Top 15 COMPLETED Fantasy Series (As of 2023)

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[CapturedInWords]

What completed fantasy series would you recommend?

[contextclues]

Who else is watching for recommendations instead of reading your current read

[slydrakegaming]

Me having 100s of books on my reading list: “yeah might need some more book recommendations!”

[chinaphone]

Dragonlance was my gateway drug into fantasy novels. I'm glad you mentioned it.

[krishbohra]

So great to see Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams here. It's so overlooked and underrated it's insane. I just started rereading and man it's a delight

[someguyschannel]

Some of my favorites that are rarely mentioned on booktube:
The Riftwar Saga by Feist
The Belgariad by Eddings
The Cleric Quintet by Salvatore
Symphony of Ages by Elizabeth Haydon
Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn
The Seventh Sword by Duncan
The Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurtz

[laragato]

The Belgariad by David Eddings, and the follow up series The Malloreon are both great classic fantasy!

[MKTraxel]

Came to the comments to mention Riyria and was so excited to hear you list it. I'm doing a reread right now and it's so good, even the second time around.

[hissingwings]

The Green Bone Trilogy by Fonda Lee is another great finished fantasy series, definitely one of my favorites.

[bobbob-cdyl]

Wild to come back to this channel 2nd year into University when last I was here I was so much younger... time flies. Also dope as hell hearing you love Malazan so far

[Mwezi]

Codex Alera! Mad underrated, I've loved this series for years and reread it a dozen times. Thought that Raboniel/Navani dynamic from Rhythm of War is very reminiscent of the Void Queen/Isana relationship in First Lord's Fury. I'd love to ask Brandon if it influenced him since I know read the series.

[ryry]

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini deserved to be on this list! So underrated. I binged the whole thing during the pandemic and fell absolutely in love. The magical system. The character. It was EXACTLY the kind of fantasy everyone needs when they want to escape reality for a magical place.

[AndrewRussell]

Thank you for so many additions to my reading list! Mistborn is my favorite of the ones you mentioned.

[greggoodson]

Glad you mentioned Codex Alera! Loved that series.

[danielbair]

I love the Cycle of Arawn. I listen to the audiobook (3 in 1 from audible) at least every 18 months. Great magic, banter and story lines. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

[adamjones]

I know it is mainstream, but Stephen King's Dark Tower series got me into fantasy and is something I have re-read many times.

[MagusMarquillin]

His Dark Materials is majestic and heart-wrenching and a fast read and ought to be on all lists like this - we'll see how the new book of dust trilogy stacks against it when Pullman's finished, but HDM stands alone.
And if you like Dragonlance Chronicles/Legends then certainly try out Weis and Hickman's other complete series, usually 3 or 4 books. I'll always stand by the Death Gate Cycle (7 books), the ending might be slightly rushed, but the characters are great and world building is so special 5 times over.

[MaelWasson-ds]

Finally someone putting some light on The Black Company ! 100% agree with what you said. Thank you for all the recommendations !

[chief]

I was so happy to see the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy on your list. It is one of my favorite series by my favorite fantasy author.

[barold]

Wizard of the Earthsea is one of my favorite fantasy series of all time. I can always go back and reread it. I was also going to suggest Chronicles of the Black Company and Powder Mage if you hadn't recommended them.