Best Recent Fantasy Books According to Goodreads || My Reviews
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- Hey Booktube, here are my reviews of "The 72 Most Popular Fantasy Novels of the Past Three Years" according to Goodreads.
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What are your favorite recent fantasy books from this list?
I know you said that “A Deadly Education” was your second chance for the author but I think you may enjoy the Téméraire series by her. It’s a retelling of the Napoleonic Wars with dragons.
Piranesi and Master of Djinn are my favs from this list (although Ring Shout was better than Master of Djinn imo). I'm currently reading Black Leopard, Red Wolf and enjoying it but I can understand why a lot of people were turned off by it.
@@Nikki-tb4ku Master of Djinn is soooooo good, I need the sequel so bad.
Loved the Invisible life of Addie Larue. I sometimes wish I could go into every book without any expectations because I seem to always enjoy them much more.
If you haven't read The Golem and the Jinn, you must pick it up. It is beautiful. The Hidden Palace is solid but I felt like it was the second in a series. I don't know if she plans on a third, but it would make sense.
House in the Cerulean Sea is one of my favourite books! It has the ultimate found family vibes and it’s just the ultimate comfort read
Just want to say thank you so much for everything you do for us booktube fans 💜 you’re my absolute favorite content creator and I can tell you really care about us 🥰
you summed up my thoughts on Erin Morgenstern so perfectly! I tried to read the night circus and it was just endless flowery nonsense. i couldn't finish it; i was so bored! clearly we're in the minority since her work is so popular but i will never understand it.
I felt exactly the same about the Night Circus. I was just sitting there the whole time like why would anyone waste their time writing this lol
I’m finally making progress in The Priory of the Orange Tree and I love it.
Timestaps!
Intro - 00:00
00:47 - The Invisible Life Of Addie Larue (V. E. Schwab)
01:26 - From Blood And Ash (Jennifer L. Armentrout)
01:29 - The House In The Gerulean Sea (TJ Klune)
02:00 - Crescent City (Sara J. Maas)
02:02 - Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo)
02:53 - The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern)
03:35 - The Priory Of The Orange Tree (Samantha Shannon)
04:22 - Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
04:55 - The Ten Thousand Doors Of January (Alix E. Harrow)
05:06 - The Atlas Six (Olivie Blake)
05:47 - A Deadly Education (Naomi Novik)
06:24 - Under The Whispering Door (TJ Klune)
06:28 - The Once And Future Witches (Alix E. Harrow)
06:54 - Ariadne (Jennifer Saint)
06:56 - She Who Became The Sun (Shelley Parker-Chan)
07:54 - The City We Became (N. K. Jemisin)
08:01 - Rhythm Of War (Brandon Sanderson)
08:14 - Gods Of Jade And Shadow (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
08:21 - Book Of Night (Holly Black)
08:39 - The Year Of The Witching (Alexis Henderson)
08:47 - Black Sun (Rebecca RoanHorse)
09:32 - Daughter Of The Moon Goddess (Sue Lynn Tan)
09:38 - The Winter Of The Witch (Katherine Arden)
09:41 - Magic Lessons (Alice Hoffman)
09:57 - The Dragon Republic (R. F. Kuang)
10:23 - Non-TBR books / Middle Game (Seannan Mcguire)
11:03 - The Bone Shard Daughter (Andrea Stewart)
11:42 - Tbr/Non-Tbr / The Shadow Of The Gods (John Gwynne) / Non-TBR
12:24 - Magic For Liars (Sarah Gaily)
12:57 - Darkdawn (Jay Kristoff) / Tbr/Non-Tbr
13:33 - The Sword Of Kaigen (M. L. Wang) / Tbr/Non-Tbr
14:25 - The Girl And The Stars / Holy Sister (Both By: Mark Lawrence) / Tbr/Non-Tbr
15:02 - In An Absent Dream (Seannan Mcguire)
Last Tbr/Non-Tbr + Outro - 15:49
Thank ypu
Thank you Emily for this awesome video, I've read some of these books and I enjoyed most of them. The priory of the orange tree was awesome.
I'm so excited for her new release next in the same world!
The empress of salt and fortune is brilliant! You should definitely put it on your tbr! (And it's short)
I just finished Ariadne last month and I adored that book! Highly recommend it to anyone who likes Greek retellings
this is an interesting list, my favorites are She who became the sun, Master of Djinn and Empress of salt and fortune
Definitely please read Kaikeyi! Would love to hear your thoughts on it. I thought it was great and so desperately wanted to hear more people’s thoughts on it (especially you, since I really enjoy hearing your opinion on books!).
I'm not huge or myth retellings but the reviews are so good that I'll let myself be tempted!
I'm still yet to read Addie La rue but I will hopefully get to it soon. I didn't mind House in the cerulean sea and I agree on Priory of the orange tree being a fantastic read- I can't wait to get and read the prequel next year. Piranesi was a great read for me as well.
I’m only 30 seconds into this video and I have to pause to say I’m particularly loving your look today…the hair, the make-up, the outfit. Love it all! I’m here for the content, but I just have to say, you’re the cutest! ❤️
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Hey M!
You have to read the "Dresden Files," series by Jim Butcher. I just finished "StormFront," and I loved it! It reminds me of a 1940's detective noir film in the modern age.
Harry Dresden is a PI, but he is also a wizard who has to make a living in this current world where people treat him like a joke. He has a PI business and he also contracts with the Chicago PD on X File type cases . Currently there are 17 published books in the series with two more being written.
It's not a deep, or complex magic system, but it is a fun little gumshoe novel.
i’ve just discovered your channel and i’m in love with your videos!! ❤️❤️
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I've read The priory of the tree on your recommendation and really liked it I hope you will read the sequel when it's released so we know if we should get it!
I loved The Empress of Salt and Fortune, but only liked the sequel When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain. I'm waiting for the third one this fall (Into the Riverlands) to decide if I keep up with the series.
Empire of the Vampire is soooo good, I think you would enjoy it. I haven't read any of his other works but from what I hear they're not as good. It is going to be a trilogy though and I know you hate starting series that aren't finished haha. I just really love the characters, all a bit messed up but trying to do the right thing.
I wanted to read Shadow of the gods and it's still on my TBR but I started and it didn't catch me so I wait a little bit more since I'm again into fantasy.
If you’re interested in a modern book about witches I highly recommend These Witches Don’t Burn series, it was fun and scary and emotional. Loved the main character and tbh, I usually don’t like YA but this one was not typical YA!
Love that description of Starless Sea 😂 nothing about her writing has ever sounded like it would appeal to me, so I'll probably never read her.
If you at all like myth retellings, I think it's worth checking out Kaikeyi. The character relationships are really well written and I personally enjoyed reading about a story from another culture I wasn't familiar with. It's a great debut novel. I liked it better than Circe personally because I connected with Kaikeyi's story more. I think the writing isn't quite as good as Miller's but still quite good, especially for a debut.
I'm not huge on myth retellings but I keep hearing great reviews of this one so I'll have to check it out!
For modern witches, the only one I've read that has worked for me is Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper. It's a sapphic romance but it's basically pitched as "John Tucker Must Die meets the TriWizard Tournament" - now, I've never seen John Tucker Must Die, but I know the premise and that's a pretty accurate pitch. I would check it out on Goodreads bc it's a fun book!
That does sound fun!
Patricia Briggs is my favorite author. Highly recommend.
It's not contemporary, but a fairly modern witch novel is 'The Vine Witch' by Luanne G. Smith. I think it's based in early 1900s and it's set in France. I really enjoyed this book.
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune is my beloved book of this year I must say. And the audiobook ( Kirt Graves - Narrator) has makes me lough so many times ;) I really adore this story.
Under the Whispering Door is hands down my favourite read this year.
You should read Under the Whispering Door!! Please i think you would love it
i think you’d really enjoy ‘empress of salt and fortune’, it’s so short but really engaging
A few people mentioned it and my library has it so... absolutely!
Addie LaRue was one I absolutely loved as well!
From blood and ash is on my TBR, is there a reason you didn’t want to read it?
I love The Library of the Unwritten, I hope you read it
Night circus was also like the raccoon 😭 It sounded so cool!
"Rodger and Dodger. Who thought that was a good idea?" omg 🤣🤣🤣
These videos are getting me a bit ruthless lol
if someone named their dog or other pet duo like that I would find it sweet haha
Great video!
Great video Emily! I’m really inspired by all the challenges you do and your reviews :) lots of love and support xx
I do appreciate that they said most popular not best like some lists do, if anyone can call the most popular books it’s goodreads
If I did a video like this it would be 60+ minutes long lol. Good job getting through all of those!
I didn’t care for The Cruel Prince by Holly Black but was intrigued to read her adult book. Didn’t even make it past page 50. It reads very YA (to me anyways) and I found it boring. I’m interested in your opinion on it!
A little hatred is so good! The sequels are even better then “first law” trilogy. Highly recommended
It's an interesting list of books! I am curious how they put it together. Is it the highest rated or the ones that are shelved most often?
I have a feeling it's the latter because of certain books being there (like Upgrade on the sci-fi list). I'm not sure it's the most representative of the best ones but oh well!
Can you do a video of your favorite witchy book??
The ten thousand doors of January was a five star read for me, loved it!
I heard that Ariadne was really great.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess is not a YA book it's an adult fantasy, the cover artist also did the cover art for The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea that released at the same time which IS a ya book so everyone thought both books were YA, but the former is not
Its not YA?? I thought It read very YA.
You should give P. Djèlí Clark a chance. I think you will love it.
I enjoyed The Cartographers! I liked the characters and the premise. I don’t k ow what this falls under but think speculative? I might be in the minority on this one.
The most speculative! There is no logic to the magic system....and it doesn't matter because it is just so fun. No thoughts, all vibes!
The Deep by Rivers Solomon is so good!
I think you'd like Empress of Salt and Fortune
I really enjoyed it. And it's a short one so it's not a big commitment.
I read that earlier this year and thought it was such a great little story!!
A few people mentioned it and my library has it so... done!
I wanted to love Sword of Kaiden soooo badly but I just could not care for the characters, and it sounded exactly like every single anime I watched in the mid 90s 😭 but if someone hadn’t watched a lot of that type of stuff growing up, I can see why they’d enjoy it
that is exactly what a friend of mine said to me after he red it haha. the only thing missing off course is a filler episode at the beach
Yes to everything. I found it so derivative, liked none of the characters and just found it boring.
I loved Addie too. 💙💙
But I loved Ninth House and Atlas whereas you didn’t. I believe the assault in NH is reflective of the author’s direct experience but everyone has their line. To be fair I read it so long ago and need to reread, so I may skip over the scene if it’s graphic. It never has to be graphic to get the point across; that’s a choice. Shame it wasn’t for you! :( (I also liked the protagonist haha.)
I keep hearing the term “magical realism,” but I still don’t really understand what it is
Honestly my definition is probably not the real thing lol
I tend to associate super vague magic system to it like "the ocean at the end of the lane"
@@BookswithEmilyFox the only thing I know for sure is that many booktubers seem to not like magical realism lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox oh the genres are hard for me to understand too lol. Would you ever consider doing a fantasy genre overview type video?
I think I would be the worst person to do that video as I'm equally confused XD
I define magical realism as "it just happens" magic. We often don't find out why, or if we do, the parameters are super loose/vague.
love this 💖
There was a short story published for the part she left out in In an Absent Dream. I haven't read it yet, but I think she wrote it within the book originally but then had to cut it for page count reasons. A few people have told me it's awesome but I wish I'd known about it while reading the main book so I could've put it down and read them together.
I read the first 2 books of the Poppy War trilogy and not sure if i should continue.
T J Klune is one of my favorite writers. I really dont agree with him being called problematic and I think its blown way out of proportions. I really would recommend under the whispering door. It's fantastic and heartwarming a 5 star read for me.
from what I could see on the internet it is mostly abou that he used residential schools as inspiration and source material. Alot of poc and natives just say it isnt his story to tell as a white person. Using something that was done by white people to natives and then as an white author rework that into a book is something that needs to be talked about.
But I would highly recommend listening to poc, natives comment on the whole ordeal because as another white person I dont feel like I get to judge here if this was "blown out of proportions"
Unless you’re Native American yourself, you don’t get to say that it was overblown. If you want to continue to support the author then that’s your prerogative, but you don’t have the right to trivialize the trauma of indigenous peoples
I could not finish Ninth House or Atlas Six! Idk why but I just could not get into them.
I'm planning to take The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue on holiday with me. I can't wait to read it ☺
Ten thousand doors is really good. I didn’t like it in the beginning and was even considering DNFing but I’m so glad I finished it! Such a beautiful book!
I haven’t read so many of these 😩
My problem with a lot of goodreads list is that they are so broad with their definition of genre or in general how to classify books. Like *tecnically* yes Sarah J Mass is fantasy and so is Sanderson but come onn are we really putting them in the same category? I’m not even commenting on the quality of the work… I just feel like people that read her or I’m pretty sure blood and ash are not there for the world building 😅
100%. I believe there are even books by Stephen King and Colleen Hoover that ended up winning the Goodreads choice award in categories that they were technically not part of lol
Hard to take it seriously when that happens!
@@BookswithEmilyFox it’s so frustrating! Cause on both sides you’re not actually getting a) good recommendation and b) even fun/satisfaction out of the “awards” because if all the books have nothing in common then they can’t even be compared and/or ranked
You should 100% read Empire of the Vampire
I need a trigger warning for that raccoon video!! I'm pregnant and it always has me sobbing on the floor 😭😅
LOL in case it helps, it’s probably better for them not to eat the sugar!
I personally felt that The Kingdom of Copper was not as good as City of Brass but it did remarkably well for a middle book in a trilogy. And the ending was so freaking unexpected! Still need to read the third book but so far this series is really, really good.
The whole trilogy is awesome. A touch of romance, lots of political intrigue, interesting topics, a diverse chast of characters, some LGBTQ representation... Just finished it, a little winded sometimes but definitely worth reading.
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The TJ Klune controversy is so sad, because the book has absolutely zero connection to the reason people got angry about it :| I think authors should absolutely be held accountable, but sometimes I feel links are made between things that don't exist. :/ I think it was just supposed to be a cute, wholesome book including a magical orphanage but hey...
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Do not waste your time with Book of Night. I read 150 pages and it felt like 350 pages 😴
Wow only one Maas book
Rachel Griffin has a new book out about witches and one from last year I believe too that's more modern. She has The Nature of Witches and Wild is the Witch.
I haven't read Wild is the Witch yet. It just came out on the 2nd.
I didn't really care for Holly Black's new book. I love her work, but it really wasn't the best one, maybe just 3 stars. Her children books and YA books are so good. She is one of my favorite authors.
Uprooted is terrible. You should try His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik. As well as Spinning Silver.
I really loved Addie larue
Omg I thought I was the only one who hated A Deadly Education. It was so bad. I have no idea how people like it
I liked the night circus but forced self to read starless sea..
what a popularity contest this list is 😂
The Wolf and the Woodsman was so good. It's Adult fantasy, and is a standalone.
I disliked the boneshard daughter. It was kind of bland to me.
Don’t insult YA like that; Deadly Education is adult 😂😂😂
It is allegedly adult, but reads incredibly YA!
No way! It 100% reads YA (I'm big in defending female authors automatically being categorized as YA but wow :/)
the bone shard daughter had an interesting idea but it was booring. i was so sad when i dnef it.
I agree. I thought the world building, plot, and characterizations were thin. Reminded me of bad YA fantasy. One of my most disappointing reads this year.
Read the first two books and I'll just say it: great concept but it's quite poorly written... :/ and there wasn't enough to make me accept it lol
Well this is reassuring. I was wondering why I didn't connect at all and was sure it was the audiobook!
@@BookswithEmilyFox honestly, book two is even worse in terms of writing in my opinion....... I'm so bummed about it because I really wanted to follow Jovis and his creature/animal companion 🥺
Would you say that you are a little picky? 😂
Magic for liars is one of the worst books I read in the past 2-3 years, that’s cray-cray! House on the Cerulean was ok, loved the devil spawn but I don’t get the hype. Loved Larue, Piranesi, never reading another Morgenstern until girl discovers the meaning of plot, all icing, no cake. You might like Novik’s Spinning Silver or her Temeraire series, dragons fighting Napoleon! Avoid The binding, it’s a great concept that turns into a simple romance, sheesh. I will be picking a few here though. (My TBR is lethal, about to start WOT 9 and Stormlight 4…)
I hated Ninth House. Awful.
I loved "The Night Circus" but "The Starless Sea" was borderline torture to finish.. It constantly felt like it was going to turn into something but never reaching. Maybe that was the whole point, but it just left me empty and frustrated.
God bless from blood and ash isn't on your Tbr RUN don't walk away from that horrid book.
Wow, this was the first time that I heard about the issues with TJ Klune. I won't be buying his other book. What a disappointment!
Yeah it's disappointing... not a lot of people talk about it!
I am definitely reading all this books 📚 adding them to both my list and library 📚 💞💕💕❤️🩹🌈💖❤️🩹✨📚📙💙💚💚💚💙📚📖❤️🩹📖📖❤️🩹🌈💛💛💞💜💜🌈🌈❤️🩹📖📚📙💓💚💚💚💙📖📚📙💙💛💕💜💜💗💞🌈💚💓💙💓🌈❤️🩹
Happy Thursday Emily have a great weekend you deserve it xoxo 😚 📚📙🌈✨💖💖💞❤️💚☀️💓💕💓💜💜💚💞💙🌈🌈📚📚📙🌈📖📖💖💞✨✨✨📙📚📚🌈✨💞💖📖💙💞❤️🩹💓💛💛💚💚❤️🩹❤️🩹💞💞💚💜💞💞🌈📙📚🌈📙