Every book mentioned with links: The Body Keeps the Score - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780143127741 1984 - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780451524935 Witch King - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250826794 Mad Uncle McGillicuddy, Secret Imagination Explorer - bookshop.org/a/89948/9798350905595 Orconomics - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780990859628 The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250899675 Fourth Wing - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781649374042 Debt of Bones - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250813343 This is How You Lose the Time War - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781534430990 Black Sun - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781534437685 Berserk - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781506711980 I Am Not a Serial Killer - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780765327826 Equal Rites - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780062225696 Night Angel Nemesis - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780316554909 Going Postal - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780062334978 Nothing But Teeth - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250759412 Monster - amzn.to/40x8Ed3 One Punch Man - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781974734405 A Wizard of Earthsea - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780547722023 Light Bringer - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780425285978 Untethered.Sky - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250842466 Flight - amzn.to/4737usd Blame! - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781942993773 No_Coincidence - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780759557178 Blood For Coins - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780062225696 Tress of the Emerald Sea - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250899651 Vagabond - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781421520544 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250899699 The Sunlit Man - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250899712 The Passenger - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780307268990 Empire of Silence - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780756419264 A Court of Thorns and Roses - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781635575569 Mob Psycho 100 - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781506709871 Warhammer: Xenos - amzn.to/465G18a The Will of the Many - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781982141172
and not a peep about 'Green Rider' 25th anniversary spinoff-prequel- back story of main character who has Massive PTSD issues - I have PTSD issues - 20 years ago RIGHT NOW I was in Iraq, Kristen Britain's 'Spirit of the Wood' rather short and out just now. - Have you EVER mentioned my favorite fantasy writer 'Charles deLint - I imagine that people writing before you were born don't count in your univierse - I currently working on re-reading everything of Andre Norton that I can find!
Daniel, you should read How to train your dragon series, yes, those are children stories, but the DEEPTH, the INTRIGE, the FEELLINGS, I read them at 23 and still remember them. Also the books have some nice illustrations. Thank you for you vids :)
Dude, I am a great fan of the series. When I was around 14, I was one of the admins of the HTTYD Facebook fan page with the highest number of followers in my country. I even have a black cat called Toothless. And I just learned that the HTTYD movies are based on books...
Egghead Supremacy rise up! But for real, I have been caught up to and reading one piece since impel down (! That made me feel old) and I can honestly say Egg Head has been the best week to week arc for me personally since Marineford. Lore Piece is in full swing and I’m loving every moment of it
0:33 George Orwell's "1984" 0:59 Martha Wells' "Witch King" 1:34 "Mad Uncle McGillicuddy secret imagination explorer" 2:10 J. Zachary Pike's "Orconomics" 2:38 Brandon Sanderson's "The Frugal Wizard's Handbook For Surviving Medieval England" 3:27 "The Wheel of Time" S2 3:50 Terry Goodkind's "Debt of Bones" 4:41 Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's "This Is How You Lose the Time War" 5:20 Rebecca Roanhorse's "Black Sun" 6:07 Miura Kentaro's "Berserk" 6:42 Dan Well's "I Am Not a Serial Killer" 7:35 sir Terry Pratchet's "Equal Rites" 8:30 Brent Weeks' "Night Angel Nemesis" 9:09 Dreamworks' "How to Tame Your Dragon" 9:53 sir Terry Pratchet's "Going postal" 10:37 Cassandra Khaw's "Nothing But Blackened Teeth" 11:22 Urasawa Naoki's "Monster" 12:06 Bessel van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score" 12:52 ONE's "One Punch Man" 13:17 Ursula K. Le Guin's "A Wizard of Earthsea" 14:00 Pierce Brown's "Light Bringer" 14:47 Fonda Lee's "Untethered Sky" 15:18 "Flight" 15:47 Nihei Tsutomu's "BLAME!" 16:27 Rafal Kosik's "Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence" 16:57 Cam Wolfe's "Blood For Coins" 18:02 Oda Eiichiro's "One Piece(Wano Kuni arc)" 18:37 Brandon Sanderson's "Tress of The Emeral Sea" 19:05 Inoue Takehiko's "Vagabond: 19:26 Brandon Sandrson's "Yumi And The Nightmare Painter" 19:56 Brandon Sanderson's "The Sunlit Man" 20:21 Cormac McCarthy's "The Passenger" 20:39 ONE's "Mob Psycho 100" 21:19 Dan Abnett's "Eisenhorn" trilogy 22:20 CD Projekt Red/TRIGGER's "CyberPunk: EdgeRunners" 23:00 Oda Eiichiro's "One Piece(Egghead Island arc)" 23:37 Hara Yasuhisa's "Kingdom" 24:21 HBO's "The Last of Us" 24:41 Netflix's "One Piece" 25:31 James Islington's "The Will of The Many"
Hey Daniel please consider looking in to the discussions around what's "not" S-tier about "The Body Keeps The Score", it has a bit of a bad reputation among psychology professionals. Not trying to yuck your yum, just informing you that there are other perspectives around the ideas espoused within
I've been a fan of your channel for a very very long time. Thank you for always making such amazing content. You have helped me appreciate the fantasy genre and it almost feels like you've been on my reading journey with me because of how much our taste in books lines up. I do have ulterior motives with this comment, though... I know you get recommended HunterxHunter all the time and you haven't gotten into it in the past, but I wanted to make another pitch to you. It suffers from some of the downsides of pantsing. Togashi clearly introduced some major story elements later (like the entire magic system) that should have been included in the start. That being said, if you can make it through the first major story arc, it is some of the best fiction ever created, with some of the most incredible characters to ever exist. This is coming from a guy who thinks Joe Abercombie is the GOAT because of how much I love characters. Some of the characters that emerge later in HunterxHunter will absolutely blow your mind. Not to mention, once the magic system gets introduced, I am certain you will be completely blown away at how well done, in depth, and just cool it is. It has a very slow and uninspired start, I get that. I typically do not read things that people say "You just have to get through the bad part!" In this case, it is absolutely worth it. I really think you'll end up being grateful you tried it out. Anyway, thanks again for all the lovely content you make!
The rest of your comment is fine, but a magic (system) doesn’t have to be introduced in the beginning. Builds more intrigue. To me at least. Magic shouldn’t be at the front of the story, even in manga, as characters, plot, etc. are much more important
@L_For_Literature Yeah I actually liked how Hunter x Hunter had introduced the magic system later on. Gave a perspective of just what normal humans are capable of with some foreshadowing for something greater
I always feel sad when I realize I'll never be able to read all the great fantasy books, let alone all the great books of any genre. Would love a tier list of your favorite books to know what to prioritize :)
Daniel, I highly reccomend for you to continue with kingdom. I can confidently say theres no other manga that does strategy battle like kingdom. I've been hoping some novel or other manga take it as deep as Kingdom if anything
Your glowing review of The Will of the Many helped me discover a new favorite, thank you! I would have missed out on this one because I didn't love Licanius 25:35
Great list! You've gotta give the Dungeon Crawler Carl series a listen. I say listen since the audio book is incredible. Probably one of the best narrations that I have ever experienced.
Wow, you are reading Monster ha. I can say that its the only mystery thriller anime that takes place in 80s eastern Europe. Recently watched Pluto, you can give that one a shot, has the same mangaka. Between the two, I'd say I liked Pluto better. Probably the best first episode of anything I've ever watched. What an amazing hook.
Thank you for putting together a wrap up like this! It's great to get a summary after you've had some time to reflect. I do really miss the spectacle and nonsense of the Fantasy Awards, though.
Man, thanks for getting me back into SFF. Sad I only discovered your channel this year, but it's definitely become one of my favourites. My TBR has tripled
I can't wait for you to read more of Kingdom. While manga with lots of fighting are very very common Kingdom really sets itself apart with the large scale battles, strategy, panel art etc. I'm 100% convinced you'll be glad to have read more.
I'm fairly new to the 40k novels (I started playing the game a year ago), so I can't speak to most of them. But I can whole-heartedly reccomend The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath, specifically the audiobook narrated by Richard Reed. Two immortal robot skeletons start a feud over an ancient relic, leading to a millenia-long rivalry. No description I give would do it justice, but I implore you to look into it.
Heya! :) Daniel! If you like the idea and find some time, I would love to see you do a video on 'writing style', if its a discussion or a tier list or just a rant :'D I am sooo interested in what you like to read in a fantasy book and overall perceive as a good fit for a modern book writing about fantasy, is it the 'whaddup dude' or 'sire, thy ass mirrors the sun, splendid' kinda stuff. ('too poetic', 'too modern', 'super old-school', 'sentences are unreadable', thou' thy', etc). Maybe you'd even give us some examples of what you like and not :) Have a wonderful end of the year! Really love your persona and content :)
As usual you’ve filled my future with great reads to look forward too. I hope you persist with monster it’s a personal favorite that for me gets better as you let it draw you into its world that is filled with some of the most impactful side characters and stories.
Definitely added some of these to my TBR. Have you ever checked out the Fred, The Vampire Accountant books? I've been listening to those and they're fun and imaginative. A boring CPA gets bit by a vampire and stays a boring CPA who is occasionally dragged into adventures by an increasingly zany and ever-expanding friend group of magical beings.
I'd actually really recommend reading the how to train your dragon books, I read them when I was a kid and I remember them being fun reads and getting surprisingly deep by the later books
when I saw Orconomics I thought of Mary Gentle's "Grunts!", another great satire on the standard fantasy tropes, this time with a military angle. I can definitely recommend it, laughed my ass off
Daniel, I recommend watching both seasons of the One Punch Man anime. It follows the manga pretty closely, and it keeps improving as more characters are introduced. It's not the deepest anime, but it has a sense of humor that hits for me more than any other anime I've watched.
Nothing has ever utterly bewildered me with its popularity like This is how you lose the time war. It was the only popular book I've read that I had to force myself to finish. It felt like it was building to something interesting, but the payoff was utterly toothless, and retroactively made the whole slow grind more painful.
I would love to see you review “Frieren: Beyond Journey's End” (Anime or Manga). It’s listed as Adventure, Fantasy, Drama - but I would definitely put this into a ‘Slice of Life” bucket. After reading Legends and Lattes (because of your videos!) I was in the mood for some great Fantasy Slice of Life books and this more than scratched the itch.
I started reading Daniel Abraham The Dagger and the Coin series. Finish book 1 the Dragon Path now a ways through The Kings Blood. Very intriguing. The first I’ve read of him. Very political with pretty grey characters, and some POVs I have no clue where they are going. Reminds me a bit of A Feast For Crows. Have any of you read it? Also on book 3 of the Riyria Revelations, didn’t think I would enjoy it at first , kinda silly but now I’m waiting for some more character development of both Ryria characters. You get bits very very slowly. I keep hearing how great they are but very slow developing - Thanks for all your reviews. I’m trying to decide if I want to read 4th wing with my wife. She doesn’t do fantasy but wants to read that.
I feel like you might enjoy The Seep by Chana Porter. This unusual story about a an alien invasion where the aliens "infect" humans making everyone feel connected and allowing them to physically change themselves in ridiculous ways. The main story follows a trans woman whose partner has decided to use the Seep to become a baby again and restart life. The story is surreal, psychedelic even a little Horror-esque at points and a very interesting look at grief and moving on. There's a lot of other stuff as well, but it all breezes by at 200 pages.
Would love to see your thoughts on the rest of the Expanse series, I know it’s a long series but it is definitely worth sticking with the books to the end. The last 3 books are top tier sci fi
He finished it. He said the ending wasn’t his favorite but that it made sense. He doesn’t have a review up for every book though. And I agree, I think it was phenomenal and I loved the ending.
You might enjoy the old Warhammer Fantasy novels more so than 40k, purely because the universe is a bit more self-contained. In particular, I recommend the Gotrek and Felix book, partly because it incorporates the wider setting without inundating you with it and gives you a pretty entertaining duo to experience it through, alongside both its own cast and characters from the wider setting.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners was so damn good, and I rate it similarly: some noticeable flaws, but overall consistently good and well put-together! The web serial Pale finished this year at ~3.8 million words, I can confidently call it my absolute favorite book At a bit more manageable, Scavengers Reign is now one of my favorite animated series of all time in just 12 half-hour episodes
Opens StoryGraph: Here we goooo 💖 Hiiii Daniel, please, would you to do any recomendations for easy fantasy to read/not to complex, specially for us, non-native English speakers who are learning English 🥺and trying to find something simple? It's kind a hard to find in this genre, but it's too advanced for me at this moment 💔
Hot take: How To Train Your Dragon 2 and 3 are both significant steps down from the first movie, and barely pass as average movies. Especially since the finale of the third movie undermines the themes of the first movie entirely.
Sunlit Man was such a blast. But it also got me worried for my favorite characters in the unreleased Stromlight Book 5. It looked like something terrible happened.
Nice list. I have a feeling things are going to be changing already with the release of the new Murderbot next week. I can't wait. A couple of manga I think you would like wound be Battle Angel Alita and Claymore, if you haven't yet. I honestly haven't been reading a lot of prose books this year. Manga has taken over for me, especially One Piece right now. I'm currently in Skypiea. I have so much Sanderson to catch up on.
I had read a wizard of earth sea this year on your suggestion and it really didn't click with me clear through the end. I thought id love it because I love wizards and I heard there was a dragon but the over all story just didn't hold me and I felt like it doesn't really deserve the praise it gets.
only books ive read this year but muderbot book 1 and leviathan wakes are both s tier for me. leviathan wakes got me back into reading, as im just enjoying it so much.
Have you read Ann Leckie's 2023 book Translation State? I'm a big fan of her Ancillary Justice trilogy. Her 4th Radch book, Provenance, was good but not great. Translation State is amazing! As good as Ancillary Justice; it's that original. Hope you'll read it
I agree that there are great Discworld standalones; Monstrous regiment is my favourite Discworld book, and I would always recommend starting with that one. But I wouldn't say Going Postal is a standalone, Making money and Raising steam are also Moist von Lipwig books.
In that case, we can say that each Discworld book has its own complete story that can be read independently. But I think I understand what you mean. Going postal is more dynamic from the start than City Watch books or other series, and it can draw in a reader right away.
Hey Daniel! Can you give the Prince of Nothing, and hopefully as extension, the Aspect-Emperor Quadrilogy by R. Scott. Bakker a try and review? Shaping up to be a new favourite of mine after the post-Malazan depression.
Been adding some here and there to my audible wish list (wish I could read books but ADHD + dyslexia + work makes me read documentation a lot so my mind instinctively skips to keywords and jumps between paragraphs on text) And the audible ratings for most your As and Ss are like 4.3-4.5, but the body keeps the score is a straight 5. Excited to read it 😅
Is The Black Company still on your radar? It sounded like it was going to get read this year and I was hoping to see it on the tier list! Still a great video though, thanks for putting it up :) I have a few new TBRs!
Love these wrap up tier lists! I also connected to the same 3 secret project books and was disappointed with Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee, which just did not engage my imagination or emotions.
If you're still interested in Warhammer books I HIGHLY recommend the Night Lords trilogy by Aaron Demski-Bowden, it focuses on members of the traitorous 8th Legion of space marines as they careen around the galaxy bringing absolute chaos wherever they go. Somehow manages to be both grimdark but surprisingly funny, genuinely enjoyed it a lot, and the audiobooks are excellent
Love the Tier Lists, Recently started the Midnight Front by David Mack. Really enjoying its setting (WW2), great magic system as well in my opnion. Should give it a go!
Has Mr. Greene heard of the recent animated adult sci-fi series Pantheon yet? It's pretty good! but has had problems with its original streaming service. Was originally on AMC+ and HIDIVE, then got removed. It has now been re-released on Amazon Prime Video with it's second season, but, I believe, only in Australia and New Zealand :'|
you should REALLY read something by Susanna Clarke if you haven’t already- either Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell or Piranesi. I’m not kidding when I say they’re the best fantasy books I’ve ever read, maybe even the best books I’ve ever read period. The first one is an alternate history book (set during the Napoleonic war) about magicians trying to bring magic back to England, and the second is about a man who lives in an eerie labyrinth and has to unravel the mystery of who he is and why he’s there. I think you’d love them, they’re two of my favorite books of all time.
Been a while, your top 10 vid got me into reading. Rn im like 120ish books in(series ofcourse) and am actually curious what you got🤣 Rn im struggling getting into the fifth season after Murtagh lol
The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert A. Heinlein! Ik that the author is controversial but it was one of ky first reads alongside enders game. Give it a read sometime. Would love to hear a review on it!
"The Library at Mount Char" is a fenomenal book, however I do have to give a trigger warning due to some assault that happens, but it is an amazing book imo
I heard somewhere that you are going to resume Attack on Titan soon.. cannot wait for that, although we had polar opposite views on the last season. Also, Daniel, I know you really really want to do it, so can we have a Malazan reread please?
Can we collectively as subscribers rally behind getting the goblin to read Ranking of Kings or to watch it either would work. I think it's top notch fantasy!
So many Banger's this year. The review will be "Enjoyed from beginning to end. Highly Recommend. *Slides into middle of A* 😂 Personal Rec - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
When the Egghead arc first started, I thought it was gonna be a smaller arc without a lot of action, with a lot more emphasis on world building, Devil Fruits, etc. Boy, was I wrong. Egghead is now my favorite arc in One Piece. With other arcs, you always had some parts or chapters where it dragged a bit, but (in my opinion) every Egghead chapter has been fire and it just keeps getting better and ramping up. As it should be, I think, considering we're now in the final Saga of the series, but I still didn't think it would be this good.
i do not know if this book is even considered fantasy, but due to your thorough reading in the genre, i would recommend you The Grey House by Mariam Petrosyan an Armenian author. It is her only book that she wrote for 20 years and her last one as she confirmed. There is nothing to be described about the plot. But everything is peculiar and different regarding prose, character voice etc. I would love for this book to be aknowledged more than it is because i think it is one of a kind.
I don't get all the hype for This I How You Lose The Time War. It's all vibes, no substance. It's cotton candy. I guess if you're a fan of flowery prose it's great. My higest praise I can muster is it's a good beach read. On the other hand, I'm reading Orconomics and loving it!
I'd like to see where Pantheon falls on this list if you ever end up watching it. Thanks for the recommendations though, my TBR list is about to get even longer ✌🏽
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Every book mentioned with links:
The Body Keeps the Score - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780143127741
1984 - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780451524935
Witch King - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250826794
Mad Uncle McGillicuddy, Secret Imagination Explorer - bookshop.org/a/89948/9798350905595
Orconomics - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780990859628
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250899675
Fourth Wing - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781649374042
Debt of Bones - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250813343
This is How You Lose the Time War - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781534430990
Black Sun - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781534437685
Berserk - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781506711980
I Am Not a Serial Killer - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780765327826
Equal Rites - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780062225696
Night Angel Nemesis - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780316554909
Going Postal - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780062334978
Nothing But Teeth - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250759412
Monster - amzn.to/40x8Ed3
One Punch Man - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781974734405
A Wizard of Earthsea - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780547722023
Light Bringer - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780425285978
Untethered.Sky - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250842466
Flight - amzn.to/4737usd
Blame! - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781942993773
No_Coincidence - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780759557178
Blood For Coins - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780062225696
Tress of the Emerald Sea - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250899651
Vagabond - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781421520544
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250899699
The Sunlit Man - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781250899712
The Passenger - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780307268990
Empire of Silence - bookshop.org/a/89948/9780756419264
A Court of Thorns and Roses - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781635575569
Mob Psycho 100 - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781506709871
Warhammer: Xenos - amzn.to/465G18a
The Will of the Many - bookshop.org/a/89948/9781982141172
Read 1098 of One Piece. i dare you.
@@MrGalRozdouble dare me?!
Did I miss empire of silence?
and not a peep about 'Green Rider' 25th anniversary spinoff-prequel- back story of main character who has Massive PTSD issues - I have PTSD issues - 20 years ago RIGHT NOW I was in Iraq, Kristen Britain's 'Spirit of the Wood' rather short and out just now. - Have you EVER mentioned my favorite fantasy writer 'Charles deLint - I imagine that people writing before you were born don't count in your univierse - I currently working on re-reading everything of Andre Norton that I can find!
did you forget to mention court of thrones and roses and fourth wing or were there too many books for the vid?s
Sigh, opens TBR tab
😂 same bro
"The fries of Locke Lamora"😂😂😂
I should rly read some of them sometime😔
*Opens the "yearly" TBR tab
Just added The Will of the Many and How to Lose the Time War on Audible. My Audible backlog is almost as bad as my Steam backlog now...
With all the Sanderson projects you've read, I think its time for a Sanderson tier list
Yo Egghead Island is SLAPPING!! I don’t think anyone was expecting this small arc to be as engaging as it is now. Def top tier arc
Daniel, you should read How to train your dragon series, yes, those are children stories, but the DEEPTH, the INTRIGE, the FEELLINGS, I read them at 23 and still remember them. Also the books have some nice illustrations. Thank you for you vids :)
Yessssss it’s so good and the illustrations are so much fun (except when they get darker near the end of the series)
The audiobook is narrated by David Tennant and he did an amazing job as well!
@@decimozs i loved the way he did the voice for toothless hahaa
Dude, I am a great fan of the series. When I was around 14, I was one of the admins of the HTTYD Facebook fan page with the highest number of followers in my country. I even have a black cat called Toothless. And I just learned that the HTTYD movies are based on books...
İ didnt know that had a book series! İ loved the animation so much years ago when İ watched it. I will definitely read the series
Love how much you’re getting into manga! Excellent list and I agree egghead has been better than wano
It's so good!
One manga i feel you will like is the Witch hat Atelier. It's a good read.
Kuma(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
Egghead Supremacy rise up! But for real, I have been caught up to and reading one piece since impel down (! That made me feel old) and I can honestly say Egg Head has been the best week to week arc for me personally since Marineford. Lore Piece is in full swing and I’m loving every moment of it
@@MrAccount123461 Agree Wano felt too dragged out in certain areas for me also Kuma's backstory is peak One piece
It is so funny seeing the smidge between between Tress and Yumi just keep growing
0:33 George Orwell's "1984"
0:59 Martha Wells' "Witch King"
1:34 "Mad Uncle McGillicuddy secret imagination explorer"
2:10 J. Zachary Pike's "Orconomics"
2:38 Brandon Sanderson's "The Frugal Wizard's Handbook For Surviving Medieval England"
3:27 "The Wheel of Time" S2
3:50 Terry Goodkind's "Debt of Bones"
4:41 Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's "This Is How You Lose the Time War"
5:20 Rebecca Roanhorse's "Black Sun"
6:07 Miura Kentaro's "Berserk"
6:42 Dan Well's "I Am Not a Serial Killer"
7:35 sir Terry Pratchet's "Equal Rites"
8:30 Brent Weeks' "Night Angel Nemesis"
9:09 Dreamworks' "How to Tame Your Dragon"
9:53 sir Terry Pratchet's "Going postal"
10:37 Cassandra Khaw's "Nothing But Blackened Teeth"
11:22 Urasawa Naoki's "Monster"
12:06 Bessel van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score"
12:52 ONE's "One Punch Man"
13:17 Ursula K. Le Guin's "A Wizard of Earthsea"
14:00 Pierce Brown's "Light Bringer"
14:47 Fonda Lee's "Untethered Sky"
15:18 "Flight"
15:47 Nihei Tsutomu's "BLAME!"
16:27 Rafal Kosik's "Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence"
16:57 Cam Wolfe's "Blood For Coins"
18:02 Oda Eiichiro's "One Piece(Wano Kuni arc)"
18:37 Brandon Sanderson's "Tress of The Emeral Sea"
19:05 Inoue Takehiko's "Vagabond:
19:26 Brandon Sandrson's "Yumi And The Nightmare Painter"
19:56 Brandon Sanderson's "The Sunlit Man"
20:21 Cormac McCarthy's "The Passenger"
20:39 ONE's "Mob Psycho 100"
21:19 Dan Abnett's "Eisenhorn" trilogy
22:20 CD Projekt Red/TRIGGER's "CyberPunk: EdgeRunners"
23:00 Oda Eiichiro's "One Piece(Egghead Island arc)"
23:37 Hara Yasuhisa's "Kingdom"
24:21 HBO's "The Last of Us"
24:41 Netflix's "One Piece"
25:31 James Islington's "The Will of The Many"
Hey Daniel please consider looking in to the discussions around what's "not" S-tier about "The Body Keeps The Score", it has a bit of a bad reputation among psychology professionals. Not trying to yuck your yum, just informing you that there are other perspectives around the ideas espoused within
The amount of praise The Will of the Many has received this year is crazy. What an incredible start to a new series.
I've been a fan of your channel for a very very long time. Thank you for always making such amazing content. You have helped me appreciate the fantasy genre and it almost feels like you've been on my reading journey with me because of how much our taste in books lines up. I do have ulterior motives with this comment, though... I know you get recommended HunterxHunter all the time and you haven't gotten into it in the past, but I wanted to make another pitch to you. It suffers from some of the downsides of pantsing. Togashi clearly introduced some major story elements later (like the entire magic system) that should have been included in the start. That being said, if you can make it through the first major story arc, it is some of the best fiction ever created, with some of the most incredible characters to ever exist. This is coming from a guy who thinks Joe Abercombie is the GOAT because of how much I love characters. Some of the characters that emerge later in HunterxHunter will absolutely blow your mind. Not to mention, once the magic system gets introduced, I am certain you will be completely blown away at how well done, in depth, and just cool it is. It has a very slow and uninspired start, I get that. I typically do not read things that people say "You just have to get through the bad part!" In this case, it is absolutely worth it. I really think you'll end up being grateful you tried it out. Anyway, thanks again for all the lovely content you make!
The rest of your comment is fine, but a magic (system) doesn’t have to be introduced in the beginning. Builds more intrigue. To me at least. Magic shouldn’t be at the front of the story, even in manga, as characters, plot, etc. are much more important
@L_For_Literature Yeah I actually liked how Hunter x Hunter had introduced the magic system later on. Gave a perspective of just what normal humans are capable of with some foreshadowing for something greater
I always feel sad when I realize I'll never be able to read all the great fantasy books, let alone all the great books of any genre. Would love a tier list of your favorite books to know what to prioritize :)
That means you will never run out of good books to read. That is how I deal with the problem of mortality and books.
I started The Will of the Many on your recommendation and am blown away by how much of an improvement it is from Islingtons previous work!
Daniel, I highly reccomend for you to continue with kingdom. I can confidently say theres no other manga that does strategy battle like kingdom. I've been hoping some novel or other manga take it as deep as Kingdom if anything
Also, he'd really be missing out if he quits before they introduce Ryo Fui. Easily one of my favorite antagonists in all of manga.
Strategy A+ in this manga. Aside from that Kingdom has a lot of characters who are very different from other manga like Ou Ki, Kan Ki and Ou Sen.
Your glowing review of The Will of the Many helped me discover a new favorite, thank you! I would have missed out on this one because I didn't love Licanius 25:35
Great list! You've gotta give the Dungeon Crawler Carl series a listen. I say listen since the audio book is incredible. Probably one of the best narrations that I have ever experienced.
oh my god that'd be so interesting
Cant agree more how much you need to listen to the audiobooks, im sure the book is fine but the audiobook is the best in the biz. No contest.
The Body Keeps the Score ended up being a big advertisement for body mind training. I get lots of qigong students from therapists reading this book.
Wow, you are reading Monster ha. I can say that its the only mystery thriller anime that takes place in 80s eastern Europe. Recently watched Pluto, you can give that one a shot, has the same mangaka.
Between the two, I'd say I liked Pluto better. Probably the best first episode of anything I've ever watched. What an amazing hook.
Thank you for putting together a wrap up like this! It's great to get a summary after you've had some time to reflect. I do really miss the spectacle and nonsense of the Fantasy Awards, though.
Yay fantasy tier list! My tbr is so long I’m going to cry…..
Man, thanks for getting me back into SFF. Sad I only discovered your channel this year, but it's definitely become one of my favourites. My TBR has tripled
I can't wait for you to read more of Kingdom. While manga with lots of fighting are very very common Kingdom really sets itself apart with the large scale battles, strategy, panel art etc. I'm 100% convinced you'll be glad to have read more.
Daniel putting This is How You Lose the Time War at the top of S tier is my new fave genre 💙❤️ We as a society need to write letters like Blue and Red
I'm fairly new to the 40k novels (I started playing the game a year ago), so I can't speak to most of them. But I can whole-heartedly reccomend The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath, specifically the audiobook narrated by Richard Reed.
Two immortal robot skeletons start a feud over an ancient relic, leading to a millenia-long rivalry. No description I give would do it justice, but I implore you to look into it.
The infinite and the divine is stupidly enjoyable
Infinite and the Divine is tremendous
Heya! :) Daniel! If you like the idea and find some time, I would love to see you do a video on 'writing style', if its a discussion or a tier list or just a rant :'D I am sooo interested in what you like to read in a fantasy book and overall perceive as a good fit for a modern book writing about fantasy, is it the 'whaddup dude' or 'sire, thy ass mirrors the sun, splendid' kinda stuff. ('too poetic', 'too modern', 'super old-school', 'sentences are unreadable', thou' thy', etc). Maybe you'd even give us some examples of what you like and not :)
Have a wonderful end of the year! Really love your persona and content :)
As usual you’ve filled my future with great reads to look forward too. I hope you persist with monster it’s a personal favorite that for me gets better as you let it draw you into its world that is filled with some of the most impactful side characters and stories.
I recently read my first Discworld novel!! I was blown away
Which one?
@@hmmmm2824 Wyrd Sisters
Definitely added some of these to my TBR. Have you ever checked out the Fred, The Vampire Accountant books? I've been listening to those and they're fun and imaginative. A boring CPA gets bit by a vampire and stays a boring CPA who is occasionally dragged into adventures by an increasingly zany and ever-expanding friend group of magical beings.
How could you forget baldur's gate!!! You said it was probably your new favorite game of all time?!?!?
The good thing about a series starting at C is that the next entries can climb higher and become greater :)
I'd actually really recommend reading the how to train your dragon books, I read them when I was a kid and I remember them being fun reads and getting surprisingly deep by the later books
Daniel reading more Terry Goodkind, cannot wait for the review.
First time I’m hearing of Orconomics and it sounds right up my alley!!! Added to the ✔️
Just ran out to the mall to buy new books for the first time in years thanks to your enthusiasm for those top two!
I'll be on this list one day!
when I saw Orconomics I thought of Mary Gentle's "Grunts!", another great satire on the standard fantasy tropes, this time with a military angle. I can definitely recommend it, laughed my ass off
i've been following Max Gladstone for a few years now and I think The Craft Sequence is very good.
Daniel, I recommend watching both seasons of the One Punch Man anime. It follows the manga pretty closely, and it keeps improving as more characters are introduced. It's not the deepest anime, but it has a sense of humor that hits for me more than any other anime I've watched.
Season 1 - yes, season 2 - definitely no. The best thing about the series is the art, and season 2's animation definitely does not do it justice.
Nothing has ever utterly bewildered me with its popularity like This is how you lose the time war. It was the only popular book I've read that I had to force myself to finish. It felt like it was building to something interesting, but the payoff was utterly toothless, and retroactively made the whole slow grind more painful.
4:22 I heard that as Terry Pratchett and got minor heart attack. I actually yelled out loud "HOW HAVE I NOT READ THIS TERRY PRATCHET BOOK"
I’m a simple man, I see a tier list and I click it.
I would love to see you review “Frieren: Beyond Journey's End” (Anime or Manga). It’s listed as Adventure, Fantasy, Drama - but I would definitely put this into a ‘Slice of Life” bucket. After reading Legends and Lattes (because of your videos!) I was in the mood for some great Fantasy Slice of Life books and this more than scratched the itch.
definitely one of the best fantasy manga i have read! would love for daniel to check this out!
I started reading Daniel Abraham The Dagger and the Coin series. Finish book 1 the Dragon Path now a ways through The Kings Blood. Very intriguing. The first I’ve read of him. Very political with pretty grey characters, and some POVs I have no clue where they are going. Reminds me a bit of A Feast For Crows. Have any of you read it? Also on book 3 of the Riyria Revelations, didn’t think I would enjoy it at first , kinda silly but now I’m waiting for some more character development of both Ryria characters. You get bits very very slowly. I keep hearing how great they are but very slow developing
- Thanks for all your reviews. I’m trying to decide if I want to read 4th wing with my wife. She doesn’t do fantasy but wants to read that.
Preordered a nice Broken Binding edition of The Will of the Many very spur of the moment so pleased to hear some hype about it 😊
I feel like you might enjoy The Seep by Chana Porter. This unusual story about a an alien invasion where the aliens "infect" humans making everyone feel connected and allowing them to physically change themselves in ridiculous ways. The main story follows a trans woman whose partner has decided to use the Seep to become a baby again and restart life. The story is surreal, psychedelic even a little Horror-esque at points and a very interesting look at grief and moving on. There's a lot of other stuff as well, but it all breezes by at 200 pages.
Thank you for putting 3 new books in my 2 read list
Would love to see your thoughts on the rest of the Expanse series, I know it’s a long series but it is definitely worth sticking with the books to the end. The last 3 books are top tier sci fi
He finished it. He said the ending wasn’t his favorite but that it made sense. He doesn’t have a review up for every book though. And I agree, I think it was phenomenal and I loved the ending.
@@JC-qp8hj dang well to each their own I guess
This helped me find so many books that I have got to read. Keep up the good work man.
I felt the same as you about kingdom at first, but wow when you get into the bigger arcs it becomes special, I’m around chapter 350 and it’s great
Appreciate your honesty
You might enjoy the old Warhammer Fantasy novels more so than 40k, purely because the universe is a bit more self-contained. In particular, I recommend the Gotrek and Felix book, partly because it incorporates the wider setting without inundating you with it and gives you a pretty entertaining duo to experience it through, alongside both its own cast and characters from the wider setting.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners was so damn good, and I rate it similarly: some noticeable flaws, but overall consistently good and well put-together!
The web serial Pale finished this year at ~3.8 million words, I can confidently call it my absolute favorite book
At a bit more manageable, Scavengers Reign is now one of my favorite animated series of all time in just 12 half-hour episodes
Opens StoryGraph: Here we goooo 💖
Hiiii Daniel, please, would you to do any recomendations for easy fantasy to read/not to complex, specially for us, non-native English speakers who are learning English 🥺and trying to find something simple? It's kind a hard to find in this genre, but it's too advanced for me at this moment 💔
Hot take: How To Train Your Dragon 2 and 3 are both significant steps down from the first movie, and barely pass as average movies. Especially since the finale of the third movie undermines the themes of the first movie entirely.
While I like 2 I agree 100% about the third, that ending was such a disappointment
Yay so happy to see your updated video ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sunlit Man was such a blast. But it also got me worried for my favorite characters in the unreleased Stromlight Book 5. It looked like something terrible happened.
Nice list. I have a feeling things are going to be changing already with the release of the new Murderbot next week. I can't wait. A couple of manga I think you would like wound be Battle Angel Alita and Claymore, if you haven't yet. I honestly haven't been reading a lot of prose books this year. Manga has taken over for me, especially One Piece right now. I'm currently in Skypiea. I have so much Sanderson to catch up on.
Great tips, for me one too is to trade tv time for reading time and not force myself to read if I don’t feel like it
Fantastic video. Definitely noticing a rise in standalone novels more and more lately.
I had read a wizard of earth sea this year on your suggestion and it really didn't click with me clear through the end. I thought id love it because I love wizards and I heard there was a dragon but the over all story just didn't hold me and I felt like it doesn't really deserve the praise it gets.
I'd love to see a video on your favorite indie novels.
only books ive read this year but muderbot book 1 and leviathan wakes are both s tier for me. leviathan wakes got me back into reading, as im just enjoying it so much.
Have you read Ann Leckie's 2023 book Translation State? I'm a big fan of her Ancillary Justice trilogy. Her 4th Radch book, Provenance, was good but not great. Translation State is amazing! As good as Ancillary Justice; it's that original. Hope you'll read it
Good stuff! Added some books to my TBR list!
I agree that there are great Discworld standalones; Monstrous regiment is my favourite Discworld book, and I would always recommend starting with that one. But I wouldn't say Going Postal is a standalone, Making money and Raising steam are also Moist von Lipwig books.
Very fair point! I just mean it gets the reader very deep into what makes Discworld special and tells a complete story on its own.
In that case, we can say that each Discworld book has its own complete story that can be read independently. But I think I understand what you mean. Going postal is more dynamic from the start than City Watch books or other series, and it can draw in a reader right away.
Hey Daniel! Can you give the Prince of Nothing, and hopefully as extension, the Aspect-Emperor Quadrilogy by R. Scott. Bakker a try and review?
Shaping up to be a new favourite of mine after the post-Malazan depression.
I hope you'll read Jin Yong's Condor Trilogy in the future.
Kingdom goes nuts pretty much after the first arc
Been adding some here and there to my audible wish list (wish I could read books but ADHD + dyslexia + work makes me read documentation a lot so my mind instinctively skips to keywords and jumps between paragraphs on text)
And the audible ratings for most your As and Ss are like 4.3-4.5, but the body keeps the score is a straight 5. Excited to read it 😅
Genuine recommendation Daniel, I think you should give The Infinite and the Divine a read.
It’s a great read and quite funny
Httyd is S tier by soundtrack alone, it is genius
I cannot wait until you read Simon Jimenez' "The Spear Cuts Through Water." Not only best fantasy, but best book, in recent history.
Tried twice, could not get into This Is How You Lose the Time War. Only tried audiobook but still. Can see it is an original take but that’s it
Is The Black Company still on your radar? It sounded like it was going to get read this year and I was hoping to see it on the tier list! Still a great video though, thanks for putting it up :) I have a few new TBRs!
Always looking forward to these lists!
Love these wrap up tier lists! I also connected to the same 3 secret project books and was disappointed with Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee, which just did not engage my imagination or emotions.
If you had to choose between Empire of Silence and The Will of the Many?
I agree with you One Piece opinions, Wano had a few issues including being too long but I'm enjoying Egghead island arc.
I started Discworld with Going Postal, highly recommend.
Neat list so many new finds for me
If you're still interested in Warhammer books I HIGHLY recommend the Night Lords trilogy by Aaron Demski-Bowden, it focuses on members of the traitorous 8th Legion of space marines as they careen around the galaxy bringing absolute chaos wherever they go. Somehow manages to be both grimdark but surprisingly funny, genuinely enjoyed it a lot, and the audiobooks are excellent
Love the Tier Lists,
Recently started the Midnight Front by David Mack. Really enjoying its setting (WW2), great magic system as well in my opnion. Should give it a go!
Has Mr. Greene heard of the recent animated adult sci-fi series Pantheon yet? It's pretty good! but has had problems with its original streaming service. Was originally on AMC+ and HIDIVE, then got removed. It has now been re-released on Amazon Prime Video with it's second season, but, I believe, only in Australia and New Zealand :'|
I'm wondering about this too. It's an S-tier show. I'd say it's the best animated sci-fi show no one has heard of.
i do recall him talking about it in a fantasy news video
you should REALLY read something by Susanna Clarke if you haven’t already- either Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell or Piranesi. I’m not kidding when I say they’re the best fantasy books I’ve ever read, maybe even the best books I’ve ever read period. The first one is an alternate history book (set during the Napoleonic war) about magicians trying to bring magic back to England, and the second is about a man who lives in an eerie labyrinth and has to unravel the mystery of who he is and why he’s there. I think you’d love them, they’re two of my favorite books of all time.
Been a while, your top 10 vid got me into reading. Rn im like 120ish books in(series ofcourse) and am actually curious what you got🤣
Rn im struggling getting into the fifth season after Murtagh lol
The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert A. Heinlein! Ik that the author is controversial but it was one of ky first reads alongside enders game. Give it a read sometime. Would love to hear a review on it!
"The Library at Mount Char" is a fenomenal book, however I do have to give a trigger warning due to some assault that happens, but it is an amazing book imo
I heard somewhere that you are going to resume Attack on Titan soon.. cannot wait for that, although we had polar opposite views on the last season. Also, Daniel, I know you really really want to do it, so can we have a Malazan reread please?
Can we collectively as subscribers rally behind getting the goblin to read Ranking of Kings or to watch it either would work. I think it's top notch fantasy!
So many Banger's this year. The review will be "Enjoyed from beginning to end. Highly Recommend. *Slides into middle of A* 😂
Personal Rec - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
YES!!! FINALLY A TIER LIST VIDEO!!!!!!
When the Egghead arc first started, I thought it was gonna be a smaller arc without a lot of action, with a lot more emphasis on world building, Devil Fruits, etc. Boy, was I wrong. Egghead is now my favorite arc in One Piece. With other arcs, you always had some parts or chapters where it dragged a bit, but (in my opinion) every Egghead chapter has been fire and it just keeps getting better and ramping up. As it should be, I think, considering we're now in the final Saga of the series, but I still didn't think it would be this good.
This tier list is surprisingly helpful
This guy needs to read the wandering inn
First of all, love your content!!
Secondly, a recommendation: "The Lightning-Struck Heart" by TJ Klune. Do the audiobook😁
Going Postal was my start into Discworld! I think maybe Books and Bao was who I found who suggested it as a starting point??
i do not know if this book is even considered fantasy, but due to your thorough reading in the genre, i would recommend you The Grey House by Mariam Petrosyan an Armenian author. It is her only book that she wrote for 20 years and her last one as she confirmed. There is nothing to be described about the plot. But everything is peculiar and different regarding prose, character voice etc. I would love for this book to be aknowledged more than it is because i think it is one of a kind.
I don't get all the hype for This I How You Lose The Time War. It's all vibes, no substance. It's cotton candy. I guess if you're a fan of flowery prose it's great. My higest praise I can muster is it's a good beach read. On the other hand, I'm reading Orconomics and loving it!
I'd like to see where Pantheon falls on this list if you ever end up watching it. Thanks for the recommendations though, my TBR list is about to get even longer ✌🏽
I finished the will of the many in like 3 days, it was fucking amazing.