Best fantasy on Reddit
142 reviews from r/Fantasy, r/booksuggestions, r/suggestmeabook and 12 more subreddits
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#1
Brandon Sanderson
4.8
(13)
"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
(8)
"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."
"Have you read Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb?"
"Farseer by Robin Hobb"
"I would highly recommend Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb."
#3
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"
#4
Ilona Andrews
4.8
(6)
"The Kate Daniel's series by Ilona Andrews is awesome."
"The Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews"
"Kate Daniels series {Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews}."
"Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews!"
"The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews is fantastic!"
"The works of Ilona Andrews are a good place to explore."
#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
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."
#7
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."
#8
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."
#9
Ursula K. Le Guin
5.0
(3)
"A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin."
"Wizard of Earthsea series - Le Guin."
"Same goes for the Earthsea series, by Ursula K. LeGuin."
#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
Sherwood Smith
5.0
(2)
"Inda - Sherwood Smith."
"**Inda** by Sherwood Smith."
#14
Will Wight
5.0
(2)
"Check out the Cradle series from Will Wight."
"I would recommend ANYTHING by Will Wight."
#15
Ben Aaronovitch
5.0
(2)
"Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (urban fantasy)."
"The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaranovich."
#16
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."
#17
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?"
#18
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."
#19
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*."
#20
Glynn Stewart
4.5
(2)
"I really love the Starship's Mage series by Glynn Stewart."
"Starship's Mage series by Glynn Stewart."
#21
Naomi Novik
4.5
(2)
"Anything written by Naomi Novik - she’s the GOAT & there’s something for every mood."
"Temeraire series for the Napoleonic war with dragons."
#22
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.5
(2)
"The Hobbit."
"Roverandom is a Tolkien novel that’s super short and often forgotten."
#23
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."
#24
Matthew Stover
4.5
(2)
"You would enjoy the Acts of Caine series by Matthew Stover."
"The Obsidian Path was a decent read."
#25
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."
#26
Brent Weeks
4.5
(2)
"Lightbringer by Brent Weeks (fantasy)."
"The Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks."
#27
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."
#28
Patricia Briggs
4.0
(2)
"Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson and her Alpha and Omega series are great."
"Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson series."
#29
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."
#30
Sarah J. Maas
4.0
(2)
"A court of thorns and roses(basically anything by Sarah j Maas is a good introduction to fantasy)."
"I really liked the acotar series."
#31
Ann Leckie
4.0
(2)
"The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie."
"The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie."
#32
Piper CJ
5.0
(1)
"A Night and It's Moon by Piper CJ is fantastic."
#33
Brigid Kemmerer
5.0
(1)
"I love Brigid Kemmerer’s fantasy work."
#34
Lois McMaster Bujold
5.0
(1)
"Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold."
#35
Steph Swainston
5.0
(1)
"The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston - Weird/non-traditional fantasy."
#36
Seth Dickinson
5.0
(1)
"*The Traitor Baru Cormorant* by Seth Dickinson."
#37
Rick Riordan
5.0
(1)
"The Lightning Thief is a popular choice for middle schoolers!"
#38
Charles Stross
5.0
(1)
"The Laundry Files is in a wonderfully weird place mixing fantasy, science fiction, cosmic horror, and spy thriller."
#39
Phillip Kennedy Johnson
5.0
(1)
"*The Last God* by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Riccardo Federici is spectacular."
#40
Glen Cook
5.0
(1)
"The Black Company by Glen Cook."
#41
Christina Henry
5.0
(1)
"One Dark Window duo logy! Just finished them and I loved every minute of it."
#42
Margaret Rogerson
5.0
(1)
"Try Margaret Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens and Sorcery of Thorns."
#43
W.R. Gingell
4.0
(1)
"The City Between series by W.R. Gingell."
#44
China Miéville
4.0
(1)
"The City and the City by China Meiville."
#45
DB Jackson
4.0
(1)
"I enjoyed the Thieftaker series by DB Jackson."
#46
Salman Rushdie
4.0
(1)
"For those who like Rushdie and fantasy, The Enchantress of Florence is an underrated gem."
#47
Harper A Burge
4.0
(1)
"Indie ya fantasy romance."
#48
Harry Connolly
4.0
(1)
"For a bit on the gritty end of UF, I like Harry Connaly's 20 Places books."
#49
Heather Rose Jones
4.0
(1)
"Heather Rose Jones' Alpennia books will probably hit most of what you are looking for."
#50
Daniel O'Malley
4.0
(1)
"The Rook by Daniel O'Malley was a lot of fun, and has a similarly snarky protagonist."
#51
Tomi Adeyemi
4.0
(1)
"- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi."
#52
Martha Wells
4.0
(1)
"I think Martha Wells' *City of Bones* is another good example."
#53
Micaiah Johnson
4.0
(1)
"The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson."
#54
Moses Ose Utomi
4.0
(1)
"The lies of the ajungo (short story, first in trilogy) by Moses Ose Utomi."
#55
Lev Grossman
4.0
(1)
"The Magicians. It’s about a college for magicians."
#56
Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.0
(1)
"Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky I think fits!"
#57
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."
#58
Chelsea Abdullah
4.0
(1)
"The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah."
#59
George R.R. Martin
4.0
(1)
"George RR Martin wrote a nice short fantasy book called 'The Ice Dragon's."
#60
Garath Hanrahan
4.0
(1)
"The Black Iron Legacy trilogy by Garath Hanrahan is very good."
#61
Rat Queens
4.0
(1)
"If you wamt light-hearted funny sexy type stuff, try Rat Queens."
#62
Simon R. Green
4.0
(1)
"Almost anything by Simon R Green."
#63
Kim M. Watt
4.0
(1)
"Check out Kim M. Watt's material. Light urban fantasy."
#64
Fourth Wing
4.0
(1)
"Fourth Wing."
#65
Emily Wilde
4.0
(1)
"Emily Wilde series is great. It's a spiritual successor to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel."
#66
Bone
4.0
(1)
"BONE! It’s Tolkien-y."
#67
M.L. Wang
4.0
(1)
"Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang. A few reasons why I recommend it."
#68
Ed McDonald
4.0
(1)
"*Blackwing* by Ed McDonald--Dark fantasy with a cosmic horror bent."
#69
J.R. Ward
4.0
(1)
"The Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward if you like urban Fantasy Vampires."
#70
Andrzej Sapkowski
4.0
(1)
"I enjoyed the Witcher series."
#71
Sharon Shinn
4.0
(1)
"Twelve Houses series by Sharon Shinn."
#72
Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
4.0
(1)
"I think you would likely enjoy Vita Nostra by the Dyachenkos."
#73
Laurell K. Hamilton
3.0
(1)
"First nine books of Anita Blake. Hamilton is good authour."
#74
Piers Anthony
3.0
(1)
"The apprentice adept series by Piers Anthony is like this."
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