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The new TV series The Wheel of Time has only recently premiered on Amazon but it's already shaping up to be a highly successful and intriguing story. Based on the series of books by Robert Jordan, the show takes the audience into a world where magic exists.
Rosamund Pikes plays Moiraine, a woman who goes on a journey with five young people. She believes that one of them is the one who can save the world. Even though The Wheel of Time is one of a kind, there are some similar novels that might intrigue the audience, especially if they've already read Robert Jordan's books or are eagerly awaiting new episodes of the show.
7 A Song Of Ice And Fire
Most fantasy fans will be familiar with the series Game of Thrones. As one of the most successful fantasy shows of all time, the show ran for eight seasons and introduced many unforgettable characters to the world. The show is already over but the audience can still start reading A Song of Ice and Fire book series that Game of Thrones is based on.
It's an epic fantasy set in a brutal world with characters that come across as real people thanks to the fact they're far from perfect. The series currently has five books and George R.R. Martin is currently working on the sixth one.
6 Throne Of Glass
Even though it's focused on a younger audience than The Wheel of Time, at least initially, Throne of Glass doesn't spare its heroes either. It creates an imaginative and vast world just like Robert Jordan's saga and the Amazon series. Sarah J. Maas writes about a young assassin, Celaena, who has a more complicated origin than most people know.
The series has seven novels and one collection of stories that work as a prequel. It puts a lot of emphasis on action but also the relationships between the heroes and works with sympathetic characters, all of which make it a joy to read.
5 The Witcher Series
Now a successful Netflix show with Henry Cavill in the titular role that's awaiting its second season, The Witcher is originally a book series. The Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski wrote two collections of stories and six novels about Geralt of Rivia and his friends and enemies. The books were published in English so anyone interested can read them.
Sapkowski creates morally ambiguous characters who live in a dangerous world and have to try hard to stay alive. Even then, their lives are far from perfect. The books are full of intriguing heroes and villains, action scenes, subtle humor, and they also have the power to make the readers think.
4 The Priory Of The Orange Tree
Despite being a stand-alone fantasy novel, Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree has the drive and power of an entire series. The young writer introduces a complex world and several storylines that influence one another but also manage to work separately.
The heroines (for the book focuses primarily on women) are sympathetic and intelligent women who don't have it easy in life but still manage to push forward and persevere. And, of course, the book has dragons, which is always a plus. The only downside of this novel is that it doesn't have a sequel.
3 Shades Of Magic
The most imaginative fantasy novels create their own world, like The Wheel of Time does. However, the trilogy Shades of Magic written by Victoria Schwab has not one, but several words! Schwab works with the concept of alternative Londons with a color signature. They're different since some of them have magic and others don't.
When a magical threat appears in one London, it's up to the thief Lila and the mage Kell to stop it. The series is an epic adventure about death, love, and magic. Even though it doesn't have as many parts as other fantasy series, it still manages to tell a lot in a shorter space.
2 Chronicles Of Narnia
The seven-part series Chronicles of Narnia is one of fantasy's greatest classics, and for a good reason. Even though C. S. Lewis wrote the series a while ago, it's still attractive even to modern readers. The Pevensie siblings travel to Narnia, meet Aslan, the kind and wise lion, help defeat the evil witch and go on to other adventures.
The series has been adapted into three movies before so it's possible to try out both versions and compare them. Chronicles of Narnia is a wonderful fantasy world that's also intelligent and makes the readers invested in the characters' destinies.
1 The Lord Of The Rings
The ultimate epic fantasy that started the craze and set the rules for many years to come is The Lord of the Rings series. Written by J.R.R. Tolkien, the series is well-known to all fantasy fans as it was also adapted into a highly successful movie trilogy by Peter Jackson.
The Lord of the Rings is a perfect adventure centering on a group of heroes who have to take on an unimaginable evil and persevere. Tolkien's The Hobbit has a similar atmosphere, but TheLord of the Rings takes it even further and is one of the classics for a good reason.