High Fantasy

High fantasy is defined as fantasy fiction set in an alternative, entirely fictional ("secondary") world, rather than the real, or "primary" world. The secondary world is usually internally consistent but its rules differ in some way(s) from those of the primary world. By contrast, low fantasy is characterized by being set in the primary, or "real" world, or a rational and familiar fictional world, with the inclusion of magical elements. ...more

Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonPrince of Fools by Mark  LawrenceTower Lord by Anthony RyanThe Broken Eye by Brent WeeksHalf a King by Joe Abercrombie
Best Fantasy of 2014
144 books — 626 voters
Seraphina by Rachel HartmanDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeA Natural History of Dragons by Marie BrennanEon by Alison GoodmanThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
Girls with Dragons
226 books — 144 voters

Eragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinDragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
The Greatest Dragon Books
230 books — 199 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDune by Frank Herbert
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323 books — 164 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Final Empire by Brandon SandersonClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica RothThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Series: Trilogies
491 books — 319 voters


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