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Hey, so I'm very much into my whimsical adventure/ immersive fantasy era and while booktok and booktube are lovely I seem to always see YA fantasy like Throne of Glass/ Court of Thorn and Roses etc being recommended. But having read books such as the Gentlemen Bastards series/ the name of the wind and the poppy war I feel like I'm looking for something that has incredible world building but doesn't lose humour and heart in its characters and their relationships. So my question is what are your high fantasy recs?

You might enjoy the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, and the Wheel of Time series is always a classic

the Diviner Series, The Hazel Wood series, Unhooked

Renee_Lorne wrote: ↑14 Aug 2022, 16:32 You might enjoy the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, and the Wheel of Time series is always a classic

I am upvoting all of those.
Besides that, A Song of Ice and Fire is worth reading even if not finished. From Brandon Sanderson also Elantris and Warbreaker. And The Witcher.

Six of crows is a must read fantasy fiction!

Throne Of Glass Series

Being a huge fantasy fan myself, here are some series I recommend:
- The Sword of Shannara series by Terry Brooks - There are additional Shannara series beyond it
- Nate Temple series by Shane Silvers
- Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

The Hedge Wizard by Alex Maher is a book I would recommend.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

shilpa khanom wrote: ↑06 Jul 2022, 11:19 Hey, so I'm very much into my whimsical adventure/ immersive fantasy era and while booktok and booktube are lovely I seem to always see YA fantasy like Throne of Glass/ Court of Thorn and Roses etc being recommended. But having read books such as the Gentlemen Bastards series/ the name of the wind and the poppy war I feel like I'm looking for something that has incredible world building but doesn't lose humour and heart in its characters and their relationships. So my question is what are your high fantasy recs?

Definitely check out "We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies by Matthew Tysz. I read it for this site and loved it, definitely the best fiction book I've read on here and I think the fantasy fits what you are looking for. Checking out my review below if you want to read more information and please feel free to leave a comment.


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Prophecy of the Heron by Craig W. Stanfill and Magician's Secret by Charles Townsend.

The first author that came to mind: Anne Bishop

She writes series with incredible world building and storylines that have meaningful layers. You very much get sucked in. The most well known series is “The black Jewels” but there’s two more I’d definitely recommend one includes the books “Sebastian” and “Belladonna”, the last but DEFINITELY not least (I’m currently ignoring the series because I need more books from it) is called “The Others” series.

Another series I’d recommend by a different author IS lighter, but how often do you actually get truly Fae novels that aren’t just high fae, but brownies, and caith sith, and everything fae you can think of all the way to Oberon, Titania, Maeve, Blind Michael, all their children, and how all the fae came from all the different pairings and such? It’s all in the October Daye series. October is kind of a detective type fae that tries to stay on the fringes of fae affairs as it’s all so sneaky and backstabby, but keeps getting sucked deeper and deeper due to circumstances, favors, and ultimately her own do-good nature. Personally I can’t put them down.

I recommend Rebirth by Andrew Pereira

Brad McLean wrote: ↑23 Oct 2022, 10:16 Being a huge fantasy fan myself, here are some series I recommend:
- The Sword of Shannara series by Terry Brooks - There are additional Shannara series beyond it
- Nate Temple series by Shane Silvers
- Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

All of these are great series' and definitely get you lost in their world building.
Another to add that I've reread over ten times is
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

They made a terrible TV series of it on Netflix at one time- so if u want to watch the concept of it first- definitely read the books after watching The Wizard's First Rule.

I'd really recommend Iron Druid by Kevin Hearne. this is a really great series and I loved it.