assassins fate!!!

Abhorsen Trilogy. Ninth House. The Night Circus. Some Okie Dude was the most convincing.

Congratulations on 8k subs, and thank you so much again for the chance to be part of this amazing give-away!

The Pillars of the earth is my favorite Book of all times 🎉, I like your list a lot. I had Excalibur on my hands today at the library but I recalled that it is # 3 on Cornwell’s trilogy. I have to wait until the first one is available. Instead I had taken Never from Ken Follett, I can always read something from him. My recommendation, try something from Ildefonso Falcones, his most famous book is The Cathedral of the sea (Middle Ages in Barcelona Spain)but my favorite from the author is The Hand of Fatima ( eviction of the Moors from 16th century Spain)! 😊

Great video Josh and the rest. For me, one of the books from Realm of the Elderlings. Fool’s Errand? Fool’s Fate? Ah, or Fool’s Assassin. Hmmm, Fool’s Qest maybe? Or where it all ended, with Assassins Fate!

I wonder what Harold Bloom would make of all this

It’s cool how much variety you got - I was expecting a bunch of Wall of Storms. I’m grateful to have been included - thank you!

Who's going to tell everyone that picked books released in 2000 that the 21st Century started on Jan 1st 2001. 😂

So glad to hear that Robin hobb is so good I have only read farseer but it a journey I can wait to take

Congratulations, Josh! I love your channel. Glad to see Don Winslow in your plans. His short story collection titled Broken is amazing! His novel The Force is great as well. I also highly recommend the Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford.

This puts an exclamation point on how far behind I am on modern fantasy (I read a ton of it in the 70's-90's). I've only read a half dozen of these, so this motivates me to increase the % of my TBR in fantasy!

The Lonesome Crown has the most epic ending I have ever read.

I know I’m late to this but I just discovered your channel. I love that you mentioned the Belgariad. It was my main introduction to fantasy and I will never forget it nor have I looked back.

Great idea for a video ! I only started reading fantasy 3 years ago so I think I first need to read more fantasy books before I can say which is my favourite.

Always exciting to see how creative people can get with their picks, definitely some unexpected but very worthy mentions on here! Also kinda cackling over Jake's send-in 🤣While many of these could be options for me as well, I think I would personally go with The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu!

A Storm of Swords for me. I think it’s the best book I’ve ever read. I also think that series is the greatest 21st century series in terms of importance and influence. A Song of Ice and Fire has had a Tolkien-like influence on the genre.

Awesome video Josh!! I'm gonna have to agree with Usman and Evie on this one. The Spear Cuts Through Water is still my favorite book of the 21st. Cheers.

Super interesting list and great video! Thanks to all!

How was dragon bone chair missed

Thanks a ton for the invite, amigo! Some really great choices here.

Thanks Josh now I have to rethink my book list. I'm new to the fantasy book reads I have a small handful of fantasy books.

So many excellent books mentioned, and in the case of many - e.g. Assassin's Fate, Storm of Swords, and Lord of Emperors - I could just concur, and shout out loud, Yes it is! Myself, I find it almost impossible to single out one book as the best one. Thus, I will make it easy for me, and just choose one of the books mentioned in the video: A Brightness Long Ago absolutely is the best one! Also, it has the clear benefit of you not having to read a long series to come to this conclusion 🙂

I just discovered your channel and Im so glad! When I saw the thumbnail of this video, i thought you were going to talk about The Dresden Files. Lol.

I’ve read all but quicksilver and Lord of shattered lands!!!!! 😮🎉😂

I have so much left to read! What a treat! 😁

I do wonder how many contributors thought to themselves "Storm of Swords is too obvious, need to pick something else" lol. I've been meaning to do a deep dive on Guy Gavriel Kay though (I've only read River Of Stars so far), so now I have finished Malazan I might swing by Kay for a bit, then Stormlight 5 is out in Nov, then finish off Hobb next year. So much high-quality fantasy, so little time :)

Hard pick between The Great Ordeal or The Unholy Consult by Bakker. Followed by a good margin by A Storm of Swords by Martin

I'm gonna agree with Ben, A Brightness Long Ago is at the very least my favourite standalone of all-time.

Difficult choice but I'm going with The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart- amazing worldbuilding , unique magic system and adorable animal companions. Also honourable mentions to the Bloodsworn Saga (John Gwynne), 5 warrior angels series(Brian Lee Durfee), The Girl and the stars (Mark Lawrence), Wheel of time books 12 /13/14 (Brandon Sanderson) and Words of radiance (Brandon Sanderson).

My choice for the best Fantasy novel released in the 21st Century huh? Well ok there’s really only one book it could be and that’s Changes, the 12th book of The Dresden Files written by Jim Butcher released in 2010. The first line of this book is among the greatest if not the greatest first lines in Fiction history and the stakes have never been higher both personally and for the Dresden world. Harry Dresden is one of the most incredible, misunderstood, underrated, underestimated, mentally tough, loyal, and admirable Protagonists in the history of Fiction. Some of the toughest choices ever put to page are placed in front of him, choices I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy and the climax of this story shakes the very foundations of the Dresden Verse. Oh yea and it has one of the most suspenseful and disbelieving Cliffhangers ever too lol. The best Fantasy novel of the 21st century is without a doubt Changes…

Personally I'm picking assassins fate. Best ending to a story I've ever seen or read at the end of an amazing series. Storm of swords is a respectable choice as well.

The fifth season was a genius first book but dear God did the series get worse after that. First book was 9.5/10 2nd 8/10 and the third.... maybe a 7? 6.5? Horrid anticlimactic ending. Characters got worse with each book. Definitely did not deserve the last 2 Hugo awards lmao

So awesome to see!

Harry Potter 💯

Some great picks. I have to go with Storm of Swords. There was no damn reason the book that was in the middle of a series (okay Prisoner of Azkhaban, I see you) should have been that good, but it was

So happy to see the Baroque Cycle on this list! Excellent video!

Thanks for the invite Josh!

I LOVE the Baroque Cycle!

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Just going by pure gut reaction for me it would be Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Some might say it's too long and meandering but I loved everything about it. Nothing else quite like it really. Assassin's Fate would be up there too. Great video, enjoyed this a lot!

I’m only 1 book into Malazan, so that might change, but I have to pick Demon In White by Christopher Ruocchio

I’m only 1 book into Malazan, so that might change, but I have to pick Demon In White by Christopher Ruocchio

My favorite classic is The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. It’s adventure, romance, and mystery all wrapped into one short lovely book.

Man, I've never even heard of The Spear Cuts Through Water. Definitely adding that to the TBR. I haven't read much, but personally I would say Royal Assassin (I've only read Farseer and Hobb is already my favorite author ever). But Words of Radiance and Sword of Kaigen share the number 2 spot.

There’s some great opinions in here but we all know A Storm of Swords is the correct answer.

And am I the only one that spends most of the time checking out everyone’s bookshelf behind them?!

I know it started in 1997 but it ended in this century so that’s fine. Harry Potter and there’s no close second.

Great video. I would say the most important fantasy novels of the 21st century are definitely Harry Potter and ASOIAF. At least in my opinion. I can't think of any others that have been more influential in the genre.

You are all forgiven for not selecting Changes by Jim Butcher.

I’m fairly new to fantasy, but my choice would be American Gods.