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156 past books matching Historical Fantasy
Civil war leaves an empire fractured, and vengeance becomes the inheritance of those who survive it.
The Book of Fallen Leaves
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Historical Fantasy
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Civil war leaves an empire fractured, and vengeance becomes the inheritance of those who survive it. Sen Hoshiakari, an exiled prince stripped of his clan and birthright, fights to reclaim his family’s honor while Rui, the peasant girl who once saved him, is drawn into a fate shaped by gods and demons. The Book of Fallen Leaves is epic fantasy built on rebellion, sacrifice, political intrigue, and blood-bound loyalty.
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Shogun meets Game of Thrones in the blockbuster epic fantasy event of the year. A. S. Tamaki weaves a powerful tale of ambition, vengeance and sacrifice in this masterful fantasy retelling of an ancient Samurai saga, packed with memorable characters, stunning worldbuilding and epic adventure.
"A sprawling, complex fantasy epic... An impressive debut." —Fonda Lee, author of the NYT bestselling and award-winning Green Bone Saga.
Sen Hoshiakari is an exiled prince of a clan that lost everything in his father's failed rebellion. Deprived of his birthright, Sen is determined to restore his family's lands and honor at any cost. Rui is a peasant girl who saved Sen's life on the night his family were put to the sword. But now, she is adrift and unsure of her place in the world, not knowing that the gods themselves have plans for her …
As civil war throws the empire into chaos, and demons seek vengeance on the living, Sen and Rui must fight for both their clan and their shared future … But vengeance demands a bloody price.
"I loved it, and I think that readers in search of family feuds, political savagery, and complex characters on both sides of an epic, unfolding war will love it too." —Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld
"The Book of Fallen Leaves is lyrically told, rife with history and political intrigue. This is the rare book that is somehow both vast and intimate—with battles that leap off the page and characters who yearn to do what’s right." —Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
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A city built on old violence starts to buckle when something ancient stirs beneath its streets.
The Gutter Prayer
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Grim Dark · Historical Fantasy
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A city built on old violence starts to buckle when something ancient stirs beneath its streets. In The Gutter Prayer, three young thieves get swept into a brutal struggle shaped by saints, sorcerers, and long-buried powers as their loyalty and survival are pushed to the edge. This epic fantasy stands out for its grimy city setting, dark inventiveness, and the sense that every secret comes with blood on it.
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"The Gutter Prayer is captivating and complex. Guerdon is a city that seethes with history, horror, and hidden secrets" (Nicholas Eames).
A group of three young thieves are pulled into a centuries old magical war between ancient beings, mages, and humanity in this wildly original debut epic fantasy.
Enter a city of saints and thieves . . .
The city of Guerdon stands eternal. A refuge from the war that rages beyond its borders. But in the ancient tunnels deep beneath its streets, a malevolent power has begun to stir.
The fate of the city rests in the hands of three thieves. They alone stand against the coming darkness. As conspiracies unfold and secrets are revealed, their friendship will be tested to the limit. If they fail, all will be lost, and the streets of Guerdon will run with blood.
"A groundbreaking and extraordinary novel . . . Hanrahan has an astonishing imagination" (Peter McLean).
The Gutter Prayer is an epic tale of sorcerers and thieves, treachery and revenge, from a remarkable new voice in fantasy.
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In a world where clockwork servants obey every human command, the desire for freedom becomes its own kind of rebellion.
Mechanical
Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Steampunk
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In a world where clockwork servants obey every human command, the desire for freedom becomes its own kind of rebellion. Mechanical follows Jax, a sentient machine who begins to resist the system that made him property, setting off a story of revolution, control, and conscience. This steampunk-leaning alternate history explores free will, oppression, and survival with an intimate, urgent edge.
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From "a major new talent" (George R. R. Martin) comes an epic speculative novel of revolution, adventure, and the struggle for free will set in a world that might have been, of mechanical men and alchemical dreams.
My name is Jax.
That is the name granted to me by my human masters.
I am a slave.
But I shall be free.
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It fits readers who want martial arts fantasy with magic, shifting loyalties, and a strong ensemble cast.
The Art of Prophecy
Fantasy · Asian Fiction · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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When prophecy fails, faith, training, and destiny all collapse at once in this wuxia-inflected epic fantasy. Jian was raised to defeat an immortal tyrant, but once that future slips from his grasp, the kingdom’s fate falls to a volatile group of warriors, assassins, and masters who must redefine what a hero is. It fits readers who want martial arts fantasy with magic, shifting loyalties, and a strong ensemble cast.
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A “superb fantasy saga” (Helene Wecker) of martial arts and magic, about what happens when a prophesied hero is not the chosen one after all—but has to work with a band of unlikely allies to save the kingdom anyway, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lives of Tao
“An ambitious and touching exploration of disillusionment in faith, tradition, and family—a glorious reinvention of fantasy and wuxia tropes.”—Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Gizmodo, Kirkus Reviews, The Quill to Live
So many stories begin the same way: With a prophecy. A chosen one. And the inevitable quest to slay a villain, save the kingdom, and fulfill a grand destiny.
But this is not that kind of story.
It does begin with a prophecy: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom.
And that prophecy did anoint a hero, Jian, raised since birth in luxury and splendor, and celebrated before he has won a single battle.
But that’s when the story hits its first twist: The prophecy is wrong.
What follows is a story more wondrous than any prophecy could foresee, and with many unexpected heroes: Taishi, an older woman who is the greatest grandmaster of magical martial arts in the kingdom but who thought her adventuring days were all behind her; Sali, a straitlaced warrior who learns the rules may no longer apply when the leader to whom she pledged her life is gone; and Qisami, a chaotic assassin who takes a little too much pleasure in the kill.
And Jian himself, who has to find a way to become what he no longer believes he can be—a hero after all.
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It fits readers who want historical dark fantasy with grotesque humor, sharp brutality, and a setting where ruin creates its own kind of opportunity.
The Folly of the World
Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Disaster strips away civility and leaves greed, desperation, and violence floating close to the surface. In The Folly of the World, three dangerous outsiders move through a flooded medieval Holland in search of fortune, bound together by chaos, cunning, and unstable allegiance. It fits readers who want historical dark fantasy with grotesque humor, sharp brutality, and a setting where ruin creates its own kind of opportunity.
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A flooded town in medieval Holland holds riches for an unusual trio in this darkly humorous adventure by the author of The Enterprise of Death.
"Every page is saturated with wickedness and mischief. Bullington's fans will be happy to see him bring his trademark dark humor, gritty detail, and loopy characters into a new gruesome landscape." —Publishers Weekly
On a stormy night in 1421, the North Sea delivers a devastating blow to Holland: the Saint Elizabeth Flood, a deluge of biblical proportions that drowns hundreds of towns, thousands of people, and forever alters the geography of the Low Countries. Where the factions of the noble Hooks and the merchant Cods waged a literal class war but weeks before, there is now only a nigh-endless expanse of grey water, a desolate inland sea with moldering church spires jutting up like sunken tombstones. For a land already beleaguered by generations of civil war, a worse disaster could scarce be imagined.
Yet even disaster can be profitable, for the right sort of individual, and into this flooded realm sail three conspirators: a deranged thug at the edge of madness, a ruthless conman on the cusp of fortune, and a half-feral girl balanced between them.
With The Folly of the World, Jesse Bullington has woven an extraordinary new tale of the depraved and the desperate.
"Smart, funny, and full of wild exuberance." ―Lauren Beukes
"The Folly of the World is . . . weaved with masterful wordplay and dark humor. Bullington has perfected his voice in this novel. . . . He was scary good before, and he just keeps getting better." —Fantasy Literature
"[An] absorbing cross—genre piece. . . . This dark and memorable novel, complete with its dark and memorable characters, is among the more distinctive and classifiable reads around." —The Bookbag
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Faith, murder, and political chaos collide when a routine assassination starts unraveling far larger problems.
Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Historical Fantasy
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Faith, murder, and political chaos collide when a routine assassination starts unraveling far larger problems. Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead follows a deadly church operative sent to eliminate a princess at a grand religious council, only to find corruption, resurrection, and theological danger waiting inside. This is dark fantasy with sharp intrigue, moral instability, and the dry intelligence of a story that treats belief as both weapon and threat.
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From World Fantasy Award-winning author K.J. Parker comes a devilishly clever tale of murder, intrigue, and existential crisis.
Not even the Church of the Invincible Sun is invincible – and somebody has to do its dirty work. Enter Sister Svangerd and her accompanying priest, both first-rate practitioners. Their mission is simple: to make a meddlesome princess disappear (permanently).
To get to her, they must attend the legendary Ecumenical Council, the once-in-a-century convening of the greatest spiritual minds the world has to offer. But when they arrive, they find instead a den of villainy that would make the most hardened criminal blush.
To complicate matters further, it appears that some people who were definitely grim reapered might be not quite dead after all. What began as a little assassination is about to escalate into a theological debate with terrifying consequences for everyone.
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A gifted young noble enters military training expecting honor and strategy, only to find that the most dangerous battles begin long before the war does.
Inda
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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A gifted young noble enters military training expecting honor and strategy, only to find that the most dangerous battles begin long before the war does. In Inda, ambition, rivalry, and courtly maneuvering shape one boy’s path as he learns how quickly loyalty can turn. This epic fantasy stands out for its military focus, political tension, and immersive coming-of-age arc.
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“A first-rate fantasy novel” that blends military fantasy with courtly politics, vast worldbuilding, and a diverse cast of characters (Orson Scott Card, New York Times–bestselling author of Ender's Game)
The first book in the acclaimed Inda series, set within Sherwood Smith’s epic fantasy universe, Sartorias-deles!
Indevan-Dal is the second son of the Prince and Princess of Choraed Elgaer, destined to become his elder brother Tanrid'’ Shield Arm—his military champion. Like all second sons, he is to be privately trained at home by Tanrid, the brother whose lands he will one day protect.
When the King’s Voice comes to summon Inda to the Military Academy, he might well feel foreboding, or even fear—war is imminent—yet youthful Inda feels only excitement.
But there are things that Tanrid hasn’t prepared him for, and Inda will soon learn that the greatest threats to his safety will not come from foreign enemies, but from supposed allies within his own country.
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Basso has built a reputation on brilliance, nerve, and the kind of ruthlessness people tend to admire when it is making them rich.
Folding Knife
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Basso has built a reputation on brilliance, nerve, and the kind of ruthlessness people tend to admire when it is making them rich. In Folding Knife, K. J. Parker gives us a statesman whose greatest talent may be turning power into a performance, right up until one mistake starts threatening everything he built. This is political fantasy without the usual ornament, sharp with strategy, ambition, and the slow, awful realization that being the smartest man in the room does not make you untouchable.
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A new stand-alone novel from the acclaimed author of the Engineer Trilogy and The Company.
Basso the Magnificent. Basso the Great. Basso the Wise. The First Citizen of the Vesani Republic is an extraordinary man.
He is ruthless, cunning, and above all, lucky. He brings wealth, power and prestige to his people. But with power comes unwanted attention, and Basso must defend his nation and himself from threats foreign and domestic. In a lifetime of crucial decisions, he's only ever made one mistake.
One mistake, though, can be enough.
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It fits readers who want Arthurian fiction with sweeping battles, emotional depth, and a darker heroic edge.
Lancelot
Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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War, loyalty, and legend converge in Lancelot, a retelling that follows Arthur’s most conflicted knight from outsider to warrior in a Britain on the brink. Told through Lancelot’s own voice, the novel traces his bond with Arthur, his connection to Guinevere, and the choices that turn devotion into betrayal. It fits readers who want Arthurian fiction with sweeping battles, emotional depth, and a darker heroic edge.
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Conn Iggulden called it 'a masterpiece' while The Times hailed it 'a gorgeous, rich retelling of the Arthurian tale' . . .
In Britain, Rome's legions are but a distant memory.
And Uther Pendragon is dying.
Enemies stalk the land.
Into this uncertain world a boy is cast - an outsider, plagued by memories of those he's lost.
Under the watchful eye of Merlin, the boy begins his journey to manhood. He meets another outcast, Guinevere - wild, proud and beautiful. And he is dazzled by Arthur - a warrior who carries the hopes of the people like a flaming torch in the dark.
But these are treacherous times, and the fate of Britain rests on a sword's edge. This young man becomes a lord of war: loved, hated, admired and feared. He is a man forsaken but not forgotten.
He is Lancelot.
Set in a 5th century Britain besieged by invading bands of Saxons and Franks, Irish and Picts, Giles Kristian's epic novel tells - in Lancelot's own words - the story of the most revered yet reviled of all Arthur's knights, the warrior who fought at his lord's side - yet stole his wife. It's is the story of one of the great figures of British myth and legend - a story ready to be re-imagined for our times.
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This retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh follows a king whose hunger for pleasure, conquest, and glory knows no limit until friendship, loss, and mortality force him to…
Gilgamesh the King
Fantasy · Fairy Tale · Historical Fantasy
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This retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh follows a king whose hunger for pleasure, conquest, and glory knows no limit until friendship, loss, and mortality force him to confront something even power cannot defeat. As Gilgamesh journeys from ruthless ruler to a man obsessed with outrunning death, the story delivers mythic adventure, legendary battles, and a timeless search for meaning.
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A thrilling retelling of the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh from the Hugo and Nebula Award–Winning author of Lord Valentine's Castle.
Gilgamesh's appetite for wine, women, and warfare is insatiable. As the King of Uruk, he oppresses his people and burdens his city. To temper his excesses, the gods create Enkidu, Gilgamesh's equal, who becomes his greatest friend. Together they wander the kingdom as brothers, conquering demons until a cruel twist changes Gilgamesh's path forever. Two parts god and one part man, Gilgamesh is mortal—a fate he now resolves to overcome, no matter what the price. And so he embarks on another journey, in pursuit of vengeance and the ultimate prize for a mortal king: eternal life.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Robert Silverberg including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.
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This fits fantasy readers who love haunted settings, emotional healing, and stories where the house is absolutely part of the drama.
A House Between Sea and Sky
Fantasy · Fairy Tale · Historical Fantasy
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A grieving screenwriter, a rising star in crisis, and a cliffside house that may be a little too interested in both of them. A House Between Sea and Sky blends 1920s California atmosphere with healing, strange magic, and the kind of sentient-house energy that is either comforting or an enormous red flag. As Fayette and Rex find refuge within its walls, friendship deepens, old grief shifts, and the house’s unsettling history begins to press closer. This fits fantasy readers who love haunted settings, emotional healing, and stories where the house is absolutely part of the drama.
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In 1920s California, two people in need of healing find strange refuge in a house with a mind of its own in an enthralling fantasy by the author of A Thousand Recipes for Revenge.
Grieving Hollywood writer Fayette Wynne arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1926 to finish her latest project in peace. All alone, save for the preternatural sourdough starter her family has nurtured for years, Fayette is also resentful. The proven healing powers of the bread made with her starter were insufficient to save her beloved mother. For Fayette, it’s time to try and push past the pain and anger and move on.
Then, during a violent storm, Fayette saves rising star Rex Hallstrom during a moment of crisis. Their shelter: a peculiar cliffside house, its door flung open as if beckoning them. Sentient, curious, and lonely, it recognizes in Fayette a unique magic even older than its own.
In the days that follow, as a friendship grows between Fayette and Rex, they discover local legends surrounding the isolated house: It appeared in the span of a single night, its cursed origins said to be Hell itself. But for two souls who need to move forward, it provides unexpected comfort and hope. In fact, Fayette and Rex have never felt more alive. Neither has the house, whose mysteries are unending and whose wicked history may be too powerful to ignore.
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Forbidden sorcery is tearing through the Ascendant Empire, and war is closing in fast.
The Path of Flames
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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Forbidden sorcery is tearing through the Ascendant Empire, and war is closing in fast. In The Path of Flames, Asho, a squire marked by a despised past, is thrust into a fight for survival alongside the banished Lady Kyferin and her outmatched forces. With betrayal, demons, and a ruin that may hold their only hope, this epic fantasy opener delivers high stakes, dark power, and a hero forced to confront the secret buried inside himself.
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A war fueled by the dark powers of forbidden sorcery is about to engulf the Ascendant Empire. Agerastian heretics, armed with black fire and fueled by bitter hatred, seek to sever the ancient portals that unite the empire - and in so doing destroy it.
Asho--a squire with a reviled past--sees his liege, the Lady Kyferin, and her meager forces banished to an infamous ruin. Beset by tragedy and betrayal, demons and an approaching army, the fate of the Kyferins hangs by the slenderest of threads. Asho realizes that their sole hope of survival may lie hidden within the depths of his scarred soul--a secret that could reverse their fortunes and reveal the truth behind the war that wracks their empire.
Unpredictable, fast paced, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Path of Flames is the first installment in a gripping new epic fantasy series.
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