SFF180 ⚔️ Anticipated Fantasy 2025

Finally, the 2025 Anticipated series concludes with Thomas's selection of 37 titles for the new year. Break out your Goodreads and get ready to stack your TBR's!

0:00 - Intro
2:46 - January 7
3:37 - January 14
4:16 - January 21
5:07 - January 28
5:27 - February 4
6:31 - February 25
7:08 - March 4 (3 books)
9:23 - March 11(2 books)
10:14 - April 8 (2 books)
11:07 - April 15
11:35 - April 22
12:11 - April 29 (2 books)
13:30 - May 6 (3 books)
15:19 - May 13 (2 books)
16:22 - May 27 (3 books)
18:12 - June 3
18:51 - June 10 (2 books)
19:50 - June 17 (2 books)
21:15 - June 24
21:39 - August 5
22:37 - August 19
23:14 - August 26
23:54 - October 7
24:49 - October 21
25:22 - November 4
26:03 - Outro & Announcements

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[saintdonoghue]

At the start of the video: anxious.
At hearing “No Romantasy”: a sigh of relief

[emmypax]

- Pardon the formless screaming, but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIGHLIGHTING MY It's so exciting to hear people talking about my novel, after years of dreaming about it. I hope you and your viewers have as much fun reading Death on the Caldera as I had writing it! - Emily Paxman

[the_eerie_faerie_tales]

yay thank you for NON Romantasy recs!!

[ElleKayEm]

Fantasy is my most anticipated of your most anticipated! Doubled my list from from the first two! Agree with you about This Is How You Lose the Time War, but I've liked both authors' separate work.

[joshramirez]

Thanks for the three lists, weekly reading hangouts, and of course the great artwork! Happy New Year!

[kellswitch]

I am way more of a scifi fan, but this year there are six on this list I am looking forward to AND a few that I am going to remember to get as gifts for a friend.

[aleidadiaz]

Thank you for putting this together. Looking forward to you reviews! Happy new year 🎉

[annettes]

I’ve got my goodreads up, ready to add so many things to my TBR! Love these videos, I added so many books I’ve never heard of from your horror list, my wallet is crying already haha

[UnicornHunterbooks]

So many of these books sound great!
I’m tired of Romantasy too, mainly because I like fantasy romance and not romantic fantasy, and I can’t tell them apart if they’re put in the same marketing category.

[moeshalabi]

Thank you for your videos, Thomas! They are a treasure trove. Not good for my wallet, but great for my soul.

[Chance.Dillon]

Love the list—just found the channel…

Shameless plug of July 20, 2025

Mercy: Tears of the Fallen by Chance Dillon (WHATTTT)

Gotta say these sound amazing. I’m particularly looking forward to Joe Abercrombie’s newest work as cliche as that is to say.

Cheers and thanks for taking the time to make this video to get me AMPED up for the year.

[the_eerie_faerie_tales]

Looking forward to A Spell for Change. I recently read The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis and really enjoyed it. Historical Fantasy is one of my favorite genre blends!

[the_eerie_faerie_tales]

Death on the Caldera looks really good too! Just added that one to my list.

[jason]

Definitely a lot to look forward to this year! Always down for more from Guy Gavriel Kay😁

[mastersal]

I remember that UF mmbp - ouch! But I am looking forward to this list. Bright spot of the year. I would like to see a sequel list separately - like which series are worth continuing in your view etc. Fantasy is plagued with extremely long series

[cmmosher]

May be i am just a bitter old man but the romamntasy vs high fantasy dialogue reminds of when horror stopped being poppular and suddenly it was really hard to get me favourite genre. It sucks but tastes and trends change and evolve.

[Chris-Huntley]

Of your three lists fantasy is the genre I have the hardest time finding books that speak to me. Too many books without much original to speak of, too many still about good vs evil, The Chosen One.

[cactcab]

Awesome job! Looking forward to your review of Richard Swan’s first trilogy. With Grave Empire featuring shark throwing merpeople should Sharknado be in the mix with the other stories mentioned?

[ChantaalReads]

Thanks for all three anticipated videos, there have been quite a few I missed. Ban the fascists, save the books!

[Chris-Huntley]

If I still read physically I would love Orbit for their paperbacks.