
About Forge Booksįorge Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, is committed to smart commercial reads in all formats, especially thriller, suspense, mystery, historical fiction, general fiction and narrative nonfiction including history, science, humorous and topical works. In addition, Tor Books has won the Locus Award for Best Publisher 32 years in a row.

Modesitt, Jr., Jo Walton, John Scalzi, Jacqueline Carey, David Weber, Annalee Newitz, Brandon Sanderson, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charles Stross, Madeleine Ashby, Cixin Liu, Elizabeth Bear, and Terry Goodkind, among others. Tor authors include Orson Scott Card, Charlie Jane Anders, Cory Doctorow, V. Books from Tor have won every major award in the SF and fantasy field, including a significant number of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. About Tor Booksįounded in 1980, Tor annually publishes what is arguably the largest and most diverse line of science fiction and fantasy ever produced by a single publisher. Tordotcom Publishing specializes in original science fiction and fantasy, both in novella and novel length. Tor Teen and Starscape are dedicated to publishing a select list of quality science fiction, fantasy and contemporary fiction for young readers and teen. Nightfire publishes horror books across the breadth of the genre. Forge Books is committed to publishing quality thrillers and mysteries, speculative fiction, contemporary fiction, and media-related nonfiction. In addition to the eponymous imprint Tor Books, Tor Publishing Group includes a number of specialty imprints, all driven by the editorial passion that has always been Tor’s signature. And if those authors happen to be prolific, their books are going to be highly rated due to their exuberant fanbase.Tor Publishing Group About Tor Publishing Groupįounded in 1980 by Tom Doherty, Tor Publishing Group has been at the forefront of the science fiction and fantasy genre for decades and has won every major award in the SFF field. There’s also no denying that certain authors dominate the genre. Many excellent series populate the fantasy genre, and the longer the series, the more readers the first book is likely to have.

A book with more ratings may garner more lower ratings simply because of the increased reader pool. The actual number of ratings might be too low. We can use ratings but as Rioter Tasha discovered when she looked at the highest rated books on Goodreads, reader-generated rankings and lists lead to other problems.

Some bestselling books may not be that good.

How do we determine what makes a top fantasy book? Sales? Let’s be honest. Or maybe you’re just curious to see how mainstream your preferences are.īut in trying to answer this question, you’ll immediately run into problems. It makes sense to begin with what’s popular if you’re starting out in the genre. If you’re a new-or old-fantasy reader, you might be wondering what the top fantasy books are.
