7 Nature-based Fantasy Books to Read in Spring

[@CapturedInWords]

Let me know what fantasy books you'd recommend that have a heavy focus on nature!

[@ragnarock2992]

Not a nature book, but I would love a farseer why you should read

[@cipriansirbu3699]

Queens of Renthia by Sarah Beth Durst,has a forest setting.I also know a survivor story that I enjoyed:Be Not Far from Me from Mindy Mcginnis.

[@crypticweeb]

@@ragnarock2992 Now, you are speaking my language

[@christopherdavis4136]

I would love to see suggestions too. All I've read is LotR and Kingkiller. No idea where to go next.

[@MrDadankness]

dragons of spring dawning from the dragonlance chronicles sir

[@GavinReadsItAll]

The opening gave me the vitamin D I needed for the day ☀️

[@CapturedInWords]

Haha I'm glad!

[@Johanna_reads]

The "Greene" insert was hilarious! 😂 Great recommendations! I love the description of The Dreaming Tree, especially with it being Celtic inspired. Sounds like a backlisted gem! 💎

[@MPScrimshaw]

The thing that I appreciate most about this channel is the consistent presence of recommendations that I've never heard of. I love Sanderson but I already love him so recommendation lists that are half his books and half other popular booktube series that we've already seen on 10 other lists are not super helpful. Keep pointing out these awesome old under discussed books! Edit: Even the Sanderson recommendations are deeper cuts than usual, lol

[@threarah380]

Duncton Wood being on this list has made my day. I know it’s out of print in the UK and I still recommend it to everyone I know all the time.

[@CarlieMcConnachie]

It's not out of print. Try abebooks and world of books. I get all mine there and cheap. Got duncton books 1 year or so ago. All of them for about 3squid each

[@threarah380]

@@CarlieMcConnachie Good to hear it's back! The last I saw it was going on Unbound, and hadn't been available as new since about 2017ish except as an ebook.

[@alexnieves]

I'm waiting for this to turn into a full-time nature exploration channel.

[@coreydinardo5525]

MEMORY, SORROW, & THORN is one of the most amazing series ever! It's in my top 5 series of all time and the arc of Simon is one of the best that I've ever read.

[@masumayasmin5515]

I'm currently in home isolation as I tested positive for Covid-19. In this difficult time, your video brought me a lot of happiness and joy. Thank you very much! And I really enjoyed reading the Books of Earthsea. My favourites were Tehanu and Tombs of Atuan. Love from India!

[@ElijahStormblessed]

Look at me pretending like I have something constructive or helpful to add so I have an excuse to make a comment to help support the channel!

[@CapturedInWords]

Thanks for the support!

[@Cam_Wolfe]

I recently re-read the Deltora Quest series, and a ton of it is pretty nature based, which is awesome. Great video my dude!

[@CapturedInWords]

It really is! Actually had it on this list before swapping it out for Fifth Season, but yeah Deltora has lots of nature. I re-read them recently too and plan on making a full video on the series soon, freakin love those books

[@Cam_Wolfe]

@@CapturedInWords That's awesome! I really look forward to that, because you don't see many videos about DQ. I did a video on DQ (on my writing channel) a little while ago, but privated it so I can re-upload it to this new (reading focused) channel, along with a bunch of other vids haha. Hopefully we can both tap into everyone's nostalgia

[@joshcabrera7212]

I just finished reading the broken earth trilogy yesterday. Would highly recommend to anyone in need of a good series!

[@Hero_Of_Old]

Wow I didn't know anyone else had that same edition of Fellowship. Love those covers

[@CapturedInWords]

Those are my favorite editions of LOTR! :D

[@txy9911]

I would throw in the Gentleman Bastards as well because those are very descriptively well. I’m reading book 3 right now and it’s so awesome! And no worry about the ads, jay ;)

[@reading_faerie]

“Bam everything’s Green” 😂😂🤡

[@annehelatrix4627]

That made me roll

[@billyalarie929]

Greene* you ABSOLUTE H E R E T I C

[@billyalarie929]

@@annehelatrix4627 same -me, a guy in a wheelchair

[@evermoremystic17]

That was brilliantly unexpected 🤣🤣🤣

[@jackwinter5421]

I just started the Lord of the Rings books because you're so right spring is the perfect season for these!! I always read the books and watch the films in spring!!

[@borreliaetc]

I'm reading these books with my nephews! The youngest is 7 (he reads at a level far above his age) and the elder nephew is 15. We finished The Hobbit and are up to the Council of Elrond in FotR. The 7 year old hasn't complained once about the depth of this story -- just as my mother loved Tolkien the first time she picked the books up in the 70's - I and my brother grew up with Middle-earth, and now we are continuing the tradition with the next generation. ❤ I'm chronically ill and Middle-earth has always been a panacea for those bad days or terrible episodes where neurological troubles are out of control. When I'm too tired, almost feeling defeated... all my caregiver needs to do is ask, "Do you need to go to Middle-earth?" ❤

[@kyungieeeeee9477]

hurrah for books, most definitely added to my tbr :)

[@xeossage1733]

I need to read more LeGuin! A stick cameo and a future bookshop video! You are spoiling us Jay

[@danielleg4497]

Thanks for including Nausicaa! The manga doesn’t get enough love!

[@madamegiulia]

I have no book recommendation, but I'm glad to see you back.

[@notkristen133]

I read the Nausicaa manga the summer before I went to college, well over a decade ago. It affected me so deeply that the story has never really left me.

[@CapturedInWords]

It's such an amazing story!

[@BobCanRead]

Always love to see LeGuin on any good list. Well done here, Jay.

[@jenniferwood144]

Excellent. I’m now on tad Williams second olsten series.

[@matgill6963]

I love the recommendations. Its nice to listen to someone on KZbin who has read more than WoT, LOTR & Sanderson (Daniel Greene)

[@rohanmanro3765]

Glad to see Seasonal recommendation coming back on the channel. I think Name of The Wind would fit here too. (Oh God! I just finished the book yesterday and I am already looking for a way so that it can be in each and every video. I loved the book Jay. Thanks for recommending it). I would check out The Fifth Season, the plot intrigued me. Excited for the next Bookstore Adventure.

[@Lillyjoy]

Thank you for making this I love nature and descriptive writing! I just looked up books set in nature and found your video, I will be checking these out :)

[@CapturedInWords]

I'm happy you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching :)

[@tattoowithlea]

That Daniel eddit 😂 loved this intro! Your editing is spot on. I love this video! I love the way N. K. Jemesin involved nature and climate into her world and magic system, nothing like what I've ever seen before! I just finished The Obelisk Gate and can't wait to read the final book. I recently watched Nausicaä for the first time and it's such a good movie, I'll definitely add the manga to my tbr :)

[@yasielromero8236]

My personal recommendation would be Fine, not only us a masterpiece science fiction novel but the descriptions of the planet's environment and and nature are incredible

[@bethcox3226]

I recommend you read Sherri Tepper's The Companions. The book is very focused on the natural world, on Earth and the planet Moss. If I'm remembering correctly, there is even a scene with a nature-based worship service with hymns she wrote.

[@susansprague7304]

Interesting picks! I've always thought CJ Cherryh has been vastly under-rated. My recommendation would be Charles de Lint's recent Wilding series.

[@AverageJoesLibrary]

Your editing is awesome.

[@mintleafbluesey]

You recommend the exact kind of fantasy books I love to read, thank you!!

[@miguels.regert8250]

Great video, Jay! Iove your channel, hugs from Brazil.

[@janhavi1977]

Oh my gosh I love your fantasy recommendations videos and this is right up my alley! I love nature, I love trees! Nature-fantasy needs to be its own genre! You should check out Riyria Revelations, the magic system’s sort of nature themed. Also, The Irone Fey by Julie Kagawa

[@christopherdavis4136]

Very cool! I'm going to try these. I know very little fantasy other than LotR and Kingkiller chronicles. I want to branch out finally.

[@CapturedInWords]

Go for it!

[@britwww]

What a great video concept!

[@CapturedInWords]

Glad you liked it!

[@niebieskie2]

Great recommendations! Can't wait to check some out

[@sarahhasanat9313]

Earthsea!!! I loved this series.

[@CapturedInWords]

So good!

[@maraltbrown]

I might put the Fifth Season on my to-read list. Thanks for the suggestions! When I finished A Song of Ice and Fire books, I wanted to read something else by George R.R. Martin and ended up with Windhaven in my hands. I loved it! It's not much about spring, but the characters do depend on the weather to fly over islands. It's beautiful!

[@eduardoalvesfilho7458]

New Spring is next on my reading list

[@Three_Blind_Dice]

Leaving a comment to help out with the algorithm! Love the videos, you're easily one of my favorite booktubers

[@CapturedInWords]

Thanks I appreciate it a lot!

[@devlin76]

Great video. The Dreaming Tree sounds great. That one is definitely going high on the TBR. WOT expert Daniel Greene recommends reading New Spring after book 5, Fires of Heaven.

[@jayna3721]

Great vid! I currently have the same box set of Nausicaa in my manga backlog and am really looking forward to it

[@CapturedInWords]

Thanks! Awesome, hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

[@tannaland]

Now I need a book about Moles 💛💛💛. Beautiful video!

[@nicolemonroe7013]

Not quite Fantasy, but flirts with it, is Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah, it felt very spring time :) in a I'm going to count birds for science kind of way.

[@LukeEdwardstube]

That opening was wonderful

[@agnesmetanomski6730]

Tad Williams! I'm rereading To Green Angel Tower right now, and getting ready for the new series! And I need to get my hands on the Nausicaa manga again! It's indeed WAY better than the movie.

[@kylegantert4568]

Nation by Terry Pratchett comes to mind. The story takes place on a chain of isolated tropical islands during the colonial era. It follows a child growing up on these islands and the culture he lives in.

[@crisnice1]

good video. keep up the amazing work

[@Musky577]

Also check out Mythago Wood. It's an amazing classic fantasy set almost entirely in a dark mysterious forest in England.

[@CapturedInWords]

Oooo I've heard of that one, will definitely add it to my list

[@marianaines4291]

Such high quality videos. Thank you for the effort you put into making them. God bless

[@CapturedInWords]

Thank you! :D

[@clarkkentnaruto4322]

Nice job on this video. Also, it's funny that you would bring up the Wheel of Time, because I am currently reading the kindle version while listening to the professional narration of the 9th book, Winter's Heart. I am also reading while listening to the Twelve Kings of Sharakhai by Bradley B. Beaulieu. My last book and audio book that I am working on is called Just one Drop, the Grey Wolves book 3, by Quinn Loftis. The only series on your list that I have read is the Lord of the Rings. I do have all of the Earthsea series, the Fifth Season series and the Tad Williams books on my TBR pile.

[@JolienReads]

Some books I haven't heard of before! I put Duncton Wood and the Dreaming Tree on my list! 😄 I'd recommend the Sevenwaters trilogy by Juliet Marillier, or any other book by her to be honest. Her magic system is always very connected to nature, and her main characters are often healers connected to the old faith. It definitely fits to read her books in Spring and I love them!

[@matthewwoolley4131]

The Dreaming Tree in particular sounds really interesting, I may have to check it out!

[@jakebishop7822]

Well I am reading The Rain Wild Chronicles by Robin Hobb which is maybe the most nature focused fantasy series I have ever read.....Unfortunately it just isn't as good as the other Hobb books, so thats a flaw

[@kaylaalbers1153]

Your videos are always 👌🏻👌🏻

[@rorangarrowson5]

All of those books look amazing

[@natalierich9261]

YES this is exactly what i needed thank you

[@Dylankiwi1]

NIce to see Nausicaa one of my favourite manga of all time

[@sergiovzv]

The Word For World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin focuses a lot on the - you guessed it - forest. Just read this and it was so good!

[@thelasthandbook6704]

I was thinking the same thing. But it is SF, not Fantasy, don't forget. And any resemblance between it and the Avatar movie is completely unintentional. 😐

[@sergiovzv]

@@thelasthandbook6704 you're right! That escaped me. I do believe it's very similar but it's forest setting I think is enough to set it apart a little.

[@michaelhall8586]

This is fun! Quite a few good recommendations here

[@CapturedInWords]

Thanks for watching :)

[@SJ-cw5yz]

I just got to know your fantastic channel and I really liked it I don't know why I didn't see your videos before❤

[@CapturedInWords]

Glad you found the channel! :D

[@JJsims5504]

This video was pretty neat.

[@thelasthandbook6704]

How neat is that?

[@heavendude101]

I've been meaning to read Tad Williams but his books are a rare find (locally). I guess I'll have to buy it online. Thank you for the recommendations.

[@spren9410]

Awesome. Keep growing❣

[@Sophie703]

Lots of great recommendations on here, some I’ve never heard of and am eager to check out! A nature book that popped to mind is Uprooted by Naomi Novik.

[@reading_faerie]

If you like the island archipelago of earth sea another book that has this type of world setting is The Bone Shard Daughter ✨

[@AnnaS-ju8wi]

Great video! Im gonna check out Tad Williams

[@Anna.aka.Screaming.Opossum]

I missed the race but the video is amazing as always ❤

[@CapturedInWords]

Thank you! :D

[@MrGingaflash]

The iron Druid chronicles by Kevin Hearne is a really good series with a large focus on nature!

[@louisity]

I think of The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis, Moymoy Lulumboy Ang Batang Aswang (particularly the world of the gods) by Segundo Matias Jr. when it comes to books depicted in green pastures. 🌳🌱 Thanks for sharing these. The Fifth Season makes me interested to read it. 📖

[@lies7253]

This is YA, but I would read Strange The Dreamer in spring, is has floral-y descriptions, and the skin of one of the protagonists is always described as the blue colour of a "spring, not summer sky"

[@tituswatson4947]

Omw the Daniel Greene cameo

[@Rinzler.14]

I guess I am gonna SPRING to it watching the video pardon the pun! Now I feel like I should go out to nature but indoors is so much safer.

[@billyalarie929]

everything's Greene, so everything's keen.

[@RonGrethel]

T.A. Barron's follow up series to the lost years of Merlin series. The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy.

[@sarahhowell6781]

People don't give Sixth of the Dusk enough rep. Thanks Jay :)

[@CarlieMcConnachie]

I have several books in mind. When i try to explain how good duncton woods is to people you can see their eyes glaze over. It's one of the best set of books I have read. I have read them all. Should make a block buster epic, as long as they stay true to the book... Love Boswell, wee comfrey Disagree that it's too long. 100s of hours of being immersed in this world. Instead of meh, it's done. Learning all the different systems. The marshenders, those that follow the word because they believe Vs scared into it. The different classes in systems ect. And brownie points for water ship down. Another great book. TV series and movie made me sad about how much was changed. I would recommend Henry Williamson who writes novels about wildlife. He is all about concern of wildlife. He wrote tarka the otter in 1927 and salar the salmon. I also have to throw in animals of farthing wood

[@michaelaporee260]

Please tell me the edition of the fellowship paperback at the beginning!

[@pixiereadsbooks1557]

Honestly my favorite thing about your videos is how you just channel the great awkward-nerd-chaotic energy that is my whole experience of the world. 😂 Please keep being weird forever.

[@EhsJaySaunders]

Well, I do love me some Celtic lore. Maybe Stephen R. Lawhead's Song of Albion could be a nice addition, too?

[@CapturedInWords]

Ahh good rec! I read the first book years ago, I think it's time for a re-read soon

[@arieljr.caldit5608]

I can’t wait to read Tad Williams’ trilogy. 😁

[@khaosreads1785]

Never read Tolkien and I do have the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings on audio so I might get to those in the coming months. I have never watched the movies either lol.

[@ariharannatarajan2750]

You sneaked in four more recommendations, I can see through your ploys.

[@supernorry3847]

The whole broken earth trilogy is SOO GOOD

[@safinan8008]

Thank you for book list!! Like always watching ur channel!! 📖🎬😊📽 what are u currently reading????

[@Marie45610]

I've read those Waking Land books, and my big complaint is that each book follows a different character, and then kind of ignores the mc from the previous book. The ending also felt a little lackluster. The first book is still good, and I wish the trilogy had just followed her.

[@CapturedInWords]

Oh really?? That's too bad! I hate when books let established characters just fade into the background later in the series

[@timothywinters2357]

Check out the spellsinger by Alan dean foster.

[@MagusMarquillin]

You want us to read Duncton Wood as a spring read, but the cover is covered in fallen Autumn leaves. |:{ I dunno, nature is always happening and as a theme it can sort of apply to any season - although though Earth day is in spring, so I can sort of see it if it's got heavy conservation themes, like Nausicaa - but I'm more interested in reading stories that actually reflect what's happening outside, like most of your winter recommendations showcase a lot of snowy landscapes (and I've already marked the Dragonbone Chair as a winter story based on your last winter video, and I just- I just- I just can't have it in both. no). If there's themes of fertility though, that reflects spring well (along with maturity/Summer, old age/Autumn, and death/Winter), so I'm down for Watership Down in springtime.

[@CapturedInWords]

Hmmm well I honestly haven't read a lot of books that have Spring as the main season or theme in the book, which is why I decided to just go with books with a lot of nature for this one. There's lots of books that primarily take place during Winter or have an Autumn feel, but not a lot with Spring

[@MagusMarquillin]

@@CapturedInWords Yeah, I've been having some trouble with that also TBH, I think of things like Wind in the Willows, but that just starts in the spring and then runs the seasonal gamut. I've written down some other recommendations, but I've yet to verify them. The best ones I could think of were the Neverending Story (because it's all about rebirth) and The Magician's Nephew (because everything's literally springing out of Narnia)

[@MagusMarquillin]

@@CapturedInWords I like your New Spring idea though, and Eye of the World is likewise about a late spring.

[@zachary37]

"Spring brings happiness back to my soul" Seasonal Allergies would like to know your location

[@chrisgenson2278]

Memory, Thorn, and Sorrow is technically a trilogy, but it's really four books lol.

[@Rogue_VI]

The Soldier Son trilogy is DEFINITELY nature-focused. Would you compare Duncton Wood more with Redwall or Watership Down? Those are two VERY different takes on nature. Redwall was good for the first half dozen books or so. Watership Down was terrible and I have no desire to read anything that resembles it.

[@finalfrontier001]

Soldiers son series most underrated books series i have read yet.

[@LegionOfNeil]

#8 Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi.

[@LegionOfNeil]

Oops.. Not fantasy :)

[@sainzrob]

Ha, had to stop because i was laughing hard with the goblin humor.

[@aplatypusguy27]

when you are here before Cryptic has commented O.O

[@scorpian221]

Do you plan to read malazan anytime soon

[@mistborn1136]

I wish there were more authors like Patrick Rothfuss

[@rhyspurtill5100]

Obligatory supportive comment ❤️

[@CapturedInWords]

Much appreciated!

[@montero3725]

just here waiting for the summer books because i'm from brazil

[@Daijinthetripod]

The Reign of Cryptic has ended.

[@ragnarock2992]

Truly

[@RiashadHassan]

Wdym?