10 Obscure Fantasy Books Hardly Anyone Remembers

These books are on the brink of fading away into obscurity, but they all – even the 130-year-old one – are well worth being remembered and loved.

March 28, 2025 · 1 min · 51 words · Jacob Collins

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White’s prose, although heavily stylized and archaic, still flows with life.

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OIutlander, Northman, and The Viking.

A collage of the covers of the ten books from the article

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The cover of Terry Brooks' Magic Kingdom for Sale-SOLD!

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The cover of TH White’s The Once and Future King

The cover of Fritz Leiber’s Swords and Deviltry

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The cover of John Gardner’s Grendel

The cover of Diana Wynne Jones' Howl’s Moving Castle

The cover of R W Chambers' King in Yellow

The cover of Roger Zelazny’s Nine Princes in Amber

The cover of Tom Holt’s Who’s Afraid of Beowulf

The cover of Tanith Lee’s Night’s Master

The cover of Michael Swanwick’s The Iron Dragon’s Daughter