You got me to start reading out of nowhere with the Sword of kaigen video you posted. Now I’ve read mistborn era 1, and moving my way through the cosmere. Read a few others you have recommended like Hail Mary. Love watching your videos and great job on the growth of the channel 👍 loving my new hobby of reading
I struggle to find the time to read what I really love to since I’m an English teacher and spend so long teaching (undeniably brilliant) books that are on the curriculum. I made it my mission this year to read all the books I wanted to read, and make the time to do so. I got through 21, which wasn’t too bad, including finally starting the Stormlight Archive. Love your channel, keeps me motivated to keep reading if I’m in a lull!
Bro… so many of these series I absolutely love too; Mistborn era 2, red rising, rage of dragons, M L Wang, John Gwynne, Suneater, Stormlight!!! These are all books I absolutely love!
Congratulations on all your success! I'm so happy I found your content. I'm reading Words of Radiance right now and am absolutely hooked. The Cosmere will keep me fed until 2026 at this rate, but it's a very blessed place to be.
I really love your reviews and recommendations, Smitty! You have an immaculate taste in books and I love your passionate yet calm way of talking about them without screaming at your audience. Also, thank you for not using cuts after every other sentence unlike other booktubers, makes your content so much more enjoyable to watch :D
Happy to have found you and Michael and Jonah this year. Really helped me upped my reading from the years prior. Finished 18 this year, which is 18 more than the last three years combined. I'll be starting the Mistborn saga next year and I'm so pumped! Much love to you and excited to read more in 2025 🎉
I love the confetti!! 🎉 Smitty your channel is so great, I'm so glad I discovered it - and I got Scythe for Xmas because of you. I have to read Dungeon Crawler Karl as I've heard you and the brothers Gwynne talk about it non stop! You are so warm and so passionate about the books and the community. Look forward to watching next year 😊
Thank you Smitty! This year I read Red Rising, Golden Sun, Morning Star. Then Empire of Silence, Howling Dark, Demon in White. Then Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. Been in a reading slump trying to get into The Way of Kings. Despite all the great reads, I really miss Mistborn Era 1 the most. I can’t get myself to start Mistborn Era 2 just yet because I don’t want to spoil the excitement of getting back into the Mistborn world after reading Stormlight. I started this year really eager to get into Fantasy and Sci-fi as I’ve mostly read self-help and literary fiction. I owe a lot to you for the recs and bringing excitement with each new read. Hella excited for my reading goals in 2025! Happy reading!!!
I loved Blood Over Bright Haven and the Bloodsworn Trilogy and I have The Fifth Season on my TBR so seems like we may have similar tastes. I definitely added a few of your favorites to my TBR list for next year. Thanks!
Another Great review! I met the Evan Winter and the author for Chain gang at Essencefest this year. Like me Evan lives in Canada 🇨🇦. They are Amazing author and down to earth brother. The author for chain gang gave us a unique read with elements of hunger games and gladiator. He heavily researched the book and I love the historical end notes throughout the novel which reminds you about the non-fictional parallels in society. Such talented authors. I will try ML Wang books now based on your recommendations. Keep up the great content 🎉
Thank you so much for recommending Dungeon Crawler Carl. I am listening to the audiobooks now and am addicted! Currently on book 3 and hope you will get a chance to continue it as well
you recommended me hail mary + mistborn era 1 and became the easiest sub and life long fan lmao. congrats on a great year and keep going my guy. keep bringing the drip w the t’s too 😭
Such a good book list! I read The Bloodsworn trilogy this year and really enjoyed it. I’m starting Mistborn book 1 and I’m a fan so far. Thanks for the great content and I hope to see more!
Demon in White is by far my number one this year. WoR is my number one Sanderson book totally get why it was yours. Very jealous you got to read it for the first time this year!
Thank you for all the book recommendations! I asked for the sword of kaigen for Christmas after hearing your review of it and have already finished it. And it is by far the best book I have ever read. Thank you.!
Came across your channel a few months ago and immediately was captivated by your positive vibes and genuine personality. I have since read Jade City and Blood Over Bright Haven based on your recommendations and now moving on to The Shadow of The Gods. I will get around to starting Mistborn and Stormlight Archive soon. Thank you for all your videos and hope to see you at 50k subscribers this time next year 🎉🎉🎉
Halfway through Words of Radiance, cannot wait to read Sword of Kaigen! Just added it to my list, love your recommendations!!!!! Side note, did not expect Words of Radiance to be so freaking funny (so far, waiting for Sanderson to bring the pain)
I ordered a lot of books from Amazon on Thursday and realized that over half of them are recommendations from you lmao (Red Rising, Rage of Dragons, Greenbone Saga, Suneater)
I'm the guy who recommended Dungeon Crawler Carl recently (you mentioned you had already read it). A word of advice as you proceed: Books 3 and 4 have slightly complicated floor structures. The author acknowledges this, and it’s intentional-especially in Book 3. Don’t stress too much about understanding every number on the page and its implications. It’s easy to feel lost if you overanalyze, which can lead to frustration. Don’t do that to yourself! Of course, all the numbers make sense in the end, and I haven’t spotted any plot holes yet. Have fun! The hype each book generates should honestly be branded illegal. Book 5 and 6 literally elevate this series from a goofy haha ride to a one of a kind emotional fuq-fest.
Started Blood over Bright Haven today and now I‘m even more excited!! The first chapter alone was already so good and thrilling!! Great work and great list with a well deserved Number 1!
Your energy with reading is so refreshing! I have quite a few of your recs on my 2025 TBR and I’m so excited! Can’t wait to see your content and recs for 2025! Keep up the great work!
I wasn't a huge fan of fantasy before but ever since finding your Tiktok account (and now TH-cam) you've made me want to read so many fantasy books that I can only pray I get to all of them by next year! Absolutely love your content, happy New Year and I'll see you in 2025!
Solid list! Glad to see Sanderson on their multiple times. Hunger of the Gods was great, just wait until you hit the last book though. I just started the Suneater series, myself, and I'm loving Empire of Silence so far.
Happy new year Smitty! I can’t even remember how I found your channel. I have never been a fiction reader but these last few months I read Project Hail Mary, Mistborn era 1, Tress of the emerald sea and now I’m reading Way of kings. Very thankful.
This list is straight fire. Blood over Bright Haven and Rage of Dragons are some of my favorite reads. I gotta pick up the slack on reading Sun Eater next year
I'm so happy I found your channel this year Smitty! Fantasy is my favorite genre and was already reading The way of kings but you motivated me to push through the first half, just finished it and omg it was just amazing. Thank you for being here and sharing this! 💫
You're the first book tuber I've seen enjoy Mistborn Era 2 more than 1. Makes me want to go read it now. Totally with you on #1. Read that last month and could not put it down either. I'm on Oathbringer now and hope to finish up the series in January. I'll be reading Chain-Gang in the first week of January. Can't wait!
Hunger of The Gods was my favorite of The Bloodsworn Saga too! I loved that series so much! I'm now on book three of his series The Faithful and The Fallen, and I might like this series even more. Which is crazy to me, but I love his writing. Also, I've bought The Fifth Season but I'm afraid 😅
@@Smitty1423 thanks for that advice. I will do that. I definitely want to read it! Also, looking forward to your reviews on The Faithful and The Fallen ☺️
Happy New Year, Smitty!!!! I am so thankful I found you and this community you have built, congratulations on all your hard work and I look forward to reading more ya'll in 2025!
👏👏👏 So glad I found your channel! Your passion for fantasy books (and reading in general) always makes me excited to read and I can’t wait to pick up some of these books (especially The Fifth Season, Blood Over Bright Haven, and The Rage of Dragons)! And Words of Radiance made it to my top books of 2024 as well, big surprise haha
Would never have thought you'd put Words of Radiance as number one! Shocked. Hope to see some more collab with Austin and Richard at 2toRamble in 2025!
sun eater is by far my most anticipated series, but i want to wait until the last book comes out (hopefully 2025, fingers crossed) so i can read the final installment perfect in time. every single time somebody talks about it i'm losing my mind because i just know it will come into my top 3 AT LEAST. i know it's not good to go in with such high expectations but man i can't turn those feelings off and i just know they're going to be fulfilled
We share an entry for the year but I can't do one book per series since I only read 9 different series and 7 different authors. Only 5 of those authors actually got a book in my top 10 and one of them DOMINATED the top 10 and became one of my favorite living authors. One of his two series broke into my top 3 favorite series of all time. Here is my top 10: 1. Age of War by Michael J Sullivan; book 3 of Legends of the First Empire (5 out of 5 stars) 2. Heir of Novron by Sullivan; book 3 of Riyria Revelations (5) 3. The Lost Metal by Sanderson (5) 4. King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence; book 2 of Broken Empire (5) 5. Age of Myth by Sullivan; book 1 of LotFE (5) 6. The Blackest Heart by Brian Lee Durfee; book 2 of Five Warrior Angels (5) 7. The Traitor by Anthony Ryan; book 3 of Covenant of Steel (5) 8. The Bands of Mourning by Sanderson (5) 9. Age of Empyre by Sullivan; book 6 of LotFE (4.5) 10. Age of Legend by Sullivan; book 4 of LotFE (4.5) Legend of the First Empire became my 3rd favorite series this year. Stormlight Archive could definitely go back ahead of it because I haven't read Wind & Truth yet. I'm going to next month. But for now LotFE has bumped it down a spot to #4.
Yeah demon in white is my all time favorite book but its very very very close to oarhbringer for me. I know objectively Words of Radiance is Brandons best book but i related to Oathbringer more. But Demon in White man... unreal.
Predicting books in your 2025 Top Ten: Jade Legacy, City of Brass, Strength of the Few, Lightbringer, Of Darkness and Light, Ruin (by Gwynne) and Mercy of the Gods
Your rankings 💯: 1. Words of Radiance (Book #2 in Era 1 of the Stormlight Archive series) 2. Demon in White 3. The Rage of Dragons (Book #1 of the Burning series) 4. Blood Over Brighthaven 5. The Hunger of The Gods (Book #2 of the Bloodsworn Trilogy) 6. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book #1 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series) 7. Morning Star (Book #3 of the Red Rising Saga) 8. The Fifth Season (Book #1 of the Broken Earth Trilogy) 9. The Lost Metal (Mistborn Era 2) 10. Chain-Gang All-Stars
I gotta comment real quick. Without looking into it myself, that first book sounds like Stephen King’s Running Man. Like if someone told me that was the plot to a book without a title, that’s what book I would assume this is. I’m sure there are a lot of differences that can’t be captured in a forty second preview, but oof.
You got me to start reading out of nowhere with the Sword of kaigen video you posted. Now I’ve read mistborn era 1, and moving my way through the cosmere. Read a few others you have recommended like Hail Mary. Love watching your videos and great job on the growth of the channel 👍 loving my new hobby of reading
Yo man this is so dope glad you are enjoying my favorite hobby now! Happy reading!
I struggle to find the time to read what I really love to since I’m an English teacher and spend so long teaching (undeniably brilliant) books that are on the curriculum. I made it my mission this year to read all the books I wanted to read, and make the time to do so. I got through 21, which wasn’t too bad, including finally starting the Stormlight Archive. Love your channel, keeps me motivated to keep reading if I’m in a lull!
So glad I can keep you motivated!
Congrats on the channel growth! Keep up your passion and love for reading.
Thank you so much I will!
Bro… so many of these series I absolutely love too; Mistborn era 2, red rising, rage of dragons, M L Wang, John Gwynne, Suneater, Stormlight!!!
These are all books I absolutely love!
Just top tier for sure
Great work and thank you for recommendations. You do well with talking about the books without spoiling them.
I try my best haha
It seems to be a rare talent in book review land. :)
Fax, Smitty be putting people onto peak 💯.
Congratulations on all your success! I'm so happy I found your content. I'm reading Words of Radiance right now and am absolutely hooked. The Cosmere will keep me fed until 2026 at this rate, but it's a very blessed place to be.
Thank you so much and yeah the cosmere will keep you occupied for awhile haha
I really love your reviews and recommendations, Smitty! You have an immaculate taste in books and I love your passionate yet calm way of talking about them without screaming at your audience. Also, thank you for not using cuts after every other sentence unlike other booktubers, makes your content so much more enjoyable to watch :D
Thank you for this kind words!
I’m so glad I found your channel this year! I hope your channel continues to grow, you deserve it!
Glad you’re here! Thank you!
Happy to have found you and Michael and Jonah this year. Really helped me upped my reading from the years prior. Finished 18 this year, which is 18 more than the last three years combined. I'll be starting the Mistborn saga next year and I'm so pumped! Much love to you and excited to read more in 2025 🎉
18 books is incredible glad you’re back into reading so good!
I love the confetti!! 🎉
Smitty your channel is so great, I'm so glad I discovered it - and I got Scythe for Xmas because of you.
I have to read Dungeon Crawler Karl as I've heard you and the brothers Gwynne talk about it non stop!
You are so warm and so passionate about the books and the community. Look forward to watching next year 😊
Thank you for all your kind words! Looking forward to next year as well!
Thank you Smitty! This year I read Red Rising, Golden Sun, Morning Star. Then Empire of Silence, Howling Dark, Demon in White. Then Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. Been in a reading slump trying to get into The Way of Kings. Despite all the great reads, I really miss Mistborn Era 1 the most. I can’t get myself to start Mistborn Era 2 just yet because I don’t want to spoil the excitement of getting back into the Mistborn world after reading Stormlight.
I started this year really eager to get into Fantasy and Sci-fi as I’ve mostly read self-help and literary fiction. I owe a lot to you for the recs and bringing excitement with each new read. Hella excited for my reading goals in 2025! Happy reading!!!
Ahh so glad you accomplished your goal of getting into fantasy and sci-fi. Those books are some great ways to get into them for sure
I loved Blood Over Bright Haven and the Bloodsworn Trilogy and I have The Fifth Season on my TBR so seems like we may have similar tastes. I definitely added a few of your favorites to my TBR list for next year. Thanks!
Nice hope you have a great year!
Another Great review! I met the Evan Winter and the author for Chain gang at Essencefest this year. Like me Evan lives in Canada 🇨🇦. They are Amazing author and down to earth brother. The author for chain gang gave us a unique read with elements of hunger games and gladiator. He heavily researched the book and I love the historical end notes throughout the novel which reminds you about the non-fictional parallels in society. Such talented authors. I will try ML Wang books now based on your recommendations. Keep up the great content 🎉
I’m mad jealous haha
Just started Book 1 of the Sun Eater series just so I can get to Demon in White. Thank you!!!
Enjoy the journey!
Thank you so much for recommending Dungeon Crawler Carl. I am listening to the audiobooks now and am addicted! Currently on book 3 and hope you will get a chance to continue it as well
It’s a top priority for me in 2025. I also love when people surpass me in the series when I recommend books!
you recommended me hail mary + mistborn era 1 and became the easiest sub and life long fan lmao. congrats on a great year and keep going my guy. keep bringing the drip w the t’s too 😭
Thanks for being a part of this community and also the recognition of the drip haha
Great video! Keep 'em coming. Cheers. 😍🎉
Thank you! Appreciate that so much
Such a good book list! I read The Bloodsworn trilogy this year and really enjoyed it. I’m starting Mistborn book 1 and I’m a fan so far. Thanks for the great content and I hope to see more!
Let me know your thoughts on Mistborn and excited for 2025!
Demon in White is by far my number one this year. WoR is my number one Sanderson book totally get why it was yours. Very jealous you got to read it for the first time this year!
Yeah it’s wild all the fire that was read this year reading demon in white and WOR in the same year is even more insane haha
Thank you for all the book recommendations! I asked for the sword of kaigen for Christmas after hearing your review of it and have already finished it. And it is by far the best book I have ever read. Thank you.!
Oh you were not playing around!! Glad you enjoyed that one one of the best
SOK is a goated book imo so so good
Congrats on such a successful year! Love your channel! I’m ready for Jade Legacy to be your number 1 book in 2025. 🤣 Happy new year!
Can’t wait to read Jade Legacy. If I did honorable mentions Jade War would 1000% be there
Always love seeing a notification from you!
Ahh love this so much!
Also I started sun eater yesterday because you’re one of many on TH-cam who tout its praise so thank you!
Happy new year. Halfway through Wind and Truth--likely going to take my top spot for 2024. I'm planning on getting to Demon in White early in 2025.
Happy New year to you too yeah you’re going to end this year and start next year with straight fire
Read a book after so many years after watching your video. I read hail mary and it was amazing. Now i'm about to start reading Sword of Kaigen now :)
So glad you’re back into reading!
Came across your channel a few months ago and immediately was captivated by your positive vibes and genuine personality. I have since read Jade City and Blood Over Bright Haven based on your recommendations and now moving on to The Shadow of The Gods. I will get around to starting Mistborn and Stormlight Archive soon. Thank you for all your videos and hope to see you at 50k subscribers this time next year 🎉🎉🎉
Glad you’re loving the recs and thanks for the hype! Hopefully this community can grow to 50k that would be incredible
@@Smitty1423 Definitely will :)
Halfway through Words of Radiance, cannot wait to read Sword of Kaigen! Just added it to my list, love your recommendations!!!!!
Side note, did not expect Words of Radiance to be so freaking funny (so far, waiting for Sanderson to bring the pain)
Haha Sanderson has some lowkey humor for sure
I ordered a lot of books from Amazon on Thursday and realized that over half of them are recommendations from you lmao (Red Rising, Rage of Dragons, Greenbone Saga, Suneater)
Haha those are peak for sure
I'm the guy who recommended Dungeon Crawler Carl recently (you mentioned you had already read it). A word of advice as you proceed: Books 3 and 4 have slightly complicated floor structures. The author acknowledges this, and it’s intentional-especially in Book 3.
Don’t stress too much about understanding every number on the page and its implications. It’s easy to feel lost if you overanalyze, which can lead to frustration. Don’t do that to yourself! Of course, all the numbers make sense in the end, and I haven’t spotted any plot holes yet.
Have fun! The hype each book generates should honestly be branded illegal. Book 5 and 6 literally elevate this series from a goofy haha ride to a one of a kind emotional fuq-fest.
Started Blood over Bright Haven today and now I‘m even more excited!! The first chapter alone was already so good and thrilling!! Great work and great list with a well deserved Number 1!
Yeah that first chapter starts off with a bang huh? Hope you enjoy the rest let me know what you think!
Enjoy it, possibly my favorite book I’ve read so far, if not it’s certainly up there.
I don't read fantasy but I watch because of your passion for what you read!
Love this hope you get into fantasy next year!
Your energy with reading is so refreshing! I have quite a few of your recs on my 2025 TBR and I’m so excited! Can’t wait to see your content and recs for 2025! Keep up the great work!
Nice hopefully your 2025 is absolutely incredible! Thank you!
I wasn't a huge fan of fantasy before but ever since finding your Tiktok account (and now TH-cam) you've made me want to read so many fantasy books that I can only pray I get to all of them by next year! Absolutely love your content, happy New Year and I'll see you in 2025!
You’ll have a full year ahead of you! So glad you’re into fantasy now! Happy reading
Ha! You crack me up! Great top 10 list. Happy New year 🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉 whee! Confetti
Haha had to bring the confetti happy new year to you too!
Thankful to have found you on booktube this year. 🖤
I’m thankful for you as well!
Solid list! Glad to see Sanderson on their multiple times. Hunger of the Gods was great, just wait until you hit the last book though. I just started the Suneater series, myself, and I'm loving Empire of Silence so far.
I read the last book in Bloodsworn and enjoyed it!
We got the confetti on tiktok and youtube, we out here really blessed! Thank you for the amazing 2024 and can't wait to see our 2025!
Deserved the confetti in both places for sure!
Happy new year Smitty! I can’t even remember how I found your channel.
I have never been a fiction reader but these last few months I read Project Hail Mary, Mistborn era 1, Tress of the emerald sea and now I’m reading Way of kings. Very thankful.
@@TFlip04 this has me so hyped those are some of my favorites for sure happy reading!
Justice of kings series! Phenomenal series that deserves more love - I think you'd fall in love
I gotta check it out
This list is straight fire. Blood over Bright Haven and Rage of Dragons are some of my favorite reads. I gotta pick up the slack on reading Sun Eater next year
Those two were insane I read them in back to back months
@Smitty1423 crazy lineup
I found you on booktok this year and have added a lot of your recommendations to my tbr. Can't wait to see more of your content in 2025!
That’s so incredible glad you had a great reading year!
I'm so happy I found your channel this year Smitty! Fantasy is my favorite genre and was already reading The way of kings but you motivated me to push through the first half, just finished it and omg it was just amazing. Thank you for being here and sharing this! 💫
Ahh so glad you pushed through one of the best hope you enjoy the series
Thanks for all the book recommendations this year i got back into reading because of you and happy new years mate
Damn that’s so incredible happy new year to you too!
You're the first book tuber I've seen enjoy Mistborn Era 2 more than 1. Makes me want to go read it now. Totally with you on #1. Read that last month and could not put it down either. I'm on Oathbringer now and hope to finish up the series in January. I'll be reading Chain-Gang in the first week of January. Can't wait!
Let’s gooo. Yeah era 2 goes crazy, very different than era 1 but really enjoyed it
Great list!
Thank you!
Hunger of The Gods was my favorite of The Bloodsworn Saga too! I loved that series so much! I'm now on book three of his series The Faithful and The Fallen, and I might like this series even more. Which is crazy to me, but I love his writing. Also, I've bought The Fifth Season but I'm afraid 😅
The fifth season is very unique I would say take your time with it. The Faithful and the Fallen is very high on my list for sure
@@Smitty1423 thanks for that advice. I will do that. I definitely want to read it! Also, looking forward to your reviews on The Faithful and The Fallen ☺️
Happy New Year, Smitty!!!! I am so thankful I found you and this community you have built, congratulations on all your hard work and I look forward to reading more ya'll in 2025!
Happy new year to you too glad you are a part of the community!
Dark Age is a wild ride in your upcoming Red Rising journey, & books 4 & 5 for the Crawler Carl series are phenomenal
A lot of great reading ahead of me then!
Confetti and a bean bag chair reveal!? The content keeps getting better!
Haha yepp that’s my reading corner!
Got some great recs from you this year! Looking forward to 2025 🎉
Thank you! 2025 we go even crazier
After watching this I’m excited to read!🎉
Thanks for the recommendations. I found ur channel on another vid and we liked a bucnh of the same books so I started reading Mistborn yesterday
Ahh you gotta check back in on what you think!
👏👏👏 So glad I found your channel! Your passion for fantasy books (and reading in general) always makes me excited to read and I can’t wait to pick up some of these books (especially The Fifth Season, Blood Over Bright Haven, and The Rage of Dragons)! And Words of Radiance made it to my top books of 2024 as well, big surprise haha
Love that so much and yeah those books were insane and to read them all in one year even wilder 🤯
Bro I love your content, got me fist pumping for each of your picks and finally somebody agrees that Era 2 is superior!
Haha love the enthusiasm! Yeah I enjoyed era 2 a lot probably will have to reread both
Would never have thought you'd put Words of Radiance as number one! Shocked.
Hope to see some more collab with Austin and Richard at 2toRamble in 2025!
sun eater is by far my most anticipated series, but i want to wait until the last book comes out (hopefully 2025, fingers crossed) so i can read the final installment perfect in time. every single time somebody talks about it i'm losing my mind because i just know it will come into my top 3 AT LEAST. i know it's not good to go in with such high expectations but man i can't turn those feelings off and i just know they're going to be fulfilled
Haha I’m telling you it’s so top tier as the series goes along it’s so insane
Just found your channel and your quickly becoming my favorite book reviewer! Thanks for the list!
Such an amazing compliment thank you so much for being a part of the community!
Taking my time with Words of Radiance and about 200 pages in I’m still waiting for it to hook me like Way of Kings. Gonna trust you it gets better
Take your time! When it goes crazy it goes insane
We share an entry for the year but I can't do one book per series since I only read 9 different series and 7 different authors. Only 5 of those authors actually got a book in my top 10 and one of them DOMINATED the top 10 and became one of my favorite living authors. One of his two series broke into my top 3 favorite series of all time. Here is my top 10:
1. Age of War by Michael J Sullivan; book 3 of Legends of the First Empire (5 out of 5 stars)
2. Heir of Novron by Sullivan; book 3 of Riyria Revelations (5)
3. The Lost Metal by Sanderson (5)
4. King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence; book 2 of Broken Empire (5)
5. Age of Myth by Sullivan; book 1 of LotFE (5)
6. The Blackest Heart by Brian Lee Durfee; book 2 of Five Warrior Angels (5)
7. The Traitor by Anthony Ryan; book 3 of Covenant of Steel (5)
8. The Bands of Mourning by Sanderson (5)
9. Age of Empyre by Sullivan; book 6 of LotFE (4.5)
10. Age of Legend by Sullivan; book 4 of LotFE (4.5)
Legend of the First Empire became my 3rd favorite series this year. Stormlight Archive could definitely go back ahead of it because I haven't read Wind & Truth yet. I'm going to next month. But for now LotFE has bumped it down a spot to #4.
Guess I gotta check out Sullivan!
I still remember where I was sat when I read "Honor is dead, but ill see what I can do" ....Brandon was cookinggg
For me it was like 2 am and I literally sat up in bed and reread it countless times so damn good
Bro did not want to clean up that confetti afterwards 😂
Lmfaoooooo I did it was so much but I’m pretty sure I didn’t get it all
Makes me really wish i had friends to talk to about books
That’s what this is community is for!
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Hope you had a good one!
Yeah demon in white is my all time favorite book but its very very very close to oarhbringer for me. I know objectively Words of Radiance is Brandons best book but i related to Oathbringer more. But Demon in White man... unreal.
Demon in white is so crazy like it was so close to being over Words of Radiance so peak
Predicting books in your 2025 Top Ten: Jade Legacy, City of Brass, Strength of the Few, Lightbringer, Of Darkness and Light, Ruin (by Gwynne) and Mercy of the Gods
Haha we shall see
blessings man
Blessings to you too!
Thanks!
You’re a legend
Demon in white is actually ridiculous 😭😭
Haha like so wilddd
Your rankings 💯:
1. Words of Radiance (Book #2 in Era 1 of the Stormlight Archive series)
2. Demon in White
3. The Rage of Dragons (Book #1 of the Burning series)
4. Blood Over Brighthaven
5. The Hunger of The Gods (Book #2 of the Bloodsworn Trilogy)
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book #1 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series)
7. Morning Star (Book #3 of the Red Rising Saga)
8. The Fifth Season (Book #1 of the Broken Earth Trilogy)
9. The Lost Metal (Mistborn Era 2)
10. Chain-Gang All-Stars
Yepp!! Also now that I watched Arcane I love your profile pic!
dude going to read bright blood over heaven after I read the 25+ other books you’ve been recommending 😂
Haha hope you enjoy it! You’re going to have a great reading year!
Do you have a GoodReads account I could follow?
Yepp it’s in my bio!
I gotta comment real quick. Without looking into it myself, that first book sounds like Stephen King’s Running Man. Like if someone told me that was the plot to a book without a title, that’s what book I would assume this is. I’m sure there are a lot of differences that can’t be captured in a forty second preview, but oof.
Haven’t read the Running Man!
Fine I’ll Read Rage of Dragons 😂😂😂
😭😭 it’s time
When will you read LOTR?
@@bensharp4851 gotta make space for it in 2025 we’ll see
Dark Age and Light Bringer are somehow even better than morning star lol, just wait
Crazy if true!!
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Thanks for all your recommendations, Smitty. You got me out of a long reading slump. Can't wait to see what you're reading in 2025! 🫶🏾
I love this so much! I hope no more reading slumps in your future!