Top 10 Underrated Fantasy Books

These are my favorite TOP 10 underrated fantasy books! By now we all have heard about Game of Thrones, Name of the Wind, or Stormlight Archive (or Mistborn...). And yet, there are so many hidden fantasy gems ready to conquer your TBR and to absolutely score 5-stars! So here is a list with some of the best fantasy books that remain unknown (less than 30K ratings on Goodreads and many of them below the 10K mark!)

* January book club pick:: Guns of the Dawn
* February book club pick: Empire of Silence

Timestamps:
00:00 Hii
00:33 Top 10 (but the reason I wanted to make this video)
02:21 Top 9
03:58 Top 8
05:26 Top 7
07:01 Top 6
08:24 Top 5
10:09 Top 4
12:08 Top 3
14:11 Top 2
16:09 Top 1

[tyghe_bright]

A Master of Djinn was such a delight to read. Clark manages to pull together so many elements and makes it work. So compelling and so much fun.

[tomm]

loving these vids! getting back into reading and your recommendations are great!

[stephengiann]

just finished ninth rain and ordered bitter twins, i was so impressed with how immersed i was in the world building. If you like daksouls, witcher, elden ring, nier its right up your alley

[davidr]

I just finished Justice of Kings! It's insanely far under the radar for how good it is! So dark, so savage, and althought i dont generally like 1st person narration, I think it worked well with seeing that world and its events through Helena's eyes. Vonvalt is insanely well conceived. I cant wait to read Book 2!

[yanivrosenfeld-cohen]

I love how you incorporated Lo and the cat in the beginning, cute twist! Gael Song, Richard Swan and Jen are all on my tbr

[laku_u]

Isa doing god's work! 🌟
Seriously, Gael Song is so underrated and I don't understand why! Great covers, great titles, will work for epic fantasy readers, historical fiction readers, even romance readers if they have enough patience! We need to keep spreading the word. Also, obligatory yay for the Aurelian Cycle 💞

[zuzanaochmanova]

Great video!! Guns of the dawn and Justice of Kings are definitely such an amazing books!! (counting days for the 3rd book in Empire of the wolf) such a good books!! want to read a lot of you mentioned! Especially Gael Song! i love books inspired by real life events!! <3

[keziahduncan]

Justice of kings the trilogy is definitely underrated the mixed reviews on Goodreads for it is sad. Richard Swan is an absolute genius and I love reading the trilogy so far. I'm in the middle of book 2 currently. Empire of the wolf needs more hype.

[axtell]

Hi Isa, I enjoy P Djeli Clark, especially his books set in Egypt. I also enjoyed Ring Shout - I enjoy it when an author incorporates a real world thing/event in a "fantastical" tale

[cindywitte]

Just added to my TBR. Thanks for the recommendations. I have read the "Drowning Seas" Really liked it. I've also read and loved the "Winnowing Flame" trilogy. My favorite is the "Aurelian Cycle"

[LibrariesandLattes]

Definitely need to check these out! I keep seeing A Dowry of Blood mentioned so I’m curious for sure!

[NatalyaVins-blueflower]

I recently read The Last Cuentista and loved it. It has an interesting combination of folklore and Sci-Fi. I was surprised it's categorized as middle grade, I feel like it should be YA.

[BomageMinimart]

My recommendation is A Land Fit for Heroes (The Steel Remains, The Cold Commands, The Dark Defiles) by Richard K. Morgan. 17, 600, 9328, & 5812 ratings on Goodreads. Very different fantasy trilogy. Very adult; this is NOT written for children. Graphic violence and sex. Minimal exposition, very show-don't-tell style (the best kind of narrative style, IMO).

[TomOrange]

Yes The Aurelian Cycle is absolutely amazing. Fireborne is one of my favorites books of all time

[danielleoliver]

I adore the Gael Song trilogy, can’t wait for the conclusion this year.

Empire of the Wolf is also brilliant, I’m trying to decide if I need to reread the first 2 books before the last one come out

[andrewf]

Picked up The Children of Gods and Fighting Men because of this video and was immediately available from the library. Read about the first 25% and really enjoying it. Was awesome to see the first chapter take place at the Iona Monastery, which I had a chance to visit a number of years ago. Really cool place, though it's in Scotland not Ireland which I'm not sure readers who hadn't heard of it would know since the book's map only show Ireland.

I really need to read Guns of the Dawn. So many people have put this in their favorites and the premise seems cool. I just haven't jived with two other books I've read from the author, which has made me hesitant to pick it up. But I think that is the next one of his I'll try. Then probably Children of Time.

[ChaptersWeLove]

Love the 🐈🐶- I will be checking The Last Cuentista sounds like something I will enjoy. - I agree Dowry of Blood was so good I wished it was longer 😊.

[bobkeane]

well done, one I never hear anyone talking about is The Bladed Faith trilogy by Dalglish. It has an interesting magic system based on the number of people that believe in your abilities.

[MatildaTheBookDragon]

Been thinking about reading Fireborn for a while! I have A Master of Djinn waiting for me...

[terrillrogers]

Drowning Empire was a very good read for me. Fire borne trilogy I loved.