A Guide to Shopping for Fantasy Books on Amazon

Amazon.com has, of course, a tremendous selection of products. They sell practically everything which is great.

But, this can be a bit of a problem. If you are a reader of epic fantasy it can be difficult to find something that you like or want. But, amazon actually has some really nifty tools and ways to help you discover what you really want. Here is a guide to using amazon to find an epic fantasy work that's right for you.

Browsing Amazon can be fun but it can also be tedious -With Millions of items it can sometimes be difficult to find something if you don't know exactly what it is.
If you want to read a new book in the fantasy genre but haven't decided which book you can spend hours browsing through lists of books. Here are some solid resources to the best in amazon.com

The first thing you should do is check the Blowout Deals. When you have as many books as Amazon has sometimes you just gotta get rid of some of them. And to do this you deeply discount the prices - and I mean deeply discount them. This link takes you directly to the Blowout Book Deal section for Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Blowout Book Deals

If you just feel like browsing

Go Directly to the Fantasy Book Section of Amazon books. This is the official Fantasy Book Section of Amazon.com. From here you can pick from the top sellers or further break it down into categories. If you want to drill down even more specific here are the sub categories you can go directly to:

Alternate History
Anthologies
Arthurian
Contemporary
Epic
General
Historical
History & Criticism
Magic & Wizards
Series

Looking for the best sellers?

A lot of people don't realize that Amazon keeps a best seller list in all the various sub-genres. The great thing about this list is that it is very fresh (updated hourly) So to see what the current Fantasy best sellers are Top Sellers in Fantasy (updated hourly)

Dont underestimate the power of your fellow readers!

One of the best things (actually two things) about Amazon is the user generated guides and user generated listmania lists. These are a great way to see what other people are passionate about in particular niches. For example, if you like a particular author you can find a list that someone has compiled of his/her work or similar work.

Amazon Guides: ( These are in-depth guides to subjects)

• So You'd Like to: Learn more about the history of Epic Fantasy
• So You'd Like to: Read The Best Fantasy
• So You'd Like to: Find a New Fantasy Or SciFi Series
• So You'd Like to Dig Deep Into Fantasy
• So You'd Like to: Write Good Fantasy
• So You'd Like to: Find Can't Put them down Fantasy Reads
• So You'd Like to: Read fantasy for adults
• So You'd Like to: Discover the Difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy
• So You'd Like to: Read the Classics: Conan and Tarzan
• Brass Knuckled Pulp Fantasy

• Storm The Castle - Big Medieval Weapons
• Experience Fantasy through the eyes of an animal or beast
• Swords & Sorcery: Muscles vs Magic
• The Early works of Modern Epic Fantasy
• Classic Epic Fantasy Books From Antiquity
• The best of Conan the Barbarian
• My 12 Year Old's Favorite Fantasies
• Four Books Each about the Greatest Wizards
• The Greatest Fantasy Books of All Times