fantasy books with the best ✨vibes✨ and atmosphere
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1:38 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
3:46 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
6:10 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
7:37 Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
9:32 Uprooted by Naomi Novik
11:05 Juniper Thorn by Ava Reid
12:49 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
14:12 The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
15:34 The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
17:00 Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
18:48 Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
21:08 The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
21:20 Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
22:01 Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
22:35 Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn
23:00 Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
23:32 Stardust by Neil Gaiman
23:45 The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Edit: I added the authors!
Happy reading everyone~
much thanks!
Thank you!!
She should use timestamps in the description of break her video into chapters.
Nettle and Bone is by T. Kingfisher :)
@@tonibienbeck Hey thanks for pointing out! Have a good day 😊
Leonie casually describing my favourite genre of books while I didn’t even know how to explain it: fantasy stories without a fantasy plot. The best stories are those that take place in a magical setting but actually explore dark themes and complex relationships between characters.
I adore the aesthetics and atmospheres of fantasy books! I'm so happy this is getting recognized!
it's one of my favourite aspects of fantasy!
My favorite vibe in a book is the starless sea!! An under the sea never ending library with secret doors and tales, hiding in our world behind mysterious doors?? Balls with book themes?? I I don't know why everyone is not obsessed with it
People complain there's no story and I'm like "and???" lmao
omg i’ve been meaning to read it for the longest time and this comment singlehandedly made me want to get it nnnowwww
The starless sea is one of the best books i read. The whole book just feels so personal and cozy and i want everyone to love it. A book about love for books?! What is there not to love about the starless sea?!!!
@@venuss18 yesss do it!!
@@whoami.24601 the vibes are all you need
For me, the writing of The Raven Cycle gave me massive ✨vibes✨It was so autumny and the writing felt so nice? I don't know how to describe it. I made it my yearly routine to read those books during Autumn lol.
Thanks for the reccomendations, I need some ✨vibes✨in my life right now.
omg yes those books are amazing!!
Do they have a found family? (BC I'm looking for found family books)
@yasmine choerry's cherry yes!!! literally the definitely of chaotic found family
@@yasminechoerryscherry3701 late reply but it also has a great depiction of non nuclear family imo, its like treated as perfectly normal and they all obviously love each other even though they clash and quarrel at times
Is it young adult??
The Graveyard Book is still my favorite Neil Gaiman! It's about a boy who's raised by ghosts in a graveyard, and it has a mix of dark and cozy vibes because it's a graveyard, yes, but it's also his home.
I was thinking the same! I read it in autumn while a foggy week and it was all vibes inside and outside the book
i adore that book! it’s definitely a must for delving into gainman territory. a story of survival and protection enveloped in an afterlife world
My favourite has to be Ocean at the End of the Lane. I don't know how to explain this book, it's been a while since I read it and I don't actually remember much - except the way it touched me. I can't put it into words. I just know that when I closed the book, I was stuck somewhere between crying and smiling and wanted to climb on a rooftop and shout to the world that I love it. I will never stop recommending it.
@@nevenapeeva8283 You are not mis-remembering, that and Graveyard Book are just so good. They nestle into your brain and make the fantastical seem a little more possible for a time.
I read it a few years back but was never able to enjoy it as I was forced to read it very quickly and put aside other things for it, I'm contemplating reading it again as many of you like it so much
For Neil Gaiman: Ocean at the End of the Lane
Also, his short stories are more vibey than the novels
Oh I gotta read that!!
Yes to Ocean! Wasn't that into Stardust
Came here to say that! I loved Ocean, it‘s an amazing book. Also The Graveyard Book.
Yes to Ocean at the end of the lane! And I just want to add: there's an illustrated edition, which really elevates the atmosphere
Omg i LOVE the Ocean at the End of the Lane!!! Also want to read the Graveyard book!
Finally some Slavic folklore, we really need to see it more often in books
i was going to say the exact same thing
For Neil Gaiman, I highly highly highly recommend starting with The Ocean at the End of the Lane!! It’s an adult fantasy novella and it is so beautiful and a little spooky and just so brilliant!! And it’s short - less than 200 pages!
I recommend emily wildes encyclopaedia of faeries. It has wintery vibes, a main character who is an academic and interesting faeries and magic
Oh I have to put that on my TBR!!
Yes!! I loved it!
The night circus has been on my TBR for the longest and I’m not gonna lie your description of it makes me want to read it now even without a plot 😅
yesss give it a try!!
i really loved it, you can just FEEL like you’re inside the book, it’s so magical
khalilah and the book leo in the same comments?!?
i AM in the right channel 📚❤🤩
The Night Circus was the first book I got COMPLETELY lost and immersed in since I was a kid. I love books and reading, but this one brought me right back to that hyper imaginative childlike wonder state. It’s phenomenal!
Yes, read it ❤
Spoilers? Sorta? But these are the reccs!
1:02 The Night Circus
4:45 Piranesi
6:09 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (my beloved)
7:37 The Bear and the Nightingale
9:19 Uprooted by Naomi Novik (MY BELOOOOOVEEEEEED)
11:05 Juniper and Thorn
11:51 Mexican Gothic
14:12 The Tale of the Flower Bride
15:35 The Star-Touched Queen
17:00 Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (
I absolutely love that you added little comments and annotations to some of them. I'm looking forward to reading Uprooted :)
I would also recommend "Heartless" by Marissa Meyer (same author of the Lunar Chronicles). It is the backstory for the queen of hearts from Alice in Wonderland, has incredible vibes, stays true to the og story, and is a great romance! (Be forwarned, the descriptions of the food will make you hungry) . Alice in Wonderland is also a great "no plot just vibes book". Both are fantastic!
this video comes right on time for my ✨no plot just vibes✨ era. love it for us girlies
OH I LOVE THE NIGHT CIRCUS! ah my entire heart, the way the vibes were tangible, my soul felt like it was full of fireflies when I finished reading the last line. "I'm not afraid of you." and "I wished for her." scenes have my heart. I did something super cheesy okay please don't judge. Taking inspiration from this, since Marco knew he wanted her without knowing her properly at all and just knew that there was some connection, I kind of made like a space on different platforms like my social media or Pinterest or my messenger app which I named "I wished for him" and I've been saving things I'd like to experience with my soulmate there, cuz yes I believe in soulmates nothing can really change my mind. but yeah. I keep adding ideas for dates, or thoughts I have at the moment, or idk future house aesthetic, whatever it may be. and whenever we get together I'll show it to him. heuheuheuheuheuheuheuehuehuehueheuheuehuehueheuheuheuheuehuehuehueuhee im sorry this is the first time I've talked to another human? website? TH-cam? about it. ok bye
That's the sweetest fucking thing I've ever heard in my life...and now I think I'm gonna try it
Love the pictures you included to show a sense of the aesthetics and mood of each book! Helped me get into the mindset of the different stories. Great video 🧡
Currently reading Juliet Marillier’s “Heart’s Blood”. Kind of a retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” that manages to be surprising and riveting. She generally writes romantic historical fantasies steeped in Irish history and mythology, I think her works could fit in with your prompt.
The whole video is absolutely gorgeous. The lighting, your look, the color palette, THE BOOKS! It’s just ✨vibes✨ all around.
I LOVED The Bear and the Nightingale. As a fellow dutchie, it gave me major Efteling vibes. I absolutely loved reading this during winter while listening to fireplace/blizzard sounds.
I read A Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher and really liked it even though it was not really thrilling but rather a comfy and fluffy story combined with action. I think its definitely more a book for just vibing along, cause the action in the book is not very twisted even though it is about murder at the first place . But I still would grab some other books from Kingfisher because she writes well, a bit witty and is really creative.
T Kingfisher is the absolute best!! Swordheart got me into fantasy again!
Yeah, I was a little surprised the vibes here weren't any cozy vibes books. Legends and Lattes was the obvious book I was expecting (which is really good), but I did also enjoy the wizards guide to defensive baking as well. The third book in that sort of cozy vibe was Can't Spell Treason Without Tea. I liked all of them as nice light palate cleanser between reading more epic fantasy or multi-book fantasy series.
@@michaelbodell7740 agree :)
@@michaelbodell7740 I think she was going for more atmospheric, gothic or mysterious vibes and not cozy
Bookending your list with both books by Erin Morgenstern just got you 100 credibility points from me hahaha! The Night Circus was the first book where I thought, "Oh, I have a favorite book now!" after I read it! Never had a favorite book before I read that. I'll definitely be looking at all the books you mention here
I absolutely love the way you structured this video, it works so so well 💕 Piranesi is one of my all time time favourite books and your description of it must be the best i have ever heard! Please make more in this style if you feel like it 😊
The Starless Sea is very good, please don’t put it off. I read it this past December and I’m already doing a re-read.
I can't believe this!! Iwas literally watching leo's old videos yesterday looking for fantasy recommendations and now this video is here❤️❤️❤️
I just read howls moving castle this year and then rewatched the movie (that i love to death but lets be honest it also kind of doesnt make complete sense) and i feel like theres a lot more hints at romance, or theres a better progression towards romance (?? Idk how else to say it aah) in the book compared to the movie. In the movie i feel like its kind of sudden that they love each other (more so from howls side, i think sophie shows it more throughout the movie). But in the books its much more obvious that howl loves sophie too and that sophie is jealous of other characters close to howl. So yes, thats just my opinion on that haha
I completely agree! I love the vibes of the movie, but the romance in the books is just perfect imo ❤️
And they're married in the sequels.
@@najawin8348 ive only read the first one, because ive read that sophie and howl dont play a big role in the 2nd and 3rd book? 👀🙊
@@sonaka95 They don't, but they show up in each iirc. Been, you know, a decade since I read them. Certainly they're mentioned and some of the characters from the first book show up. Can't recall if it's Howl + Sophie specifically.
She has a tendency to do this, sequels where the main characters change. Look at the Chrestomanci series. You have, uh, 5.5 different main characters across 6 books, though many of the characters overlap and interweave. Derkholm does the same thing with its two books. I've only read Deep Secret, but I heard Merlin Conspiracy is a sequel that uses a side character as well.
The romance in the book felt extremely rushed to me in the last 5 pages or whatever it was. Like the ending was just awkward. I'm not really a fan bc it had too many side characters I didn't care about
i LIVE for books w no plot just simply vibes 😭😭 obviously i love books with brilliant plots, but i really don’t need one to deeply enjoy a book. good vibes & good characters and i’m hooked 💘
I loved The Winternight trilogy!It's true that we don't get that much introspective. Personally, that didn't make me feel detached from the characters but made it very interesting to get to know them, exactly bc they aren't like an open book. It forces you to think more about the things we DO get. So even little interactions felt more intense
(Books 2 and 3 pick up a faster pace and are more plot-heavy btw so if you didn't like book one, you should still give the next one a chance)
Tress and the Emerald Sea was very atmospheric imo, so highly recommend that one!
Hi!! Absolutely love your videos, and even started reading six of crows because I heard about it on your channel and I am currently loving it, thank you for the dedication you put to giving us content! Hope to see more of your videos soon!
Momo, Michael Ende.
The ocean at the end of the lane, Neil Gaiman.
Thief of Time, Terry Pratchett. Nation, same author.
The city of dreaming books, Walter Moers.
OH im so happy to be here early! im in my finals week and life hasn’t been the kindest, so it’s so so lovely to see you upload 🥺 and ive been craving vibe-y books, so it feels perfect! Hope youre always doing well ❤
Immediately went and got Piranesi after this recommendation and I was NOT disappointed.
Almost finished it; it's wonderful.
I love the vibes of this video and the books seem so interesting, thank you leonie for always reccomending amazing books 💗
you always give me the motivation i need to grab a book and read for hours. thank you ❤
first time seeing sorcery of thorns on youtube, its like my favorite book ever. so good....
I would very much argue in favor of Howl's Moving Castle being about the romance, the main defining difference in that romance compared to the movie is that the book is entirely about Sophie's personal struggles with societal roles/expectations and even gender, and that characterization when combined with book howl makes it much more of a romcom than the movie, which doesn't focus nearly as much on Sophie's internal struggles(or at least extremely mischaracterizes them and her motivations).
There's more layers to the storytelling in the book as its so character driven, but the romance between Sophie and Howl plays a key role in Sophie allowing herself to take up space in the world. (And its also better bc both of those characters have way more nuance in the book imo)
I love the movie and I finally read the book this year. The story makes waaaay more sense in the book..! and yeah the book is better imo but the movie is still a great watch :)
I feel like the night circus has such a nice plot lol
Oh my goodness The Startouched Queen sounds so good, it’s been a long time since a description of a book made me so excited to read it! I love the way you described all of the books and added pictures and everything!
I just posted a Fourth Wing reading vlog, and that book has put me in such a fantasy era! I keep reading fantasy books trying to find those Fourth Wing 'vibes' again.
just Leonie looking like spring herself🌷
Thank you for the great video as usual 🤗
Love this video! I’m definitely a *vibey* reader so this video was right up my alley! Thanks! 🫶🏼
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exactly
@@TheBookLeo please put some more video about this kind of🥺please.......
I read the folk of the air trilogy because of you and i ADORED it and ever since then have been obsessed with fairies and fairytale vibes. I wanted to read more books with that sort of magical, dark, fairytale vibes but i didn't know what to read and then i see that you posted a video on that exact topic. Oh i love you so much for this video.🥺🥰❤️❤️
I was literally binge watching your videos when you posted, love it
queen how are you literally perfect in every thumbnail? pop off
One of the best "Top books" review videos I've seen! The way she calmly discusses each book while handling it throughout is perfect! In most other videos, you have to rewind to catch the book's name, author, or details due to the high speed of speech. This video allows you to completely understand the vibe of each book. Another feature I like is the background-not her library-making it easier to focus on her speech without being distracted by books on a shelf. Great job! 😊
I was just looking for a good fantasy rec Leonie is always there to help me ❤
The Bear and the Nightingale will be so so close to my heart 🥺💙
I liked how you introduced the vibes and atmosphere of each book through images and descriptions! It really brought me into the setting of each of book. It was also interesting that you recommended books that you didn't get into like the bear and the nightingale and sorcery of thorns because the vibes might be enough for someone to enjoy. I have spinning silver on my shelf and I can't wait to finally read it! Since I loved howl's moving castle the movie, I would love to add the book to my tbr
Leonie please read annarasumanara (the manhwa not the k-drama)! It's about a girl who meets a magician who is kinda like an urban legend to the townsfolk since it is said he can do real magic and is said to wander around the abandoned amusement park in the town.
You described perfectly what I felt reading the night circus. I finished it in like in 3 days becouse it was so magical and immersive but after I finished it I was like "nothing happens but It was a vibe😂"
I'm now reading the starless sea and I'm loving it! The plot is amazing and really complicated, everything is coming together in the end and the writing and the atmosphere of magic are really amazing.
Near the same time I read Piranesi I heard Debussy's Underwater Cathedral for the first time and the vibes of the song go so well with the book, I could almost see the statues described on the book, and Piranesi roaming the halls, listening to the waves... I highly recommend checking both out!
I highly recommend Laini Taylor’s short story collection (and her other works). For graphic novels The Tea Dragon Society series (cozy and wholesome) and Monstress (dark and folklory). The rest of Susanna Clarke’s works also fit well here. Planning to pick up Rebecca Ross, Helene Wecker and Heather Fawcett soon.
I JUST added The Night Circus to my wishlist! Great motivation to buy it now, thanks!
Loved all the recommendation and the way you explained the vibe of every book ❤️‼️
a rec's that my personnal chocolate-hug-confy-fantasy favorite is Once Upon a Broken Heart, from Stephanie Garber! I know it's after the caraval serie but you really just *FEEL* the vibe and it's like living the fairy tail, it's cute, it's cosy, I love the atmosphere, just giving me a warm hug
sorry for my spellings mistakes, not my natal language
(and if you read the book, don't talk about the end of the two, just don't deni the ant vibeeee)
My FAVORITE Neil Gaiman book is The Ocean at the End of the Lane! Dark fairytale vibes told from the perspective of a 7 year old boy (but this is firmly an adult novel) that includes witches and monsters. The Graveyard Book is another one that I love by him
This video is so gooooood!!!
The Night Circus is my absolutely fav book ever, can’t wait I try a few of these books!
Would love this kind of video for autumn / winter vibe books (when the seasons finally come around :)
Thanks for your lovely recommendations ♥️
Every time you post it makes my day ❤
Starless Sea and Strange The Dreamer are two of my favorites ✨️
I would like to point out that TWO of these books, Spinning Silver and Juniper & Thorn, heavily feature Judaism, and as a Jewish girly, I’m loving it 😍
(not sure about Uprooted, which is the same author as Spinning Silver, cause I’ve never read it.)
Edit: Three books, including the Wolf and the Woodsman!
so glad you have the starless sea!! I read it before Night Circus and loved it way way more. It is so vibey so storytell-y. I really hope you enjoy it!
oh no haha just commented how I read that one and was finally convinced to now also give the Night Circus a go - but I was absolutely blown away by the Starless Sea !
literally stack my tbr purely based on ✨vibes✨so this is much appreciated leonie
I have a bowl of strawberries and I am ready for the new video!
Also, because of your recommendation of Penryn & the End of Days in "a retrospective on teen dystopian books" I read the whole series in like a week. And I had fun!
aa im so happy you liked that series!!
I love that you mentioned the artist Piranesi. His art influences so much of the book.
I really liked Strange the Dreamer (particularly the first half). I also want to read more Kingfisher.
Piranesi was absolutely spectacular
I love your videos so much, Leonie!!
Ahhh so many amazing books mentioned here and bitterthorn sounds awesome!!! I hadnt heard of that one
Fantasy is far and away my favorite fiction genre! Love getting recommendations from you! P.S. I love Susanna Clarke's writing: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell was an excellent book!
I haven’t read a lot of fantasy books and I really want to get into it (but I don’t know where to start) so your recommendations are very well appreciated!! cannot wait to deep dive into this genre
also I blindly bought Piranesi a few weeks ago and you completely convinced me to read it asap!! I have a degree in art history and was wondering if the title had any relation to the artist!
Leo, thank you so much for always recommending the house at the cerulean sea. I loved it so much
Hello from Spain, i LOVE your content and your earrings!!!!
Just wanted to say that I recently read the night circus after watching your videos and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT ! Definitely a new all time favourite
As for Neil Gaiman books, I just read The Graveyard Book, by Gaiman. It was described to me as "The Jungle Book but set on a graveyard" very viby. About a boy who grows up on an old graveyard, surrounded by ghosts and other nightly creatures. Also, of course, Coraline. And if you read comics, I can also highly recommend The Sandman comics.
i just finished juniper and thorn and i loved it. it was my first foray into a book that was less plot and more vibes and i loved it. i loved how real and visceral everything was and i LOVED how marlinchen really came into her own at the end.
“No one had ever told me that I was allowed to scream”
This video looks as fantastic as the books you talk about. I like your vibe
My fav is defo The School for Good and Evil but mostly the Camelot series as that gets dark, as well as loving Sophie’s character development! plus loving your channel 🥰
with Howl's Moving Castle, especially if you're only familiar with the movie, my god, when you get to the parts that're different from the movie, you have to take a step back and be like "did that just happen?" It's almost like a fourth wall break but not really.
For Neil Gaiman, I loved Neverwhere, though, to be fair, I listened to the BBC radio drama of it long before I read the book. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is absolutely weird, it's not super linear and has more magical realism vibes but I loved it. The Graveyard Book is a beloved of mine, I can read it over and over. I haven't read American Gods, it never really interested me, but Anansi Boys I find really really good. I've only seen the movies for Stardust and Coraline, but I hear the book versions are much darker than the movie versions. I've read all the Interworld books he cowrote with Michael Reeves and his daughter Mallory, but they are definitely more scifi.
This is the first video of yours I’ve ever seen and I love the distinct feeling that I’m at a wine tasting for books
I love this channel and I admire you so much!❤
I LOVE Neil Gaiman but Neverwhere wasn’t my favorite. My first foray into Gaiman was Coraline when I was a kid and I’m a spooky girly so I find it atmospheric and cozy. For this genre I’m going to echo others and say Ocean and the End of the Lane. That book was just magical 😭 Graveyard book too!
The night circus is the best. I really need to reread it. I literally cried when the book ended, i didnt wanna leave😭
The Winternight trilogy feels like "just folklore" bc it is. It's an expansition of a Russian folk tale.
love thisssss! just realized again that fantasy will always be my favorite genre hehe
Happy birthday! I could see you giving Lucy Worsley vibes as a tour guide. I would definitely follow you.
If you loved flower bride, you will also love strange the dreamer. Very similar vibes and prose and themes, although the ending I drastically different when it comes to theme haha
this is the kind of video i was looking for!
This was such a good video!
Omg also yes pls read nettle & bone it not only gave all those vibes but it was also concluded satisfyingly imo!!
OMG i am obssessed with the way you talk about the books. I am very tempted to read some books that never caugh my attention hhahaha Thank you ❤ ❤
Juniper and Thorn is AMAZING!! and i shall also be feasting on her other books too when i get the chance 🥰🥰
Your descriptions are super helpful! "What it's about" often isn't enough to know if you're going to like a book or not 👀
Ooooh I just finished The Night Circus last Friday and instantly started looking for some clothes for an all-black victorian-esque outfit with a single red detail lol
Thank you for making this list. I have only recently begun to appreciate the impact og vibes on my enjoyment of a series. Most of the recommendations out there are story, character or action based. This is a breath of fresh air.
If it's not too much to ask. Could you recommend books that give off similar vibes as Gravity Falls, The Graveyard Book, The remarkable journey of Coyote Sunrise? Basically a magical new world hidden in ours with interesting characters that share a bond of friendship, romance etc.
If you want a atmospheric Neil Gaiman book i recommend Coraline, Stardust and The Graveyard Book.
Love these recommendations. Spinning Silver is one of my favourite books
I mostly read fantasy books for the vibes so thx for the reccoms 🙏🙏
A fabulous vibes book list Leonie! If you like unreliable narrators a la Piranesi and creepy faerie atmospheres I think you'd enjoy Among Others by Jo Walton, Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (it's middle grade, but suitable for all ages), and Little, Big by John Crowley.
Checked out Uprooted based on your rec in this video and finished it in like 3 days - truly enchanting, especially loved the descriptions of magic (felt very "real"). Going to read Spinning Silver next
The Bear and the Nightingale and Howl's Moving Castle 🥺 I love them so much!
super duper new to this channel but oh my godd i read uprooted back when it came out and have been STRUGGLING trying to remember what it was called since then, tysm tysm i was starting to think i dreamed it up