Tier Ranking EVERY COMPLETED Fantasy Series I've Read! (100+ series)
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THIS WAS ACTUALLY SO HARD BECAUSE I LOVE MOST OF THESE BOOKS
I started reading Robin Hobb because of you 3 years ago. It changed my life. Ive read them very slowly because I knew from pretty early on that this series is something else. I am on the final book, havent yet started because I know I am going to grieve the ending of this series for a long time….
But thank you. Thank you for recommending Robin Hobb. Its one reason that makes life worth living for me. Thank you thank you thank you.
As a new convert to fantasy, I appreciate this video so much for all the information. Even more though I have to say I am so impressed at your recall of 100 series!!! And being able to rank them!!!
The thing about Ruby Red is that it was written in German... The translation just doesn't do it justice, it takes away from the story. So, I understand why you didn't like it. But if you ask any 25-year-old, this was THE YA series to read in Germany when we were in middle school! It's so popular that they made all three books into movies!
super valid!!
I LOVE this series, it’s so lighthearted and I had no idea about the movies, I will be watching them!
I actually didn’t know this was written in German! Now I’m wondering if my german is about good enough to read the original lol
I just recently found your channel while looking for Legends of the First Empire content and my TBR has already doubled 😂 Great video!!
!!!! omg welcome!
THANK YOU FOR THE LENGTH OF THIS VIDEO. Are you kidding, this was awesome. I’m gonna rewatch to see if I missed any recommendations
Your videos have truly gotten my back into fantasy in a big way!! I would love if you'd make a video about your favorite heist fantasies, one of the best tropes!
Yeah! This is the video I have been looking for. I have just read my very first Fantasy, "Fate Inked in Blood" and was so surprised how much I loved the genre. Your talking about completed series will help me decide which rabbit hole to venture down. Thanks so much! Elizabeth
Out of all the booktubers I've watched, your taste in books align with mine the most. So I trust your judgement. Seeing you immediately rank PJO so high has cemented that even more. You now have my complete trust in books lol
So, I have not completed many fantasy series. But I did complete two of the ones you have here and DNFed after 3 books another series you have here.
I often watch different TH-camrs and notice that my tastes is just not like most people. But the fact that you put poppy wars, your all-time favorite it is mine too and The infernal devices under great (although for me, so much angst and love 😢) makes me trust your judgment so much. And the fact that you placed the mortal instrument under okay, which was a dnf series for me again reinforces how much I now trust your taste. Thanks for taking the time to do all this.
I read the Lumatere Chronicles/Finnikin of the Rock series AGES ago because of your recommendation and I loved it!! The second book is my favorite because of the journey Froi goes on. I really think it's quite mature and has more substance than a lot of the YA fantasy I've read (and I've read a lot haha). More people need to be reading and talking about that series!
I totally agree!!
I am so impressed by your fast decision making of how to rank all of these series! I could not. 😅
This is exactly why I follow you. I trust your reviews of books. I thought I was going crazy when I would ready "popular" books and then couldn't even finish them because they were so bland and predictable. You were the reason I first started reading RJB and now I'm obsessed. I can safely read whatever you recommend and know I'm about to get into some seriously amazing writing.
FYI, Katherine Arden's new standalone just came out and it's *chef's kiss*
You’re officially my favourite book TH-camr. I really appreciate your honesty and critical thinking ❤
I watched this video this morning and I immediately saved some of your all time faves on my tbr. and then this afternoon I stumbled into my local bookstore when I was on my afternoon walk and ended up buying 'city of brass', which is one of the books that peaked my interest. they have a very limited English collection so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it on the shelf. So it felt like fate so I had to get it haha
So many series! Love ranking these and seeing how it changes over time
I understand where you are coming from in the things you liked and didn’t like but a sorcery of thorns and these violent delights where one of my absolute favorite books ever and five star for me! People have different tastes so it’s ok that you didn’t like them.
Omg, you look stunning in every video, but you are literally glowing here!
I cant lie, as someone who did read (listen to) all of WOT, your reasoning for DNFing actually made me fully commit to this hour long video lmao. I feel exactly the same about his writing but it's one of my best friends all time favourite series and it was quarantine so I truly had nothing better to do than finish it but yeah its biggest flaw for me was the writing/pacing throughout. Once you get further in the actual plot and arcs and characters you can now actually keep track of do make it absolutely worth it though! if you ever have three to eight months of free time to kill i would go back to it lol
As someone who is reading TOG series for the 1st time rn... i can confirm, im in the middle of the series & its kind of hard for me to get back to it every night where as the first couple books i was reading so fast. But im still intrigued enough to not DNF it
If it's the heir of fire book I agree. I just read it and it took longer but think it was purely a filler book
First time watching one of your videos and you rank PJO at S tier - I immediately trust you
“This is bad… and also just bad” made me howl 😂
You’re probably already on your Japan trip. Hope you’re having a wonderful time! I would add to your list The Nsibidi Scripts series (Akata Witch, Warrior and Woman) by Nnedi Okorafor. I’d rank them all as GREAT! Tor has released two of her earlier books, Shadow Speaker and Like Thunder. I enjoyed the first and just getting into the second. You can definitely tell they’re earlier works, but it’s nice to see how her imagination has always worked.
I knew we had very different reading tastes but this just put that in perspective 😂
THANK YOU for saying that about Falling Kingdoms. I keep seeing it recommended and it bogles my mind tbh
Currently rereading the Percy Jackson series and I just finished the Battle of the Labrynth.... I remembered that one being my favorite and it's STILL SOOOO GOOD. Loving it all over again
it has no business being as good as it is!!
The Magician’s Nephew is my favorite too! 💚💛
Wheel of time was meant to be read in the early 2000s when we had very little else. You can't read it now, it doesn't work. Unless you read along with the Everybody Hates Rand podcast, then it's still fun.
Read Wheel of Time between 2022 and 2024 and had a huge blast, finished the 3000 last pages in 2 weeks. It freakin' works. But I acknowledge it's one of the most divisive fantasy series ever, even amongst fans!
Nope. It's still one of the greatest series ever written with characters who have, hands down, some of the best character development in all of fantasy.
Why did you not include the mirror visitor quartet?
"Finnikin of the Rock" by Melina Marchetta truely an amazing series to check out...❤❤
Such heartfelt characters, amazing storyline!❤
A Very underrated series..
Well, you've just added some new fantasy books/authors to my TBR. You don't mention them here, but if you've never read any of the books by Tamora Pierce, I can HIGHLY recommend them. I started reading them in 5th grade (almost 24 years ago, yeesh...) and I still re-read them every year. I firmly believe they hold up to this day. My favorite of her series is the two quartets and the standalones in the Circle of Magic series, but I love everything she writes.
I'm probably the only person who liked the Frugal Wizard's Handbook. I relate to the feelings of failure of the main character experiences, and I feel like he's very relatable. Maybe it's telling that the people who don't like the book have their lives together. And people like me who don't have direction are the ones who like it. I thought the illustrations and bits of Handbook were hilarious. I love anything to do with parallel universes. And the end of the book and the characters' fates gives me hope for myself that maybe I can figure out what I'm meant for too someday. And maybe I'm good enough the way I am and I don't need to seek perfection. And at the end of the day, I can compare myself to a fictional character who really messes things up with his life and say, "Well at least the decisions I made are better than that!" haha
Love that I've shortened by TBR thanks to this video! Happy to cut off "solid 3 star reads with bland writing" lol
Nostalgia will always keep Vampire Academy high for me haha
I would love to know what other heist stories you recommend!!! That’s one of the reasons I absolutely loved six of crows when it first came out because I was like a HEIST?!? I hadn’t read one in a fantasy book before!
Mistborn was another she mentioned in this video, not sure if you caught that one 🙂
Any specific recommendations for lovers of A River Enchanted?
I absolutely loved those two books, especially the island and all of its Nordic-esque magic. But I don’t know where to go from there for other similar fantasy reads.
To be fair, I have yet to read it, so I can't attest to how good it is (though I have been hearing good things from friends), but I kno0w A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen is Nordic inspired as well. Might give it a try? I adore her Stolen Songbird series about a girl kidnapped into a world under a mountain full of trolls. I really enjoyed her writing in that YA series, O perhaps this new book of hers will be good as well. :)
This video was so good, it was this kind of recommendation I needed.
Have you read "I'm number four"? I loved this collection and I don't know many people who read it.
Okay a bit unrelated… but this hair color suits you soo much. Also I feel it gives you a strong Emma Stone resemblance 🤭🤭
No Ian Irvine? You’re missing out, his second series (The Well of Echoes Quartet) in the Three Worlds Cycle is especially brilliant… lots to add to my TBR! 😊
Out of curiosity, have you read anything by Garth Nix? I feel like The Old Kingdom series would be something up your alley.
Love that series! Garth Nix is perpetually underrated!!!!
Definitely re read shadow and bone. Its not going to blow your mind but its worth enjoying
I always feel a pinch when people say Ruby Red is bad, because as a german teen I loved it when I read it for the first time and it was one of my absolute favorite books, hahaha. Of course it's not perfect, but I just love almost everything that author puts out, just a comfort author for me.
Finnikin of the Rock trilogy is EVERYTHING 😭❤️ Froi and Quintana >>>
literally THIS
Could A Spear That Cut Through Water be an interesting audiobook read iyo ? I always find it hard to choose between the 2 formats...
FWIW, I like to combine audio with eyeball reading. That way I can keep up with the story in my car and in the shower. LOL
No, no, no, no about For the Wolf!!! This book just drove me to want more, more more fantasy. :-) If you find it bad, I guess I am in for some real treats , as I have a ton of the ones you rate, but haven't read yet. ;-) .
I loooooved ruby read and i read it when I was almost 20. My sister in law also loved it and she read it at 21. So if it sounds good to you. Give it a try.
DNF for Nevernight?! I feel attacked! lol I LOVED that book
lol I was hoping someone else felt this way. I love Jay Kristoffs books 😂
@@Jess_Reads I'm absolutely obsessed!
the magician's nephew is my favorite too!
Hearing your thoughts on the wheel of time and knowing what you like about Robin Hobb’s work I couldn’t help but think you’d love a song of ice and fire (don’t know if your already said you won’t read it, so sorry if you have). It’s got great pacing, a truly absorbing world, is very well written and the characters are some of the best in fiction. I think you would enjoy. Could not be more unlike wheel of time if it tried I think 😂
I'm caught up on that series! (alas will it ever be completed)
@@PeruseProject oh amazing! Haha that is the trouble when it comes to including it in videos like this 😭😭😭
NEVER apologise for the length of the video, I love long videos haha
The Magicians Nephew was my favorite toooooooooo
IM SO EXCITED
yay! thank you for watching!
I feel like heist theme needs it's own video!
You should check out The Mummy and The Mayfair Witch trilogy by Anne Rice. Pretty sure you would like The Mummy.
The Bone Season is Samantha Shannon's superior series by far, but then that's not completed so wouldn't show up in this video I guess. But still, I needed to mention it because first rule of books is talk about your favorite books
As a Cassandra Clare stan, I wouldn't recommend mortal instruments. Just catch a recap jump into one of the other series.
soft DNFed around book 6 of wheel of time. it's something i'll likely finish but some series once i pause them it's gonna be a while before i come back
Curious about what was fan service in Book 4 of Faithful and the Fallen
Can never recommend The Girl of Fire and Thorns enough! especially if you are looking for a female main character that has to work hard to complete her quest, isn't stereotypically "pretty", and has genuine friendships with those around her!
Okay. You won me over the second you said DNF for Wheel of Time! Couldnt get past the first 10 chapters
Where will you put age of madness ?
Where would you put shadow of the fox?
Someone said it about One Dark Window....it was blah. I think I rated it based on other people's opinions not my own.
How do people have enough to time read this much?? It took me like 4 years to get through the realm of the elderlings books alone lol
You might like Inkheart.... all I'm going to say.
Such a great series!
spinning silver is NOT russian folklore!!
You mean you dont like reading about the gold and silver strands woven into the wall hangings around the room, depicting great battles won by "insert monarch here."
Girl how do you have Queen of the Tearling in great while Cruel Prince in okay while complaining about the ending? (I’ve never read Cruel Prince) Queen of the Tearling had such a bad ending it ruined the whole series for me, and I LOVED the first and second book 😭
If you like Six of Crows, definitely check out Lies of Locke Lamora (the Gentleman Bastards series) by Scott Lynch! I am nearing the finish on it and its sooo good. I feel like there are a lot of things that were taken nearly directly from it in Six of Crows, but thankfully Bardugo does, over the Six of Crows duology, become her own work with less direct inspiration from Gentleman Bastards. I love both, but I think Scott Lynch's work is superior. Just be prepared for the feels. Much like Robin Hobb's books rip your heart out, Scott Lynch is often cited similarly when people talk about this series.
shes read that book already and gave it five stars on goodreads
I love ruby red :(
You didn't rank the Harry Potter series?
very surprising.
No Lord of the Rings either?
Throne of Glass in good is a crime 🐳
I liked Harry Dresden the best right now.
not me bein so bored and done with shadowhunter books that im unhauling all of em xD idk the last hours trilogy books were just soooo long and its just always the same thing i hate that the characters keep things from each other which leads to drama..and the romance wasnt even that big and the plot too. idk i wanted to finish it to know how it ends and at least have it as read but honestly my least fav trilogy she has so far ngl. i do wanna read wicked powers trilogy when it comes out. im reading a curse so dark and lonely rn and im enjoying it but yeah agree is nothin special. i feel like im also still pretty new to fantasy and ive only really read YA fantasy. love acotar and tog series and crescent city. i like that its has plot and romance in em. and i dont like just romance and smut and no plot. i think im also very much into fae and vampire fantasy books rn ngl, also love the cruel prince series. i think we ve different taste in fantasy i think bc uve read a lotttt more fantasy so uve read wayy better books which makes sense too. i read the grishaverse books yearsss ago and tried readin king of scars but honestly dnfed half way bc im just not invested in the world anymore even tho still wanna know how it ends but have other series i wanna read , plus king of scars duology books are long i think i shouldve read it back when i read the other grishaverse series to enjoy it
If you like romance and fantasy I'd suggest trying Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (just stick with the original trilogy I'd say, could be a good bridge to a more fantasy heavy trilogy if that's what you want to try) and also Jennifer L. Armentrout's books. I particularly liked her Covenant series starting with half blood. They tend to be quite fun, more romance leaning urban(ish) fantasy books that are YA. The Prison Healer trilogy is also really good if you wanted to try a more fantasy heavy slow burn. Most importantly - just keep reading different things and find what you enjoy regardless of what other people's opinions are!
@@0bookhoarder096 ive heard of poison study years ago and yeah def interested in em. jennifer l armtrout new fantasy books are a nope for me.. from what ive heard they are really romance and smut heavy and not that much interesting plot and they alsoo sooo big and theres just so many of em. i like romance in fantasy but i dont want the whole book to be romance and smut (i personally dont really like a lot of smut gets kinda boring i just wanna know what happens next in the plot) ive read her alien books years agoo tho those were good. yess ive the prisor healer trilogy in my tbr too if im not wrong. yeah for sure ive a bunch of fantasy books to read that are a bit older like curse so dark and lonely and serpent and dove, caraval, once upon a broken heart, red queen etc (these are all older series that ive had on my shelves for years and havent gotten around to em so im excited to hopefully gettin around to em soon)
@@thegirlonfiredolls oh yeah definitely, I don't like her new books either! The covenant series is an older one of hers and its more like obsidian so not just lots of smut with set dressing. Its a less well known one but i binged the entire series when i found it 😆 to describe it, it's kinda like if percy jackson was merged with shadow hunters and was set at a boarding school.
@@0bookhoarder096 HAHAH SMUT WITH SET DRESSING Xd ill ve to check it out then. thanks for the recommendations hihi
So from this video I came to know that you haven't read Harry Potter series or do I miss it ?
I'm pretty sure she has read them but probably feels no need to feature a series who's author has gone completely of the rails spreading transphobia
@@mrgreenleafx that doesn't make sense because there are other problematic authors here too.... she probably just doesn't like the series.
no you didn't miss it. it wasn't there which is odd since its like beginner/basic fantasy people getting into it..
@@katgreer6113 Pretty sure she answered this one in a video or comment years ago. And JK Rowling is more than a little problematic at this point
Was hunger games in it? I sped over some of it
Unfortunate Events is fantasy? I don’t remember any fantasy in it
honestly this is a great point, I think my brain just auto sorted it here!
Finnikin is so good.
I actually liked Daughter of Smoke and Bone more than Strange the Dreamer
I thank you. My wallet does not. 🤣
No Ilona Andrews? I guess they're Urban Fantasy.
I finished Wheel of Time because my buddy reader pulled me through but honestly it pretty much sucked. I know that’s sinful to say in the fantasy community but this series would be at the very very bottom of the series I’ve read. If not dead last it would be very close.
Still got the best Protagonist journey and development in fiction
@@ifokser2816 Period. Rand al'Thor has the best character development of any fantasy character ever written.
Can you Tier rank women Reddit subs?
Incredible job ranking Regan all these fantasy series 💜💛🌷🌷💖💜🐰🐣🐣💕🪷🪷💕🍄🟫🐥🐥🪺🌻🐰🐣🌞🍄🌻🪺💚🌼🌼🐚🌺🌸🪻💓🌺🩵🍄🟫❤️❤️❤️💙🐣💙🧡💛💖🐣📚📙📙📙📚📚📙📙