Most read Sword & Sorcery books

In a world divided by magic and mortals, Aris seeks vengeance against the gods who destroyed her family. To achieve this, she must survive a deadly quest across Starside, a realm filled with ancient creatures and powerful immortals. When she claims a magical sword, Aris becomes a target, forcing her to navigate betrayals and hidden dangers, especially from a mysterious king's guard from her past. As a new peril rises, Aris's own secret could unleash an unstoppable force.

• enemies to lovers
• revenge
• quest
• secret identity

Althea Zoltaire has three years left to live and one dream: to be a warrior legend, in a world that bans women from blades. Between a deadly guild initiation and a chaperone she is drawn to, an invading evil closes in.

• forbidden love
• chosen one
• academy

The evil Count uses his dark powers to transform a defeated guard captain into an inhuman horror to combat Guts, the Black Swordsman. Puck, Guts’ pint-sized fairy sidekick, is captured when he attempts to stop an old doctor’s execution, and he is given as a gift to the count’s daughter, a sweet girl in a gilded cage, imprisoned by her father in her own room. Guts, determined to make mincemeat of the Count, assaults the castle and carves a swath of blood-soaked destruction through the Count’s minions. Face-to-face with the Black Swordsman at last, the Count reveals his true form, and even Guts’ super-sized sword may not be big enough to contend with this demonic monstrosity! FOR MATURE READERS.

• found family
• betrayal

An eight-year-old boy named Ein is tasked by the god of death with a seemingly impossible mission: kill the immortal Emperor of Ten Kings. To succeed, Ein must gather legendary heroes, but there's a catch – they must die before they can serve him. This wuxia adventure is set in the world of Mortal Techniques.

• quest
• chosen one
• reluctant hero
• revenge

Guts, the Black Swordsman, wants revenge on Griffith, a demon lord of the Godhand. Years earlier, both men faced Nosferatu Zodd, a beast who slaughtered their comrades, and only Griffith's pendant might save them.

• revenge
• betrayal
• survival
• mentor figure

Sellah must find every scattered bone of her murdered love, the thief Kaid, if The Stranger is to return him. Alone and bound by her faith, she faces brutal trials to atone for a forbidden love that cost him everything.

• forbidden love
• quest
• slow burn
• found family

Now that the evil Count has been killed and dragged to Hell by the demon lords of the Godhand, Guts, the Black Swordsman, hooks up with his former benefactor, the mercenary Gambino. But it’s a deadly reunion, one that nearly takes Guts’ life. The following years see Guts wandering from battlefield to battlefield, where his awesome skills as a slayer catch the eye of both warring parties, including the legendary Griffith, warrior leader of the Band of the Hawk, who is eager to test his combat skills against those of the Black Swordsman. As usual, anytime that Guts is involved there will be hell to pay! FOR MATURE READERS.

• revenge
• betrayal
• morally grey

Princess Kadeesha, a warrior of the Aether Dominion, is bound by an unwanted betrothal to the Hyperion High King. Seeking one last night of freedom, she finds herself in the arms of a dangerous stranger who is secretly Malachi, the vengeful king of the decimated Apollyon Court. When Malachi attacks her wedding, killing her father and wounding the High King, Kadeesha is taken hostage. Together, they forge a fierce pact to lure and defeat the High King, ensuring the safety of her people.

• enemies to lovers
• court intrigue
• revenge
• betrayal

Elric is the last emperor of a fading empire, burdened by a cursed, sentient sword named Stormbringer. His rule is a constant battle against both external threats and his own inner turmoil. This novel marks the beginning of his tumultuous journey through a world steeped in magic and conflict.

• morally grey
• anti hero
• quest

Tam Hashford, a tavern girl aching for adventure, signs on as bard to the most famous mercenary band in the world, led by the notorious Bloody Rose. Their tour across the frozen north promises monsters, gold, and glory — but fame comes at a lethal cost, and an ancient enemy is stirring. The second book in Nicholas Eames's The Band, a witty, heartfelt epic fantasy about aging warriors and chosen family.

• found family
• quest
• coming of age

During the last battle of a century-old war between Midland and Chuder, Guts and Casca of the Band of the Hawk plunge off a cliff into a river. Wounded and alone, they find that Chuder soldiers are hunting them.

• revenge
• survival

Back in the day, Guts the Black Swordsman was a top slayer for The Band of the Hawk, an elite mercenary unit led by Griffith, whose calm demeanor and callow beauty belied his fighting prowess and steel will. While in a king’s employ, the attraction between the king’s daughter and Griffith and the growing favor of the king towards the Hawk leader raises the hackles of the king’s jealous son, who plots to have Griffith summarily assassinated. But if the plot fails, the king’s son will likely have to deal with Guts and his titanic broadsword, and the results of such confrontations are rarely pretty... or easy to clean up. FOR MATURE READERS.

• revenge
• survival
• morally grey

Selena's side is losing the final war against the Iceheart Dynasty, and the magic that was forced on her is wearing her down. With friends struggling too, not everyone will live to see a new era.

• found family
• sacrifice

To topple the Iceheart Dynasty, Selena and her friends must turn enemies into allies while their own group frays. As secrets pile up and Selena changes, victory will cost a sacrifice, and possibly who they are.

A prophecy says the only way to beat the mad sorcerer Merulo is to kill Sir Cameron, a vain, cowardly knight. Cameron runs straight to Merulo for protection, and then discovers he is rather invested in the sorcerer, whose hobby is trying to kill God.

Griffith, charismatic leader of the elite mercenary Band of the Hawk, has seen better days. His fearless champion, Guts, has left the Band, defeating Griffith in personal combat as his ticket out. With his judgment clouded by this unthinkable humiliation, Griffith eases his pain in the arms of the daughter of Midland’s king. But the King doesn’t take kindly to an employee picking the royal flowers, and the next stop for Griffith is the dungeon and the torture rack! Without Griffith and Guts, the Hawks become easy prey for Midland’s army, and the AWOL Guts may be the only answer to the Hawks' — and Griffith’s — lethal problems. FOR MATURE READERS.

The Band of the Hawk may have been the most formidable band of fighters around, but when matched up against an army of abyssal monstrosities, earthly fighting skills don’t amount to a hill of beans. The Hawks’ tortured and mutilated former leader, Griffith, has used the accursed Crimson Behelit to open the gates to a shadowy realm of unspeakable horrors, the realm of the demon lords of the Godhand, who are willing to transform Griffith into a being of terrible power and majesty as long as Griffith is willing to give up his former command as sacrifices in the Invocation of Doom. But nobody takes down the Hawks without a fight, and their berserker champion, Guts, will take on anything Hell can throw at him in order to save his lover, Casca, from the sordid violations that only Hell can offer. FOR MATURE READERS.

The Band of the Hawks’ rescue of their leader, Griffith, has brought them no ease. Broken beyond healing, a frail ghost of his former glory, Griffith is now more an object of pity than a man, and the Hawks, who’ve grimly hung together under duress and death during his absence, are now on the verge of splintering to the winds. But Griffith’s dreams and ambitions, built on the bodies of his troops and the countless enemies they have slain, have not gone unnoticed in the spirit realm, and though Griffith has nowhere to go as a man, he may yet have a future . . . a future borne on jet-black wings in the company of the demon lords of the Godhand! FOR MATURE READERS.

The Band of the Hawk — what's left of them — are on the run, Guts and Casca having rescued the Hawks' leader, Griffith, from the horrors of the King of Midland's dungeons. Starved, tortured mercilessly and imprisoned in an iron mask, Griffith hangs to life and sanity by a thread… and he'll be no help against the King's latest charges sent to bring him back to pay for his dalliance with the King's daughter. Now the depleted Hawks will have to face the Knights of the Black Dog, led by the merciless, bestial Wyald… one bad dog who's even worse when he unleashes the beast within! FOR MATURE READERS.

Jason and his companions managed to forestall the inexorable undead, but their battle is far from done.Both they and their enemies are scattered across a strange realm, one that someone must conquer if anyone is to get out alive. Territory by territory, factions fight to reunite their people and conquer the realm.Jason must contend with alliances he doesn't want, friends he cannot find, and enemies ranging from angelic despots to the power of an undead god. He must face a realm that has been warped by his own mind and find a way to save a friend whose sacrifice got them this far.To have any chance against the enemies waiting for him, Jason will have to confront the power inside himself that he's been unwilling to face, fearful of what he'll become. Only by accepting the destiny that looms over him will he have the strength to face his foes, with no promise even that will be enough to defeat them. Book 11 in the bestselling He Who Fights With Monsters Series is here. Grab your copy today! About the series: Experience an isekai culture clash as a laid-back Australian finds himself in a very serious world. See him gain suspiciously evil powers through a unique progression system combining cultivation and traditional LitRPG elements. Enjoy a weak-to-strong story with a main character who earns his power without overshadowing everyone around him, with plenty of loot, adventurers, gods and magic. Rich characters and world-building offer humor, political intrigue and slice-of-life elements alongside lots of monster fighting and adventure.