Epic

The story is centered on heroic characters, and the action takes place on a grand scale.

See also epic poetry and epic fantasy.
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Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
Mother of Death & Dawn (The War of Lost Hearts, #3)
Twisted Ties (The Arrow Hart Academy #2)
The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
Catch the Sun
The Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn #1)
He Who Fights With Monsters 7 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #7)
Don't Be In Love
Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater, #4)
The Primal Hunter (The Primal Hunter, #1)
Ashes of Man (Sun Eater, #5)
Wintersteel (Cradle, #8)
Nothing Better Than You (Better than the Movies, #1.6)
I Am Not Jessica Chen
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Odyssey
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
The Iliad
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
A Feast for Crows
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
Beowulf
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
Fallen Crest High by TijanBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireBully by Penelope DouglasFallen Crest Family by TijanFallen Crest Public by Tijan
Love him, love them!
296 books — 414 voters
The Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Elfstones of Shannara by Terry BrooksThe Iron Tower by Dennis L. McKiernan
Most Obvious Tolkien Imitators
51 books — 218 voters

The Sacred Band by Janet E. MorrisThe Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl by Janet E. MorrisBeyond Wizardwall by Janet E. MorrisThe Way of Shadows by Brent WeeksBeyond Sanctuary by Janet E. Morris
Dark Heroic Fantasy
65 books — 90 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraShōgun by James ClavellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Very Long Novels
64 books — 69 voters


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Marisha Pessl
Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of cliché and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the quirky, the achingly mundane, the grotesque. A few will even cook up Greek tragedy, those born into misery, destined to die in misery. But you, my bride of quietness, you will craft nothing less than epic with your life. Out of all of them, your story will be the one to last.
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Barry Kirwan
Beef had hit $300 a kilo. Not that he could recall the last time he’d tasted real beef.
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