Best fantasy on Reddit
143 reviews from r/Fantasy, r/booksuggestions, r/suggestmeabook and 12 more subreddits
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#1
Brandon Sanderson
4.8
(12)
"Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson is a wonderful fantasy with a sweet romance."
"Cannot recommend anything by Brandon Sanderson enough."
"One author every fantasy should check out is Brandon Sanderson."
"The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson."
"Start with Mistborn by Sanderson."
"If you like a little romance in your fantasy, then of Brandon Sanderson's books, I'd go with Mistborn."
"Brandon sanderson is the king."
"Everything Brandon Sanderson."
"Books by Brandon Sanderson."
"Brandon Sanderson - Warbreaker"
#2
Robin Hobb
5.0
(7)
"I would like to second Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb."
"Seconding all the recs for Robin Hobb's **The Liveship Traders**."
"Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb."
""Ship of Magic" by Robin Hobb."
"I strongly recommend **The Liveship Traders** books by Robin Hobb."
"Farseer by Robin Hobb"
"I would highly recommend Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb."
#3
Ilona Andrews
5.0
(7)
"These are all really good series with many hours of graphic audio listening."
"The Kate Daniel's series by Ilona Andrews is awesome."
"The Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews"
"Kate Daniels series {Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews}."
"Try anything by Ilona Andrews."
"Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews!"
"The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews is fantastic!"
#4
Tamsyn Muir
4.8
(6)
"The Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir is great!"
"Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, starting with Gideon the Ninth."
"Seconding Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir."
"The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir and The Outside trilogy by Ada Hoffman!!!"
"Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir."
"The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir"
#5
Jim Butcher
5.0
(5)
"Dresden Files!!! 1000%."
"The Wheel of Time
Dresden Files."
"The Strain
Dresden Files
Cradle."
"I also finally started the Dresden Files and am angry with myself it’s taken this long to get to them."
"My ultimate nr1: Jim Butcher's Dresden Files!"
#6
Ursula K. Le Guin
5.0
(4)
"For Le Guin, you can finish off the rest of the Earthsea trilogy."
"A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin."
"Wizard of Earthsea series - Le Guin."
"Same goes for the Earthsea series, by Ursula K. LeGuin."
#7
Tasha Suri
4.8
(4)
"The Burning Kingdoms is sooooo good."
"I third the Burning Kingdoms series."
"The Burning Kingdoms by Tasha Suri is stylistically the closest to Samantha Shannon’s books."
"The Burning Kingdoms by Tasha Suri is a pretty safe recommendation."
#8
V.E. Schwab
4.3
(4)
"Try The Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab"
"The Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab."
"This savage song (first in a duology, young adult) by V. E. Schwab."
"A darker shade of magic (first in a trilogy, ya/adult fantasy) by V. E. Schwab."
#9
Samantha Shannon
5.0
(3)
"The Priory of Orange Tree. The best."
"I have started today my re-read of Priory of the Orange Tree from Samantha Shannon."
"I think you would enjoy The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon."
#10
Scott Lynch
4.3
(3)
"The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch"
"Lies of Locke Lamora by Lynch."
"The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch."
#11
Susanna Clarke
4.3
(3)
"Piranesi is incredible, I'd start with that."
"Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is a very good book with a lot of strangeness baked into it."
"Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is a portal fantasy story that is weird enough."
#12
Joe Abercrombie
4.3
(3)
"The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie"
"The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie was fun."
"The First Law Trilogy by Abercrombie."
#13
Sarah J. Maas
4.3
(3)
"The throne of glass series by Sarah j Maas(this is a loooong one but my favorite)."
"A court of thorns and roses(basically anything by Sarah j Maas is a good introduction to fantasy)."
"I really liked the acotar series."
#14
Ben Aaronovitch
5.0
(2)
"Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (urban fantasy)."
"The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaranovich."
#15
Rosemary Kirstein
5.0
(2)
"The Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirsten are fantastic."
"The Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein is one of my absolute favourites."
#16
Will Wight
5.0
(2)
"Check out the Cradle series from Will Wight."
"I would recommend ANYTHING by Will Wight."
#17
Sherwood Smith
5.0
(2)
"Inda - Sherwood Smith."
"**Inda** by Sherwood Smith."
#18
Stephanie Garber
5.0
(2)
"Read Caraval by Stephanie Garber if you haven’t already."
"Try the CARAVAL series. It’s breathtaking!"
#19
Robin McKinley
5.0
(2)
"And I'll second the Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley."
"Maybe the Blue Sword/Hero and the Crown duology by Robin McKinley?"
#20
N.K. Jemisin
5.0
(2)
"N.K. Jemisin's Inheritance trilogy. No caveats to this one. Everything she writes is fantastic."
"The Broaken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin. It has some sci-fi feeling and is also rather weird."
#21
Glynn Stewart
4.5
(2)
"I really love the Starship's Mage series by Glynn Stewart."
"Starship's Mage series by Glynn Stewart."
#22
Jen Williams
4.5
(2)
"Surprised no one’s said Jen Williams’ *Winnowing Flame* trilogy yet."
"Winnowing Flame trilogy by Jen Williams, starts with *The Ninth Rain*."
#23
Katherine Arden
4.5
(2)
"Katherine Arden’s Winter night series."
"The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden is a romantic retelling of a Russian folktale."
#24
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.5
(2)
"The Hobbit."
"Roverandom is a Tolkien novel that’s super short and often forgotten."
#25
N/A
4.5
(2)
"Summers at Castle Auburn. I'm not sure about the length but it's a great book."
"Some suggestions: Traitor Baru Cormorant, Memories of Madness by CM Lackner."
#26
Matthew Stover
4.5
(2)
"You would enjoy the Acts of Caine series by Matthew Stover."
"The Obsidian Path was a decent read."
#27
Stephen King
4.5
(2)
"The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. It's got fantasy, sci-fi, horror and western all wrapped into one."
"Percy Jackson, and not quite what you want but close the legendary Talisman by stephen king."
#28
Rebecca Yarros
4.0
(2)
"The empyrean series(Fourth wing, iron flame & onyx storm) by Rebecca yarros."
"I recommend Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series, which includes fourth wing, iron flame, onyx storm."
#29
Ann Leckie
4.0
(2)
"The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie."
"The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie."
#30
Patricia Briggs
4.0
(2)
"Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson and her Alpha and Omega series are great."
"Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson series."
#31
Sharon Shinn
4.0
(2)
"Sharon Shinn's Samaria series, and Rosemary Kirstein's Steerswoman series both fit the bill."
"Twelve Houses series by Sharon Shinn."
#32
Naomi Novik
4.0
(2)
"Scholomance for urban fantasy wizard school vibes."
"A Deadly Education - which is part of the Schoolmancer series."
#33
Brigid Kemmerer
5.0
(1)
"I love Brigid Kemmerer’s fantasy work."
#34
Michael Aderle
5.0
(1)
"These are all really good series with many hours of graphic audio listening."
#35
Lois McMaster Bujold
5.0
(1)
"Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold."
#36
Steph Swainston
5.0
(1)
"The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston - Weird/non-traditional fantasy."
#37
Seth Dickinson
5.0
(1)
"*The Traitor Baru Cormorant* by Seth Dickinson."
#38
Rick Riordan
5.0
(1)
"The Lightning Thief is a popular choice for middle schoolers!"
#39
Charles Stross
5.0
(1)
"The Laundry Files is in a wonderfully weird place mixing fantasy, science fiction, cosmic horror, and spy thriller."
#40
Phillip Kennedy Johnson
5.0
(1)
"*The Last God* by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Riccardo Federici is spectacular."
#41
Piper CJ
5.0
(1)
"A Night and It's Moon by Piper CJ is fantastic."
#42
Harper A Burge
4.0
(1)
"Indie ya fantasy romance."
#43
Daniel O'Malley
4.0
(1)
"The Rook by Daniel O'Malley was a lot of fun, and has a similarly snarky protagonist."
#44
Harry Connolly
4.0
(1)
"For a bit on the gritty end of UF, I like Harry Connaly's 20 Places books."
#45
Micaiah Johnson
4.0
(1)
"The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson."
#46
Heather Rose Jones
4.0
(1)
"Heather Rose Jones' Alpennia books will probably hit most of what you are looking for."
#47
Tomi Adeyemi
4.0
(1)
"- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi."
#48
Martha Wells
4.0
(1)
"I think Martha Wells' *City of Bones* is another good example."
#49
Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.0
(1)
"Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky I think fits!"
#50
Sherri Tepper
4.0
(1)
"The True Game by Sherri Tepper is something you might want to check out."
#51
Brent Weeks
4.0
(1)
"The Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks."
#52
John Brisbane
4.0
(1)
"John Brisbane - Mothership sounds like what you’re after."
#53
DB Jackson
4.0
(1)
"I enjoyed the Thieftaker series by DB Jackson."
#54
Sarah Beth Drust
4.0
(1)
"Have you read the spell shop by Sarah Beth Drust? It’s exactly as you described slice of life with light fantasy."
#55
Chelsea Abdullah
4.0
(1)
"The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah."
#56
Andrzej Sapkowski
4.0
(1)
"I enjoyed the Witcher series."
#57
Lev Grossman
4.0
(1)
"The Magicians. It’s about a college for magicians."
#58
Moses Ose Utomi
4.0
(1)
"The lies of the ajungo (short story, first in trilogy) by Moses Ose Utomi."
#59
George R.R. Martin
4.0
(1)
"George RR Martin wrote a nice short fantasy book called 'The Ice Dragon's."
#60
Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
4.0
(1)
"I think you would likely enjoy Vita Nostra by the Dyachenkos."
#61
Garath Hanrahan
4.0
(1)
"The Black Iron Legacy trilogy by Garath Hanrahan is very good."
#62
Rat Queens
4.0
(1)
"If you wamt light-hearted funny sexy type stuff, try Rat Queens."
#63
Simon R. Green
4.0
(1)
"Almost anything by Simon R Green."
#64
Kim M. Watt
4.0
(1)
"Check out Kim M. Watt's material. Light urban fantasy."
#65
Fourth Wing
4.0
(1)
"Fourth Wing."
#66
Emily Wilde
4.0
(1)
"Emily Wilde series is great. It's a spiritual successor to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel."
#67
Bone
4.0
(1)
"BONE! It’s Tolkien-y."
#68
M.L. Wang
4.0
(1)
"Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang. A few reasons why I recommend it."
#69
Ed McDonald
4.0
(1)
"*Blackwing* by Ed McDonald--Dark fantasy with a cosmic horror bent."
#70
J.R. Ward
4.0
(1)
"The Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward if you like urban Fantasy Vampires."
#71
W.R. Gingell
4.0
(1)
"The City Between series by W.R. Gingell."
#72
Laurell K. Hamilton
3.0
(1)
"First nine books of Anita Blake. Hamilton is good authour."
#73
Piers Anthony
3.0
(1)
"The apprentice adept series by Piers Anthony is like this."
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