Their invention of "high fantasy " " a novel taking place in a highly developed fantasy world " and their characters' epic journeys brought a whole new side of seriousness to a genre that had been seriously lacking it. ... Some of these include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; A Game of Thrones; and what is the single bestselling book series of all time, the Harry Potter novels (Griese 4). ... Of the eight best-selling books ever written, four of them are fantasy novels, with three of those being The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Th...

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