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 Icemark Chronicles #2

Blade of Fire

Stuart Hill

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

2006

7.7/10 98 ratings

The Raven Rings #2

The Rot

Siri Pettersen

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

October 5, 2021

7.6/10 74 ratings

The Icemark Chronicles #3

Last Battle of the Icemark

Stuart Hill

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

June 24, 2008

7.7/10 47 ratings

Yelena Zaltana #2

Magic Study

Maria V. Snyder

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

2006

7.6/10 33 ratings

The Sword of Truth #3

Blood of the Fold

Terry Goodkind

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1996

7.7/10 31 ratings

Chronicles of the Western Shore #2

Voices

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

2006

7.7/10 109 ratings

The Wheel of Time #9

Winter's Heart

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

November 2000

7.7/10 161 ratings

The Inheritance Cycle #1

Eragon

Christopher Paolini

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

2002

7.6/10 656 ratings

The Wheel of Time #4

The Shadow Rising

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1992

7.7/10 223 ratings

The Wheel of Time #7

A Crown of Swords

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1996

7.5/10 176 ratings

Throne of Glass #6

Tower of Dawn

Sarah J. Maas

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

September 4, 2017

7.5/10 74 ratings

The Chronicles of Narnia #1

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Movie

1950

7.6/10 311 ratings

Shadowmarch #1

Shadowmarch

Tad Williams

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fairies · High Fantasy

November 2004

7.3/10 83 ratings

The Wheel of Time #1

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1990

7.6/10 326 ratings

Belgarian Universe

Polgara the Sorceress

David Eddings, Leigh Eddings

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1997

7.6/10 247 ratings

The Icemark Chronicles #1

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

2005

7.6/10 158 ratings

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn #3

To Green Angel Tower

Tad Williams

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1993

7.6/10 133 ratings

The Grisha Trilogy #1

Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · TV Series

May 15, 2012

7.5/10 122 ratings

The Wheel of Time #15

New Spring: The Novel

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

January 2004

7.5/10 103 ratings

The Grisha Trilogy #3

Ruin and Rising

Leigh Bardugo

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · TV Series

June 12, 2014

7.5/10 67 ratings

The Wheel of Time #3

The Dragon Reborn

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1991

7.5/10 238 ratings

Earthsea #4

Tehanu

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1990

7.5/10 215 ratings

The Wheel of Time #5

The Fires of Heaven

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1993

7.5/10 204 ratings

The Wheel of Time #2

The Great Hunt

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1990

7.5/10 255 ratings

The Death Gate Cycle #6

Into the Labyrinth

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1993

7.5/10 145 ratings

The Ice Dragon

George R. R. Martin

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

2006

7.4/10 73 ratings

The Belgariad #1

Pawn of Prophecy

David Eddings

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1982

7.5/10 413 ratings

Belgarian Universe

Belgarath the Sorcerer

David Eddings, Leigh Eddings

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1995

7.5/10 237 ratings

The Belgariad #5

Enchanters' End Game

David Eddings

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1984

7.5/10 333 ratings

The Fionavar Tapestry #3

The Darkest Road

Guy Gavriel Kay

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1986

7.5/10 119 ratings

The Wheel of Time #8

The Path of Daggers

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

October 1998

7.5/10 173 ratings

Chronicles of the Western Shore #1

Gifts

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

2004

7.5/10 162 ratings

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Elf · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1924

7.3/10 67 ratings

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn #2

Stone of Farewell

Tad Williams

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1990

7.5/10 145 ratings

The Grisha Trilogy #2

Siege and Storm

Leigh Bardugo

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · TV Series

May 31, 2013

7.4/10 77 ratings

The Belgariad #3

Magician's Gambit

David Eddings

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1983

7.4/10 357 ratings