The Best in Literature: 'Sword & Sorcery' Epic Fantasy

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The Sacred Band
The Sacred Band 4.47 avg rating — 318 ratings
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High Couch of Silistra (Silistra, #1)
High Couch of Silistra (Silistra, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 467 ratings
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Kargaroth: A Tale of the Great Onion Knighthood
Kargaroth: A Tale of the Great Onion Knighthood 4.54 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Tempus (Sacred Band Series Book 1)
Tempus (Sacred Band Series Book 1) 4.15 avg rating — 261 ratings
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Beyond Wizardwall
Beyond Wizardwall 4.03 avg rating — 413 ratings
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Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set (Mistborn, #1-3)
Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set (Mistborn, #1-3) 4.61 avg rating — 58,628 ratings
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,223 ratings
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A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-4)
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-4) 4.63 avg rating — 47,994 ratings
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The Scales of Balance (A Vengeful Realm, #1)
The Scales of Balance (A Vengeful Realm, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 189 ratings
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Beyond Sanctuary
Beyond Sanctuary 3.90 avg rating — 1,947 ratings
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Beyond the Veil (Sacred Band Series)
Beyond the Veil (Sacred Band Series) 4.06 avg rating — 604 ratings
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The Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl: Sacred Band of Stepsons: Sacred Band Tales 2 (Sacred Band Series)
The Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl: Sacred Band of Stepsons: Sacred Band Tales 2 (Sacred Band Series) 4.50 avg rating — 181 ratings
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Soleri (The Amber Throne, #1)
Soleri (The Amber Throne, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 378 ratings
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Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 132,105 ratings
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The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by: Glen Cook
3.93 avg rating — 53,322 ratings
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Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #2)
Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 51,926 ratings
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Eragon, Eldest & Brisingr (Inheritance, #1-3)
Eragon, Eldest & Brisingr (Inheritance, #1-3) 4.27 avg rating — 36,896 ratings
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The Broken Empire Series (The Broken Empire, #1-2)
The Broken Empire Series (The Broken Empire, #1-2) 4.47 avg rating — 465 ratings
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A Devil in Hong Kong
A Devil in Hong Kong 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Westerealm (Mornisle, Part 1)
Westerealm (Mornisle, Part 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Nifft the Lean
Nifft the Lean 3.99 avg rating — 780 ratings
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Gods & Proxies
Gods & Proxies 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Obsidian Gates (Heart of the Warrior, #2)
The Obsidian Gates (Heart of the Warrior, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Kristian's War (The Searchers Series, #1)
Kristian's War (The Searchers Series, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Dionna's Warrior (Dragon Origins, #1)
Dionna's Warrior (Dragon Origins, #1)
by: Ruby Ryan
4.02 avg rating — 372 ratings
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Season of the Runer Book I: The Trial of Two
Season of the Runer Book I: The Trial of Two 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Flashing Swords! #1
Flashing Swords! #1 3.92 avg rating — 622 ratings
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The Incompleat Nifft
The Incompleat Nifft 4.08 avg rating — 132 ratings
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The History of the Runestaff - volume 2: The Sword and the Runestaff (Hawkmoon, #2)
The History of the Runestaff - volume 2: The Sword and the Runestaff (Hawkmoon, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Riftwar Saga (The Riftwar Saga, #1-4)
The Riftwar Saga (The Riftwar Saga, #1-4) 4.42 avg rating — 12,590 ratings
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Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer
Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer 3.93 avg rating — 702 ratings
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The Collected Joe Abercrombie: The Blade Itself/Before they are Hanged/Last Argument of Kings/Best Served Cold/The Heroes/Red Country
The Collected Joe Abercrombie: The Blade Itself/Before they are Hanged/Last Argument of Kings/Best Served Cold/The Heroes/Red Country 4.68 avg rating — 879 ratings
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The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)
The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 76,174 ratings
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Elric: The Balance Lost, Vol. 1
Elric: The Balance Lost, Vol. 1 3.58 avg rating — 207 ratings
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The Runestaff
The Runestaff 3.88 avg rating — 2,375 ratings
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To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3)
To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 56,423 ratings
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The White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3)
The White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 187 ratings
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DragonLance Chronicles, four-volume set: Dragons of Autumn Twilight + Dragons of Winter Night + Dragons of Spring Dawning + Dragons of Summer Flame
DragonLance Chronicles, four-volume set: Dragons of Autumn Twilight + Dragons of Winter Night + Dragons of Spring Dawning + Dragons of Summer Flame 4.66 avg rating — 67 ratings
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The Citadel of Forgotten Myths
The Citadel of Forgotten Myths 3.63 avg rating — 623 ratings
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City At The Edge Of Time
City At The Edge Of Time 4.10 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy
Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy 3.76 avg rating — 336 ratings
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The Ruby Throne (Michael Moorcock's Elric, #1)
The Ruby Throne (Michael Moorcock's Elric, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 2,168 ratings
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Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane
Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane 4.51 avg rating — 343 ratings
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Three-Bladed Doom
Three-Bladed Doom 3.71 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Bran Mak Morn: The Last King
Bran Mak Morn: The Last King 4.04 avg rating — 1,636 ratings
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Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3)
Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 30,172 ratings
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Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 44,308 ratings
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Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2)
Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 28,132 ratings
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The Sword of Rhiannon
The Sword of Rhiannon 3.52 avg rating — 966 ratings
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Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird 3.78 avg rating — 227 ratings
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The Ring of the Nibelung
The Ring of the Nibelung 4.22 avg rating — 846 ratings
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Elric: While the Gods Laugh
Elric: While the Gods Laugh 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Elric: The Dreaming City (Marvel Graphic Novel, #2)
Elric: The Dreaming City (Marvel Graphic Novel, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 280 ratings
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Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone
Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone 4.34 avg rating — 1,739 ratings
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Conan the Buccaneer (Conan, #6)
Conan the Buccaneer (Conan, #6) 3.99 avg rating — 2,947 ratings
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Conan of the Isles (Conan #12)
Conan of the Isles (Conan #12) 3.83 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
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Kull The Destroyer: From The Creator Of Conan: By This Axe I Rule!: Beginning A Pulse Pounding New Chapter In The Startling Saga Of The Man Called Kull, And Wait 'Till You See The Shock Ending To This Story Of Stories! (Vol. 1, No. 11, November 1973)
Kull The Destroyer: From The Creator Of Conan: By This Axe I Rule!: Beginning A Pulse Pounding New Chapter In The Startling Saga Of The Man Called Kull, And Wait 'Till You See The Shock Ending To This Story Of Stories! (Vol. 1, No. 11, November 1973)
by: Stan Lee
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Chronicles of Kull, Vol. 1: A King Comes Riding and Other Stories
The Chronicles of Kull, Vol. 1: A King Comes Riding and Other Stories 3.71 avg rating — 86 ratings
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The Chronicles of Kull, Vol. 2: The Hell Beneath Atlantis and Other Stories
The Chronicles of Kull, Vol. 2: The Hell Beneath Atlantis and Other Stories 3.54 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Conan the Barbarian in The Skull of Set
Conan the Barbarian in The Skull of Set 3.82 avg rating — 50 ratings
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King Kull: The Vale of Shadow
King Kull: The Vale of Shadow 3.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Jewel in the Skull (History of the Runestaff, #1)
The Jewel in the Skull (History of the Runestaff, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 3,747 ratings
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Conan (Book 1)
Conan (Book 1) 4.08 avg rating — 7,050 ratings
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Worms of the Earth
Worms of the Earth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 659 ratings
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The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane 4.05 avg rating — 5,681 ratings
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The Book of Robert E. Howard
The Book of Robert E. Howard 4.20 avg rating — 150 ratings
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The Second Book of Robert E. Howard
The Second Book of Robert E. Howard 4.20 avg rating — 144 ratings
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Conan of Cimmeria (Conan 2)
Conan of Cimmeria (Conan 2) 4.11 avg rating — 5,079 ratings
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Conan: People of the Black Circle
Conan: People of the Black Circle 4.20 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
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The Lost Valley of Iskander
The Lost Valley of Iskander 3.91 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Red Sonja, Vol. 1: Queen of Plagues
Red Sonja, Vol. 1: Queen of Plagues 3.91 avg rating — 2,400 ratings
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Conan/Red Sonja
Conan/Red Sonja 3.37 avg rating — 225 ratings
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Frank Thorne's Red Sonja: Art Edition Vol. 1
Frank Thorne's Red Sonja: Art Edition Vol. 1 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Legends of Red Sonja
Legends of Red Sonja 3.63 avg rating — 385 ratings
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Brath: Gladiator Triumphant
Brath: Gladiator Triumphant 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Brak the Barbarian (Brak the Barbarian, #1)
Brak the Barbarian (Brak the Barbarian, #1) 3.37 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Conan the Barbarian: The Life and Death of Conan, Book One
Conan the Barbarian: The Life and Death of Conan, Book One 4.04 avg rating — 959 ratings
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I Am a Barbarian
I Am a Barbarian 3.90 avg rating — 469 ratings
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Conan the Barbarian: The Horn of Azoth
Conan the Barbarian: The Horn of Azoth 3.26 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Conan the Barbarian: Conan the Reaver
Conan the Barbarian: Conan the Reaver
by: Don Kraar
3.35 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Conan the Barbarian: The Witch Queen of Acheron
Conan the Barbarian: The Witch Queen of Acheron
by: Don Kraar
3.33 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Conan the Barbarian: Bound in Black Stone, Vol. 1
Conan the Barbarian: Bound in Black Stone, Vol. 1
by: Jim Zub
4.11 avg rating — 472 ratings
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Conan, Vol. 0: Born on the Battlefield
Conan, Vol. 0: Born on the Battlefield 4.16 avg rating — 1,191 ratings
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The Chronicles of King Conan, Volume 1: The Witch of the Mists
The Chronicles of King Conan, Volume 1: The Witch of the Mists 3.82 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Wonder Woman/Conan
Wonder Woman/Conan 3.55 avg rating — 409 ratings
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The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives, Vol. 1 (The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives, #1)
The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives, Vol. 1 (The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 76 ratings
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The Chronicles of Conan, Volume 13: Whispering Shadows and Other Stories
The Chronicles of Conan, Volume 13: Whispering Shadows and Other Stories 3.83 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Groo vs. Conan
Groo vs. Conan 3.45 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Conan: The Ravagers Out of Time (Marvel Graphic Novel, #73)
Conan: The Ravagers Out of Time (Marvel Graphic Novel, #73) 3.12 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Conan the Rogue
Conan the Rogue 3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Conan, Vol. 14: The Death
Conan, Vol. 14: The Death 3.56 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Conan of the Isles
Conan of the Isles 3.65 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Conan, Vol. 1: The Frost Giant's Daughter and Other Stories
Conan, Vol. 1: The Frost Giant's Daughter and Other Stories 4.23 avg rating — 3,043 ratings
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The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 1
The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 1 4.20 avg rating — 2,149 ratings
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Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword 3.76 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Chronicles of Conan, Volume 22: Reavers in the Borderland and Other Stories
The Chronicles of Conan, Volume 22: Reavers in the Borderland and Other Stories 3.44 avg rating — 45 ratings
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King Conan
King Conan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Conan vs Rune #1
Conan vs Rune #1 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Solomon Kane Volume 1: The Castle of the Devil
Solomon Kane Volume 1: The Castle of the Devil 3.59 avg rating — 508 ratings
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Elric of Melniboné (Elric, #1)
Elric of Melniboné (Elric, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 676 ratings
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