Epic Fantasy List

Terry Brooks’ Shannara Series
Prequel to Original Trilogy
1) The First King of Shannara
The Original Trilogy
1) The Sword of Shannara
2) The Elfstones of Shannara
3) The Wishsong of Shannara
The Heritage of Shannara
1) The Scions of Shannara
2) The Druid of Shannara
3) The Elf Queen of Shannara
4) The Talisman of Shannara
The Word and Void Series
1) Running with the Demon
2) A Knight of the Word
3) Angel Fire East
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Trilogy
1) Isle Witch
2) Antrax
3) Morgawr
The High Druid of Shannara
1) Jarka Ruus
2) Tanequil
3) Straken
The Genesis of Shannara
1) Armageddon’s Children
2) The Elves of Cintra
3) Gypsy Morph
Other Books in Shannara Series
1) Dark Wraith of Shannara (Graphic Novel)
2) The World of Shannara Companion Guide
Non Shannara Series
Magic Kingdom of Landover
1) Magic Kingdom for Sale = Sold
2) The Black Unicorn
3) Wizard at Large
4) The Tangle Box
5) Witches Brew
6) A Princess of Landover

Jim Butcher
Codex Alera
1) Furies of Calderon
2) Academ’s Fury
3) Cursor’s Fury
4) Captain’s Fury
5) Princeps’ Fury
6) First Lord’s Fury


David Drake
Lord of the Isles Series
1) The Lord of the Isles
2) Queen of Demons
3) Servant of the Dragon
4) Mistress of the Catacombs
5) Goddess of the Ice Realm
6) Master of the Cauldron
Crown of the Isles Trilogy
1) Fortress of Glass
2) The Mirror of Worlds
3) The Gods Return

David Eddings’ Belgariad and Malloreon Series
The Belgariad
0) Belgarath the Sorcerer
1) Polgara the Sorceress
2) Pawn of Prophecy
3) Queen of Sorcery
4) Magacian’s Gambit
5) Castle of Wizardry
6) Enchanters’ End Game
The Malloreon
1) Guardians of the West
2) King of the Murgos
3) Demon Lord of Karanda
4) Sorceress of Darshiva
5) The Seeress of Kell
The Elenium
1) The Diamond Throne
2) The Ruby Knight
3) The Sapphire Rose
The Tamuli
1) Domes of Fire
2) The Shinning Ones
3) The Hidden City
Other Eddings Series
The Dreamer Series
1) The Elder Gods
2) The Treasured One
3) Crystal Gorge
4) The Younger Gods

David Farland
The Runelord Series
1) The Runelords
2) Brotherhood of the Wolf
3) Wizard Born
4) The Lair of Bones
The Scions of Earth Series
1) Sons of Oak
2) Worldbinder
3) The Wyrmling Hole
4) Chaosbound

Raymond E. Feist’s The Riftwar Cycle
The Riftwar Sage
1) Magician’s Apprentice
2) Magician’s Master
3) Silver Thorn
4) A Darkness at Sethanon
The Empire Trilogy
1) Daughter of the Empire
2) Servant of the Empire
3) Mistress of the Empire
Krondor’s Sons
1) Prince of the Blood
2) The King Buccaneer
The Serpentwar Saga
1) Shadow of a Dark Queen
2) Rise of a Merchant Prince
3) Rage of a Demon King
4) Shards of a Broken Crown
The Riftwar Legacy
1) Krondor: The Betrayal
2) Krondor: The Assassins
3) Krondor: Tear of the Gods
Conclave of Shadows
1) Talon of the Silver Hawk
2) King of Foxes
3) Exiles Return
The Darkwar Sage
1) Flight of the Nighthawks
2) Into a Dark Realm
3) Wrath of a Mad God
The Demonwar Sage
1) Rides a Dread Legion
2) At the Gates of Darkness

Robert Jordan
The Wheel of Time Series
00) New Spring (Prequel)
01) The Eye of the World
02) The Great Hunt
03) The Dragon Reborn
04) The Shadow Rising
05) The Fires of Heaven
06) Lord of Chaos
07) A Crown of Swords
08) The Path of Daggers
09) Winter’s Heart
10) Crossroads of Twilight
11) Knife of Dreams
12) The Gathering Storm

Stephen King
The Dark Tower Series
1) The Gunslinger
2) The Drawing of the Three
3) The Waste Lands
4) Wizard and Glass
5) Wolves of the Calla
6) Song of Susannah
7) The Dark Tower

Ursula LeGuin
The Earthsea Cycle
1) A Wizard of Earthsea
2) The Tombs of Atun
3) The Farthest Shore
4) Tehanu
5) Tales From Earthsea
6) The Other Wind

Elizabeth Moon’s Paksenarrion Series
The Deed of Paksenarrion
1) The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter
2) Divided Allegiance
3) Oath of Gold
The Legacy of Grid
1) Surrender None (Prequel to Deed)
2) Liar’s Oath (Sequel to Surrender None)

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
Rincewind Novels
1) The Colour of Magic
2) The Light Fantastic
3) Sourcery
4) Interesting Times
5) The Last Continent
Witches Novels
1) Equal Rites
2) Wyrd Sisters
3) Witches Abroad
4) Lords and ALdies
5) Maskerade
6) Carpe Jugulum
Ancient Civilisations
1) Pyramids
2) Small Gods
Death Novels
1) Mort
2) Reaper Man
3) Soul Music
4) Hogfather
5) Theif of Time
Watch Novels
1) Guards! Guards!
2) Men at Arms
3) Feet of Clay
4) Jingo
5) The Fifth Elephant
6) Night Watch
7) Thud
Industrial Revolution
1) Moving Pictures
2) The Truth
3) Monstrous Regiment
4) Going Postal
The Science Novels
1) The Science of Discworld I
2) The Science of Discworld II:
The Globe
3) The Science of Discworld III:
Darwin’s Watch
The Discworld Maps
1) The Streets of Ankh-Morpk
2) The Discworld Map
3) A Tourist Guide to Lancre
4) Death’s Domain
Young Adult Novels
1) The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
2) The Wee Free Men
3) The Hat Full of Sky
4) Wintersmith
Graphic Novels
1) Eric (Faust)
2) Where’s My Cow
3) The Last Hero
Discworld Short Stories
1) “Troll Bridge”
Between Rincewind Novels 3 & 4 (Online)
2)“The Sea and Little Fishes”
Between Witches 4 & 5 (In Legends I)
3)“Death and What Comes Next”
Between Ancient Civilisations 1 & 2 (Online)
4)“Turntables of the Night”
Between Death Novels 1 & 2 (Online)

George R.R. Martin
A Song of Fire and Ice Series
1) A Game of Thrones
2) A Clash of Kings
3) A Storm of Swords
4) Feast of Crows
5) A Dance with Dragons


Orson Scott Card
Tales of the Alvin Maker
1) Seventh Son
2) Red Prophet
3) Prentice Alvin
4) Alvin Journeyman
5) Heartfire
6) The Crystal City
7) Master Alvin

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Deathgate Cycle
1) Dragon Wing
2) Elven Star
3) Fire Sea
4) Serpent Mage
5) The Hand of Chaos
6) Into the Labyrinth
7) The Seventh Gate
The Darksword Trilogy
1) Forging the Darksword
2) Doom of the Darksword
3) Triumph of the Darksword

Tad Williams
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
1) The Dragonbone Chair
2) Stone of Farewell
3) To Green Angel Tower

The Obsession Began

I was getting tired and bored with reality, with a world lacking magic, vampires, shapeshifters…a world lacking heroically epic battles to eliminate the evil and let the good prevail. I was tired of the real world, the one where you turn on the news and hear nothing but bad, where you cannot just use magic to teleport yourself, where you cannot change into a werecat when you want to get away. I was just over it! Fantasy has always been my favorite type of book, Harry Potter, The world of Sookie Stackhouse, The Sword of Truth…all worlds where I have loved living, all amazing authors with amazing stories.I got a sudden urge to dive into a new world….

So, with this feeling, I decided to look through my bookshelves and see if there was anything I have yet to read. I found a few series from long ago I had never read; The Shannara Series and The Belgariad & Mallorean, then found one I needed to reread; The Tales of the Alvin Maker …and so the obsession began. I found these two websites, Urban Fantasy Land and Epic-Fantasy.com that began my adventure and provided me with wonderful amazing series to read and after those the wonderful and amazing Wikipedia helped solidify each choice.

I asked myself the following questions when reading about a series to see if it would make the list or not (and please note this list grows each time I decided to reasearch or recieve a recomendation):

• What is the world like? Is it magical?

• What kind of Supernatural beings/things are involved?

• What kind of powers do the inhabitants of the world have?

• How long is the series? Has it ended or is it still growing?

With the answers to these questions, I have compiled a list of 16 amazing Epic Fantasy authors and 18 wonderful Urban Fantasy authors. I have placed each series in its recommended reading order and found where the endless short stories are placed within each series. From there, with this Blog, I plan to have a post with each series detailing what its all about as well as including the list with the short stories, places to find good prices on the books, places where you can sample chapters on the Internet, the authors website, the answers to my ‘deciding factor’ questions and new or updates on what is to come.

Please enjoy your stay and feel free to comment!! Welcome to my new obsession!!!