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Genre · Fantasy

Epic fantasy worlds to get lost in

Doorstopper fantasies with maps in the front and worlds you can disappear into for weeks.

Curated by Miles Ovadia· 8 books
  1. 01
    The Way of Kings cover

    The Way of Kings

    Brandon Sanderson

    4.9

    On a storm-scoured world where soldiers wield ancient magic armor, a slave, a scholar, and a warlord are pulled toward a truth that could remake the world.

  2. 02
    The Priory of the Orange Tree cover

    The Priory of the Orange Tree

    Samantha Shannon

    4.6

    A queen without an heir, a hidden mage sworn to protect her, and a dragon-riding warrior on the far side of the world must unite before an ancient wyrm wakes.

  3. 03
    Babel cover

    Babel

    R.F. Kuang

    4.7

    At an Oxford institute where translation literally powers an empire's magic, a Chinese orphan must choose between the academy that made him and the revolution against it.

  4. 04
    The Lord of the Rings cover

    The Lord of the Rings

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    4.7

    The one that built the genre.

  5. 05
    Mistborn: The Final Empire cover

    Mistborn: The Final Empire

    Brandon Sanderson

    4.6

    A heist against a god.

  6. 06
    The Name of the Wind cover

    The Name of the Wind

    Patrick Rothfuss

    4.8

    The making of a legend.

  7. 07
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    Throne of Glass

    Sarah J. Maas

    4.6

    A teenage assassin is dragged from a salt mine to compete for her freedom as the king's champion, in a castle hiding an ancient evil.

  8. 08
    The Cruel Prince cover

    The Cruel Prince

    Holly Black

    4.6

    A mortal girl raised in the treacherous High Court of Faerie decides that to survive among immortals who despise her, she must become more ruthless than any of them.