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- Rajat Mehta
- Harry Potter. Logline: A young wizard battles the dark lord Voldemort while discovering his own destiny. Author Name: J.K. Rowling. First Book Published: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (1997)
- The Lord of the Rings. Logline: A hobbit’s quest to destroy a powerful ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron. Author Name: J.R.R. Tolkien. First Book Published: “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954)
- A Song of Ice and Fire. Logline: Noble houses vie for the Iron Throne in a brutal, intricate game of power. Author Name: George R.R. Martin. First Book Published: “A Game of Thrones” (1996)
- The Wheel of Time. Logline: A destined savior and his allies confront the Dark One in an epic battle of fate. Author Name: Robert Jordan (and later Brandon Sanderson)
- Rachel Strolle
- The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee. Series starter: Jade City. What you’re in for: A war between rival gangster families. Jade City hit shelves in 2017, kicking off a must-read fantasy book series and nabbing a World Fantasy Award in the process.
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. Series starter: The Poppy War. What you’re in for: Crushing choices in battle, forbidden magic and a descent into villainy. This remarkable trilogy, which began in 2018, finds inspiration in the Second-Sino Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War and the rise of Mao Zedong.
- Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin. Series starter: A Wizard of Earthsea. What you’re in for: Character-driven fantasy. Ursula K. Le Guin is widely regarded as a pillar in science fiction and fantasy, and if you’ve never read one of her books, 1968’s A Wizard of Earthsea is a good place to start.
- Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Series starter: The Fellowship of the Ring. What you’re in for: Road trip shenanigans and expansive world. It’s hard to imagine a time without Lord of the Rings, but before 1954, the world had never heard of hobbits, Mordor or the One Ring to rule them all.
- Henry Blodget
- An enthralling dystopian fantasy series. "The Legend" trilogy by Marie Lu, available on Amazon and Target. "Legend," the first book in the series, available at Amazon.
- A dark academia fantasy trilogy. "The Scholomance" series by Naomi Novik, available on Amazon. "A Deadly Education," the first book in the series, available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
- A fantasy series well-known for its TV adaptation. "Game of Thrones" series by George R.R. Martin, available on Amazon and Bookshop. "A Song of Ice and Fire," the first book in the series, available on Amazon and Bookshop.
- A delightfully witchy YA trilogy. "Serpent & Dove" trilogy by Shelby Mahurin, available on Amazon. "Serpent & Dove," the first book in the series, available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
- New Fantasy Series
- Waiting For The Sequel Series
- Completed Fantasy Series
2. The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
Book one: The City of Brass Inside the pages of this book, you’ll meet a con woman who does tricks to get by. But one day, she’ll summon a djinn warrior during one of her cons, and she will need to accept that all those childhood stories are real.
3. The Sixth World by Rebecca Roanhorse
Book one: Trail of Lighting The apocalypse is here. The gods and heroes walk the land. But so do the monsters. Dinétah, the Navajo reservation, has been reborn. Our protagonist Maggie, a Dinétah monster slayer, has a new job: to find the monster who has abducted a little girl.
4. Asiana
Book one: Markswoman Kyra, the youngest Markswoman in the Order of Kali, is deadly with a blade. She’s part of an elite group of warriors and has pledged to protect Asiana and its people. But when the Order is threatened, she goes on the run, and in the journey she will find allies she can trust and hopefully help her get revenge and justice.
10. The Masquerade by Seth Dickinson
Book one: The Traitor Baru Cormorant When does the next book come out? The Monster Baru Cormorantcomes out Oct. 30, 2018 The Empire of Masks destroys her island, they conquer it and rewrite her culture. But Baru Cormorant will swallow her pride and join the Masquerade. She will learn their secrets and climb up her way to power to set her people free. Politics, games of power, plot twists, The Traitor Baru Cormorantwill be your new favorite read. (And the sequel is not so far away!)
11. Trident Chronicles by C.M. Spivey
Book one: From Under the Mountain (but there is also a novella called The Traitor’s Tunnelwhich is so good). When does the next book come out? It’s expected to come out later this year. After a tragic night, Guerline is the new empress. It seems that as soon as she is in power, things start to happen. The four witch clans, her council, even an ancient evil; she will have to face them. Don’t leave out the fact she can’t fall in love with her companion Eva.
12. Dominion of the Fallen
Book one: The House of Shattered Wings(book two has also come out and we’re just waiting for the next one to release!) Paris has suffered from the war in Heaven. The city lies in destruction, its people learning to live besides haunted ruins. But even then, the Great Houses still want dominion over the capital. House Silverspires lies in disarray. Its founder is missing, monsters lurk in the dark. Therefore three different people will team up to save or break this House: a Fallen, an alchemis...
17. Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
Book one: Heroine Complex How many books in the series? 3 Heroine Complex is an epic series about heroes in San Francisco! Evie Tanaka is best friend and personal assistant of superheroine, Aveda Jupiter. While Evie has too much on her plate for thinking of anything else, she agrees to pose as Aveda after she hurts herself and new things come to light! *UPDATE: while this trilogy is complete, we have learned that the series will continue with a novella in 2019, followed by a new trilogy!
18. Djinn-Son Duology by Sami Shah
Book one: Fire Boy How many books in the series? 2 Set in modern-day Pakistan, Wahid is someone who can see djinns. Due to a horrible car accident, he partners up with the Devil himself to find out why his best friend was killed and why his girlfriend’s soul was stolen by djinns.
19. Kingmaker Chronicles by Amanda Bouchet
Book one: A Promise of Fire How many books in the series? 3 She is a Kingmaker. Therefore she divines the truth through lies. She disguises herself inside a circus, far away from her fate and destiny the Gods have placed in her. But one day Griffin, a warlord, crosses paths with her and he wants her for himself.
- The Lord of the Rings. J. R. R. Tolkien. 11,894 votes. The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel written by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work.
- Dune. Frank Herbert. 2,375 votes. Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. It won the Hugo Award in 1966, and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel.
- The Harry Potter Series. 12,412 votes.
- A Song of Ice and Fire. George R. R. Martin. 9,819 votes. ie, Game of Thrones. A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin.
Oct 28, 2021 · From wizards and werewolves to weird happenings underground, we've pulled together some of the WIRED team's favourite fantasy series.
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