High fantasy novels

1865 children's novel by Lewis Carroll

A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the series as a trilogy, has released five out of seven planned volumes. The most recent entry in the series, A Dance with Dragons, was published in 2011. Martin plans to write the sixth novel, titled The Winds of Winter. A seventh novel, A Dream of Spring, is planned to follow.

series of children's fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis, 1950–1956

1996 novel by George R. R. Martin

fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis

fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis

1979 novel by Michael Ende

fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis

novel series by Philip Pullman

fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis

series of fantasy novels by Robert Jordan

novel series by Stephen King

Discworld is a collection of fantasy comedy novels, graphic novels, short stories, and associated works conceived and primarily written by the English author Terry Pratchett. They are united by their being set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The novel series consists of forty-one books, the first being The Colour of Magic, published in 1983, and the last ''The Shepherd's Crown'', published posthumously in 2015. Pratchett also wrote eleven short stories related to the Discworld. The novels often satirise

novel series by Christopher Paolini

1983 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan (1970), and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind (both 2001). In 2018, all the novels and short stories were published in a single volume, The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, with artwork by Charles Vess.

1984 novel by Stephen King

1998 novel by Neil Gaiman

fictional universe by J. R. R. Tolkien

2007 novel by Patrick Rothfuss

series of children's books

1968 fantasy novel by Peter S. Beagle

2012 novel by Leigh Bardugo

novel series by Lloyd Alexander

series of twelve epic fantasy novels written by Terry Goodkind

novel series by David Eddings

novel series by Steven Erikson

2010 novel by Brandon Sanderson

2001 novel by Lois McMaster Bujold

Japanese light novel series

2023 fantasy novel

1999 novel by Steven Erikson

three novels by Mervyn Peake, published 1946–1959

novel series by TurtleMe

book series by Paul Stewart

book series for children by Luc Besson and Celine Garcia

novel by Cornelia Funke

1928 novel by Mário de Andrade

novel by Lord Dunsany

1980 novel by Gene Wolfe

novel series by David Eddings

1999 novel by Kirill Eskov

1981 novel by Gene Wolfe

1905 short story by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

novel trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay

series of fantasy novels

novel series by Gene Wolfe

Japanese light novel series

Graceling is a 2008 young adult fantasy novel written by American author Kristin Cashore, her literary debut.

1922 novel by E. R. Eddison

Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a fantasy novel by Scottish writer George MacDonald published in London in 1858.

2000 novel by Steven Erikson

1888 novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri

Shannara is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and concluding with The Last Druid which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, First King of Shannara. The series blends magic and primitive technology and is set in the Four Lands, which are identified as Earth long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Great Wars. By the time of the prequel First King of Shannara, the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement science.

1896 novel by William Morris

1961 novel by Poul Anderson

1982 novel by Gene Wolfe

Japanese light novel series

series of fantasy novels by Raymond E. Feist

novel series by Jack Vance