Top 10 Epics in Fiction

From classic tales such as Paradise Lost to ‘counter-epics’ by Anne Carson and Tim O’Brien, these stories lend real grandeur to their subjects.

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Paradise Lost
The Memory of Fire Trilogy
G. John Berger
Paradise Lost
3.7
The Memory of Fire Trilogy
G. John Berger
In the Skin of a Lion
3.7
Burnt Shadows
4.1
The Grapes of Wrath
3.9
The Siege
4.1
The Things They Carried
4.2
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King
4.6