by Brandon Sanderson (2010)
Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain. Kaladin, a surgeon's son forced into military servitude as a bridge-runner, must find the courage to protect his broken crew, while Highprince Dalinar struggles with apocalyptic visions of the lost Knights Radiant.
J.R.R. Tolkien
In the peaceful Shire, Frodo Baggins inherits the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron. Accompanied by a diverse fellowship of men, elves, dwarves, and hobbits, he embarks on an epic quest across Middle-earth toward the fires of Mount Doom.
George R.R. Martin
A civil war erupts as five rival factions claim kingship over Westeros, culminating in the titanic clash of Blackwater Bay and mystical portents across the realm.
Patrick Rothfuss
Kvothe, the legendary wizard, kingkiller, and thief, sits down in his quiet rural inn to narrate the true story of his rise from a wandering orphan to the most notorious arcanist in the history of the world.
Stephen R. Donaldson
The first book in one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever. The Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet he was tempted to believe, to fight for the Land, to be the reincarnation of its greatest hero....