Best Fantasy Books of the Century So Far

We can hear you yelling, “But that book came out in 1996!” True, but we think the whole five-book (so far?) Song of Fire and Ice series needs to be highlighted, so we’re starting with the beginning. While not the bestselling success upon its release that it is today, the first book garnered a dedicated and vocal following. And after the subsequent books continuing the dark fantasy epic about dragons, political intrigue, sex, betrayal, and revenge were released, it was adapted for HBO, and became one of the biggest cultural phenomenons of this century. While it’s unclear if we’ll ever get another book in this series, we’ll always have Westeros.