Every trope we publish for Epic Fantasy, ranked by reader-demand mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-08-24. 6,454 trope mentions counted in the lane in that window. Pick one for the full readout.
Changing the genre and pressing Check demand reloads the trope list for that lane. 3,589 trope-and-lane readouts are published today.
| # | Trope | Mentions | Share of lane | Direction | Tagged titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Found Family | 350 | 5.42% | Cooling | 345 |
| 2 | Slow Burn | 227 | 3.52% | Cooling | 296 |
| 3 | Hard Magic System | 152 | 2.36% | Cooling | 11 |
| 4 | Ensemble Cast | 145 | 2.25% | Rising | — |
| 5 | Epic Fantasy | 115 | 1.78% | Not called | 2 |
| 6 | Political Intrigue | 93 | 1.44% | Cooling | 20 |
| 7 | Multi Pov | 80 | 1.24% | Cooling | 3 |
| 8 | Character Growth | 78 | 1.21% | Not called | 9 |
| 9 | Coming Of Age | 75 | 1.16% | Not called | 4 |
| 10 | Chosen One | 74 | 1.15% | Not called | 78 |
| 11 | Plot Twists | 68 | 1.05% | Not called | 38 |
| 12 | Enemies to Lovers | 66 | 1.02% | Not called | 383 |
| 13 | World Building | 65 | 1.01% | Not called | — |
| 14 | Character Driven | 55 | 0.85% | Not called | — |
| 15 | Character Driven Narrative | 53 | 0.82% | Not called | — |
| 16 | Dark Fantasy | 47 | 0.73% | Not called | 4 |
| 17 | Series Continuation | 46 | 0.71% | Not called | 3 |
| 18 | Romantasy | 42 | 0.65% | Not called | 1 |
| 19 | High Stakes | 39 | 0.60% | Not called | 26 |
| 20 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 38 | 0.59% | Not called | 56 |
| 21 | Forced Proximity | 38 | 0.59% | Not called | 758 |
| 22 | Redemption Arc | 33 | 0.51% | Not called | 47 |
| 23 | Banter | 29 | 0.45% | Not called | 6,178 |
| 24 | Unreliable Narrator | 28 | 0.43% | Not called | 22 |
| 25 | Progression Fantasy | 26 | 0.40% | Not called | — |
| 26 | Page Turner | 26 | 0.40% | Not called | 2 |
| 27 | Heist | 25 | 0.39% | Not called | 33 |
Direction is the change in each trope’s share of the lane between the last 12 weeks and the 12 before — never a raw weekly move. “Not called” means the two bands hold fewer than 30 mentions between them and we will not pretend otherwise. Tagged titles are counted across our whole registry, not just this lane.