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Best Fantasy Books of 2017 (cover not available)

Best Fantasy Books of 2017

We are mid-swing into the 2017 year and so far there's been quite a few standout fantasy book releases by some big-hitting authors. April, particularly, was a strong month with...

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The Charnel Prince

The Charnel Prince

“There is adventure and intrigue, swordplay and dark sorcery aplenty.”—Realms of Fantasy When the legendary Briar King awoke from his slumber, dark magics awoke with him and spread across the...

Keyes, Greg Buy on Amazon
The Ill-made Knight

The Ill-made Knight

An action-packed tale of chivalry and betrayal set during the Hundred Years War. September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English...

White, T. H. Buy on Amazon
Krondor: Tear Of The Gods

Krondor: Tear Of The Gods

The vile sorcerer Sidi plans to strike the kingdom a fatal blow, setting the murderous pirate Bear upon the high seas in pursuit of the vessel that is transporting Midkemia's...

Feist, Raymond E. Buy on Amazon
The Demon King

The Demon King

Relates the intertwining fates of former street gang leader Han Alister and headstrong Princess Raisa, as Han takes possession of an amulet that once belonged to an evil wizard and...

Chima, Cinda Williams Buy on Amazon
Shadowrise

Shadowrise

With King Olin imprisoned and Prince Kendrick slain, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have been forced to flee their homeland. But both families and nations must still find a...

Williams, Tad Buy on Amazon
The Splintered Sun

The Splintered Sun

Three hundred years before The Dragonbone Chair, the old king of Hernystir is dying, warlords are seizing land and factions are fighting over the succession. Flann Alderwood, a bandit leader,...

Williams, Tad Buy on Amazon
To Green Angel Tower

To Green Angel Tower

In the final book of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy, the newly knighted Simon is fighting to defend the town of refugees that has grown up around the Stone...

Williams, Tad Buy on Amazon
The Witchwood Crown

The Witchwood Crown

New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams’ ground-breaking epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! • Volume One of The Last King of Osten ArdThe Dragonbone Chair, the...

Williams, Tad Buy on Amazon
Shadowmarch

Shadowmarch

Epic fantasy has become so cheap it's now at the dime-a-dozen price range. Every author and wannabe-author is trying to pour out epics faster than beer at a Irish pub...

Williams, Tad Buy on Amazon
The Crimson Crown

The Crimson Crown

A thousand years ago, two young lovers were betrayed-Alger Waterlow to his death, and Hanalea, Queen of the Fells, to a life without love. Now, once again, the Queendom of...

Chima, Cinda Williams Buy on Amazon
A Tale Of Tales

A Tale Of Tales

A 1962 Garth Williams classic, now in print for the first time as a Little Golden Book! “The pig has a tail with a curl and a bend. A snake...

Farland, David Buy on Amazon
Shield of Sparrows

Shield of Sparrows

#1 on the New York Times Bestseller list Now in development as a feature film with Amazon MGM Studios, with John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad attached to write the script!...

Perry, Devney Buy on Amazon
The Crown Of Embers

The Crown Of Embers

The second book in Rae Carson's award-winning The Girl of Fire and Thorns fantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones and Kristin Cashore. Tamora Pierce called the first...

Carson, Rae Buy on Amazon
The Price Of Spring

The Price Of Spring

New epic fantasy in the grand tradition—including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire story by George R. R. Martin! Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes...

Abraham, Daniel Buy on Amazon
Lord Of The Flies

Lord Of The Flies

A plane carrying schoolboys crashes on an uninhabited Pacific island with no adults left alive. Ralph, who is elected leader after blowing a conch to gather the others, tries to...

Golding, William Buy on Amazon
The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

If you've never said, “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die”, you're about as rare as a swear word at Hogwarts. Part of the reason...

Goldman, William Buy on Amazon
The Difference Engine

The Difference Engine

A classic - perhaps THE classic steampunk novel, penned by two of the genre’s founders: William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. The premise of this novel is a simple “What If”...

Sterling, William Gibson, Bruce Buy on Amazon
The Well At The World's End

The Well At The World's End

challenging classic literary fantasy that will appeal to those who love The Lord of the Rings. This is not as easy a work to follow though, as the pages incorporate...

Morris, William Buy on Amazon
E.t The Extraterrestrial

E.t The Extraterrestrial

A boy discovers an extraterrestrial botanist in his mother's vegetable patch, and helps him return to his planet, 3 million light years away.

Kotzwinkle, William Buy on Amazon
Neuromancer (1985)

Neuromancer (1985)

Case was the best hacker in the Sprawl until his employers damaged his nervous system, and now he can no longer reach cyberspace. He drifts through the criminal underworld of...

Gibson, William Buy on Amazon

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