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The Hero of Ages Brandon Sanderson · 2008 · ★ 4.6 · 760p · ≈ 25h · Moderate This book is not only the third book in a trilogy, but it’s Act Three of the the three-act structure for the Mistborn Trilogy—it’s the part of the story where the heroes have discovered that what they thought was the problem all along was not the true danger, and now they’re fighting for not only their own survival but that of the world they live in. The mists are killing people and staying out… Shares Epic Fantasy, Imaginary places, Magic, Fantasy
Oathbringer
Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 1245p · ≈ 41h · Moderate **The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 *New York Times* bestselling *Words of Radiance*, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, at the top of his game** In *Oathbringer*, the third volume of the *New York Times* bestselling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe whose numbers are as great as their thirst for vengeance. Dalinar… Shares Slavery, Imaginary places, Imaginary wars and battles, Kings and rulers
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The Alloy of Law Brandon Sanderson · 2001 · ★ 4.2 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history—or religion. Yet even as science and technology are… Shares Imaginary places, Magic, Fantasy
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Blood of Empire Brian McClellan · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 688p · ≈ 22h · Moderate **As the final battle approaches a sellsword, a spy, and a general must find unlikely and dangerous allies in order to turn the tides of war in the last book of Brian McClellan's epic fantasy trilogy of magic and gunpowder.** The Dynize have unlocked the Landfall Godstone, and Michel Bravis is tasked with returning to Greenfire Depths to do whatever he can to prevent them from using its… Shares Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, American literature, Magic
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Words of Radiance Brandon Sanderson · 2012 · ★ 4.8 · 1088p · ≈ 36h · Moderate The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Way of Kings. Six years ago, the Assassin in White, a hireling of the inscrutable Parshendi, assassinated the Alethi king on the very night a treaty between men and Parshendi was being celebrated. So began the Vengeance Pact among the highprinces of Alethkar and the War of Reckoning against the Parshendi. Now the Assassin is… Shares Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic
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A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony · 1977 · ★ 4.5 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled - where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs, dragons and basiliks.But poor Bink alone had no magic. And unless he got some - and fast - he would be exiled. The Good Magician Humfrey was convined that Bink did indeed have magic, magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or Good Magician Humfrey… Shares Magic, Fantasy
The Everlasting
The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow · 2025 · ★ 4.4 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters—but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory—failed soldier, struggling scholar—falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to… Shares American literature, Fantasy
Brimstone
Brimstone Callie Hart · 2025 · ★ 4.0 · 672p · ≈ 22h · Moderate **Duty. Blood. Honour. Power.** Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court's lips, but now that she's been crowned queen of the Blood Court, she's discovering that a queen's life is not her own. A heavy weight rests upon her shoulders. Her ward - and her brother - need her back in her homeland . . . but the changes that have… Shares American literature, Fantasy
Two Twisted Crowns
Two Twisted Crowns Rachel Gillig · 2023 · ★ 4.4 · 439p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Elspeth and Ravyn have gathered most of the twelve Providence Cards, but the last, and most important one remains to be found: The Twin Alders. If they are going to find it before the Solstice and cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it, they will need to journey beyond the dangerous mist-cloaked forest that surrounds their kingdom. And the only one who can lead them there is the… Shares American literature, Fantasy
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Wrath of Empire Brian McClellan · 2018 · ★ 4.5 · 680p · ≈ 22h · Moderate **As war rages, both sides are in a race to find the one thing that could turn the tides to their favor--a stone with the power to turn humans into gods--in the second book of Brian McClellan's epic fantasy tale of magic and gunpowder.** The country is in turmoil. With the capital city occupied, half a million refugees are on the march, looking for safety on the frontier, accompanied by Lady… Shares Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic, Fantasy
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Fields of wrath Mickey Zucker Reichert · 2015 · ★ 4.4 · 610p · ≈ 20h · Moderate "Nearly two decades ago, Mickey Zucker Reichert introduced fantasy readers to her greatest creation--the Renshai, a race of warriors who lived for battle and swordcraft, and who began training in the art of war from the moment their fingers could grasp a weapon. Set in a world enriched by Norse mythology, Mickey's first two trilogies about the Renshai--The Last of the Renshai and The Renshai… Shares Imaginary places, Imaginary wars and battles
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A Memory of Light Robert Jordan · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 912p · ≈ 30h · Moderate Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages. When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left… Shares Epic Fantasy, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic, Fantasy
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Rage of a Demon King Raymond E. Feist · 1997 · ★ 4.2 · 600p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Midkemia once again lies under the terrible shadow of the Emerald Queen. Her dark forces are ready to launch a devastating invasion against the Kingdom of the Isles. Come the battle's dawn the magician Pug and his life-long warrior friend Tomas discover that something far worse than the Queen's mere sorcery is afoot. For elemental, malevolent forces are being unleashed... forces that threaten to… Shares Imaginary wars and battles, Fantasy
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Sky Island L. Frank Baum · 1912 · ★ 4.0 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Button-Bright's adventures begin when he finds a magic umbrella that will carry him anywhere in the world. Shares Imaginary places, Magic, Fantasy
Assassin's Quest
Assassin's Quest Robin Hobb · 1997 · ★ 4.3 · 848p · ≈ 28h · Challenging From an extraordinary new voice in fantasy comes the stunning conclusion to the Farseer trilogy, as FitzChivalry confronts his destiny as the catalyst who holds the fate of the kingdom of the Six Duchies...and the world itself.King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from… Shares Imaginary places, American literature, Magic, Fantasy
Fool's Errand
Fool's Errand Robin Hobb · 2001 · ★ 4.4 · 666p · ≈ 22h · Moderate Robin Hobb has emerged as one of today's foremost fantasy authors. Now she continues the adventures of one of her most popular heroes in the first book of what promises to be her most spectacular trilogy yet. Fool's ErrandFor fifteen years FitzChivalry Farseer has lived in self-imposed exile, assumed to be dead by almost all who once cared about him. But that is about to change when destiny seeks… Shares Magic, Fantasy
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A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin · 2000 · ★ 4.5 · 1160p · ≈ 38h · Moderate Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes *A Game of Thrones* and *A Clash of Kings*. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced.… Shares Imaginary places, Imaginary wars and battles, Kings and rulers, Magic
A Little Hatred
A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. … Shares Imaginary places, Imaginary wars and battles, Kings and rulers, Magic

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