The most popular sword & sorcery books

Sword and sorcery is fantasy at its fastest and most personal. A wandering warrior, a thief or a mercenary faces monsters, cults and scheming sorcerers, usually for gold or survival and not to save the world. The stories are short, bloody and full of swagger, and you can start almost anywhere.

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Oathbreakers
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Oathbreakers

Mercedes Lackey

Published 1989

320 pages

Ogre, Ogre
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Ogre, Ogre

Piers Anthony

1982 · 1997 edition

307 pages

Dragon Prince
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Dragon Prince

Melanie Rawn

1988 · 1989 edition

574 pages

Godkiller
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Godkiller

Hannah Kaner

2023 · 2025 edition

400 pages

Wizard at Large
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Wizard at Large

Terry Brooks

1988 · 2007 edition

291 pages

Phantastes
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Phantastes

George MacDonald

1981 · 2021 edition

178 pages

Naamah's Kiss
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Naamah's Kiss

Jacqueline Carey

2009 · 2010 edition

645 pages

Dragonheart
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Dragonheart

Todd McCaffrey

2008 · 2010 edition

768 pages

Kindred Spirits
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Kindred Spirits

Mark Anthony, Ellen Porath

Published 1991

307 pages