Series like The Banned and the Banished
The Banned and the Banished by James Rollins is high fantasy — here are 17 more high fantasy series from the Shelfmark catalog, each with a complete reading order and a no-signup progress tracker. Picks are drawn from shared genre in our Wikidata/Open Library–derived catalog.
The Twelve Kingdoms
Fuyumi Ono · 32 books · 1991–2019
The Black Company
Glen Cook · 26 books · 1984–2025
The History of Middle-earth
J. R. R. Tolkien · 13 books · 1983–1996
The Edge Chronicles
Paul Stewart · 11 books · 1998–2009
Wars of Light and Shadow
Janny Wurts · 10 books · 1994–2011
Gotrek and Felix
Nathan Long · 7 books · 1999–2003
The Riftwar Legacy
4 books · 1998–2013
The Sharing Knife
Lois McMaster Bujold · 4 books · 2006–2009
Conclave of Shadows
3 books · 2002–2006
Heralds of Valdemar
Mercedes Lackey · 3 books · 1987–1988
Stoneslayer
Candace Lynn Talmadge · 3 books · 2024–2026
Tamír Triad
Lynn Flewelling · 3 books · 2001–2006
The Black Magician Trilogy
Trudi Canavan · 3 books · 2001–2003
The Chaoswar Saga
3 books · 2011–2013
The Darkwar Saga
3 books · 2005–2008
The Poppy War
R.F. Kuang · 3 books · 2018–2020
Worldbreaker Saga
Kameron Hurley · 3 books · 2014–2020