Reading with Rebecca Nicole | 50 Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century (According to You) Featuring @ChloeFrizzle @readingwithrebeccanicole | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
We asked you all to nominate the best fantasy books of the 21st century, and this is the top 50 nominations!
Thanks so much to @ChloeFrizzle for joining! I had a great time working on this together!
00:00 preamble
01:15 Honorable Mentions
02:16 Babel by R.F. Kuang
03:33 Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
04:06 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
04:50 The Other Wind by Ursula K Le Guin
06:06 Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
07:05 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn muir
07:51 Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto
08:43 The Girl From the Other Side Nagabe
09:08 hidden gems
10:03 Akarnae by Lynette Noni
10:36 The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
11:32 The Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce
12:34 Soldiers Live by Glen Cook
13:02 the old and the new
13:10 The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
14:05 Garlic & the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
14:30 The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
15:15 Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
15:59 Legendborn by Tracy Deon
16:43 The Tea Dragon Society K. O'Neill
17:12 A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
18:03 The Rarkyn's Familiar by Nikky Lee
18:59 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
19:50 A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
20:36 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
21:14 Kate Daniels Series by Illona Andrews
21:57 expansive genres
22:31 American Gods by Neil Gaiman
23:15 Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
24:06 Minimum Wage Magic (DFZ series) by Rachel Aaron
24:59 The Curse of Chalion (world of the five gods series) by Lois McMaster Bujold
25:35 Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
26:17 Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
26:40 Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay
27:36 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
28:14 The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune
28:55 The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang
29:39 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
30:08 Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
30:35 The Will of the Many by James Islington
31:28 The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
32:03 First Law by Joe Abercrombie
32:41 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemison
33:29 Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
34:07 Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
34:29 The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
35:10 Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
35:52 Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
36:41 The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
37:56 Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin
39:05 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
40:01 Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
41:03 Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
42:47 postamble
We asked you all to nominate the best fantasy books of the 21st century, and this is the top 50 nominations!
Thanks so much to @ChloeFrizzle for joining! I had a great time working on this together!
00:00 preamble
01:15 Honorable Mentions
02:16 Babel by R.F. Kuang
03:33 Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
04:06 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
04:50 The Other Wind by Ursula K Le Guin
06:06 Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
07:05 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn muir
07:51 Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto
08:43 The Girl From the Other Side Nagabe
09:08 hidden gems
10:03 Akarnae by Lynette Noni
10:36 The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
11:32 The Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce
12:34 Soldiers Live by Glen Cook
13:02 the old and the new
13:10 The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
14:05 Garlic & the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
14:30 The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
15:15 Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
15:59 Legendborn by Tracy Deon
16:43 The Tea Dragon Society K. O'Neill
17:12 A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
18:03 The Rarkyn's Familiar by Nikky Lee
18:59 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
19:50 A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
20:36 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
21:14 Kate Daniels Series by Illona Andrews
21:57 expansive genres
22:31 American Gods by Neil Gaiman
23:15 Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
24:06 Minimum Wage Magic (DFZ series) by Rachel Aaron
24:59 The Curse of Chalion (world of the five gods series) by Lois McMaster Bujold
25:35 Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
26:17 Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
26:40 Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay
27:36 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
28:14 The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune
28:55 The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang
29:39 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
30:08 Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
30:35 The Will of the Many by James Islington
31:28 The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
32:03 First Law by Joe Abercrombie
32:41 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemison
33:29 Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
34:07 Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
34:29 The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
35:10 Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
35:52 Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
36:41 The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
37:56 Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin
39:05 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
40:01 Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
41:03 Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
42:47 postamble
