Epic fantasy
Every epic fantasy author we cover, with each series in the right reading order.
Epic fantasy is the long game: sprawling casts, invented histories, and series you can disappear into for months. The reading order matters here more than almost anywhere.
James Maxwell
James Maxwell made his debut as a novelist in 2012 with Enchantress, a fantasy novel that introduced readers to his...
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James Islington
James Islington is an Australian fantasy novelist who made his debut in 2014 with The Shadow of What Was Lost,...
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Amy Tintera
Amy Tintera is an American author of young adult fantasy novels and adult thrillers. She grew up in Austin, Texas,...
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Justin Cronin
Justin Cronin is an American author of horror and science fiction. Raised in New England, he is a graduate of...
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Tracy Rees
Tracy Rees is a Welsh author who writes historical fiction, women's fiction, and romance and became the first winner of...
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Edward Rutherfurd
Edward Rutherfurd, the pen name of Francis Edward Wintle, writes historical fiction that spans centuries. He began his career after...
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Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi writes young adult fantasy novels, best known for Children of Blood and Bone. This debut novel landed at...
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Laini Taylor
Laini Taylor is an American author of young adult fantasy novels. Her graphic novel debut, The Drowned, was published in...
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Ryan Cahill
Dragons soar through the pages of Ryan Cahill's work, a promise the Dublin-based fantasy writer makes to himself and keeps...
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Chloe Benjamin
Chloe Benjamin is an American novelist who writes literary fiction that blends emotional realism with questions about fate, mortality, and...
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Kristin Cashore
Kristin Cashore made her debut in 2008 with Graceling, a YA fantasy novel that introduced readers to a young woman...
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Amanda Bouchet
Amanda Bouchet is an American author who writes fantasy romance and space opera romance, delivering equal parts high-stakes adventure and...
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Order Of Erika Johansen
Erika Johansen writes novels and practiced law before turning to writing full-time. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay...
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Brian Staveley
Brian Staveley, an American author, debuted as a novelist in 2014 with The Emperor's Blades, initiating the Chronicle of the...
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Sarah Perry
Sarah Perry is an English author whose writing style is deeply influenced by the classic novels and poetry she read...
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Nicholas Eames
Nicholas Eames is a Canadian author of epic fantasy novels who traded the stage for the page. He attended college...
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Daniel O’Malley
Daniel O'Malley is an Australian novelist who writes science fiction and fantasy that blends bureaucracy with the supernatural. Before turning...
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Kalayna Price
Kalayna Price writes dark urban fantasy novels, known for the Alex Craft Novels and the Novels of Haven. Her career...
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Megan Whalen Turner
Megan Whalen Turner is an American author who writes both short fiction and young adult fantasy novels. She earned her...
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Antonia Hodgson
Antonia Hodgson is a British author of crime fiction novels. She spent nearly twenty years in the publishing business, rising...
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Charles Portis
Charles Portis is an American novelist known for his darkly comic western fiction. His 1966 debut, Norwood, was adapted into...
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Hafsah Faizal
Hafsah Faizal is an American fantasy novelist and brand designer who launched her career with We Hunt the Flame, the...
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Jess Kidd
Jess Kidd writes literary fiction, historical mystery, fantasy, and children's books, moving between forms with the same vivid imagination. Raised...
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Axie Oh
Axie Oh is an American author who writes young adult fantasy and contemporary romance, often drawing on her Korean heritage...
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Aiden Thomas
Aiden Thomas is an American author who writes contemporary fantasy for young adults, centering trans and Latinx characters in stories...
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Hugo Huesca
Hugo Huesca is a science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his Rune Universe series, a cyberpunk...
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Tiffany McDaniel
The heat shimmers off the Ohio landscape in Tiffany McDaniel's fiction, where Cherokee heritage and small-town America collide in stories...
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Sally Green
Sally Green is an English author who writes fantasy novels. She found her way to writing in 2010, after having...
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Jenn Lyons
Jenn Lyons is an American author best known for her A Chorus of Dragons series, which began in 2019 with...
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Rosamund Hodge
Rosamund Hodge writes young adult fantasy novels, often drawing on mythology and fairy tales for inspiration. She grew up in...
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Rosemary Kirstein
Rosemary Kirstein is an American author of fantasy novels who writes the Steerswomen series. She was born in Leominster, Massachusetts,...
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Steven Price
Steven Price, a Canadian poet and novelist, received the Gerald Lampert Award for poetry in 2007 and the ReLit Award...
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Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May is an American fantasy novelist who made her debut in 2013 with The Falconer, the first book in...
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K.B. Wagers
K.B. Wagers, a science fiction author whose work blends military precision with sprawling space opera, brings an unexpected mix of...
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Jordan Ifueko
Jordan Ifueko is a Nigerian-American author who writes YA fantasy novels and has also written for Disney-Marvel comics. Her writing...
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Greer Macallister
Greer Macallister is an American historical novelist whose debut, The Magician's Lie, became a bestseller and earned spots as a...
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Nadine Brandes
Nadine Brandes is an American author of young adult novels who once spent four days as a sea cook for...
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Heidi Heilig
Heidi Heilig is an American author who writes fantasy novels that bend time and geography, drawing on a life lived...
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Daniel M. Ford
Daniel M. Ford is an American author who writes fantasy novels and mystery novels. He is best known for creating...
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Kate Khavari
Kate Khavari is an American author of historical mystery novels. Her childhood fascination with detectives like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule...
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C.M. Palov
C.M. Palov is an American novelist who writes thrillers where art history collides with biblical conspiracy. She turned a degree...
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Alex Robins
Alex Robins is a fantasy novelist who left Norwich, England, at twelve and landed in Nantes, France, where the Loire...
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Sam Barone
Sam Barone is an American novelist who writes historical fiction set in Early Antiquity. He spent thirty years in software...
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Romina Russell
Romina Russell is an Argentine-American author who writes young adult science fiction and fantasy, best known for her Zodiac series,...
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Tara Sim
Tara Sim is a young adult author whose 2016 debut, Timekeeper, launched a series and showcased her imaginative world-building. Raised...
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A.K. Larkwood
A.K. Larkwood is a British author who writes science fiction and fantasy novels that blend epic fantasy with space opera...
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Rena Barron
Rena Barron is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. She made her debut with Kingdom of Souls,...
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Melissa Grey
Melissa Grey is an American author of young adult fantasy novels. Raised in New York City, she began writing stories...
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Julie C. Dao
Julie C. Dao is a Vietnamese-American fantasy writer who reimagines classic tales through a lens that centers underrepresented voices and...
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Misa Sugiura
Misa Sugiura is an American author of contemporary young adult fiction. Her ancestry includes a poet, a priestess, a samurai,...
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