Epic High Fantasy x Fantasy Military

23 books sit in the overlap between Epic High Fantasy and Fantasy Military.

23 shared books5 shared top picks26% top-pick overlap100% reader overlap

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Shared Shelf

These are the books that appear on both source lists. This is the literal overlap, not a synthetic summary.

1. Ironbound
Andrew Givler, Ralph Lister
Appears #3 on Epic High Fantasy and #3 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
2. The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson
Appears #2 on Epic High Fantasy and #6 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
3. A Darkness Returns
Raymond E. Feist
Appears #5 on Epic High Fantasy and #9 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
4. The Will of the Many
James Islington
Appears #9 on Epic High Fantasy and #5 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
5. Blood and Iron
Jon Sprunk
Appears #8 on Epic High Fantasy and #12 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
6. Days of Shattered Faith
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Appears #14 on Epic High Fantasy and #7 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
7. Malice
John Gwynne
Appears #4 on Epic High Fantasy and #20 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
8. Lance of Earth and Sky
Erin Hoffman
Appears #10 on Epic High Fantasy and #27 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
9. The Cloud Roads
Martha Wells
Appears #22 on Epic High Fantasy and #15 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
10. The Last Mortal Bond
Brian Staveley, Simon Vance
Appears #17 on Epic High Fantasy and #22 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
11. The Burning God
R. F. Kuang
Appears #13 on Epic High Fantasy and #29 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
12. Valor
John Gwynne
Appears #23 on Epic High Fantasy and #32 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
13. Deadhouse Landing
Ian C. Esslemont, John Banks
Appears #32 on Epic High Fantasy and #26 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
14. The Harbors of the Sun
Martha Wells
Appears #34 on Epic High Fantasy and #33 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
15. Rage of a Demon King
Raymond E. Feist, Peter Joyce
Appears #28 on Epic High Fantasy and #41 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
16. Edge of Worlds
Martha Wells
Appears #39 on Epic High Fantasy and #34 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
17. Scourge of the Betrayer
Jeff Salyards
Appears #37 on Epic High Fantasy and #38 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
18. The Serpent Sea
Martha Wells
Appears #48 on Epic High Fantasy and #48 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
19. Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Omnibus
Brandon Sanderson, Craig Rousseau
Appears #44 on Epic High Fantasy and #55 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
20. The Tainted City
Courtney Schafer
Appears #51 on Epic High Fantasy and #49 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
21. Veil of the Deserters
Jeff Salyards
Appears #56 on Epic High Fantasy and #46 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
22. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin
Appears #50 on Epic High Fantasy and #58 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.
23. Tower Broken
Mazarkis Williams
Appears #58 on Epic High Fantasy and #54 on Fantasy Military. Shared themes: Military Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.

Source Lists

These are the two public lists the crossover comes from.

Between the Shelves

Epic High Fantasy Books

60 picks

Large-scale fantasy arcs built for world-depth and long narrative payoff.

The Shelves

Fantasy Military Books

60 picks

Fantasy Military books gathered from the the shelves shelf as a focused reading list.

Crossover Essay

A longer editorial argument for why these two lists belong together.

Why Epic High Fantasy and Fantasy Military Belong on the Same Shelf builds the longer argument from the same two source lists and the same shared shelf.