Most Popular Epic Fantasy Books of the 2020s
Discover popular Epic Fantasy books from the 2020s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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Arcane Ascension #4
The Silence of Unworthy Gods
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
October 1, 2022
King's Dark Tidings #7
Ritual of Ruin
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
November 11, 2025
Elydes #3
Elydes 3
Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · LitRPG · Adventure
January 21, 2026
Secret Project #3
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
July 11, 2023
The Bladeborn Saga #1
The Song of the First Blade
Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
August 1, 2021
Deathless #1
The Gilded Ones
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult
February 4, 2021
Arcane Ascension #6
A Brief History of Chronomancy
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
April 2, 2025
Nightfall Saga #1
The Desert Prince
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
August 3, 2021
Bloodsworn Saga #2
The Hunger of the Gods
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
April 12, 2022
The Mistborn Saga #7
The Lost Metal
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
November 15, 2022
Tales of Middle-Earth
The Fall of Númenor
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth
November 15, 2022
The Age of Madness #2
The Trouble with Peace
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
September 15, 2020
The Stormlight Archive #5
Wind and Truth
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
December 6, 2024
The Hierarchy #2
The Strength of the Few
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
November 11, 2025
Arcane Ascension #3
The Torch that Ignites the Stars
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
December 6, 2020
Arcane Ascension #5
When Wizards Follow Fools
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
September 12, 2024
The Rise and Fall #3
Esrahaddon
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
August 15, 2023
The Bladeborn Saga #2
Ghost of the Shadowfort
Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
August 1, 2021
The Chronicles of Elantra #15
Cast in Wisdom
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
January 28, 2020
The Last Legacy #2
The Blackfire Blade
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
November 4, 2025
The Forsaken Trilogy #2
Warlords of Wyrdwood
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
September 10, 2024
The Bladeborn Saga #5
The Fetters of Fate
Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
March 30, 2023
The Bladeborn Saga #4
The Winds of War
Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
May 3, 2022
Between Earth and Sky #2
Fevered Star
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
April 19, 2022
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
August 30, 2022
The Rise and Fall #2
Farilane
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
June 7, 2022
The Dark Star Trilogy #2
Moon Witch, Spider King
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
February 22, 2022
The Bladeborn Saga #3
An Echo of Titans
Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
September 1, 2021
The Fire Sacraments #2
Sidewinders
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
May 4, 2021
The God-King Chronicles #2
The Splinter King
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
July 13, 2021
Book of the Ice #2
The Girl and the Mountain
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
April 13, 2021
The Keepers #3
Voidbreaker
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
February 9, 2021
The Tales of Witness #1
The God Is Not Willing
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
July 1, 2021
The Last King of Osten Ard
Brothers of the Wind
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
November 2, 2021
Hostage of Empire #2
The Poison Prince
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
November 24, 2020
War of the Archons #3
Spear of Malice
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
June 16, 2020