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Best Epic Fantasy Books by Women Writers

Every time you ask someone for a recommendation, they almost always list epic fantasy books written by men. But women have written some awesome books. So, here are some of them. Please add your own favorites.

A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle)

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Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)

Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) [Robin Hobb, Michael Whelan, John Howe] on Amazon.com. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman.
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The Riddlemaster of Hed

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The Broken Crown (The Sun Sword, Book 1)

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Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion Trilogy, Book 1)

Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion Trilogy, Book 1) [Elizabeth Moon] on Amazon.com. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Paksenarrion--Paks, for short--refuses her father's orders to marry the pig farmer down the road and is off to join the army.
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Kushiel's Dart

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.
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Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern - Volume 1)

Dragonflight - HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD? To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands.
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The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling.

The Curse of Chalion (Chalion series)

A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril returns to the noble household he once served as page and is named secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule.

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Mary Stewart - The Merlin Trilogy

The Merlin Trilogy [Mary Stewart] The Arthurian legend is one of the most enduring and powerful of myths, and Mary Stewart's classic The Merlin Trilogy is one of its most beloved and acclaimed retellings.

Carol Berg - Transformation (Rai Kirah)

Seyonne is a man waiting to die. He has been a slave for sixteen years, almost half his life, and has lost everything of meaning to him: his dignity, the people and homeland he loves, and the Warden's power he used to defend an unsuspecting world from the ravages of demons. Seyonne has made peace with his fate.