10 of the best books I have read this year

This has been one of the best reading quarters since I started the channel!
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[@FineReads]

Love your excitement for each and every one of these books 🥰 can’t wait to continue reading the Andrew Rowe books! So glad I picked those up from your recommendation!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@FineReads yay!!! I’m so glad you picked them up. I think they are a ton of fun

[@fehner27]

Another great video Andrew! I picked up two more books from JV Jones for the trilogy involving the Bakers Boy novel. Excited to dive into that one

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@fehner27 nice! I have a bunch of JV Jones that I hope to read next year!

[@jryan217]

Love your list. Some books I had never heard of, adding to my list! Nice to see authors and titles that are not on everyone's list.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Thanks! I love showcasing various authors. There are so many great writers and books to discover and explore

[@esmayrosalyne]

The way that you have been fanboying over Lord of the Shattered Land just never fails to bring me joy hahah, I will read it asap!! And exciting to hear that Anthony Ryan returns to form in that follow-up trilogy! Hope you find many more new faves in the 2nd half of the year ;))

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@esmayrosalyne fingers crossed you love it! I’m just a Ryan Fanboy at this point lol 😂

[@TheDragonbornReviewer]

I'm super interested in checking out Lord of a Shattered Land, especially after watching you rave about it in the video you did with Tori and Kay. Not to mention, the cover on it is fantastic. I always love the retro-style SFF covers.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@TheDragonbornReviewer I really hope you love it! Such a fantastic read

[@allthekingsbooks]

Loved Janny Wurts' Empire Trilogy, happy to see it up so high!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Some of the best fantasy out there

[@TheBeardedBookBeast]

Awesome video man! That dang light, they are so sweet if they both work. We'll done, I actually spit out my "thirst quenching refreshment" when you complained about the Martian book😂 I was going to read Gam Gam on KU this fall but you are making me want to grab the hardcover now! Might as well throw Lord of a Shattered Land in too! And Keepers Chronicles...and Andrew Rowes stuff...darn you Wizard of recommendations!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@TheBeardedBookBeast Thanks Chris! Lol 😂 I was so sure it was a planet in the background. I really enjoy Gam Gam and can’t wait for more from Adam Holcombe cozy zombies how does he do it. It’s WITCHCRAFT I tell you 😝. I hope you find some great reads off my recommendations.

[@TheBeardedBookBeast]

@AndrewsWizardlyReads Hahaha that was so funny, but prob so frustrating at the same time for you😂 I get that pain! I def will, you haven't steered me wrong yet!

[@Talking_Story]

There you go again killing my TBR!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Talking_Story it’s one of my favorite pastimes

[@Talking_Story]

@@AndrewsWizardlyReads obviously 😂

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Talking_Story they say do what you love 😂

[@Talking_Story]

@@AndrewsWizardlyReads 😂

[@walkingwriter4325]

"Dandelion Wine" IS excellent! So glad you went back to it. As to your Finished Book Paralysis (FBP), that might be the literary equivalent of a sugar-high or caffeine-high. Your brain was overstimulated by the last book and had to decompress/reset a bit before it could move on to the next one. Cheers!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@walkingwriter4325 FBP!!! I love it that’s perfect and I will use this Going forward

[@BookishDrummer]

i DNFed Going Postal when i first tried it, but should probably go back and try it eventually, seeing i work for the post office lol

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@BookishDrummer Blasphemy

[@NVMCgames]

Great video Andrew! I was looking through your channel, have you done a top indie/progression fantasy video yet??

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@NVMCgames I am glad you liked the video! I bought I had done this video but it turns out. I haven’t….this will be fixed ASAP. I will film it next week

[@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels]

I saw the video you did with Tori and Kay where you mention Lord of a Shattered Land's your favorite of the year so far, I think that more than anything convinced me I have to try it! Also, thanks for the reminder I really need to get to Raven's Blade before the year's out. That Gam Gam book amuses me every time. Going Postal can absolutely work as a starting place, that's usually where I tell friends who're more into literary stuff to give Discworld a shot. Solid picks!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels The video with Tori and Kay was a ton of fun. I hope you enjoy Lord of the A Shattered Land!

[@mariareadsssf]

My favorite books of 2024 so far: "A Master of Djinn" - P. Djèlí Clark "The Tainted Cup" - Robert Jackson Bennett "Mirrored Heavens" - Rebecca Roanhorse "Annihilation" - Jeff VanderMeer (not a 5 star, but I can't stop thinking about it) Favorite Debut: "Kavithri" - Aman J. Bedi Favorite novella: "Sistah Samurai" - Tatiana Obey I also loved 2 Historical Fiction this year: "8 Lives of a Century - Old Trickster" - Marinae Lee "A Little Luck" - Claudia Piñeiro

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@mariareadsssf there are so many of these I want to check out. I just got Annihilation and I hear all the time how good it is

[@safinan8008]

Great set of books on ur list!! 😊

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@safinan8008 Thank you Safina!

[@J.PatriciaAnderson]

Adam does cosy zombies by giving them knit hats and scarves 😉. So cosy!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@J.PatriciaAnderson it’s GENIUS

[@trinforeman54]

Great list!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@trinforeman54 Thanks Trin!

[@akellerhouse83]

I've read all the Death and City Watch books. Do you think I could read Going Postal and understand the references? I had a pretty great reading quarter. My top books were: Empire of the Damned, Empire of Silence, Witchy Eye by DJ Butler, The Trouble with Peace, and Stones of Light by Zach Argyle. I think I read all of them in April, too.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@akellerhouse83 you could definitely get all the references in going postal. That sounds like you had an amazing April

[@saucebot7214]

Keeper Chronicles was 99cents for the entire series and 2.99 for the audible add on narrated by the amazing Tim Gerad Reynolds. Instant buy. Thanks for the rec

[@saucebot7214]

Also bought the Hanavar books because of yours and Leslie’s recommendation. They are gorgeous hardcovers

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@saucebot7214 that’s awesome! A steal at that price. I hope You enjoy

[@TheEmptyBookshelf]

Some amazing books! Could you recommend the best book to start the Andrew Rowe journey with?

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@TheEmptyBookshelf I enjoyed starting at sufficiently advanced magic!

[@TheEmptyBookshelf]

@@AndrewsWizardlyReads Thank you, I'll have to do the same sometime soon!

[@MacScarfield]

My list so far this year: 1) «A Brightness Long Ago» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Mercenary Wars of Renaissance Italy) 2) «Imperium» by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction, book #1 in Cicero Trilogy about the Eponymous Roman Statesman) 3) «Når landet mørknar» (Approximately «When The (This?) Land Darkens») by Tore Kvæven (Historical Fiction set during the 13th Century end of the Norse Settlement of Greenland, think of it as a Norse John Steinbeck novel, winner of the Brage Prize for Best Norwegian Novel in 2018) 4) «The Last Light of the Sun» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Viking Great Heathen Army and King Alfred the Good) 5) «The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy) 6) «Brother Red» by Adrian Selby (Grimdark Fantasy, standalone «midquel» to «Snakewood» & «The Winter Road») 7) «Howling Dark» (Sun Eater, #2) by Christopher Ruocchio (Space opera) 8) «Islands in the Net» by Bruce Sterling (80s (Post-)Cyberpunk) 9) «Stonehenge» by Bernard Cornwell (Historical Fiction about the Creation of Stonehenge during the Late Neolithic Period) 10) Splitt: «The Name of the Wind» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy) & «The Darkness That Comes Before» (The Prince of Nothing #1) by R. Scott Bakker (Grimdark/Dark Epic Fantasy)

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@MacScarfield love to see Howling Dark included in your list. It’s also the only one I have read so far. A brightness long ago is on my radar when I swing around to digging into GGK

[@jryan217]

The Storm by Paul Kane novella Fuzzy Nation by Paul Scalzi The unlikely escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas Dracul by Dacre Stoker (this is a prequel to Dracula. Written by Bram Stoker’s great grand-nephew.) The Dead Zone by Stephen king Nettle and Bone by T. kingfisher How to Become the Dark Lord Or Die Trying by Django Wexler The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

I recently learned avout Dacre Stoker! its super cool that he is continuing his ancestors work

[@BookishDrummer]

Dandelion Wine is excellent

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@BookishDrummer most excellent

[@margyadard965]

🔥🔥🔥

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Thanks for watching!

[@dougsundseth6904]

Andrew Rowe: I think Arcane Ascension is brilliant, but the Weapons and Wielders series (especially Soulbrand) didn't work for me anywhere near as well. Anthony Ryan: I loved Blood Song, liked Tower Lord, and thought Queen of Fire was OK. I'm a bit hesitant to try The Wolf's Call. I read Dandelion Wine (mumble) decades ago and cordially detested it. But then Bradbury very seldom rises above OK for me. Going Postal was the book that caused me to abandon Pratchett. It was the third book I tried of his, and none of them hit my taste at all. I really tried to like his stuff and just bounced. I have really liked all of the Midkemia books ... even though Tsurani is pretty obviously inspired by MAR Barker's Tsolyanu. Fortunately (?) Barker was a worse person than Lovecraft, so I don't care much if people mined interesting ideas from his stuff. (I don't think any of the Midkemia stuff is "derivative work", btw, but you can definitely see the DNA.)

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@dougsundseth6904 I agree on Anthony Ryan’s ravens shadow series! I’m braced for Souldbrand to be a mild miss for me. Pratchett has been very hit or miss for me. I never even heard of Barker lol. Love the Empire trilogy

[@Montie-Adkins]

The only glaring science issue with The Martian was the sand storm that causes it all. The atmosphere of Mars is not think enough to cause any real ruckus. It's not going to knock you over or be hard to walk through. Mars has huge storms, and they are basically harmless. The worst that can happen is the nightmare of Anakin Skywalker, sand just gets everywhere. Still, I like learning science in scifi and it ruins nothing to learn the truth.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Montie-Adkins Fair enough. I don’t know enough about the weather on Mars for that to bother me :)

[@williamburns3823]

Glaring implies that it’s obvious. Not many people know enough about mars and its weather to care.

[@shemiahwalker]

Jp completed

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@shemiahwalker 😎

[@spiritedreviewexc]

"why am I complaining to you?" complain away my friend

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@spiritedreviewexc Appreciate you 😁

[@HakolBeseder09]

Andrew goes darkside

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@HakolBeseder09 just a little bit 😂