High Fantasy

High fantasy is defined as fantasy fiction set in an alternative, entirely fictional ("secondary") world, rather than the real, or "primary" world. The secondary world is usually internally consistent but its rules differ in some way(s) from those of the primary world. By contrast, low fantasy is characterized by being set in the primary, or "real" world, or a rational and familiar fictional world, with the inclusion of magical elements. ...more

A Song to Drown Rivers
Heir (Heir Duology, #1)
Spectacular (Caraval, #3.5)
Bloodguard (Old Erth, #1)
Throne of Secrets (Prince of Sin, #2)
For She Is Wrath
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
A Reign of Rose (The Sacred Stones, #3)
The City in Glass
Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1)
The Wild Huntress
Swordcrossed
Inferno's Heir
Legend of the White Snake
Metal from Heaven
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
Spectacular (Caraval, #3.5)
Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
Glow of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #2)
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
Nightbane (Lightlark, #2)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Finale (Caraval, #3)
Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts, #1)
Tress of the Emerald Sea
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudThe Cavalier by Israh AziziPseudo-Dragon by Cheryl MatthynssensDaughter of the Empire by Raymond E. FeistServant of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist
Little Known Fantasy Books
181 books — 174 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
3,852 books — 26,907 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy World
1,564 books — 2,015 voters
Shadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoThe Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. MaasFalling Kingdoms by Morgan RhodesA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Best High Fantasy Books for Young Adults
247 books — 352 voters


The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #2)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #3)
Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)

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