With medieval energy in the air once more, let’s dive into some of the best fantasy books about knights. It’s fair to say that right now, knights are all the rage in fantasy. Culturally, we have often looked to a past that never existed as a site of whimsy or fascination. Even when medieval literature like The Lais of Marie de France was written, people were fondly remembering a time that never happened. In these stories, knights or Chevaliers were men on horses who followed the rules of chivalry, an imaginary set of governing rules to keep dangerous men’s passions curtailed. If a knight always followed their king, or the married lady they were in love with, they could not enact their violence or passion elsewhere. This image of a chivalrous knight was always a fantasy, so it is no surprise that even today, we continue to live in that imaginary land. Fantasy books about knights often engage with the idea that honor, violence, and passion can drive heroic people to do impossible feats.…