What are the best epic fantasy series?
AI Visibility Ranking
Brands ordered by GenRank score for this question.
DirectionalQuestion-level figures rest on at most 6 answers per brand, so treat them as direction, not a verdict; the category ranking is the number to judge by. Scores are for the week of 2026-11-08.
| Rank | Brand | Named by | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings | 4/6 | 61.0 |
| 2 | The Wheel of Time | 4/6 | 43.3 |
| 3 | The Stormlight Archive | 4/6 | 38.6 |
| 4 | A Song of Ice and Fire | 4/6 | 38.3 |
| 5 | Malazan Book of the Fallen | 4/6 | 36.6 |
| 6 | Realm of the Elderlings | 3/6 | 28.0 |
| 7 | The First Law | 3/6 | 22.9 |
| 8 | N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy | 3/6 | 21.6 |
| 9 | The Cosmere | 1/6 | 21.5 |
| 10 | The Kingkiller Chronicle | 3/6 | 21.2 |
Sources these answers cited
The sites each surface's answer cited this week. The logos are the surfaces that cited the site.
| Source | Cited by |
|---|---|
| goodreads.comreview and listing sites · The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction) (4855 books) |   3 surfaces |
| juniperbooks.comThe Most Epic Fantasy Series of All Time | 2 surfaces |
| rd.com36 Best Fantasy Book Series of All Time, Chosen by a Librarian |  2 surfaces |
| thefantasyreviews.com10 of the Greatest Epic Fantasy Series of the 21st Century - The Fantasy Review |  2 surfaces |
| youtube.comsocial · Top 10 Fantasy Series #books #fantasybooks ... | 2 surfaces |
| amazon.comshopping · Amazon Best Sellers: Best Epic Fantasy | 1 surfaces |
| bookinfluencers.com5 Epic Fantasy Book Series to Get Stuck Into | 1 surfaces |
| buzzfeed.comThe 51 Best Fantasy Series Ever Written - BuzzFeed | 1 surfaces |
| collider.comThe 10 Greatest Epic Fantasy Books of All Time, Ranked - Collider | 1 surfaces |
| facebook.comsocial · 🐉 The Top 10 Epic Fantasy Series of All Time. Number one is going to start a ... | 1 surfaces |
| fantasybookreview.co.ukThe 10 Greatest Epic Fantasy Sagas | Fantasy Book Review | 1 surfaces |
| fictionary.coBest Fantasy Series to Add to Your TBR | 1 surfaces |
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