Malloreon is a five-part fantasy book series written by David Eddings, which follows '' The Belgariad''. The Malloreon is set in the same world as The Belgariad, but expands on several aspects of the setting, especially the eastern continen ...
E. R. Eddison
Eric Rücker Eddison, CB, CMG (24 November 1882 – 18 August 1945) was an English civil servant and author, writing epic fantasy novels under the name E. R. Eddison. His notable works include ''The Worm Ouroboros'' (1922) and the Zimiamvian T ...
Crown of Stars
The Crown of Immortality is a literary and religious metaphor traditionally represented in art first as a laurel wreath and later as a symbolic circle of stars (often a crown, tiara, halo or aureola). The Crown appears in a number of Baroque icon ...
Steven Erikson
Steve Rune Lundin (born October 7, 1959), known by his pseudonym Steven Erikson, is a Canadian novelist who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist.
He is best known for his ten-volume spanning epic fantasy series ...
The Last Ringbearer
''The Last Ringbearer'' (russian: Последний кольценосец, italic=yes, ''Posledniy kol'tsenosets'') is a 1999 fantasy fan-fiction book by Russian author Kirill Eskov. It is an alternative account of, and an informal sequel to ...
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Jennifer Fallon
Jennifer Fallon (born 1959) is an Australian author of fantasy and science fiction. She is also a businesswoman, trainer and business consultant.
Jennifer has a master's degree from the Creative Arts faculty of QUT. A computer trainer and appli ...
's ''The Demon Child Trilogy'', ''
The Hythrun Chronicles
The Hythrun Chronicles is a fantasy set of novels by Australian writer Jennifer Fallon, told in two trilogies, The Demon Child Trilogy and The Wolfblade Trilogy. The Demon Child Trilogy follows R'shiel Tenragan as she accepts her fate as the demon ...
The Riftwar Cycle
''The Riftwar Cycle'' is the name given to the series of books authored or co-authored by Raymond E. Feist that revolve around the fantasy worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan.
The Riftwar Universe
The majority of Feist's works are part of The Riftw ...
John Flanagan John Flanagan or Jack Flanagan may refer to:
Sportspeople
* Jack Flanagan (footballer) (1902–1989), English footballer
* John Flanagan (hammer thrower) (1868–1938), Irish-American three-time Olympic champion in athletics
* John Flanagan (Limeri ...
Lynn Flewelling
Lynn Flewelling (born Lynn Elizabeth Beaulieu on October 20, 1958) is an American fantasy fiction author.
Biography
Born at Presque Isle, Flewelling grew up in northern Maine, United States. She has worked as a teacher, a house painter, a necro ...
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...
Mary Gentle
Mary Rosalyn Gentle (born 29 March 1956) is a UK science fiction and fantasy author.
Literary career
Mary Gentle's first published novel was ''Hawk in Silver'' (1977), a young-adult fantasy. She came to prominence with the '' Orthe'' duology, w ...
Felix Gilman
Felix John Gilman (born 11 November 1974 in London) is a British writer of fantasy and weird fiction. His 2007 novel ''Thunderer'' (published by Bantam Spectra) was nominated for the 2009 Locus Award for Best First Novel, and earned him a nomina ...
's ''Ararat'' novels
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Parke Godwin
Parke Godwin (January 28, 1929 – June 19, 2013) was an American writer. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1982 for his story "The Fire When It Comes". He was a native of New York City, where he was born in 1929. He was the g ...
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Julia Golding
Julia Golding (born 1969), pen names Joss Stirling and Eve Edwards, is a British novelist best known for her ''Cat Royal'' series and '' The Companions Quartet''.
Biography
Born in London, 1969, she grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. She orig ...
Sword of Truth
''The Sword of Truth'' is a series of twenty-one epic fantasy novels and 6 novellas written by Terry Goodkind. The books follow the protagonists Richard Cypher, Kahlan Amnell, Nicci, Cara, and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander on their quest to defeat oppr ...
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Ed Greenwood
Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the original creator of the ''Forgotten Realms'' game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for ''Dragon'' magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold ...
Alexander Grin
Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky (better known by his pen name, Aleksandr Green / Grin (spelling varies in non-Russian literature), rus, Александр Грин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲin, a=Ru-Aleksandr Grin.ogg, 23 August 1880 – 8 July 1932 ...
Dragonsbane
''Dragonsbane'' is a fantasy novel written by author Barbara Hambly and published by Del Rey Books in 1985.
Plot summary
A witch, Jenny Waynest, and lord, John Aversin, who live in the decaying Northlands are approached by a young southern nob ...
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* Niel Hancock's ''Circle of Light'', ''Wilderness of Four'', and ''Windameir Circle'' series
* Victoria Hanley's ''Healer and Seer'' series
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M. John Harrison
Michael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M. John Harrison, is an English author and literary critic.Kelley, George. "Harrison, M(ichael) John" in Jay P. Pederson (.ed) ''St. James guide to sci ...
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Viriconium
''Viriconium'' is a series of novels and stories written by M. John Harrison between 1971 and 1984, set in and around the fictional city of the same name.
In the first novel in the series, the city of Viriconium exists in a future Earth littere ...
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Elizabeth Haydon
Elizabeth Haydon (born 1965) is an American fantasy author. She has written two fantasy series set within the same universe, the fantasy/romance/whodunit fusion called The Symphony of Ages and the young adult series The Lost Journals of Ven Polyp ...
Bernhard Hennen
Bernhard Hennen (born 1966 in Krefeld) is a German writer of fantasy literature.
He is best known internationally for his series ''Die Elfen'' ("The Elves", since 2004), which has been translated into a number of European languages.
Career
He ...
's ''Die Elfen'' series and ''Elfenritter'' trilogy
* Carolyn Hennesy's ''Pandora'' series
* Stuart Hill's "
The Icemark Chronicles
The Icemark Chronicles is a series of books consisting of ''The Cry of the Icemark'', followed by '' Blade of Fire'', and '' Last Battle of the Icemark'' and the prequel called ''Prince Of The Icemark''. The books were written by Stuart Hill f ...
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Robin Hobb
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the ''Realm of the Elderlings'', w ...
's '' Farseer'', ''Liveship Traders'' and ''Tawny Man'' trilogies
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P. C. Hodgell
Patricia "Pat" Christine Hodgell (born March 16, 1951) is an American fantasy writer and former academic. Hodgell taught in the English Department at University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, but retired in 2006 to pursue a full-time writing career. She ...
's ''Jame of the Kencyrath'' series
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Wolfgang Hohlbein
Wolfgang Hohlbein (born 15 August 1953 in Weimar, Bezirk Erfurt) is a German writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction who lives near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. His wife, Heike Hohlbein, is also a writer and often works with her ...
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Magic Moon
''Magic Moon'' (original title: ''Märchenmond'', meaning "Fairy Tale Moon") is a young adult fantasy novel written by German authors Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein in 1982.
The book was Hohlbein's first success as a writer and the starting point of ...
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Ian Irvine
Ian Irvine (born 1950) is an Australian fantasy and eco- thriller author and marine scientist. To date Irvine has written 27 novels, including fantasy, eco-thrillers and books for children. He has had books published in at least 12 countries a ...
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The Three Worlds Cycle
Ian Irvine (born 1950) is an Australian fantasy and eco- thriller author and marine scientist. To date Irvine has written 27 novels, including fantasy, eco-thrillers and books for children. He has had books published in at least 12 countries a ...
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* Ralf Isau's ''Neschan-Trilogie'' and ''Die Chroniken von Mirad''
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Nabila Jamshed
Nabila Jamshed is a humanitarian, public speaker, and the author of the fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and fol ...
N. K. Jemisin
Nora Keita Jemisin (born September 19, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, better known as N. K. Jemisin. Her fiction includes a wide range of themes, notably cultural conflict and oppression. Her debut novel, ''The Hundre ...
's ''The Inheritance'' trilogy (
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
''The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'' is a 2010 fantasy novel by American writer N. K. Jemisin, the first book of '' The Inheritance Trilogy''. Jemisin's debut novel, it was published by Orbit Books in 2010. It won the 2011 Locus Award for Best Fir ...
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The Broken Kingdoms
''The Broken Kingdoms'' is a fantasy novel by American writer N. K. Jemisin, the second book of her ''Inheritance'' trilogy. It takes place ten years after the events of ''The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'' and centers around a young woman nam ...
The Fionavar Tapestry
''The Fionavar Tapestry'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay, published between 1984 and 1986. The novels are partly set in our own contemporary world, but mostly in the fictional world of Fionavar. It is the stor ...
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Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (born Patricia Kennely; March 4, 1946 – July 21, 2021) was an American author and journalist. Her published works include rock criticism, a memoir, and two series of science fiction/fantasy and murder mystery novels ...
Deverry Cycle
The Deverry Cycle is a series of Celts, Celtic fantasy novels by Katharine Kerr set in the fictional land of Deverry. As of February 2020, sixteen books have been published in the series.
The series is written in a non-linear style: the principa ...
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Ulrich Kiesow
Ulrich Kiesow was one of the co-founders of Fantasy Productions (FanPro) in 1983, together with Werner Fuchs and Hans Joachim Alpers. He was the translator of the first German language editions for both ''Tunnels & Trolls'', which was the first G ...
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The Dark Eye
''The Dark Eye'' (German: ''Das Schwarze Auge'', lit. "The Black Eye") is a German tabletop role-playing game with a high fantasy theme created by Ulrich Kiesow and launched by Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and Droemer Knaur Verlag in 1984. ...
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Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
Stephen R. Lawhead
Stephen R. Lawhead (born 2 July 1950) is a UK-based American writer known for his works of fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction, particularly Celtic historical fiction. He has written over 28 novels and numerous children's and non- ...
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Song of Albion
The Song of Albion is a trilogy of fantasy novels by American writer Stephen Lawhead, consisting of ''The Paradise War'' (1991), ''The Silver Hand'' (1992) and ''The Endless Knot'' (1993). The series combines Christian religious themes with Celtic ...
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* Louise Lawrence's ''The Earth Witch''
* Tanith Lee's ''Birthgrave'' series and ''The Winter Players''
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are two sword-and-sorcery heroes appearing in stories written by American author Fritz Leiber. They are the protagonists of what are probably Leiber's best-known stories. One of his motives in writing them was to have ...
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C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge Univers ...
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Chronicles of Narnia
''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven high fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' has been adapted for radio, telev ...
Nick Perumov
Nick Perumov (russian: link=no, Ник Перумов) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (russian: link=no, Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.
Bi ...
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Sarah J. Maas
Sarah Janet Maas (born March 5, 1986) is an American fantasy author known for her fantasy series '' Throne of Glass'' and '' A Court of Thorns and Roses''. As of 2022, she has sold over twelve million copies of her books and her work has been ...
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Throne of Glass
''Throne of Glass'' is a young adult high fantasy novel series by American author Sarah J. Maas, beginning with the entry of the same name, released in August 2012. The story follows the journey of Celaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin in a cor ...
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
''A Court of Thorns and Roses'' is a new adult fantasy novel series by American author Sarah J. Maas, beginning with the novel of the same name, released in May 2015. The story follows the journey of mortal Feyre Archeron after she is brought int ...
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R. A. MacAvoy
Roberta Ann MacAvoy (born December 13, 1949) is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Several of her books draw on Celtic mythology, Celtic or Zen themes. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1984.
Biography
R. A. ...
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Tea with the Black Dragon
''Tea with the Black Dragon'' is a 1983 fantasy novel by American writer R. A. MacAvoy. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1983, the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1984, and the Locus Award for best first novel in 1984; it al ...
A Song of Ice and Fire
''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who init ...
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* Svetlana Martynchik's ''Labyrinths of Echo'' series (under the pseudonym Max Frei)
* Aleksandr Mazin's ''Fargal, the World of Ashshur'' series and ''The Dragon of Kong'' series
* Anne McCaffrey's ''
Dragonriders of Pern
''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. ...
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Brian McClellan
:''Not to confuse with Brian MacLellan.''
Brian McClellan (born January 25, 1986) is an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for writing the trilogies '' The Powder Mage'' and ''Gods of Blood and Powder''.
Biography
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's ''Powder Mage'' series
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Dennis L. McKiernan
Dennis Lester McKiernan (born April 4, 1932) is an American writer best known for his high fantasy '' The Iron Tower''. His genres include high fantasy (set in various fictitious worlds), science fiction, horror fiction, and crime fiction. His p ...
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The Iron Tower
Dennis L. McKiernan's ''The Iron Tower'' is a high fantasy saga set in his world of Mithgar. Originally published as a trilogy in 1984 (''The Dark Tide'', ''Shadows of Doom'', and ''The Darkest Day''), and later released as an omnibus (by Ro ...
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Mithgar
Dennis Lester McKiernan (born April 4, 1932) is an American writer best known for his high fantasy ''The Iron Tower''. His genres include high fantasy (set in various fictitious worlds), science fiction, horror fiction, and crime fiction. His pr ...
The Hero and the Crown
''The Hero and the Crown'' is a fantasy novel written by Robin McKinley and published by Greenwillow Books in 1984. It is the winner of the 1985 Newbery Medal award. This story focuses on "Aerin Dragon-Killer", also known as "Aerin Firehair", th ...
Bas-Lag
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Karen Miller
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Biography
Miller was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and moved to Australia at the age of t ...
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
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The Imager Portfolio
''The Imager Portfolio'' is a 12 book series of fantasy novels recently completed by American novelist L. E. Modesitt, Jr. The series is published by Tor Books. The first novel, ''Imager'', was first published in 2009; ''Endgames'', the final vol ...
The Deed of Paksenarrion
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Vera Nazarian
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Stan Nicholls
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Career
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Noble Warriors
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Old Kingdom Trilogy
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Witch World
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Naomi Novik
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Margaret Ogden
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This is a complete list of works by American author Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, who writes under the pen names Megan Lindholm and Robin Hobb.
Writing as Megan Lindholm Novels
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Robin Hobb
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* ''Gormenghast'' (series), a trilogy of novels by Mervyn Peake
** ''Gormenghast'' (novel), second in the series
* ''Gormenghast'' (opera), an opera based on the books
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Nick Perumov
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Ring of Darkness
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Although never released into American theaters, the movie was released worldwide, and translated into sever ...
Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies
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Exiles Trilogy
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Jennifer Roberson
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Personal life
Roberson has lived in Arizona since 1957. Though she grew up in Phoenix
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Anthony Ryan Anthony Ryan may refer to:
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*Anthony Ryan (Treasury official), United States banker
*Anthony Ryan (writer) (born 1970), British fantasy writer
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Angie Sage
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Life
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R. A. Salvatore
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Brandon Sanderson
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Mistborn series
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Maria V. Snyder
Maria V. Snyder (born April 15, 1973) is an American fantasy and science fiction author best known for her ''Study Series''.
Career
Her first novel, ''Poison Study'', was published in October 2005, won the 2006 Compton Crook Award for Best Firs ...
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Study Series
Maria V. Snyder (born April 15, 1973) is an American fantasy and science fiction author best known for her ''Study Series''.
Career
Her first novel, ''Poison Study'', was published in October 2005, won the 2006 Compton Crook Award for Best Firs ...
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Brynne Stephens
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The Edge Chronicles
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Riyria Revelations
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Riyria Chronicles
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Tui T. Sutherland
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Steph Swainston
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The Dragons of Babel
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The Queen of Attolia
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The King of Attolia
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A Conspiracy of Kings
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Return of the Thief
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Tower of God
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Lyonesse Trilogy
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Jeff VanderMeer
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Wars of Light and Shadow
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Background
The series was inspired by a documentary about the Ba ...
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
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''Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn'' takes ...
The Wizard Knight
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Dragon Raja
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The Bird That Drinks Tears
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Paul Edwin Zimmer
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A Gathering of Heroes
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The Last Airbender
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Game of Thrones
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Conan the Destroyer
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