Best Fantasy Books Subgenre Reading Challenge

[close] Unanimously voted by members of the group as our Wuxia read!

[close] A feisty young woman is the protagonist of this swashbuckling sea adventure. Romance, adventure, and some secret magical abilities keep this story moving forward. - See more at: http://bestfantasybooks.com/swashbuck...

[close] Grimdark Fantasy is an oft debated sub-genre both in its value and its definition. Joe Abercrombie argues in a blogpost on his website that Grimdark Fantasy, gritty fantasy, is a reaction to the clean, romantic-heroic fantasy that has come before, it is a counterbalancing to a more straightforward style of fantasy. - See more at: http://bestfantasybooks.com/grimdark-...

[close] A small sub-genre that is not hugely popular and not widely advertised—Colonial Fantasy is a fantasy in which colonialism is a theme and a part of the world-building. So, let's get academic for a moment—what is colonialism? From the Oxford Dictionary: "colonialism: the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically." Any Fantasy story that incorporates colonialism into its world-building will be political, it will be complex, it will have different sides, and it will have plenty of conflict. - See more at: http://bestfantasybooks.com/colonial-...