The 10 Books EVERY Fantasy Reader Needs to Know

I've read 59 books this year, and these are the BEST TOP 10 of 2024! These are the best books that I believe every fantasy reader should read!

📖 Books I read this year (in reading order!)
1. Ruthless Vows
2. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
3. We are Legion
4. Engines of Empire
5. Dark Matter
6. Guards! Guards!
7. The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
8. All Systems Red
9. This is How You Lose the Time War
10. Faebound
11. To Be Taught If Fortunate
12. House of Flame and Shadow
13. The Tainted Cup
14. The Great Hunt (WoT 2)
15. Dungeon Crawler Carl
16. The Inheritance of Magic
17. One Dark Window
18. Two Twisted Crowns
19. The Familiar
20. Broken Bonds
21. Savage Bonds
22. Of Blood And Fire
23. Recursion
24. Howl's Moving Castle
25. Empire of Silence
26. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
27. Sistah Samurai
28. The Dragon Reborn (WoT 3)
29. Small Gods
30. Little Thieves
31. The Shadow Rising (WoT 4)
32. Murder at Spindle Manor
33. Murder at the Lamplight Express
34. The Hexologists
35. Clockwork Boys
36. The Way of Kings
37. Murder at Hunter's Eve
38. The Empress of Salt and Fortune
39. Blood Mercy
40. The Lies of Locke Lamora
41. A Sorceress Comes to Call
42. Words of Radiance
43. The Fires of Heaven (WoT 5)
44. Oathbringer
45. The Hobbit
46. Spellshop
47. The Pumpkin Spice Café
48. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
49. The Dollmakers
50. Somewhere Beyond the Sea
51. The Land of the Living and the Dead
52. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
53. The Teller of Small Fortunes
54. The Fellowship of the Ring
55. Edgedancer
56. What the Library Hides
57. Strange the Dreamer
58. Wind and Truth
59. The Spear Cuts Through Water

I also re-read: Jade City, Jade War, Guns of the Dawn and Nettle and Bone!

· 🐉 Myth Minders: Dani, Zuzka, Kimberly, Ana, Ana, Etienne, AR Witman, Nerdy Jess
· 🦊 Prose Protectors: Jess (Honest Fiction), Scott, Stacy, Wendy
· 🐭 Story Stewards: Andrea, Ina, Kiala, Ini, Lisa, Mirka, Jozsef, Lina, Parker, Dalene, Suzanne, James Breden, Erin, Audrey
·🦉 Word Whisperers: Laura, Library of a Viking, Tori, Eli, Kerryn, Rob, Felix, Don, Melissa, April, Antonella, Koya, Anni, Lindy, Emma, Lisa, Morgan, Mira, R. Allen, Stefan, That's Cool Biz, Varvara, Kristen, Monika, Polly, Dyfan

Timestamps:
00:00 I read 59 books in 2024
00:20 Honorable mention 1
01:26 Honorable mention 2
02:53 Top 10
03:56 Top 9
05:38 Top 8
07:56 Top 7
09:15 Top 6
10:48 Top 5
12:46 Top 4
14:48 Top 3
17:01 Top 2
18:57 Top 1

[PaulDarcy]

I never see anyone ever talk about it in all of booktube, but it's one of my all-time favourite books in the history of ever, and I've read over 1, 500 books. Watership Down. Just wow. Solid 5 out of 5 for me. I'll say no more. Great list!

[morganstang]

Nice! Happy to see you enjoyed my books. :)

[mister_yog]

I love how passionately you talk about these books and it sounds like a great list. 😊

[perrywelsh]

Your passion is infectious, love and light to you from Australia. Mistborn would be my highlight for 2024. Finally found Brandon and I’m off on a fantastical journey with him now.

[rickallen]

I'm new to LitRPGS I am mostly a traditional fantasy fan and I have to say the Dungeon Crawler Carl series is the best produced audio books I have listened to, not to mention great books in general.

[BRG]

This is the first year I've ever read Tolkien too. The Hobbit too. I resisted it for so long but it really was a fantastic read. I get it now.

[donotcaremate]

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was so hard to get through, put me in such a reading slump. Am i the only one?

[Uniqdna]

I’m watching in January 2025 and was totally confused how you were able to read 59 books already then I realized the date this was posted, lol. Love this list!

[Lightningable]

Blows my mind that a fantasy channel is only just now reading Tolkien. Glad the Hobbit was enjoyed.

[theimaginarium]

Very nice list! You have a wide range of interests!

[sabrinabelarte]

This year was a great year for reading in my case. I found so many wonderful books and writers. just to mention some of them, Susanna Clarke, with Piranesi and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Ruiz Zafon with The Shadow of Wind (all four books are amazing), The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip, Hail Marry by Andy Weir, and Ursula Le Guin with Lavinia and The Lathe of Heaven...

[KatSchlitz]

I appreciate this list much! But it is VERY HARD to understand titles and author names for some of the books, and without a screenshot of the book title, or a link to the books in the description, I am missing what some of these titles are. Can you include those next time, a link in the description to the actual books somewhere, and a screenshot or titles written overlay on the screen with the book title and author name? Then more will watch because more will understand and appreciate your wonderful channel. Thank you! Edit ps: I could not understand the. middle series of the "I reread a lot of great books / series this year..." at 15:05 for example, either :( (so sad I cannot get all these titles I am hearing, you are a fast speaker which normally is fine, but hearing titles and series and authors when they might not be one I know, with very fast speech, is tough)

[karlaalexa]

Dark Matter is one of the best books I've ever read. I read it years ago and it's still on my mind as if I read it months ago.

[KokopelliHall]

I'm currently reading my third Morgan Stang book thanks to your recommendation. Keep up the great work!

[rayyanasif]

Loved the invisible life of Addie larue too!!

[shaunaland]

The Shauna Lawless books are my most favorite by Far!

[MaxFidler]

If of Blood and Fire made you feel that way- wait for the next one OMG

[ThenomanOG]

Always enjoy your reviews. Some great books I will get into this year. Happy Holidays 😊

[Zivilin]

I have really enjoyed watching your journey with WoT and the live discussion stream i managed to catch. 😃

[GentleGiantJason]

I loved Shauna Lawless’ Gael Song series. Glad it made your list.