Top 31 Fantasy Series of All Time!

Hi everyone! Today's video will be about the Top Fantasy Series of All Time! To celebrate my 20k Subscription milestone, I asked my patrons, my followers on Twitter, and all of you on my community tab about your favorite fantasy and sci-fi series of all time. In total, I recorded more or less 400 series/books. Out of 1253 votes, 644 were allocated to 31 books/series. I typed ALL these series and votes to count accurately. These 31 series are divided into 15 rankings because several series have the same number of votes! I hope that makes sense! This video took me about 24 hours in total to create. It is one of the hardest videos I've ever made, and I hope this list will be beneficial to you. Thank you so much for all the support! I can't believe I've reached 20k subscribers here. My updated favorite series of all time will be posted at the end of next month! :)

0:00 Introduction & Rules
2:02 Ranking No. 15
3:59 Ranking No. 14
7:41 Ranking No. 13
10:45 Ranking No. 12
12:25 Ranking No. 11
13:08 Ranking No. 10
15:40 Ranking No. 9
16:39 Ranking No. 8
17:31 Ranking No. 7
19:23 Ranking No. 6
20:36 Ranking No. 5
22:32 Ranking No. 4
24:49 Ranking No. 3
26:19 Ranking No. 2
27:22 Ranking No. 1
31:21 Closing

Series & Books Mentioned
-The Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
-The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
-The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
-The Riyria Revelations & Chronicles by Michael J. Sullivan
-The Winnowing Flame Trilogy by Jen Williams
-The Bound and the Broken by Ryan Cahill
-The Licanius Trilogy by James Islington
-Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
-The Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch
-The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
-The Band by Nicholas Eames
-The Poppy War Trilogy by R.F. Kuang
-Dune by Frank Herbert
-The Dark Tower by Stephen King
-The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu
-The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
-Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
-Discworld by Terry Pratchett
-Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
-The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
-Red Rising Saga by Pierce Brown
-The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
-Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
-The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee
-Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
-The Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne
-A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
-The First Law World by Joe Abercrombie
-The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
-The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
-The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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-My patrons on Patreon

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[DylanDoesBooks]

Seeing Realm of the Elderlings so high has made me hyped. Just started reading it for the first time and I am loving it already.

[loosid]

Your relationship with the Mistborn Trilogy is exactly what I have with Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga. As a kid I couldn't put down Magician and I must have read it through three times before discovering there were more books in the series. I've certainly read many more books and series that are better in most aspects, but it was the catalyst for my love of the genre and will always have a special place in my heart because of it.

[grueurgrue]

I wasn't a huge reader until I reached my 40's. Now it's my favorite pastime. The book that did it for me was "All Quiet On the Western Front. " But now I mostly read fantasy and science fiction stuff. Glad there is so much to look forward to!

[yousrat]

Congratulations Petrik! Thank you for all that you do! We really appreciate your ongoing contribution to the book community!

[RedFuryBooks]

Glad to see Realm of the Elderlings at the top (tied)! I was getting nervous lol. Thanks for putting this together - I know it was a tremendous amount of work!

[aberdeenrobbins]

I said this on another video but Children of Húrin fights for my number one spot! I adore LOTR but there’s something so gritty yet beautiful about COH that I think is seriously overlooked too!

[thomasmoore]

I'm happy that you'll be reading Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn in 2023 (as well as the newer Osten Ard books). I'm looking forward to your impressions!

[PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

First and foremost, congratulations on 20K subscribers, my friend! It was a lot of fun to hear about people's favorites here. Even though you don't love The Hobbit, I still love you.😁I happen to be finishing the Dark Tower series today, and I would be curious to hear your take if you do read it. Like you, I'm pleased to see Malazan doing well here. I promise to read Green Bone Saga soon, and it's awesome to see the love for the Banished Lands and First Law too. What a crazy finish for the number one spot! This was very enjoyable, and thank you for all that you do for our community, Petrik!

[name-vifs]

The Red Rising series is absolutely amazing, and I was glad it made the list, being a Sci-fi series.

I read the first law trilogy, and I enjoyed it, but it was too dark for me, and the "heroes" were tough to root for.

[The_Bright_Star]

Just finished the first law trilogy and damn that was one hell of a ride ♥️
Will continue the first law world for sure, nice video as usual 🤝

[silvertiger]

Well done. I'm a bit sad not to see the Dragonlance Chronicles, and the Dragonlance Legends trilogy by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman represented. I absolutely love their dynamics. Pure fantasy adventure with heart and emotion that has lasted decades.

[Peturious]

The children of Hurin is definitely one of Tolkien’s best books😍👌🏻

[kartelUSM]

The first Dune book is just a pebble of Arrakian sand in the whole story. Do try to get through that series, it is a gem.

[DragonHeart]

Thank you Petrik for everything you do. Your videos are my reference/guide to navigate the overwhelming ocean of fantasy.

[shodacharmed]

Congrats Petrik! You really deserve the following with this quality content!

[javiergarciagranados]

Wow, there are a lot of good fantasy series that I didn´t even know before seen this video, looking forward to finding out about them

[jamesmontgomery]

I have so many more series to start now! Thanks so much for this video!

[walking_luggage]

Wow nice work! My list for top 15 looks different. My top 15 would be: Discworld series, the Witcher series, Malazan (both Erikson and Esslemont books), the First Law, Kane series by Karl Edward Wagner, the Black Company series, The Gentleman Bastards series, The Low Town trilogy, The Burning series (rage of dragon and fire of vengeance), Elric of Melnibone series, Robert E Howard's Conan short stories, Greenbone saga, The Poppy War trilogy, The Demon Cycle series, and the The Shadow Campaign series.

[TMH]

I am so sad that Robin Hobb, Tad Williams, and John Gwynne didn’t do anything for me. I see how dedicated their fans are and I just feel like I am missing something. But love seeing Malazan, Fonda Lee, Jen Williams, and of course Brandon Sanderson get a lot of love.

[liorash]

Just wanted to say that I've recently embarked on the journey of reading fantasy books with reading the Mistborn triology and it's incredible; it's cool to see someone else who also started like that 🤙