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The 51 Fantasy Series You Need to Read Before You Die

A Challenge List of series to read before you kick the bucket, how many have you read? Better get started
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The Kingkiller Chronicle (Series) (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Kingkiller Chronicle (Series)
1
Patrick Rothfuss
The Stormlight Archive (Series) (Brandon Sanderson)
The Stormlight Archive (Series)
2
Brandon Sanderson
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
3
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
4
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lightbringer
Lightbringer
5
His Dark Materials Series (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Series
6
Phillip Pullman
Discworld Series
Discworld Series
7
The First Law (Series) (Joe Abercrombie)
The First Law (Series)
8
Joe Abercrombie
The Sword of Shannara (Terry Brooks)
The Sword of Shannara
9
Terry Brooks
The Demon Cycle
The Demon Cycle
10
The Riddle-Master of Hed (Patricia A. McKillip)
The Riddle-Master of Hed
11
Patricia A. McKillip
Mistborn Trilogy
Mistborn Trilogy
12
Gentlemen Bastard Sequence (Scott Lynch)
Gentlemen Bastard Sequence
13
Scott Lynch
The Inheritance Trilogy (N.K. Jemisin)
The Inheritance Trilogy
14
N.K. Jemisin
The Liveship Traders
The Liveship Traders
15
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
16
J.K. Rowling
The Sword of Truth Series
The Sword of Truth Series
17
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
18
C.S. Lewis
Outlander Series
Outlander Series
19
The Wheel of Time Series (Robert Jordan)
The Wheel of Time Series
20
Robert Jordan
The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series
The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series
21
The Chronicles of the Black Company
The Chronicles of the Black Company
22
Elemental Logic (Laurie J. Marks)
Elemental Logic
23
Laurie J. Marks
Earthsea Cycle
Earthsea Cycle
24
The Fionavar Tapestry
The Fionavar Tapestry
25
Raven's Shadow
Raven's Shadow
26
The Broken Empire Trilogy
The Broken Empire Trilogy
27
A Land Fit for Heroes (Richard K. Morgan)
A Land Fit for Heroes
28
Richard K. Morgan
The Chronicles of Amber
The Chronicles of Amber
29
Avalon (The Mists of Avalon)
Avalon (The Mists of Avalon)
30
The Merlin Quintet (Mary Stewart)
The Merlin Quintet
31
Mary Stewart
The Dark Elf Trilogy (R.A.Salvatore)
The Dark Elf Trilogy
32
R.A.Salvatore
The Elric Saga
The Elric Saga
33
Redwall (Brian Jacques)
Redwall
34
Brian Jacques
Temeraire (Naomi Novik)
Temeraire
35
Naomi Novik
Inheritance Cycle Series (Christopher Paolini)
Inheritance Cycle Series
36
Christopher Paolini
The Riyria Revelations
The Riyria Revelations
37
The Prince of Nothing
The Prince of Nothing
38
Dragonlance Novels
Dragonlance Novels
39
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
40
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