Love this thread as I used it as a source for good fantasy books for years now. So, here are my top 5:
1. The Stormlight Chronicles (3/9) Brandon Sanderson [mind blowing world and magic system, no need to say more here]
2. A Song of Ice and Fire [GOT] (5/7) George R.R. Martin [so detailed and (un)real, step by step from medieval novel to fantasy masterpiece]
3. The Farseer Trilogy (3) Robin Hobb [drags you inevitably in - you can’t help but become the FitzChivalry over time]
4. The Kingkiller Chronicle (2/3) Patrick Rothfuss [probably the best writing style of em all]
5. The Dwarves (4) Markus Heitz [first thought it a LOTR copy, then realized it simply outruns it]
.. and while trying not to cheat on the Top 5 rule, here’s some more in top-down order
First Law Trilogy (3) Joe Abercrombie
Lord of the Rings (3) J. R. R. Tolkien
Raven‘s Shadow (3) Anthony Ryan
The Broken Empire (3) Mark Lawrence
Mistborn (3) Brandon Sanderson
The Wheel of Time (10) Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
The Riddle Master of Hed (3) Patricia McKillip
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