Most Popular Epic Fantasy Books

Explore the most popular Epic Fantasy books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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The Witcher #4

Time of Contempt

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation · Video Game

June 27, 2013

8.5/10 125 ratings

The Inheritance Cycle #4

Inheritance

Christopher Paolini

Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

November 8, 2011

8.6/10 222 ratings

The Mistborn Saga #3

The Hero of Ages

Brandon Sanderson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

October 5, 2008

8.5/10 105 ratings

The Liveship Traders #1

Ship of Magic

Robin Hobb

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

March 1998

8.4/10 99 ratings

World of the First Law

Best Served Cold

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

May 28, 2009

8.5/10 32 ratings

Throne of Glass #7

Kingdom of Ash

Sarah J. Maas

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

October 23, 2018

8.4/10 71 ratings

The Rain Wild Chronicles #1

The Dragon Keeper

Robin Hobb

Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

June 23, 2009

8.5/10 31 ratings

The First Law Trilogy #2

Before They Are Hanged

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

March 2007

8.4/10 101 ratings

The First Law Trilogy #3

Last Argument of Kings

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

March 14, 2008

8.5/10 76 ratings

Lightbringer #1

The Black Prism

Brent Weeks

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

August 17, 2010

8.5/10 33 ratings

Night Angel #1

The Way of Shadows

Brent Weeks

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

September 23, 2008

8.4/10 50 ratings

The Riftwar Saga #1

Magician

Raymond E. Feist

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1982

8.4/10 39 ratings

Earthsea

The Earthsea Quartet

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Collection · TV Series

1993

8.4/10 136 ratings

The Witcher #5

Baptism of Fire

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation · Video Game

March 6, 2014

8.5/10 113 ratings

Graceling Realm #1

Graceling

Kristin Cashore

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Mythopoeic Awards

September 4, 2008

8.4/10 169 ratings

The Witcher #6

The Tower of the Swallow

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

May 19, 2016

8.4/10 99 ratings

Yelena Zaltana #1

Poison Study

Maria V. Snyder

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

2005

8.3/10 43 ratings

Night Angel #2

Shadow's Edge

Brent Weeks

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

October 28, 2008

8.4/10 39 ratings

The Mistborn Saga #4

The Alloy of Law

Brandon Sanderson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

October 26, 2011

8.3/10 53 ratings

The Demon Cycle #1

The Painted Man

Peter V. Brett

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

August 31, 2008

8.3/10 35 ratings

A Song of Ice and Fire

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Collection

October 2015

8.5/10 41 ratings

The Malazan Book of the Fallen #1

Gardens of the Moon

Steven Erikson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

April 1999

8.3/10 48 ratings

The Old Kingdom #3

Abhorsen

Garth Nix

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Locus Award

2003

8.3/10 184 ratings

The Witcher #2

Sword of Destiny

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

May 18, 2015

8.3/10 184 ratings

Night Angel #3

Beyond the Shadows

Brent Weeks

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

November 13, 2008

8.3/10 40 ratings

Six of Crows #2

Crooked Kingdom

Leigh Bardugo

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

September 27, 2016

8.3/10 36 ratings

The Inheritance Cycle #3

Brisingr

Christopher Paolini

Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

September 18, 2008

8.2/10 347 ratings

Six of Crows #1

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

September 29, 2015

8.2/10 66 ratings

The Mistborn Saga #2

The Well of Ascension

Brandon Sanderson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

August 2007

8.2/10 129 ratings

The Red Abbey Chronicles #3

Maresi Red Mantle

Maria Turtschaninoff

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

June 3, 2019

8.3/10 34 ratings

The Broken Empire #1

Prince of Thorns

Mark Lawrence

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

August 1, 2011

8.2/10 30 ratings

The Witcher #9

Crossroads of Ravens

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

September 30, 2025

8.2/10 31 ratings

The Silmarillion

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · Middle-earth

1977

8.1/10 424 ratings

The Old Kingdom #2

Lirael

Garth Nix

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Mythopoeic Awards

2001

8.2/10 197 ratings

The Witcher #7

The Lady of the Lake

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

March 14, 2017

8.1/10 87 ratings

A Targaryen History #1

Fire and Blood

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

November 19, 2018

8.7/10 31 ratings