Fantasy Book Name Generator

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Generate fantasy book names across every sub-genre: epic and grimdark, YA romantasy, cozy fantasy, fairy-tale retellings, sword and sorcery, urban and portal fantasy, plus series names for trilogies and sagas. Each title follows the conventions fantasy readers recognize on a cover.

About fantasy book names

Fantasy book names work by signalling the sub-genre in three to six words. Epic fantasy reaches for crowns, thrones, heirs and invented place names (The Hollow Crown of Ashmere, The Last Ember of Varenhal). Grimdark strips that down to blunt, cold phrases such as The Gallows Keep or Iron Saints. YA romantasy pairs two opposed nouns with a court or kingdom (A Court of Salt and Thorns, Vows of Gold and Thorn), while cozy fantasy promises tea, bakeries and gentle stakes (The Tea Witch of Hollow Lane). Fairy-tale retellings lean on a familiar object or character twisted slightly (The Seventh Swan, Glass Slipper, Iron Heart), and urban fantasy drops magic into a named street or city.

The best titles contain one concrete, drawable noun and one word that hints at conflict. A reader should be able to guess the shelf, the tone and the age range from the title alone. Invented names help when they are short and pronounceable; Varenhal and Thornmere read better than a six-syllable apostrophe pile-up.

Because fantasy shelves are crowded, search every candidate on Amazon and Goodreads before committing. Titles are not copyrighted, but matching a recent bestseller will bury your book in results. Use the entries here as finished titles or as templates, swapping in the places and objects from your own manuscript.

How to choose fantasy book names

  • Pick the title structure that matches your sub-genre: a three-word noun pair for romantasy, a single stark word or two for grimdark, a place-and-object phrase for cozy, and a slightly twisted fairy-tale reference for retellings.
  • Include one invented proper noun at most. One kingdom or castle name adds flavor; two or three make the title unreadable on a thumbnail.
  • If you are planning a series, choose a title template you can repeat (The ___ of ___, or a single strong noun) so later books look related on a shelf.
  • Read the title aloud in the sentence 'Have you read ___?' If it needs explaining or trips the tongue, shorten it and move the detail into a subtitle or series label.
  • Search the exact phrase on Amazon, Goodreads and Google before committing. Avoid anything within a word or two of a current bestseller, even if the rest is different.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use a fantasy book name from this generator for my novel?

Yes. Titles are not protected by copyright in the US or UK, and every name here was written for this page rather than copied from a published book. Still check retailers and Goodreads for recent books with the same or a very similar name so you do not compete with them in search.

What makes a fantasy book name sound like a bestseller?

Recent bestsellers favor short, concrete titles with a touch of conflict: a crown, a court, a blade, a curse, paired with a second noun or a place. They avoid long clauses and keep invented words to one. The sub-genre should be obvious within a second of reading the title.

How do I name a fantasy trilogy or series?

Give the series a separate umbrella name (The Ashfall Cycle, The Winterborn Trilogy) that is broader than any single book, then give each volume its own title that fits a repeatable pattern. The series name usually appears smaller on the cover and in the subtitle on retail pages.

Should a fantasy book name include an invented word?

It can, but only if the word is short and easy to say, and only once. Titles like The Red Priest of Ossary work because Ossary reads at a glance. If your world's names are long or full of apostrophes, leave them for the map and use English words in the title.

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All 500 fantasy book names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

Plain text, one name per line.

A: 46 names

  • A Basilisk in the Well
  • A Blade for the Queen's Shadow
  • A Calendar of Dead Kings
  • A Court of Salt and Thorns
  • A Crown for the Weaver's Daughter
  • A Cup of Moonlight
  • A Curse for Coyote Springs
  • A Curse So Sweet
  • A Dance of Ravens and Rust
  • A Djinn on the Night Bus
  • A Dragon's Guide to Not Burning Things

A, continued

  • A Feast for the Unkind
  • A Funeral for the Sun
  • A Goblin's Guide to Etiquette
  • A Hoard of Broken Promises
  • A Kingdom for the Brave
  • A Kingdom Under the Floorboards
  • A Lantern for the Dark Wood
  • A Lexicon of Lost Magic
  • A Liturgy of Ash
  • A Map to Nowhere Real
  • A Necromancer's Guide to Grief
  • A Pocketful of Stardust

A, continued

  • A Promise of Ember and Ice
  • A Quiet Magic at Bramblewick
  • A Reckoning of Wolves
  • A Ship Made of Bones
  • A Song for the Drowned Prince
  • A Song of Broken Shields
  • A Song of Rust and Rain
  • A Spell in Every Engine
  • A Spindle of Black Wool
  • A Storm of Blades
  • A Sword Named Sorrow

A, continued

  • A Theory of Ghosts and Gravity
  • A Thousand Rivers Home
  • A Throne Built on Ashes
  • A Throne of Wolves
  • A Tower Without a Door
  • A Warlock in Shoreditch
  • An Alphabet of Curses
  • An Apprentice in the Tower of Glass
  • Anointed in Ash
  • Arrows for the Crooked Crown
  • Ashes of the Empire That Was
  • Ashkeep

B: 21 names

  • Barrow Kings
  • Bastion of the Bleeding Sun
  • Beanstalk Country
  • Beast of Bramblemoor
  • Below the Black Sails
  • Beneath a Sky of Broken Stars
  • Between the Pages of the Green Book
  • Beyond the Hedge at Hollyhock Lane
  • Beyond the Wolf Gate
  • Blackfeather

B, continued

  • Blade of the Broken Oath
  • Blood Moon over Sarranth
  • Blood on the Harvest Moon
  • Bloodroot
  • Bones Beneath the Ballroom
  • Brass and Bone
  • Bread, Butter and Broomsticks
  • Briar and Bone
  • Bride of the Thorn King
  • Brigands of the Salt Road
  • Broomsticks Over Brooklyn

C: 16 names

  • Captain of the Grey Gull
  • Cemetery of Forgotten Kings
  • Children of the Crooked Spire
  • Choir of the Broken Bell
  • Cinderheart
  • Cinnamon and Sorcery
  • Company of the Red Lantern
  • Concrete Kingdom

C, continued

  • Copper Hearts, Clockwork Minds
  • Court of Shadows and Silver
  • Crown of Iron, Heart of Ash
  • Crownfall
  • Crows Over Cinderhall
  • Cry of the Thunderbird
  • Currents of Salt and Silver
  • Curses on Camden Lock

D: 8 names

  • Daughter of the Drowned Kingdom
  • Daughter of the Wolfmother
  • Daughters of the Black Tower
  • Down the Well at Marrow Farm
  • Dragonfall at Ember Reach
  • Dungeon Crawling for the Faint of Heart
  • Duskwarden
  • Dust and Saints

E: 2 names

  • Emberwing
  • Empire of Ash and Ivory

F: 8 names

  • Faithless Gods of Ardenwell
  • Fall of the Marble Queen
  • Fathoms Below the Broken Reef
  • Fire and Featherfall
  • Fire for the Forgotten
  • Fire Upon the Sundering Sea
  • Fog and Filament
  • Forbidden Arts of the Ninth Circle

G: 13 names

  • Garden of Bones
  • Gears of the Old Gods
  • Ghost Riders of the Ember Trail
  • Ghosts of the Red Line
  • Glass Slipper, Iron Heart
  • Gold in the Bones of the Hills
  • Grave of the Nine Kings
  • Gravesong
  • Greaves and Gallows
  • Grey Dawn Rising
  • Greyhallow
  • Grimmoor
  • Grimoire of the Hollow Moon

H: 13 names

  • Hatchling
  • Hearthbound
  • Heir to Nothing
  • Hexblade
  • Hexes in the High Street
  • High Noon at Hex Hollow
  • Hollow Kings
  • Hollowmarch
  • Honey and Hex
  • Hood and Hatchet
  • How to Lose a Kingdom in Ten Days
  • Howl at the Hollow Moon
  • Hymns for the Hollow God

I: 7 names

  • Icons of the Pale Saint
  • Ink and Iron
  • Ink for the Summoning
  • Iron Rails and Old Magic
  • Iron Saints
  • Ironclad Saints
  • Ironwood

K: 1 name

  • Knives in the Orchard

L: 4 names

  • Lantern for the Dead
  • Lessons from a Dead Witch
  • Lightning in a Copper Jar
  • Lost in Thistlewick

M: 8 names

  • Magic for Beginners at the Corner Shop
  • Manticore Season
  • Meridian of Brass
  • Minion
  • Mirrors for the Blind Mage
  • Moonrise in the Meatpacking District
  • Moth and Flame
  • My Familiar Is an Idiot

N: 4 names

  • Nightfall in the Glass City
  • Nightfall in the Year of the Wolf
  • Nightwork for the Guild of Locks
  • Nine Swords for the Dying Sun

O: 5 names

  • Of Hounds and Hunters
  • Ogre for Hire
  • Our Lady of the Gingerbread House
  • Our Lady of the Wild Hunt
  • Outlaws of the Greenwood Marches

P: 5 names

  • Pale Sovereign
  • Petals and Prophecy
  • Pilgrims of the Iron Spire
  • Potions for the Easily Distracted
  • Priestess of the Drowned Temple

R: 6 names

  • Ravenmoor
  • Relics of the Dead Sun
  • Return to the Unmapped Wood
  • Revenants of the Frost Road
  • Ruin's Daughter
  • Rust and Rue

S: 40 names

  • Saints of the Bitter Road
  • Salt Circles and Second Sight
  • Salt Flats and Sorcery
  • Salt-Blood
  • Sand and Sorrow
  • Scale and Cinder
  • Seven Lessons in Ruinous Magic
  • Seven Ravens Over Thornmere
  • Shadow and Gilt
  • Shield of the Crooked Kingdom
  • Shroud of the Marsh Queen
  • Side Quest
  • Siege at Hollowmere

S, continued

  • Sigils of the Last Sun
  • Silverfall
  • Sins of the Silver Chapel
  • Sisters of the Shattered Oath
  • Six Moons of Ammaren
  • Six-Gun Saint
  • Skyships Over Ember City
  • Small Spells for Rainy Days
  • Smoke Over Kestrel Hold
  • Solstice Fire
  • Songs the Dead Still Sing
  • Sorcery at the Seaside Pier
  • Soup, Spells and Second Chances

S, continued

  • Spells for the Hearth and Home
  • Spells Over Spitalfields
  • Stag of the Ancient Wood
  • Stairway to the Starless Lands
  • Starless Vows
  • Steam and Sorcery at Ironhaven
  • Steel and Sorrow at Carrow Pass
  • Stone Heart, Iron Crown
  • Storm Witch of the Narrow Strait
  • Straw into Sorrow
  • Summer in the Sunken Country
  • Sundered
  • Sword and Starlight
  • Sword of the Sunken Temple

T: 269 names

  • Teeth of the Sky
  • Ten Thousand Spears
  • The Academy at Nightfall
  • The Admiral's Sea Witch
  • The Aether Engine of Varn
  • The Alchemist's Airship
  • The Altar of the Seventh Flame
  • The Apothecary on Lantern Street
  • The Archmage's Unfinished Spell
  • The Ashen Bride
  • The Astronomer's Heresy
  • The Attic Kingdom
  • The Automaton Queen
  • The Baker of Little Thornwood

T, continued

  • The Bard Who Could Not Sing
  • The Bastard of Blackthorn
  • The Battle for Kettle Bridge
  • The Bear and the Harp
  • The Bear King of Ursk
  • The Beastmaster of the Wild Reach
  • The Bell That Woke the Mountain
  • The Blackwood Prophecy
  • The Blasphemer's Daughter
  • The Bleeding Throne
  • The Bookshop of Forgotten Spells
  • The Bound Magician of Amberlyn
  • The Boy Who Stole the Moon
  • The Bride in the Glass Coffin
  • The Bridge That Was Not There Yesterday

T, continued

  • The Broken Ward
  • The Burning Chronicle
  • The Candlemaker's Grimoire
  • The Cartographer's Lie
  • The Cartwright's Last Ride
  • The Cathedral Beneath the Sea
  • The Changeling of Chinatown
  • The Chimera's Keeper
  • The Cinder Witch
  • The Clockwork Cathedral
  • The Clockwork Vale
  • The Comet Year
  • The Compass That Lies
  • The Corpse Road
  • The Cottage at the Edge of the Wood

T, continued

  • The Crane's Loom
  • The Cruel Crown of Winter
  • The Cruelest Court
  • The Cursebreaker of Pell
  • The Dark Lord's Retirement
  • The Door at the Back of the Library
  • The Door in the Orchard Wall
  • The Dragon Who Forgot How to Burn
  • The Dragon Who Kept the Library
  • The Dragon Who Ran a Bakery
  • The Dragon's Ninth Daughter
  • The Dragonrider's Apprentice
  • The Drake Beneath the Mountain
  • The Dread King's Lullaby
  • The Drowned Dragon of Tessaly

T, continued

  • The Duke's Hired Blades
  • The Eclipse Wars
  • The Embalmer's Secret
  • The Ember Pact
  • The Enchanted Laundry of Mrs. Quill
  • The Enchanter's Ledger of Debts
  • The Engineer of Lost Worlds
  • The Equinox Throne
  • The Exile of Caer Morwen
  • The Fae Detective of Fifth Avenue
  • The Faerie Market Under the Flyover
  • The Fell Marches
  • The Ferryman's Coin
  • The Fisherman's Fourth Wish
  • The Flame Within the Thorn

T, continued

  • The Forest Law
  • The Fox Bride of Coldharbour
  • The Fox Spirit's Debt
  • The Fox Who Wore a Crown
  • The Frog Beneath the Well
  • The Gallows Keep
  • The Gallows Wood Rebellion
  • The Ghost Road to Tarrow
  • The Ghost Tram to Hollowgate
  • The Ghostwright
  • The Gilded Cage of Aurum
  • The Gingerbread Gate
  • The Girl from the Other Side of the Mirror
  • The Girl Who Spoke to Storms
  • The Glass Army

T, continued

  • The Glass Spire
  • The Glassblower's Prophecy
  • The Glassworks of Solenne
  • The God Who Forgot His Name
  • The Godless Road
  • The Goose Girl Speaks
  • The Gravedigger's Apprentice
  • The Gunslinger's Ghost
  • The Gutter Saint
  • The Half-Made King
  • The Hanged God's Daughter
  • The Harvest of Broken Stars
  • The Hedge Wizard's Almanac
  • The Heretic's Almanac
  • The Hidden Station

T, continued

  • The Highwayman's Court
  • The Hollow Crown of Ashmere
  • The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lark
  • The Ink-Stained Throne
  • The Inventor's Familiar
  • The Iron Duel
  • The Iron Horse of Tanager
  • The Iron Psalm
  • The Island That Moves
  • The Juniper Tree Remembers
  • The Keeper of Lost Roads
  • The Kelpie's Bridle
  • The Kestrel Crown
  • The King's Hangman
  • The Kingmaker's Cartographer

T, continued

  • The Knife Garden
  • The Knight Who Forgot His Sword
  • The Kraken's Ledger
  • The Lamplighters' Union
  • The Lamppost in the Snow
  • The Lantern Oath
  • The Lantern Road
  • The Last Airship to Haven
  • The Last Alchemist of Vessaly
  • The Last Clutch of Vorrath
  • The Last Dragon of Brixton
  • The Last Dragonmaster of Vael
  • The Last Ember of Varenhal
  • The Last Griffin of Aurelle
  • The Last Knight of Marrowgate

T, continued

  • The Least Competent Witch of Wendmoor
  • The Librarian of Little Wick
  • The Library Beneath the Last Sea
  • The Lighthouse at Ebbmarch
  • The Lighthouse Sorcerer
  • The Long Dark of Drummoor
  • The Longbow of Thornwood
  • The Lost Princess of the Long Meadow
  • The Mapmaker Who Drew No Roads
  • The Marrow Gate
  • The Marsh Witch's Son
  • The Matchgirl's Last Flame
  • The Mechanical Oracle
  • The Mercenary Queen
  • The Mermaid's Ransom

T, continued

  • The Miller's Daughter Keeps Her Name
  • The Ministry of Lost Things
  • The Mirror Court
  • The Moon Garden of Miss Plum
  • The Moonless Year
  • The Mourner's Bell
  • The Nameless Temple
  • The Necromancer's Day Job
  • The Nightingale's Cage
  • The Ninth Gate of Ilvarra
  • The Oathbreaker's Road
  • The Only Unicorn in Fennmoor
  • The Oracle of the Burning Well
  • The Orc Who Wanted to Garden
  • The Orchard of Quiet Bones

T, continued

  • The Orchard That Grew Wishes
  • The Ossuary at Caldbeck
  • The Pale Horse Rider
  • The Pear Tree Princess
  • The Phoenix Ward
  • The Pirate Queen of Coldwater Bay
  • The Poisoner's Garden
  • The Preacher's Dark Bargain
  • The Princess Who Kept the Pea
  • The Prophecy Was Wrong
  • The Prophet of Greymoor
  • The Queen Who Swallowed Fire
  • The Quiet Graves of Westerly
  • The Rainmaker's Daughter
  • The Raven's Bargain

T, continued

  • The Reaver of the Pale Coast
  • The Red Priest of Ossary
  • The Reluctant Chosen One
  • The Roc's Nest
  • The Rook's Gambit
  • The Rope and the River
  • The Rune-Carver's Daughter
  • The Salt Saint
  • The Saltwater Oracle
  • The Saltwitch's Apprentice
  • The Scholar of Forbidden Tongues
  • The Sea Serpent Chart
  • The Sea Witch's Daughter
  • The Second Door
  • The Sellsword's Daughter

T, continued

  • The Serpent and the Sparrow
  • The Serpent of Lake Vannor
  • The Serpent's Bride
  • The Seven Sorrows of Halvard Keep
  • The Seventh Daughter of Vane
  • The Seventh Sunrise
  • The Seventh Swan
  • The Shadow Cartel of Valdris
  • The Shepherd Who Would Be King
  • The Sheriff of Hollow Creek
  • The Shipwright's Daughter
  • The Silver Hart
  • The Silver Scar
  • The Sixth Sun
  • The Sky Cartographer

T, continued

  • The Soldier's Blue Light
  • The Sorcerer's Ledger
  • The Sorrow Tree
  • The Spear of Saint Ardenne
  • The Spellbinder's Widow
  • The Sphinx Who Asked Nothing
  • The Starfall Prophecy
  • The Stitcher's War
  • The Stolen Star
  • The Stormcaller's Debt
  • The Stranger at the Crossroads Inn
  • The Subway Oracle
  • The Swan Cloak
  • The Swordmaiden of Ossory
  • The Tailor's Seven Sins

T, continued

  • The Tavern at the End of the Quest
  • The Tea Witch of Hollow Lane
  • The Thaumaturge's Error
  • The Thief Who Stole the Dawn
  • The Thirteen Bells of Hollowgate
  • The Thornless Rose of Elmere
  • The Tinder Witch
  • The Troll Under the Tollbridge
  • The Underground Coven
  • The Unicorn Hunters
  • The Unlikely Innkeeper of Thorn Hollow
  • The Unmapped Sea
  • The Unschooled Sorceress
  • The Vampire Landlady of Crouch End
  • The Very Bad Apprentice

T, continued

  • The Whisper Knife
  • The Whisper Wars
  • The Widow Road
  • The Widow's Tower
  • The Winter King's Bastard
  • The Witch at the Ferry Terminal
  • The Witch of Dead Horse Canyon
  • The Witch of Kettle Fen
  • The Witch Who Sold Her Name
  • The Witch's Garden at Foxglove Cottage
  • The Witchfinder's Daughter
  • The Wolf at Grandmother's Table
  • The Wolf Queen's Winter
  • The Wraith of Whitlock Hall
  • The Wyrd Stone

T, continued

  • The Wyrm of Caddon Fell
  • The Wyvern's Widow
  • Thirteen Spells for a Rainy City
  • Thistle and Thorn
  • Thorn Castle Sleeps No More
  • Thornhaven
  • Three Dragons for the Winter King
  • Throne of the Hollow King
  • Through the Wardrobe of Winter
  • Tide of Crows
  • Tides of the Drowned Moon
  • Tombs of the Unnamed
  • Twelve Kingdoms, One Grave
  • Twelve Pairs of Ruined Shoes
  • Twin Moons Over Kasselheim

U: 2 names

  • Under a Dragon Moon
  • Under the Iron Constellation

V: 3 names

  • Vows of Gold and Thorn
  • Vows to a Dying God
  • Vows Written in Smoke

W: 19 names

  • Warhost of Vell
  • What the Dead Remember
  • What the Oracle Would Not Say
  • What the Warlock Buried
  • Wheels of the Ninth Dynasty
  • When the Red Star Fell
  • When the Wardrobe Opened
  • Where the Dragons Went to Die
  • Where the Owlbear Roams

W, continued

  • Where the Wyrm Sleeps
  • Wings Over Harrowgate
  • Winter of the Pale Comet
  • Witches of Marrow Street
  • Witchfall
  • Wizard Wanted, No Experience Required
  • Wolfshead
  • Wolves of the Winter Reach
  • Wrath of the Sleeping Queen
  • Wreckers of the Wailing Coast