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Top 50 Epic Fantasy (list)
What do you think of this list I created?
What epic fantasy series are missing from this list? (please reply and I will add it to my blog --currently has 46 epic fantasy books)
1. The Name of the Wind (Book #1) by Patrick Rothfuss -9.57 with ~44,000 Votes
2. A Game of Thrones (Book #1) by George R.R. Martin - 9.36 with ~142,000 Votes
3. The Fellowship of the Ring (Book #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien - 9.34 with ~500,000 Votes
4. The Way of Kings (Book #1) by Brandon Sanderson - 9.31 with ~12,000 Votes
5. The Lies of Locke Lamora (Book #1) by Scott Lynch - 9.19 with ~13,000 Votes
6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - 9.18 with ~580,000 Votes
7. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay - 9.05 with ~5,000 votes
8. Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters #1) by Juliet Marillier - 9.02 with ~12,500 Votes
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire (Book #1) by Brandon Sanderson - 9.00 with ~25,500 Votes
10. The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) by Joe Abercrombie - 8.89 with ~13,000 Votes
The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan - 8.88 with ~53,500 Votes
The Heroes (The First Law) by Joe Abercrombie - 8.86 with ~3,500 Votes
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel #1) by Brent Weeks - 8.85 with ~15,500 Votes
Fool's Errand (Tawny Man #1) by Robin Hobb - 8.84 with ~9,000 Votes
The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1) by Peter V. Brett - 8.83 with ~7,500 Votes
Assassin's Apprentice (Book #1) by Robin Hobb - 8.79 with ~19,000 Votes
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay - 8.77 with ~8,000 Votes
The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1) by Brent Weeks - 8.75 with ~4,500 Votes
Magician: Apprentice (Book #1) by Raymond E. Feist - 8.73 with ~14,500 Votes
The Curse of Chalion (Chalion #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold - 8.67 with ~6,500 Votes
Wizard's First Rule (Book #1) by Terry Goodkind - 8.65 with ~38,000 Votes
Hawkwood and the Kings (Book #1-2) by Paul Kearney - 8.61 with ~1,100 Votes
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera #1) by Jim Butcher - 8.60 with ~13,500 Votes
A Wizard of Earthsea (Book #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin - 8.52 with ~31,000 Votes
The Black Company (Book #1) by Glen Cook - 8.46 with ~4,500 Votes
Sheepfarmer's Daughter (Book #1) by Elizabeth Moon - 8.45 with ~2,000 Votes
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King - 8.40 with ~68,000 Votes
The Riddlemaster of Hed (Book #1) by Patricia A. McKillip - 8.40 with ~2,000 Votes
Rhapsody: Child of Blood (Book #1) by Elizabeth Haydon - 8.37 with ~5,300 Votes
The Dragonbone Chair (Book #1) by Tad Williams - 8.36 with ~11,500 Votes
Gardens of the Moon (Book #1) by Steven Erikson - 8.27 with ~10,000 Votes
The Darkness That Comes Before (Book #1) by R. Scott Bakker - 8.19 with ~3,600 Votes
The Dragon's Path (Book #1) by Daniel Abraham - 8.17 with 1,200 Votes
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Book #1) by N.K. Jemisin - 8.15 with ~5,000 Votes
Among Thieves (Tales of the Kin #1) by Douglas Hulick - 8.00 with ~1,100 Votes
A Shadow in Summer (Book #1) by Daniel Abraham - 7.98 with ~1,800 Votes
The Briar King (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone #1) by Greg Keyes - 7.95 with ~3,100 Votes
A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows #1) by J.V. Jones - 7.89 with ~1,800 Votes
The Red Wolf Conspiracy (Book #1) by Robert V.S. Redick - 7.80 with ~1,200 Votes
The One Kingdom (The Swan's War #1) by Sean Russell -7.73 with ~1,000 Votes
Empire in Black and Gold (Book #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 7.71 with ~1,000 Votes
Shadowmarch (Shadowmarch #1) by Tad Williams - 7.70 with ~2,800 Votes
Eragon (Inheritance #1) by Christopher Paolini - 7.63 with ~275,000 Votes
Acacia: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham - 7.60 with ~1,800 Votes
Winterbirth (The Godless World #1) by Brian Ruckley - 7.42 with ~1,200 Votes
For Sci Fi, I have 57 books listed so far. Not sure if I'm able to link to it.
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