Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
Including Katabasis, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, A Drop of Corruption, The Devils & more.
Best Fantasy Books of 2012
Below you will find a list of the fantasy books published in 2012 that we enjoyed most. Click on a book title to read the full review.
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King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
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Spellbound by Larry Correia
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The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde
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Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
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The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide by Terry Pratchett
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The Wind Through The Keyhole by Stephen King
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Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L Powell
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The Silvered by Tanya Huff
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Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
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Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole
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The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
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The Killing Moon by NK Jemisin
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Dodger by Terry Pratchett
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Spirit of Fire by Stephen Zimmer
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The Shadowed Sun by NK Jemisin
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The Necklace of the Gods by Alison Goodman
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The Feathered Man by Jeremy de Quidt
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Kings of Morning by Paul Kearney
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The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
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The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
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Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
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Shadow of the Hawk by Curtis Jobling
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Theft of Swords by Michael J Sullivan
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The City's Son by Tom Pollock
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Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds
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Echoes of the Past by Tim Marquitz
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Sela by Jackie Gamber
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The Mystic Accountants by Will Macmillan Jones
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Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
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Rise of the TaiGethen by James Barclay
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Bloodhoney by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
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Nest of Serpents by Curtis Jobling
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Alif the Unseen by G Willow Wilson
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Tomorrow the Killing by Daniel Polansky
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A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett
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The World of Poo by Terry Pratchett
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Endless by Matt Bone
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Conception by Matthew Sturges
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One Hundred Years of Vicissitude by Andrez Bergen
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Legion: Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson
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Dragon Lords Rising by Lucinda Hare
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Redeye by James Lovegrove
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The Last Policeman by Ben H Winters
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Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
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Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy
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Insurgent by Veronica Roth
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Crossed Blades by Kelly McCullough
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Harvest by William Horwood
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Besieged by Rowena Cory Daniells
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The Janus Affair by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris
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Immortal City by Scott Spear
Best Fantasy of 2025
Best Fantasy of 2024
Including The Tainted Cup
Best Fantasy of 2023
Including Hell Bent
Best Fantasy of 2022
Including Babel, Fairy Tale
Best Fantasy of 2021
Including She Who Became the Sun, The God is Not Willing, A Marvellous Light and The Shadow of the Gods
Best Fantasy of 2020
Including The Unspoken Name, Age of Empyre, The Once and Future Witches and The Trouble with Peace
Best Fantasy of 2019
Including A Brightness Long Ago, The Raven Tower, The 10,000 Doors of January and Beneath the Twisted Trees
Best Fantasy of 2018
Including Circe, The Ember Blade, The Fall of Gondolin and The Poppy War
Best Fantasy of 2017
Including The Fall of Arthur, The Stone Sky, Godsgrave and Tarnished City
Best Fantasy of 2016
Including All the Birds in the Sky, Nevernight, Wrath and Fellside
Best Fantasy of 2015
Including The Hollow Boy, Ancillary Mercy, Half the World and Ruin
Best Fantasy of 2014
Including The Slow Regard of Silent Things, Fool's Assassin, Words of Radiance and The Oversight
Best Fantasy of 2013
Including Emperor of Thorns, The Shining Girls, The Republic of Thieves and The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Best Fantasy of 2012
Including Some Kind of Fairy Tale, King of Thorns, The Wind Through the Keyhole and The Killing Moon