Complete Epic Fantasy Series
Epic and high fantasy series with every book published. Start at book one and read straight through to the ending.
The top-ranked complete epic fantasy series in our catalog is Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, spanning 14 books, with 451 hr 50 min of audio. 30 complete epic fantasy series below — every entry has its final book published with no announced sequel still in progress.
Complete Epic Fantasy Series, ranked
Wheel of Time
by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson · narrated by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer, Rosamund Pike
14 books451 hr 50 min listeningThe Wheel of Time is Robert Jordan's landmark fourteen-book epic fantasy series � one of the most beloved and ambitious works in the genre, set in a richly imagined world where time turns in cycles and an ancient evil is breaking free.
Path of the Ranger
by Pedro Urvi · narrated by John Banks
20 books281 hr 36 min listeningThe Path of the Ranger is an epic fantasy series set on a continent in quasi-medieval times with magic users. The story begins with Lasgol, the son of a traitor, who seeks to clear his father's name by joining the School of Rangers.
Throne Of Glass Series
by Sarah J. Maas · narrated by Elizabeth Evans
7 books145 hr 33 min listeningThrone Of Glass is a #1 bestselling epic fantasy series following Celaena Sardothien — the kingdom's most feared assassin — who escapes slavery by competing in a brutal tournament to become the King's Champion, only to discover her fate is bound to something far older and larger than any kingdom.
The Magelands Eternal Siege
by Christopher Mitchell · narrated by Shaun Grindell
16 books129 hr 6 min listeningThe Magelands Eternal Siege is an epic fantasy series following Corthie Holdfast, who is stolen from his home and forced to fight for oppressive deities defending a besieged city against swarms of monsters.
The Echoes Saga
by Philip C. Quaintrell · narrated by Steven Brand
9 books176 hr 53 min listeningThe Echoes Saga is a nine-book epic high fantasy series set in the realm of Illian, where an ancient prophecy called the Echoes of Fate threatens to unravel civilization itself.
Mistborn
by Brandon Sanderson · narrated by Michael Kramer
7 books137 hr 52 min listeningMistborn is a landmark epic fantasy series following Vin, a street urchin who discovers she is a Mistborn — able to burn swallowed metals for superhuman powers — and joins a brilliant criminal crew to overthrow an immortal god-emperor.
Codex Alera
by Jim Butcher · narrated by Kate Reading
6 books122 hr 37 min listeningThe Codex Alera is a fantasy series set in a world where the people of Alera bond with elementals called furies – forces of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal – to survive. Furies of Calderon introduces Tavi, a young man in the remote Calderon Valley who uniquely lacks furycrafting abilities.
Lightbringer
by Brent Weeks · narrated by Simon Vance
5 books134 hr 47 min listeningLightbringer is an epic fantasy series set in a world where magic is tightly controlled. The first book introduces Gavin Guile, the Prism, a powerful emperor and high priest working to maintain peace.
The Lords of Alekka
by A.E. Rayne · narrated by Kate Reading
6 books132 hr 18 min listeningThe Lords of Alekka is a six-book Norse-flavored epic fantasy saga set in the kingdom of Alekka, where ancient rivalries, dynastic ambition, and a rare class of seers called Dreamers shape the fate of an entire people.
Shattered Kingdom
by Angelina J. Steffort · narrated by James Wolven
7 books94 hr 11 min listeningShattered Kingdom is an epic romantic fantasy series following Gandrett Brayton, a goddess-blessed warrior sold into service by a brooding Fae lord to rescue a kidnapped prince from a Dragon King's grip.
The Fate and Fall of Wizardoms
by Jeffrey L. Kohanek · narrated by Travis Baldree
12 books120 hr 18 min listeningThe Fate and Fall of Wizardoms is a sweeping epic fantasy saga following a misfit band of heroes — a snarky thief, a fierce acrobat, a loyal dwarf, and a royal wizardess — thrust into an impossible mission to assassinate a god-like wizard lord.
The Kingfall Histories
by David Estes · narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
5 books180 hr 30 min listeningThe Kingfall Histories is a five-book epic fantasy series set in a world of three kingdoms where legendary godblades � lost for five centuries � have begun choosing new wielders and reigniting an ancient war.
The Harbinger Series
by Jeff Wheeler · narrated by Kate Rudd
5 books53 hr 38 min listeningThe Harbinger Series is a five-book epic fantasy set in a world of sharp social division � the wealthy floating above in sky manors sustained by the mysterious Mysteries magic, while the earthbound poor labor below.
Malazan Empire
by Ian C. Esslemont · narrated by John Banks
6 books143 hr 33 min listeningMalazan Empire is a six-book companion series to Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, written by co-creator Ian C. Esslemont and set in the same vast, morally complex world of empire, sorcery, and war.
The Fatemarked Epic
by David Estes · narrated by Derek Perkins
5 books112 hr 43 min listeningThe Fatemarked Epic is a sweeping multi-POV epic fantasy set in the Four Kingdoms — a continent torn by a century of war — where those born with mysterious marks of power called fatemarked are prophesied to bring peace, though destiny is never that simple.
The Traitor Son Cycle
by Miles Cameron · narrated by Neil Dickson, Matthew Wolf
5 books136 hr 14 min listeningThe Traitor Son Cycle follows the Red Knight, a young and ambitious mercenary captain who hires out his company to protect an Abbess and her nunnery from a monster. What begins as a seemingly simple job quickly escalates into a full-blown war.
The Seven Virtues
by Jacob Peppers · narrated by Steven Brand
7 books89 hr 55 min listeningThe Seven Virtues is an epic fantasy series following Aaron Envelar, a cynical sellsword framed for a prince's murder and saddled with Co, a magical orb who is literally the embodiment of Compassion and never stops nagging him to be better.
The Chronicles of Amber
by Roger Zelazny · narrated by Wil Wheaton, Alessandro Juliani, Eric Jason Martin
10 books58 hr 24 min listeningThe Chronicles of Amber begins with Carl Corey waking up in a New York hospital with amnesia, eventually discovering he is actually Prince Corwin of Amber, the one true world of which Earth is merely a shadow. He is one of nine princes vying for the throne, challenged by his older brother Eric's armies.
Dragontiarna
by Jonathan Moeller · narrated by Steven Brand
10 books52 hr 22 min listeningDragontiarna is a ten-book epic military fantasy concluding Jonathan Moeller's Andomhaim saga, following the Shield Knight Ridmark Arban and dragon-knight Tyrcamber Rigamond as they battle the sinister Heralds of Ruin across two worlds.
Old Kingdom
by Garth Nix · narrated by Tim Curry, Heather Wilds, Graeme Malcolm
5 books60 hr 2 min listeningOld Kingdom is a landmark epic fantasy series set in a world divided by a magical Wall — the orderly south where technology works, and the ancient Old Kingdom beyond, where the Dead walk and Free Magic corrupts.
Graceling Realm
by Kristin Cashore · narrated by Xanthe Elbrick
5 books74 hr 25 min listeningGraceling Realm is an award-winning YA epic fantasy series set in a world where a rare few are born with a supernatural Grace — an extraordinary mastery of one skill.
The Queen's Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner · narrated by Steve West
6 books56 hr 12 min listeningThe Queen's Thief is an award-winning epic fantasy series set in a world of ancient-Greek-inspired kingdoms, divine gods, and political intrigue sharp enough to cut.
The Warrior Chronicles
by K.F. Breene
6 booksThe Warrior Chronicles is a seven-book epic fantasy series by K.F. Breene following Shanti, a prophecy-marked warrior with rare magic, who is discovered half-dead in the wastelands by a band of misfit young soldiers.
Chronicles of the Black Gate
by Phil Tucker · narrated by Noah Michael Levine
6 books87 hr 11 min listeningThe Chronicles of the Black Gate is an epic fantasy series set in a world threatened by a war fueled by forbidden sorcery. The Ascendant Empire is on the brink of destruction as Agerastian heretics seek to sever the ancient portals that unite it.
The Tales of Caledonia
by Peter Wacht · narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies
7 books44 hr 33 min listeningThe Tales of Caledonia is a five-book epic fantasy series following Bryen, a gladiator forged in the brutal Pit, who is bound by powerful magic to protect Lady Aislinn — the woman he despises and the key to an entire kingdom's fate.
Ranger of the Titan Wilds
by J.D.L. Rosell · narrated by Imogen Church
5 books71 hr 18 min listeningRanger of the Titan Wilds is a complete five-book epic fantasy series following Leiyn 'Firebrand,' the last ranger of a shattered order, who must master a terrifying power over life, death, and the colossal titan spirits of her world to avenge her fallen comrades and ultimately save the continent of Unera from ancient…
Greymantle Chronicles
by J David Baxter · narrated by A. W. Miller
5 books39 hr 59 min listeningGreymantle Chronicles is an epic portal fantasy series following Nate Keller, an ordinary college student pulled through a magic portal into a world where sorcery governs every aspect of life.
The Moonstone Chronicles
by Sara C. Roethle · narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley
6 books22 hr 42 min listeningThe Moonstone Chronicles is a six-book epic fantasy series following Elmerah, an exiled Arthali witch who is kidnapped by pirates and thrust into a plot to overthrow a tyrannical empire.
The Faithful and the Fallen
by John Gwynne · narrated by Damian Lynch
4 books99 hr 21 min listeningThe Faithful and the Fallen is a sweeping epic fantasy set in the Banished Lands, where an ancient prophecy pits the Bright Star against the Black Sun as dormant evils reawaken and kingdoms go to war over survival and power.
Red Queen
by Victoria Aveyard · narrated by Vikas Adam, Adenrele Ojo, Erin Spencer, Amanda Dolan, Charlie Thurston, Saskia Maarleveld
4 books67 hr 1 min listeningRed Queen is a YA dystopian fantasy following Mare Barrow, a Red-blooded commoner who discovers she possesses the impossible powers of the Silver elite and is forced to masquerade as a lost princess in a deadly court of betrayal.
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About this list
Epic fantasy asks a lot of a reader: thousands of pages, a cast you have to keep track of, and an ending that may be years away. The worst outcome is investing in a saga that never finishes. This list only includes series whose final book is already published.
The average series here runs a little under five books, and most have audiobook editions for every volume. Trilogies are the most common shape, but there are long-runners too if you want something to live in for a few months.
Order combines book count, total length, audiobook availability and reader signals, so bigger, well-read series tend to rank higher. Each entry links to a full series page with the reading order and book-by-book details.
If a series here turns out not to be finished (a surprise sequel, a reissue with new books), the corrections email on the about page is the fastest way to flag it.
Frequently asked questions
Why only finished epic fantasy?
Epic fantasy is the genre most associated with long waits between books, and with series that stall before their final volume. Every series on this list has its last book published, so you can commit to a long saga knowing the ending exists.
What counts as epic or high fantasy here?
Secondary-world stories with large casts, world-scale stakes and multi-book arcs: wars, empires, prophecies, quests. Shorter adventure-focused series sit under Sword & Sorcery instead.
How is the ranking calculated?
An internal score combining book count, total length, audiobook availability, and reader engagement. It is recomputed as the catalog grows, so positions shift over time.
Where does the data come from?
Per-book stats are sourced from Amazon and refreshed periodically. Series overviews are AI-drafted from the books’ published descriptions; the "complete" designation is checked by our pipeline and reviewed by Cal Wren.