Best Fantasy Books of 2007

Below you will find a list of the fantasy books published in 2007 that we enjoyed most. Click on a book title to read the full review.

Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson (A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 7)

Rating a book is inherently dangerous. Well beyond the normal trials of dealing with authors who believe they’re the next Tolkien but are lucky to know how to spell Tolkien, it’s the re...

Published: 2007

Shadowplay by Tad Williams (Shadowmarch Quartet: Book 2)

This book is based around journeys: Briony Eddon is now on the run from Southmarch with no way of knowing where to go or how to solve her problems, but this is a good thing as she also has to grow ...

Published: 2007

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 1)

David Gemmell Award for Fantasy Winner: 2012 (The Wise Man’s Fear)The Name of the Wind and Wise Man’s Fear are the very finest examples of first-person storytell...

Published: 2007

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

The leading man, one Meyer Landsman, is a festival of flaws and possibilities. The characters are alive, dynamically three-dimensional, and refreshingly complicated. Chabon’s world and its co...

Published: 2007

The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper

Susan Cooper is a natural storyteller, and all five The Dark is Rising novels grip the reader tightly, helped in this with copious amounts of mythology and spectacular prose. The prose of the secon...

Published: 2007

First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next: Book 5)

More questions and answers are waiting for you in this great book, the Thursday Next novels are going from strength to strength without any sign of flagging - they just get more intriguing as the s...

Published: 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling (Harry Potter: Book 7)

Harry has left Hogwarts to dedicate himself to the quest for final Horcruxes, together with his friends Ron and Hermione. Harry is also searching for the answers he feels Dumbledore has left unansw...

Published: 2007

Moonshine by Rob Thurman (Cal Leandros series: Book 2)

Another author (Patrick Rothfuss I believe) once said that one of the hard parts of writing is not getting too involved in your ‘world’. ‘It is a classical error to pour all the l...

Published: 2007

Acacia by David Anthony Durham (War with the Mein: Book 1)

Acacia is a captivating and entertaining novel for an author’s first foray into the fantasy genre and one that has me catching back up on the world of fantasy after a year or two away. The ch...

Published: 2007

The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller (Godspeaker: Book 2)

Like Empress this book is a very thick book and but every minute of reading it was worth it. The further you go into the book the more you fear not only for Rhian but for Zandakar, Dexterity and th...

Published: 2007

Shout for the Dead by James Barclay (The Ascendants of Estorea: Book 2)

Following in the wake of its predecessor, Shout for the Dead continues James Barclay’s magnificent step away from his impressive Raven series. No longer are we watching masses of enemies bein...

Published: 2007

Making Money by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld Series: Book 36)

Following on from his successful introduction of the character Moist von Lipwig, Terry Pratchett decided that he would bring the ex-con artist back in an attempt to restore the Ankh-Morpork Mint. I...

Published: 2007

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson: Book 2)

Something is wrong in the Tri Cities. A shadow has fallen across its inhabitants just as surely as if the sun hid behind a cloud. A new vampire has come into town with out stopping by the local see...

Published: 2007

All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire Series: Book 7)

Sookie's beginning to get used to being surrounded by all varieties of undead, changeling, shapeshifting and other supernatural beings - but even she has her limits. She'd really like to ta...

Published: 2007

Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl Series: Book 5)

Ten millennia ago, the fairy People were defeated in a great battle with mankind, forcing them to move underground. Only the eighth family of fairies remained undefeated: the demons. But now one de...

Published: 2007

Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey (Treason�s Heir: Book 2)

Imriel is torn between escaping his past and creating his future. The memory of his mother’s betrayal still lingers in his memory and his life. Imriel has faced many dangers in his young life...

Published: 2007

Empress by Karen Miller (Godspeaker: Book 1)

Anyone who liked Kingmaker and Kingbreaker will love this book. It is a very hefty read at 688 pages but it rarely felt like a chore, which can happen sometimes with long books. The only complaint ...

Published: 2007

The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker: Book 2)

Few could forget the mind-blowing last chapter of The Innocent Mage, which turned the whole world upside down. Immediately picking up the pace, the Awakened Mage continues directly after the dreadf...

Published: 2007

Starcross by Philip Reeve (Larklight Trilogy: Book 2)

Starcross is a joy to read with the added bonus of the detailed and delightful illustrations courtesy of Mr. Wyatt. A book that every household with a boy, whether he likes to read or not, should h...

Published: 2007

Runemarks by Joanne Harris

Maddy Smith has always been an outsider. Born with a rusty-coloured rune on her hand - what the villagers call a ruinmark - she is scarred by this symbol of the old gods, a sign of magic. And every...

Published: 2007

The Heart of Valour by Tanya Huff (A Confederation Novel #3)

Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is a Confederation Marine's marine. Side-lined since her last mission, she jumped at the chance to go to Crucible - the Marine Corps training planet. While the exerc...

Published: 2007

Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie (The First Law: Book 2)

Bitter and merciless war is coming to the frozen north. It's bloody and dangerous and the Union army, split by politics and hamstrung by incompetence, is utterly unprepared for the slaughter th...

Published: 2007