The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
2010
Books with the “Epic Fantasy” trope
A huge world, large-scale battles, and the fate of whole peoples at the center of the story.
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Genre tropes · Epic Fantasy
Books with this trope
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
1996
The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
2006
Gardens of the Moon
Steven Erikson
1999
The Black Company
Glen Cook
1984
The Darkness That Comes Before
R. Scott Bakker
2003
The Warded Man
Peter V. Brett
2008
Lord Foul's Bane
Stephen R. Donaldson
1977
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
1995
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
1937
The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien
1954
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
1950
The Book of Three
Lloyd Alexander
1964
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
1968
The Neverending Story
Michael Ende
1979
The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams
1988
The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan
1990
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
2002
Kings of the Wyld
Nicholas Eames
2017
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon
2019
The Shadow of the Gods
John Gwynne
2021
Nine Princes in Amber
Roger Zelazny
1970
The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley
1982
Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
1995
Kushiel's Dart
Jacqueline Carey
2001
The Sword of Shannara
Terry Brooks
1977
Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings
1982
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
1984
The Riddle-Master of Hed
Patricia A. McKillip
1976
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
N. K. Jemisin
2010
Malice
John Gwynne
2012
Blood Song
Anthony Ryan
2011
The Shadow of What Was Lost
James Islington
2014
The City of Brass
S. A. Chakraborty
2017
Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse
2020
The Jasmine Throne
Tasha Suri
2021
The Court of Broken Knives
Anna Smith Spark
2017
Dragonflight
Anne McCaffrey
1968
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