Sword and Sorcery

Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a fantasy subgenre generally characterized by swashbuckling heroes engaged in exciting and violent conflicts. An element of romance is often present, as is an element of magic and the supernatural. Unlike works of high fantasy, the tales, though dramatic, focus mainly on personal battles rather than world-endangering matters.

Helen of Wyndhorn
Mark of the Fool 6 (Mark of the Fool #6)
The Kraken's Tooth (The Seven Swords, #2)
Son of the Poison Rose (Kagen the Damned, #2)
A Tournament of Crowns (A Trial of Sorcerers, #3)
A King's Bargain (Legend of Tal, #1)
The Dragon in Winter (Kagen the Damned, #3)
Conan the Barbarian: Bound in Black Stone, Vol. 1
Conan: The Shadow of Vengeance
Red Sonja: Consumed (Red Sonja, #1)
Conan: Blood of the Serpent
Conan the Barbarian Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years, Vol. 1: The Coming of Conan
Idols Fall (Iconoclasts, #3)
The Dreaming City (Michael Moorcock's Elric, #4)
An Heir of Frost (A Trial of Sorcerers, #4)
Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)
Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #2)
The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #2)
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
Jirel of Joiry
The Conquering Sword of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #3)
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (The Elric Saga, #2)
Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)
Imaro (Imaro #1)
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
Kull: Exile of Atlantis
The Weird of the White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3)
The Vanishing Tower (The Elric Saga, #4)
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonAlanna by Tamora PierceGraceling by Kristin CashoreDragonclaw by Kate ForsythShadowfell by Juliet Marillier
High/epic Fantasy by female authors
152 books — 30 voters
The Way of Shadows by Brent WeeksThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashoreAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
SF/F Assassins!
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGot Luck by Michael  DarlingDivergent by Veronica RothStorm Front by Jim  Butcher
Best Detective/Urban/Fantasy
150 books — 49 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke
Books that should be talked about more
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Priya Ardis
Marilynn...passed out black cases to everyone. I opened mine to find an iPad inside. Several candidates whistled. Despite my agitated state, it impressed me too. Maybe wizard school wasn’t going to be as lame as I had thought. “All of your schedules and assignments will be done on these,” Marilynn explained. “The whole school is on these. We’ve had them for awhile now.
Priya Ardis

Danielle Monsch
You are sweet to be so concerned over my love life, but I’ve decided only to date guys who have bigger swords than me.
Danielle Monsch, Stone Guardian

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