10 Most Viewer Recommended Series That Are Going On My Schedule

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Some great reads ahead for you, Mike! I’m going to give Fonda Lee’s Green Bone Saga a try this year too. Perhaps I’ll try to join you during the summer.

[@angelaholmes8888]

It's really a great series and the series definitely reminds me of the godfather 🙂💯

[@andreamiller3578]

I do hope you enjoy it. It has well-written, complex characters and plenty of heart, drama, and action.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I will always welcome my Yoda on any trip like this.

[@tunrayojackson]

I am so excited for you to read Jade City and the sequel books I think you'll enjoy it. Keep up the videos love watching your channel

[@pugshorty9852]

The character work is so amazing and Mike loves great characters and him liking this is pretty much a guarantee.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thank you! Will do!

[@PetrikLeo]

Cradle is great! And Warlord Chronicles is AMAZING, and of course, I absolutely love The Green Bone Saga (currently my favorite completed fantasy trilogy of all time!)

[@mikesbookreviews]

Wow, that is an incredible endorsement. Looking forward to Green Bone even more now.

[@lauraswinton8458]

For Discworld, don’t worry too much about it being a big series, there are quite a few standalones and they’re so fun you might want to keep them for a treat here and there. They’re so quick to read and funny, but I think if you sat down to read them all sequentially in one go you would maybe find it a bit much haha.

[@jujunorman4695]

The ultimate palate cleanser

[@JoffJk]

Yes this, guards guards was where I started but what is so great about discworld is you can start in so many different places and have a different experience.

[@tylerflowers4592]

Just picked up Mort, as my first Discworld read, as a break from the Wheel of Time. And it’s perfect! So after A Crown of Swords and The Path of Daggers, Guards! Guards! will be on deck

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yeah I know I don't have to read them all. Just feels like starting another series with no end in sight.

[@FionnKirwan]

@@mikesbookreviews 80% if not more of fans just read terry pratchett at random or a mini series like witches, city watch, death, Rincewind and Moist von Lipwig

[@angelaholmes8888]

Liveship trader series is really great I had a great time reading that series 😊

[@Adrizzle]

Warlord Chronicles is one of my favorite series of all time. A highlight of my childhood was meeting Bernard Cornwell and pointing out a minor inconsistent plot detail in the series, and after a second of thinking about it he responded "You know what... you're right" haha. His archer trilogy and Sharpe series are also great reads!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ha! That's a great story.

[@Adrizzle]

@@mikesbookreviews I wanted to re-read the series at some point for a while now! Since you are doing it in May I think that is the perfect reason to dive in again

[@LightningRaven42]

The Warlord Chronicles is AMAZING. Its quite famous here in Brazil as well. I'm kinda surprised that he's not famous on most of booktube.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Booktube is kind of a low barometer for greatness, IMO. Most of the creators have only read modern (2010 or newer) fantasy.

[@LightningRaven42]

@@mikesbookreviews That's certainly something I've come to realize as well. I'm looking forward to see more people talking about it. It's been at least 10 years since my first read through. I'll definitely check it out again at some point.

[@rickeylandry6500]

YES!!!! Finally someone doing Feist! Hope that you enjoy it and continue going with the Saga. Looking forward to those videos!

[@rickeylandry6500]

Also if you enjoy Riftwar Cycle, I cannot recommend higher the book series Feist did with Janny Wurts about the other side of the Riftwar Cycle story in the Empire series (Daughter, Servant, Mistress). I actually loved this more than Riftwar Cycle.

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

The Warlord Chronicles is literally amazing, Cornwell at his best and one of the best re-telling of the Arthur legend. So glad you are reading them. Green Bone series is another incredible read, book one sucks you in and you think oh yeah I know where this is going and fracking WHAM!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Don't think I've heard one person that read it say they did not enjoy.

[@levianderson5744]

Currently reading Books of Babel and one of my favs this year already. About halfway through book 2 and still really enjoying it

[@mikesbookreviews]

Heard nothing but good things until the final book.

[@tuffguy0134]

A great trilogy is The Powder Mage by Brian McClellan. Flintlock fantasy. I'm super excited to hear Book of the New Sun is on your TBR.

[@craiglooney8220]

Agreed on The Powder Mage trilogy. The sequel trilogy is even better IMO.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I own it, but feedback I got on my Discord turned me off of it for a bit. It'll happen, just not soon.

[@celestialdemon1316]

@@craiglooney8220 Completely agree. I really liked Powder Mage but was nervous about Gods of Blood and Powder. However, I finished that second series last year, and I absolutely love it. It's the reason I will pick up anything by McClellan now.

[@craiglooney8220]

@@celestialdemon1316, same here! He became an automatic buy for me after this trilogy. And his next book sounds awesome, so I can't wait to dig in.

[@praetorxyn]

I've been looking forward to you reading Liveship Traders since you started reading Farseer. I really think you're scaring yourself to your detriment, as it's not anywhere near as "nautical" as you imagine it to be based on its title.

[@mikesbookreviews]

That's what I've been told.

[@AzenHawke1995]

Can't wait for that Alera read-along. Also started Cradle today and for Tower of Babel, I finished the 1st book this weekend. It was something new for me but did not work that much. I recommend reading it when you do have a lot of free time. For Legend of Drizzt( drist), is my 2nd fav series of all time and it would have been 1st if not for Dresden. I have finished all 37 books and I still want more, imagine that.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I was tempted with the Dark Elf trilogy.

[@mccoozie1057]

Just finished Book of the New Sun including the fifth book and Coda “Urth of the New Sun” it is truly a genius work of literature and sci-fi. I will think about it every day probably for the rest of my life. I hope you get as much out of it! I highly recommend grabbing “Lexicon Urthus” off of Amazon just to help with some words in the first couple books to help find a rhythm and understanding of what’s actually happening. Also the “Alzabo Soup” podcast is a great reading buddy for Gene Wolfe.

[@shawnturpin197]

I just started it the other day. So far it's great!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Haven't heard too many that have read it say they didn't enjoy it.

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

David Gemmell was an absolute master and speaking to John Gwynne he mentions what an Influence Gemmell was and in his Rigante series you will find so many of the elements you love from the Faithful And The Fallen. Gemmell for me is kind of like the grandfather of Grim Dark. Also Druss is one of the best fantasy characters ever written. I have read every single one of his books multiple times

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yeah, Gwynne was the first to put Warlord Chronicles on my radar.

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

@@mikesbookreviews My grandad gave me his copies back in 98

[@noiceman]

I have read most of the series in this tbr list, and I have read nearly all sci-fi and fantasy series, and none comes close to the Drenai series. Gemmell is by far the most impactful author I have ever read.

[@martintoni7557]

Good video as always Mike. I just got hold of the same Bernard Cornwall series so I'm looking forward to that. I loved Feist's first book Magician and have re-read it a number of times. As a big David Gemmell fan, don't let the 11 Drenai books stand in your way. After reading Legend, read the Waylander books, and you will be hooked from there. There are also other great introductory stories like the Jon Shannow books (3), the Rigante series (4), and some stand-alone's like Knights of Dark Reknown and Morningstar. Lord knows how many times I've re-read each of his books.....sigh......so good.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Seems everyone but me read Feist while younger. I don't think that will deter me though.

[@RiashadHassan]

The thing with discworld books is that you can read book 1 today and be done with the series or, if you decide to read book 2, you can read it the next day, week or even 20 years from now, it doesn't really matter much (I've only read the death sub series and one other standalone book in the Discworld)

[@mikebruce3933]

I really hope you enjoy The Warlord Chronicles. It may sound a tad masochistic but I really enjoyed the slow motion inevitability of events as they unfold.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I hope so too!

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

Glad to see Michael Moorcock on here, love his work so much 🙏🏻

[@anna_rn]

I love that you are a planner 😂 I’m such a mood reader that I struggle with planning too much. Having said that I’m glad you have Gene Wolff’s The Book Of The New Sun on this list. That book’s been on my TBR for a long time.

[@mikesbookreviews]

You can do it!

[@simonsuarez7561]

I can relate to that.

[@nl3237]

Will also start Jade City soon. Can't wait to hear what you thought about it! Added a couple of recs to my tbr. Thank you!!!

[@jameswitts3793]

I’d love it if Mike read the Drenai saga, each one could be a standalone as well as part of a series David Gemmell installed in so many people the importance of heroic characters and actions

[@FlochIsKing]

I'm glad you're giving Senlin Ascends a shot even though The Fall of Babel has had mixed reviews. I personally did not like the fourth book, but The Books of Babel is on my TOP5 favorite fantasy series and The Hod King (book 3) was my favorite read of 2021 and one of the best books I've ever read. It's such an original, emotional and tragic story and with a main character that feels real, without being a Gary Stu -- I'm sure you'll love it. And I can already tell you that the Greenbone Saga (Jade City) will be among your favorite series.

[@mikesbookreviews]

If I let others opinions deter me I never would have read and loved Licanius.

[@brentasmith]

While I am sad about no Prince of Nothing I definitely get it. I am likewise excited by Book of The Ancestor. I really liked it, especially books 2 and 3. Also they are fairly short and nicely paced with unique aspects. Also excited for Book of The New Sun which I also plan to read this year.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yeah, I know you loved Bakker and I still want to read them. After Wolfe is the plan.

[@jimmyallen8210]

The first 3 books of Drizzzzt would be an excellent “pallet cleanser” and we would love to hear your thoughts on these!

[@nahmean7045]

Can the first 3 be read as a complete story?

[@jimmyallen8210]

@@nahmean7045 Yes absolutely.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yeah, I flirted with JUST the Dark Elf trilogy. Seems pretty light.

[@jimmyallen8210]

@@mikesbookreviews take her out on the town. She’s easy.

[@jeffhaubrich6121]

Once your familiar with the characters, the sellswords trilogy is great fun!

[@zackmikula3150]

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Jade City. That whole trilogy just gets better as it goes. Love the channel!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Can't wait!

[@jasongeis679]

Can’t wait to see what you think about Book of the New Sun and Elric. BTW, Book of the New Sun makes plenty of sense but you definitely have to do your part with active reading in order to get everything out of it.

[@craiglooney8220]

Good list! And I totally hear you about reading shorter series. I feel like I've already had a productive reading year because I've finished the Riyria Revelations, the Gods of Blood and Bone trilogy, and am now knee deep in First Law (not to mention a couple standalones).

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yeah, I gotta get back to shorter series.

[@Nesellanum]

Found this channel not long ago and absolutely love it. Keep up the great work!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Gracias!

[@EhsJaySaunders]

Also plan to pick up some Wight and continue with Fonda Lee, at some point. Books of Babel is a new favorite, though!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Finished book 1 of Cradle. Kind of mixed on it.

[@EhsJaySaunders]

@@mikesbookreviews Hmm, guess I'll see how I fare. Just brace for all the, "Yeah, but it doesn't get *good* until..." comments, I guess! And, to be fair, it may be true.

[@avsambart]

The good thing about discworld is that they're not long or difficult to read, and are (as you said) ideal palette cleansers. Hope you can get to them eventually. Also your shirt? Dad of what?! 🤣 I need to know.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Dad of Boy. It's a play on God of War the video game.

[@christpower5402]

I can’t imagine completely scheduling my year of reading though. I’m a reader. I read a lot. But part of the joy comes from discovering something new. So all of this scheduling everything out for the year, to me it just takes the joy out of it.

[@BrianBell7]

On suggestion from your discord, I started Jade City. I’m halfway through the first book and based on what I’ve come to understand about your tastes, I think you are really going to like it a lot.

[@ernstbrehm1135]

Mark Lawrence is definitely one of my favorite fantasy authors. He puts something out, I read it!

[@mikesbookreviews]

It's good to have authors like that.

[@saeedajaib]

For me too. Brandon Sanderson is known for shared universe because he is very vocal about it. But Mark should be in this conversation. What he achieved with all his books is amazing!

[@thtadthtshldntbe]

I did type up an extended post on the Elric reading order in another video where you mentioned it but I will give the short version here. Read it in published order. The stuff he wrote after Stormbringer (the original last collection of novellas which "ended" the series" sort of assumes that you have read what was written before them

[@Silverfoxxx80]

Some great books and series you'll be tackling soon. The Feist, Moorcock, and Wolfe books and series are some of my favourites so it will be interesting to see your thoughts when you get around to them.

[@scottferris2686]

Drizzt!!! It’s not modern fantasy, it’s old school amazing. Great great great palette cleanser books. Can’t wait until you dive in. And Feist!!! Another of my favorites.

[@calebmauer1751]

I loved them as a teen but haven't read them in a long time so I'm not sure if they'll hold up.

[@scottferris2686]

I didn’t read them for about a decade and I’m currently playing catch-up (on book 31 at the moment). Love them. Some are better than others. But I’m old school raised in the 80’s fantasy fan (Tad Williams, Eddings, brooks, Salvatore, Feist etc)

[@ulflilienthal8120]

I went all in on Cornwell and bought all his books. Have read the first 3 from the Sharpe series via Audible and they were great. Reading the 4th one now as physical book and enjoying it even more. His books work well as standalones as well as part of the series they are in so I read them between bigger series. He does the historical fiction really well becasue you learn a lot at the same time as being drawn in by some great fictional characters as well.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Glad I'm not the only one that blindly buys entire series before I've read a word from an author.

[@auqua6477]

I'm looking forward to you reading Raymond E Fiest. I have wanted to reread it a while but never get around to it. Maybe I'm actually pick it up when you do, there is so much to read until then

[@HeroOfTheDay99]

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the Warlord Chronicles. I just finished Enemy of God (the second in the series), and the series is amazing! I also just started the Malazan series on the strength of your videos. Hoping to catch up by the time you release your next review

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yeah, I'm quite anxious myself.

[@Musicteachersheff]

Just read Jade City recently…I liked it! I needed a break afterwards but look forward to book 2 soon. Book of the Ancestor was excellent! Seriously good stuff so I am looking forward to your reaction.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Wonderful! Can't wait to start both.

[@21greg7]

I have all of L.E. Modesitt’s catalogue in Fantasy & Sci-Fi. They are all on my never ending reread rotation. Recluce Saga is split into character centric pairs(mostly), each is told as an independent mini-series. They are set at a pivotal point somewhere on the 2,000 year timeline. The various arcs can be told from either perspective i.e. the “good guys” (the Blacks-Order Wizards) or the “bad guys” (the Whites-Chaos Wizards) I enjoyed the publication order skipping up & down the timeline. The fifth book released “Death of Chaos” tells the ending of the saga. 22 books so far and I’m still engaged in the history and stories within the saga.

[@mjdesign12]

I can 100% attest to the Warlord Chronicles - The Arthurian legends written as realistically as they could be, and if you're a grimdark fan, you'll find plenty to like. My biggest TBR is Dark Tower, mainly based on Mike's passion for King. Currently working through First Law, but the Dark Tower is next.

[@pugshorty9852]

Book 1: Jade City Book 2: Jade War Book 3: Jade Legacy Asian mafia drama with some magic thrown into the mix. No Peak Forever!!

[@tylerblack301]

I just finished Jade City this weekend and it’s excellent! If I had consistent reading time I would have finished it in a few days. Short quick chapters like John Gwynne writes. And it’s definitely a Godfather style mafia story.

[@mikesbookreviews]

That's a comparison I like.

[@theoa126]

Excited to join you and some of these bro!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Can't wait!

[@bookmeridian]

I started The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu, Book 1 in The Dandelion Dynasty and decided to wait until the series is complete. The 4th and final installment is releasing in June. If you are looking for something different than medieval europe id say check it out!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Was interested in those, but they are some beefy boys. So it wouldn't be soon.

[@bookmeridian]

@@mikesbookreviews yeah they are definelty big boys. Keeping huge books like that to a quartet I think is nice.

[@mattjones4415]

Keep up the reviews and recommendations! Love the channel. I have some similar reads in my TBR. Would like to follow along with Codex Alera. Almost through Dresden and absolutely love it

[@mikesbookreviews]

We start Codex Alera in July! 2 per month.

[@DeepMoon45]

Gene Wolfe, Robin Hobb and Michael Moorcock talk all in the same video? You're spoiling us Mike, truly. Really excited to hear your thoughts on all of them when you get around to reading them!! :)

[@Lady_S]

Yes!!! So many good books but I'm especially interested in Book of the Ancestor!

[@rc-vader3468]

A good alternative to the drizzt series for RA Salvatore is the Demon wars trilogy. It's another one of his books that is not forgotten realms. It's more of an original fantasy setting and I fell in love with the characters just as much. The Demon Awakens is the first book.

[@ScottnCarol4JC]

Excellent TBR list!

[@alynam82]

I tried Cornwell's Archer Tale (which was a fun read) and so far just the first of the Saxon Tales (Last Kingdom) but I would love to join you in May for Warlord Chronicles!! 🤴🤺 📖

[@mikesbookreviews]

Rise, Sir Anthony.

[@wardo1602]

X-wing baby!! You're going to enjoy them. Discworld are really stand-alones, and I just read "Guards! Guards!" last month and could easily stop there. I also have Mort, but may stop after that. They can also be short series, if you want 5 or 6 with the same characters. Book of the New Sun is a unique reading experience, and I highly recommend. As a comparison, I DNF'd Malazan after the first 3 because I just wasn't enjoying them. However, Gene Wolfe had me hooked all through, and I still think about it years later. Super weird, sort of confusing at times, but mesmerizing.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I'm pretty easy to please on Star Wars EU books, so I expect to love it.

[@josephong1873]

Liveship traders is a very interesting read. I never liked books on ships as well but I loved this book.

[@kyleboon11]

I just started Jade War and I agree that you will absolutely love this series. After 1 book I'd compare Fonda Lee's character work to Robin Hobb and Joe Abercrombie.

[@redjarl]

Tepid reaction to "The fall of Babel" by Josiah Bancroft, oh. I am reading it right now. Loved the first three and hope that I won't be disappointed by the ending.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@calista3371]

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Unsouled! It's like your reviews after Wheel of Time for me. I'm on pins and needles to know if you like it or not and it you like it more as you go along. Yohoo!

[@mikesbookreviews]

I was kinda mixed on it. I like some of the ideas but I do have concerns. I'll go over it on the Weekly Update.

[@calista3371]

@@mikesbookreviews I hope you will stick with it. The first book is at the bottom of my list. Book 2 begins to show the character. I appreciate your honesty and thoughts. Thanks for reading it. Very awesome.

[@ves138]

I think you'd like The Impossible Times more than Book of The Ancestor actually, since you love Blake Crouch! Those books are super short (200 each), and they are coming of age stories for a whole group of DnD nerds, has a ton of 80s nostalgia and all in all the story is just beautiful and heartwarming. The more time passes since I read the better it is in my eyes, because of just how damn relatable, fun and beautiful it was!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Interesting comparison.

[@zzbuckley]

Mike There’s no way you would read all the discworld novels together - they would fit well as palate cleansers. Read one and then go read something else - there some lovely characters to discover Granny, Tiffany, Commander Vimes, Captain Carrot, Rincewind. Terry would toil for three or four pages to set up a laugh out joke.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Certainly didn't mean to say I wanted to read them together. Just in order. And I don't feel like starting another series that big at the moment.

[@edvinsbooks3135]

The Warlord Chronicles sounds really interesting. Might have to check it out myself as well.

[@thesmuli83]

Hey, Mike. Interesting series on your list. I wouldn’t have you worried about the length of the Drenai series. The books are really quick to read (2 days for book)

[@mikesbookreviews]

Good to know!

[@debyik]

I think you would love the Fatemarked Series by David Estes! I just finished the Liveship Traders series and they are great!

[@mikesanders9267]

My thoughts on Mark Lawrence: I think you’ll find you enjoy Book of the Ancestor, but you’ll probably love Impossible Times. All his series have an interconnected universe, but they can be read separately.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I've heard us Gen X kids will love Impossible Times.

[@katharynbaker5592]

Dresden Files as a comfort read, I love that!

[@helenmurphy6692]

The fourth elric hardcover is going to be a new story.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ah okay.

[@fithfath3615]

The Warlord Chronicles are a great read, if you like Arthurian tales give the comic Once and Future a go. Also The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead is an old Arthurian favourite of mine. Also can thoroughly recommend The Magician by Raymond E Feist. Also for your English legends/fantasy have you tried any Robert Holdstock books? Mythago Wood is one of the finest fantasy books ever written IMO.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I've had Magician in my plans for years. Feels time.

[@fithfath3615]

@@mikesbookreviews I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy it, Feist has a really engaging writing style, but for sure check out Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock

[@whatMickreads]

I just started Jade City and I'm about 1/3 of the way through and you will definitely enjoy it!!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hoping so!

[@tanyareads7376]

You sold me on Godblind - I bought the first book and I hope to start it in the next month or so!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@celestialdemon1316]

Book of the Ancestor is fantastic! Nona Grey is one of my favorite female protagonists of all time. Definitely give it a shot

[@mikesbookreviews]

Encouraging to hear

[@akellerhouse83]

I just read Red Sister last month, the 1st book in Book of the Ancestor. It was pretty good and I will definitely continue it. I don't see how anyone can dislike Liveship Traders. And you should definitely read the Feist books. I read every single one of them 15 years ago or so. The trilogy he wrote with Janny Wurtz is one of my all time favorites. I can't wait for you to read Jade City. I think you'll love it.

[@ezzydeen1]

I have read the Red sister and I always had to remind myself Nona was a child, the conversation, her monologues and portrayal of the character just seemed too matured.

[@akellerhouse83]

@@ezzydeen1 yeah I can see that. But I just excused it because I looked at the story as a flashback or memory. She's older in the very beginning and the very end so it's like a frame story.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Good to hear!

[@wrongjam]

As a relatively new subscriber, i look forward to you reviewing the Elric saga, as so many of the books i love, you have already read so, it'll be nice to see what you make of them! Out of interest, have you read the Gormenghast trilogy?

[@adoniscreed4031]

Mate I've just heard about Unsouled a couple hours ago, i love cultivation manga so thats shot up to the top of my TBR and Jade City is also right at the top 🤣 makes me feels better that even someone as well read in fantasy as you hasnt read these series! Lol I got A LOT of awesome reading to do hahaha

[@brock5932]

I also own the first 3 Drizzt books but just thinking about reading that many books in one series is overwhelming.

[@mikesbookreviews]

100 percent.

[@calebmauer1751]

About Prince of Thorns, it really does get lighter and more fun in the next book. And I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but the ending of Prince of Thorns totally explains and excuses Jorg's behavior in the book, especially at the beginning, if you pay attention.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I got past that. Stopped book 3 with about 200 pages left.

[@feirceraven1249]

Where did you get your copies of Book of the new sun books from? They're difficult for me to find, even used online.

[@mikesbookreviews]

A viewer sent them to me. They are made by Folio Society.

[@feirceraven1249]

@@mikesbookreviews They're too expensive for me, but they have cool covers.

[@dakotabikes]

You know the series that I never see on Fantasy Booktube, and the series that got me into fantasy reading as a younger person is Dragonlance Chronicles. A D&D based series that may not have aged well or have flaws but I love the world of Krynn.

[@ryanjennings2249]

Believe it or not, I am just NOW starting The Witcher series. It’s been on my TBR list for quite a while. I’m about half way through The Last Wish, and I am absolutely hooked.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I really enjoyed the first few books.

[@diannepolmanter7217]

So glad you're reading Riftwar! It's been a long time favorite of mine. There is a trilogy about the other side in the Riftwar too. It was interesting. Hope you enjoy! And thank God baseball is back and we kept Verlander!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Still got that tiny shred of hope they retain Correa somehow.

[@diannepolmanter7217]

@@mikesbookreviews I'm praying all the time. But he has his house up for sale so I'm not feeling too hopeful. But hey we still got our pitchers and Altuve.

[@terrysaunders7684]

Saga of Recluse is pretty much stand alones. Gemmel is pretty much the same. There are a few over arching stories but normally no cliffhangers.

[@oXFAct0Ro]

Hope you like the Books of Babel.... Absolutely outstanding series. Bancroft 100% stuck the landing for me.

[@ptannous27]

Green bone saga is amazing you’re gonna love it!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hoping so!

[@mercuryvenus1660]

I had similar feelings on the end of Farseer. I'm on book 2 of Liveship and loving it!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Excellent!

[@FirstLadyReads]

Just came across your channel and love the content. I had not heard of the Warlord Chronicles but I will definitely be checking that one out.

[@aravpradosh1244]

The greenbone saga is super good I'm sure you will enjoy it it's like a fantasy crime syndicate with excellent character arcs , just finished jade legacy and it's one of my favourite series up there with stormlight and wheel of time which is surprising cause it's only a trilogy

[@Ulmo90]

Great books on the list. Discworld and Drenai could work better as palette cleanser, like your Stephen King books, not as big series

[@nevaidos]

The Books of Babel are great and is my favourite fantasy series. Bancroft's character work and prose are just amazing, I'm always in awe of how he can make me love all of his characters. Was the ending of book 4 disappointing? Yes. But it still had some amazing scenes and it made me love one of the characters I was iffy about before. Please don't write off the whole series because he didn't stick the landing, the series is still very, very good and I can't wait to see what he comes up with next. Personally wasn't a fan of Jade City. I never really cared about any of the characters so I'm curious to see what you'll think of it since our fantasy/sci-fi tastes are quite similar.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Being a character first guy this is encouraging.

[@KalleVilenius]

Liveship Traders really is a cut above Farseer. Captain Kennit is easily my favorite character from the 9 of her books I've read so far. I can't imagine skipping them since stuff happens in Tawny Man that makes absolutely no sense to you if you don't know what happened during Liveship Traders. There's a huge twist that absolutely requires you to know who a certain character is and if you don't then it just comes out of nowhere and doesn't mean anything to you. Remember: you have to read Book of the New Sun three times and that's not a joke. That includes Urth of the New Sun. I haven't read Book of the Long Sun or Short Sun yet but chances are those will be the same way. Discworld consists of several series and self-contained standalone novels so you don't necessarily need to commit to 40 books to read some. The first two tell a complete story, the third and fourth are both standalone and the returns to the hero(?) of the first two, and so on and so forth. Of course after you read one book by Sir Terry you will read the rest because the hunger will be upon you.

[@calebmauer1751]

Urth of the New Sun took the weird to an almost absurd degree and I didn't like it as much, and it made it way more fantasy than sci-fi. Somehow it just wasn't very enjoyable after the main four. Still had some good moments though.

[@KalleVilenius]

@@calebmauer1751 It's absolutely necessary for the loop though, for example the encounter with Apu-Punchau is just a random event with no connection to anything unless you read Urth.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I did like the first couple. But Assassin's Quest was an incredible drag.

[@mvinson8706]

Started jade city and it's pretty good so far. Feels like an Asian inspired godfather fantasy story. Super cool concept. Great video!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Sounds great in theory.

[@harmanbeing]

The Green Bone Saga is one of THE BEST modern fantasy series I've read. It's a cross between Hong Kong Kung Fu and the Godfather. Looking forward to your review.

[@ericmerrell8622]

If you want quality Star Wars in the current Canon, Timothy Zahn's new Chiss Ascendancy series with Admiral Thrawn are FANTASTIC

[@jeroenadmiraal8714]

That Elric omnibus looks amazing!

[@mikesbookreviews]

It's really slick.

[@lennyjung9049]

If someone is searching for a relative basic fantasy story you can try the "Raven's Shadow Trilogy". I really enjoyed it.

[@Gator5000e]

I see you mentioned Codex Alera. What’s been up with Jim Butcher?He seemed to have disappeared since releasing Battle Ground. He was supposed to go back to The Cinder Spires but I’ve heard nothing. Anyone have any updates on Butcher?

[@jakebishop7822]

IDK how I feel about getting a mention for selling Greenbone and not Liveship, considering Liveship is like....literally my favorite series of all time. But I suspect you will very much like both. I think the most common ranking of the RotE subseries is Fitz and the Fool(last)> Tawny Man(third)> Liveship (second) > Farseer(1st)> Rain Wilds(4th). I slightly suspect that will be your ranking as well, because spoilers for the end of Farseer The later Fitz trilogy's have dad shit, and are just generally ridiculously incredible

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ha. Because Green Bone was already in my 2022 plans and you just moved it up during our talk.

[@Kamakazi152.]

Moid is doing BotNS as we speak... JOIN US... and review them all. I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts (even if it's not during the Moid read along). Actually if it's not the Moid read along, and you do a read along for BotNS I'd read it again for sure, and participate!

[@andreamiller3578]

Discworld can be dipped into and basically treated as standalones. Some do have the same characters but each story stands on its own. Codex Alera AND the Greenbone Trilogy??!! Yes! Some of the books might be thick, but I'd say they're pretty easy reads. I don't see you getting bogged down in either. I will warn you that Codex Alera does have military and some ship action. But it's different from Malazan. I think this might be different for you because it is above all about the hero's journey. "Nothing good's coming when the dogs start disappearing from the streets."--Jade City--except it's very, very good. Heh

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yeah, I need me some Butcher while I wait for more Dresden.

[@andreamiller3578]

Same. I always end up listening to the Codex, Aeronaut's Windlass, and the other Dresden books every year. It's definitely an advantage with the Dresden books because I always find clues I missed before.

[@AFictionalEscapist]

Some great reads in here! Interested to see what you think of the Green Bone Saga.

[@gabekarl82]

I am getting back to Legend of Drizzt soon but for now short series, manga, and books that I own that's collecting dust because of reasons. I have tons of fiction and non-fiction that have been sitting on my TBR and I want to read and finish them before I turn 45. Looking forward to your thoughts on some of the series mentioned in this video

[@tonymaggio9602]

Riftwar cycle deserves more love. Can not wait.