Epic Fantasy Fiction and Books

The Genre of Epic Fantasy fiction is very diverse and wide. It covers a lot of different areas such as high fiction, heroic fiction, pulp, mythic, sword & sorcery, and others.

All of this means that epic fantasy is very diverse and very flexible; It covers a lot of written ground in a lot of different ways from pure fantasy to penetrating insight into the human condition (Which is often the case with some of the older works that have survived centuries.)

Selecting Epic Fantasy Fiction

But all of this diversity in the genre can cause a bit of a problem when it comes to selecting a book that is right for you.
So I have put together here a guide that will help you find the epic fantasy fiction that is right for you.

Epic Fantasy Series

Since the writing of Tolkien came to prominence the multi series fantasy tomes have been a very successful area of the genre. Many of these series remain perennnial best sellers in the world of fiction and writers often build a following of fans that eagerly await the publication of the next book in the series - which is a waiting process that can literally take years sometimes decades. Here is a list of over 50 of the best epic fantasy series and it contains over two hundred different books A Guide to the best Epic Fantasy Fiction Series.

Guides to Epic Fantasy

Here are three guides that will help you find a book that is right for you. The guides are broken down into three distinct groups depending on how much epic fantasy you are familiar with.

• Beginners Guide - For the person who doesn't know a whole lot about epic fantasy and wants some solid recommendations on what to get
• Intermediate Guide - For the person familiar with the genre who is looking for something new
• Experts Guide - For the person who has read a lot of epic fantasy and wants to discover some of those secret little-known works that are absolute gems.

Guidance from other sites and organizations to help you select something in the genre.

• The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years This List is both a mix of science fiction and fantasy but there are some great fantasy books listed.
• Amazon.com Selection of the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2007: Amazon

Looking for a list of the best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2007? Amazon.com has compiled their list of the absolulte best for 2007 here: Amazon