The 100+ Fantasy Books I Will Read in 2023

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥:

𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬:

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬/𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝:
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence (R.F. Kuang)
Between Earth and Sky (Rebecca Roanhorse )
Discworld: Snuff (Terry Pratchett)
Kingkiller Chronicle: The Wise Man's Fear (Patrick Rothfuss)
Lonesome Dove Series (Larry McMurtry)
Mother of Learning: Arc 3 (Domagoj Kurmaic)
4 Secret Books (Brandon Sanderson)
Tales of Tremaine: The First Binding (R.R. Virdi)
The Bound and the Broken (Ryan Cahill)
The Lot Lands (Jonathan French)
The Siege (KJ Parker)
The Stand (Steven King)
The Tide Child: The Bone Ship's Wake (R.J. Barker)
The Wandering Inn (Pirateaba)
Warformed Stormreaver: The Iron Prince (Bryce O'Connor and Luke Chmilenko)
Cradle: Waybound (Will Wight)
Empire of the Vampire #2 (Jay Kristoff)
Gods of the Wyrdwood (R.J. Barker)
Jekua: Book 3/4 (Travis Riddle)
Path to Ascendancy (Ian C Esslemont)
The Burning: The Lord of Demons (Evan Winter)
The Murderbot Diaries: Book 7 (Martha Wells)
The Sharded Few: Book 2 (Alec Hutson)
Untethered Sky (Fonda Lee)
The Drenai Saga (David Gemmel)
The Sword of Kaigen (M.L. Wang)
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (Tad Williams)
The Blacktongue Thief (Christopher Buehlman)
Mage Errant (John Bierce)
Ash and Sand (Richard Nell)
The Prince of Nothing (R. Scott Baker)
Arcane Ascension (Andrew Rowe)
Sons of Darkness (Gourav Mohanty)
The Nevernight Chronicle (Jay Kristoff)
The Wounded Kingdom (R.J. Barker)
The Dark Tower (Stephen King)
The Justice of Kings (Richard Swan)
The Sun Eater (Christopher Ruocchio)

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝:
@thefantasynuttwork
@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS
@PetrikLeo
@RekindledReader
@TallGuyReads
@BooksWithBenghisKahn
@TheObsessiveBookseller
@TheLibraryofAllenxandria

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[MattsFantasyBookReviews]

Sorry everyone for the larger than normal amount of "cuts". I try to do these things in one take, but I have a lingering cough that is just obsessed with me and doesn't want to leave - and I figured none of you would want to hear/see that!

[PetrikLeo]

That's amazing. I already have 130 books on my list to read in 2023, but let's see which one I'll end up reading. Good luck with your 2023 TBR, Matt. MANY AMAZING books here. Many I've read, and some I haven't, too!

[gcates]

Your videos are a welcome addition to my feed of late. Your positive vibes and passion for the genres you read simply makes me excited to read (and listen) to more books myself.

[CryBenihime]

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn was also the primary influence for GRRM to write A Song of Ice and Fire. It's very slow but the writing is beautiful. Hope you end up loving it.

[tenchithehero]

Just finished “Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City” this evening. Easy 5/5. Such an entertaining, interesting, poignant, and funny book. It was a very unique book and that can be so hard to find. Maybe this is why some people don’t like it, it certainly doesn’t follow a standard book formula. I look forward to finishing this series and hearing your thoughts Matt. Excited to see your channel continue to grow in 2023.

[benja]

I got 'The Umbral Storm' in the mail today. Hoping I like it. I remember enjoying 'The Black Tongue Thief.' The Prince of Nothing is one of my favorite trilogies, and I look forward to reading the following Aspect-Emperor 4 part series. I Dnf 'Kings of Paradise.'

[javierherrera]

Matt, thank you so much for introducing me to The Wandering Inn! Just finished the first volume. What an amazing time I had. I can't wait to read the rest.

[AdrianasWonderland]

oh my god that was like a whole academic course for a fantasy begginer. i loved it, thank you so much. now i have so many tbr book hihi

[beckylanaway]

Excited for your thoughts on Bakker. I personally don't see how people compare it with Malazan, its big in scope and philosophy but its so different and unique to anything I've read before. It's its own thing for sure. Hope you enjoy it 😊

[wolervine]

Definitely read up to the end of Discworld, the last three may not be the best written but some in there really packs a punch.

[thebrothersgwynne]

Woah! It's going to be an amazing year. Great to see some Gemmell here.
Ed

[zachary]

Enjoy Sword of Kaigen! It's a very good book but has such an interesting structure and story. The characters are all complicated and SUPER flawed. I will say, love it or hate it, I think you'll definitely have a lot of thoughts about the book; it's boldly written and certainly doesn't shy away from trying some interesting things.

[MichaelRSchultheiss]

Good on you for trying The Darkness That Comes Before! Prince of Nothing is my favorite series, hands-down. I'll look forward to your thoughts on it!

[annakobuk]

Interesting list. Seriously recommend Parker and Gemmel books. These people know (in Gemmel's case: knew) how to write engaging stories.

[kinggrantking]

I'm very worried for you reading The Stand and The Dark Tower before reading other King novels. I feel like we share very similar opinions about fantasy books, and I know that from your review of 11/22/3 that all the things that were drawbacks to you about that book are going to be cranked up to 11 in The Stand. Which is a shame, because if you're anything like me you would very much enjoy Salem's Lot, The Shining, Pet Sematery, Insomnia, etc. Just don't give up on King even if you hate The Stand and every book in Dark Tower!

[MattVickers]

I love Malazan and Prince of Nothing. They aren't similar at all, at least I'm terms of character, world and plot. Thematically there is some crossover, but lots of separation as well.
I really need get back and read the sequel series by Bakker.

[RekindledReader]

Bro, this is going to be an epic year, holy SHIT.

[angelamccollister]

I've read most of KJ Parker and I don't think you should start with the Sieges trilogy. It's great, don't get me wrong, but not up there with his Engineer trilogy and Fencer trilogy.

The last thing I want to do is discourage anyone from trying Parker because I Iove his books. I hope you do too. If Sieges isn't as good as you hope, I hope you will try one of his other trilogies or some of his standalones.

[nightmarishcompositions]

I see so many of my favorite series on this list, especially the more grimdark stuff. You’re gonna have a blast!

[joldomort]

Ooh this is such a good video idea! Very excited to see what you’ll be reading :)