Looking for a fantasy book to read? Look no further! We go through every fantasy subgenre in this episode, with recs for beginner to advanced readers!

Books Discussed:

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett

The Elsewhere Express - Samantha Sotto Yambao

Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall

Recursion - Blake Crouch

Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas

The Sword of Kaigen - ML Wang

Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson

Sabriel - Garth Nix

The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson

A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin

The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

The Will of the Many - James Islington

Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross

Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith

The Crimson Moth (Heartless Hunter) - Kristen Ciccarelli

When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker

A Darker Shade of Magic - VE Schwab

Red City - Marie Lu

Jade City - Fonda Lee

Shadow Hunters - Cassandra Clare

Crescent City - Sarah J Maas

Sword Catcher - Cassandra Clare

Belladonna - Adalyn Grace

Phantasma - Kaylie Smith

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo

One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig

Immortal Dark - Tigest Girma

Alchemised - SenLinYu

The Poet Empress - Shen Tao

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab

Th Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Babel - RF Kuang

The Poppy War - RF Kuang

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door - HG Parry

Emily Wilde - Heather Fawcett

The Wishing Game - Meg Shaffer

House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

Sorcery and Small Magics - Maiga Doocy

A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross

The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young

Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(12:41) high fantasy

(27:12) fantasy romance

(38:32) urban fantasy

(46:00) gothic fantasy

(53:08) historical fantasy

(01:00:32) cozy fantasy

(01:04:17) magical realism