TOP 10 FANTASY SERIES (2023)

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00:00 - Intro
01:25 - Honorable Mentions
08:19 - Number 10
10:13 - Number 9
11:47 - Number 8
14:01 - Number 7
16:11 - Number 6
17:58 - Number 5
19:53 - Number 4
21:14 - Number 3
22:48 - Number 2
24:47 - Number 1
27:26 - Explanation and Outro

[NeXoN]

I love the way you describe everything with such passion, it hypes me up to wanna read the series that I haven't read.

[regulah]

Making top 10 lists are so hard. There's just so much good stuff out there. We're really lucky about that! I'm also still completely in love with Kingkiller Chronicle and I read them almost 8 years ago now. The lore and mythology is so incredibly rich, it pulled me in like nothing else. I'm also a sucker for ''the main character tells his/her life's story'' trope.

[NevsBookChannel]

Fun list. I like that you included Sandman. He’s an incredible story teller

[BookishChas]

Awesome list John! ASOIAF is my favorite series of all time. Great choice! Sandman is absolutely fantasy, and it’s one of my favorites.

[PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Fantastic list, John! I'm a big fan of most of your choices. That said, I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to make another top ten fantasy series video because there are just too many I would want to include at this point. I might try anyway. Maybe I'll cheat and make a top twenty video. Or a top thirty . . . Unranked . . . Anyway, thank you for the excellent video!

[PortiidDreams]

Enthusiasm with great production quality? Subbed instantly.
Words of Radiance is also my final read (or listen, in this case) of 2023. I'm definitely not the first to say this, but the Stormlight audiobooks are top notch!
One nitpick, though: leave the covers of books on the screen (at least longer) while you talk about them.
Great video!

[darkeuropa]

Crazy this channel only has 2500 subscribers. Love this guys passion and well worded reviews, not to mention the whole camera setup

[jamespringle]

Really interesting list ! A Song of Ice and Fire is also my favourite series, and Stormlight Archives is my second favourite. I still need to form my list after that but it gets difficult to rank 😂number 3 is probably Faithful and the Fallen

[xKisukeX]

Beside LOTR and TSOIAF (both brilliant) I mostly read Stephen King and Thriller/Crime Novels. But seeing you talk with so much passion has tempted me to dive into some more fantasy books.
I am thinking of starting with either Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn or Stormlight?) or some Patrick Rothfuss. I heard nothing but amazing things about both of them.
Greetings from germany!

[BrianBell]

killer list John! Super well thought-out and those are great reasons to have your list look like that. Your passion for the books on this list is fantastic!!

[ElvisAustin]

I just found your channel, and I loved checking out your thoughts! Well done, John!! Best to you from NH!

[SplinteredLight_]

The Warlord Chronicles was definitely the biggest surprise for me on how great it was, glad to see it on your list. The latter books definitely felt like fantasy novels when some of the fantastical things that occurred had no discernable rhyme or reason for their causes that could be waved away by happenstance or luck. They do belong on anyone's fantasy list

[sunnythomas]

Great list. And I think every Wheel of Time reader agrees; the slog is real. I just pulled my braid and smoothed my skirts and pushed through.

[patrickterryjr]

Words of Radiance will def make Stormlight shoot up your list, such a good book! Also, awesome list! You’ve earned a sub!

[Jake_D_Dogg]

First time viewer - love the passion and thoughtfulness in your commentary! subscribed!

[jacobjasonbago]

I absolutely agree with this list. If I may suggest Malazan? It's right up your avenue and I'm confident you'll love it.

[itsonwithalexa_]

A song of ice and fire is also my favorite fantasy series! ❤
Those books saved my life.

[lucianaetrigan]

It’s a very nice top 10! I saw that my fellow Brigeburners already recommended Malazan and all I can say is: it is a masterpiece of Fantasy (and literature in general).
Greetings from Brazil (Brasil).

[marcyrogers]

Up until now I have not followed any book tubers. You make me excited about the books you talk about. You make me want to read them.

[omochi]

Wish he would keep the image of the book up the entire duration he is speaking on that book. I listen while driving and don't see image when I look down and idk, just think it would be better to always have a image up on the side .