List of high fantasy fiction
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This list contains a variety of examples of high fantasy fiction. It is not exhaustive, merely illustrative; the works listed thus cover a very broad spectrum of literary quality. The list is ordered alphabetically by author's last name.
Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] Books
[edit] A
- Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain
- Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions
- Sarah Ash's The Tears of Artamon trilogy
[edit] B
- R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series
- Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn
- Martin Bertram's Vanity of Vanities
- Elizabeth Boyer's World of the Alfar, Wizard's War, and Skyla series
- Gillian Bradshaw's Arthurian trilogy (Hawk of May, Kingdom of Summer, In Winter's Shadow)
- Marie Brennan's Doppelganger
- Terry Brooks's Shannara series
- Lois McMaster Bujold's Chalion series
- Jim Butcher's Codex Alera
[edit] C
- Trudi Canavan's The Black Magician (novel series) trilogy
- Trudi Canavan's Age Of The Five trilogy
- C. J. Cherryh's Ealdwood and Fortress series
- Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising
- Alison Croggon's "Pellinor" series
- Glen Cook's "The Black Company" and The Dread Empire series
[edit] D
- Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series
- Sara Douglass's The Wayfarer Redemption series
- Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter
[edit] E
- David Eddings' Belgariad/Malloreon and Elenium/Tamuli/The Dreamers
- Eric Rücker Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros and Zimiamvian Trilogy
- Kate Elliott's The Crown of Stars series
- Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
- Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series
[edit] F
- Jennifer Fallon's The Demon Child Trilogy, The Hythrun Chronicles and Second Sons Trilogy''
- David Farland's The Runelords series
- Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga and other Midkemian sagas
- Jude Fisher's Fool's Gold series
- Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series
[edit] G
- David Gemmell's Legend series
- Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series
- L. B. Graham's The Binding of the Blade series
- Frank Grave's The Ancestral Trail series
- Jim Grimsley's Kirith Kirin
[edit] H
- Niel Hancock's Circle of Light, Wilderness of Four, and Windameir Circle series
- Robin Hobb's Farseer, Liveship and Tawny Man trilogies
- P. C. Hodgell's Jame of the Kencyrath series
[edit] I
- Ian Irvine's The Three Worlds Cycle series
[edit] J
- Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series
[edit] K
- Guy Gavriel Kay's The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy
- Katharine Kerr's Deverry series
- Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
[edit] L
- Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series
- Mercedes Lackey's and James Mallory's Obsidian Trilogy
- Mercedes Lackey's and Andre Norton's The Halfblood Chronicles
- Stephen R. Lawhead's Song of Albion Trilogy
- Tanith Lee's Birthgrave series
- Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series
- C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series
[edit] M
- George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series
- Ann McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series
- Dennis L. McKiernan's The Iron Tower trilogy
- Patricia A. McKillip's The Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy
- Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown
- Hope Mirrlees's Lud-in-the-Mist
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Saga of Recluce and Spellsong Cycle
- Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion series
- Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series
- Leslie Ann Moore's Griffin's Daughter series
- William Morris' The Well at the World's End
[edit] N
[edit] O
- Margaret Ogden's The Realm of the Elderlings series under the name Robin Hobb
[edit] P
- Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle
- Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast books
- Meredith Ann Pierce's The Darkangel Trilogy
- Tamora Pierce's Alanna series, Circle of Magic series
- Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
- Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies and Exiles Trilogy
- Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli and The Sword-Dancer Saga
- J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series
[edit] S
- Fred Saberhagen's Earth End sequence
- R. A. Salvatore's Forgotten Realms and Demon Wars series
- Jonathan Stroud's The Bartimaeus Trilogy
- Michael J. Sullivan's Riyria Revelations
- Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy
[edit] T
- Eldon Thompson's The Legend of Asahiel series
- J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and Children of Húrin
[edit] U
[edit] V
[edit] W
- David Weber's Oath of Swords/War God series
- Margaret Weis's and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance series
- Janny Wurts's The Wars of Light and Shadow series
- Tad Williams's Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy and Shadowmarch trilogy
- Gene Wolfe's The Wizard Knight series and The Book of the New Sun
[edit] X
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
- Roger Zelazny's Amber series
- Paul Edwin Zimmer's Dark Border series: A Gathering of Heroes and Ingulf the Mad
