Being a fantasy fiction fan, sometimes I browse the net to see how others rate the best series and look into any recommendations. Some of the "best of" lists aren't very good, in my opinion, but after looking over BuzzFeed's best fantasy series list (by Tanner Greenring, Jack Shepherd, and Isaac Fitzgerald), I decided to reproduce it here...you can read excellent write-ups after each entry by clicking on the website: [BuzzFeed]. The series I haven't yet read I highlighted in blue, and the ones I have read I've used red. One glaring omission from this list is Daniel Abraham's wonderful The Dagger and the Coin series...I'd rate it near the top. Also, at the bottom of this list is the remarkable series The Magicians by Lev Grossman: that's my favorite fantasy series of all (just avoid the TV adaptation if you can). Well, here's that list...
1 THE KINGKILLER CHRONICLES by Patrick Rothfuss
2 THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE by Brandon Sanderson
3 A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE by George R.R. Martin
4 THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
5 THE LIGHTBRINGER by Brent Weeks
6 HIS DARK MATERIALS by Philip Pullman
7 DISCWORLD by Terry Pratchett
8 THE FIRST LAW by Joe Abercrombie
9 THE SWORD OF SHANNARA TRILOGY by Terry Brooks
10 DEMON CYCLE by Peter V. Brett
11 THE RIDDLE-MASTER TRILOGY by Patricia A. McKillip
12 MISTBORN by Brandon Sanderson
13 GENTLEMEN BASTARD SEQUENCE by Scott Lynch
14 THE INHERITANCE TRILOGY by N.K. Jemisin
15 LIVESHIP TRADERS by Robin Hobb
16 HARRY POTTER by J.K. Rowling
17 THE SWORD OF TRUTH by Terry Goodkind
18 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C.S Lewis
19 THE EARTHSEA CYCLE by Ursula K. LeGuin
20 THE FIONAVAR TAPESTRY by Guy Gavriel Kay
21 RAVEN'S SHADOW by Anthony Ryan
22 THE BROKEN EMPIRE by Mark Lawrence
23 A LAND FIT FOR HEROES by Richard K. Morgan
24 OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon
25 THE WHEEL OF TIME by Robert Jordan
26 MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN by Steven Erikson
27 THE BLACK COMPANY by Glen Cook
28 ELEMENTAL LOGIC by Laurie J. Marks
29 THE CHRONICLES OF AMBER by Roger Zelazny
30 THE AVALON SERIES by Marion Zimmer Bradley
31 THE MERLIN QUINTET by Mary Stewart
32 THE DARK ELF TRILOGY by R.A. Salvatore
33 THE ELRIC SAGA by Michael Moorcock
34 REDWALL by Brian Jacques
35 TEMERAIRE by Naomi Novik
36 INHERITANCE CYCLE by Christopher Paolini
37 THE RIYRIA REVELATIONS by Michael J. Sullivan
38 PRINCE OF NOTHING by R. Scott Bakker
39 DRAGONLANCE by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
40 THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT by Stephen R. Donaldson
41 THE POWDER MAGE by Brian McClellan
42 THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T.H. White
43 THE BARTIMEUS SEQUENCE by Jonathan Stroud
44 THE GORMENGHAST SERIES by Mervyn Peake
45 THE ABHORSEN TRILOGY by Garth Nix
46 THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE by Susan Cooper
47 THE FARSEER TRILOGY by Robin Hobb
48 THE TRAITOR SON CYCLE by Miles Cameron
49 DREAMBLOOD by N.K. Jemisin
50 THE RIFTWAR CYCLE by Raymond E. Feist
51 THE MAGICIANS TRILOGY by Lev Grossman
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