⚡️ i tier-ranked the riordanverse + discovered my true favourites

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hey besties,
today i tier-ranked every single riordanverse novel that we've read together over the past six months! it was so much to think about where i'd place these amazing novels and i can't wait to make more riordanverse content too! make your own tier list using the link down below and send them to me on twitter / ig stories, i'd love to see them!
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[@splatoon2v-gamestreams729]

When the worst book in a series is the quality of Sea Of Monsters, that's a damn good series

[@Stryx89]

*dam

[@katieromiti3642]

Joel: "I don't know how people were able to wait for a year- they didn't, they died for a year" we literally did

[@kaciegreen5648]

Joel: "at least no books went into the depths of Tartarus" Everyone who read House of Hades: 😶🤐👀

[@-Sam-.]

He read HoH

[@Justin-eq3zb]

House of hades is fine

[@ro.7349]

OHH, I GET THE PUNN explanation: basically, the book is based in Tartarus-- like, its LITERALLY in the depths of tartarus, lmao 💀💀

[@mitchellsmith300]

r/whooosh@@-Sam-.

[@evelove879]

I was actually a bit surprised when you put The Blood of Olympus in the highest tear. I actually really enjoy it especially the Nico and Reyna chapters but apparently it’s the majority of the fandoms least favorite HoO book. Also THANK YOU for putting the Tyrants Tomb in the blue food category. It was so good and what nearly happened to Frank had me in tears.

[@aishanishaw59]

Exactly! Blood of Olympus is very underrated!

[@jadem2653]

Here's my take! I remember reading BoO for the first time after waiting for it to come out for a year, it was disappointing to me how anti-climatic the "war" was, so it tainted my experience. BoO was the only HoO book that I had only read once, I reread the others many times while waiting for the next book to come out. Recently rereading the whole series I really liked BoO! I didn't have any expectations bc of my previous experience and it surprised me in a good way. To put it quickly, the hype ruined it.

[@evelove879]

@@jadem2653 I totally agree, it definitely didn’t compare to the Last Olympian and the climax wasn’t the greatest, I remember reading it and being SUPER underwhelmed. It’s only one of my favs because of the aftermath of the war, the Nico and Reyna chapters, and the Solangelo moments. Same, the hype did end up ruining lots of it for me.

[@cayde-69]

In my opinion titan’s curse was easily by far the worst one.

[@GoodyToonShoes]

The main reason for Blood of Olympus’s downfall was because of how anticlimactic the war was and how easily it was to defeat Gaia ( and because of Leo’s jerk move of dying coming back to life, getting Calypso and running off without telling his friends he was ok) but In my opinion I think Lost Hero is the weakest HoO book.

[@GoodMeerHunting]

You have to make a tier Ranking about the characters in Riordanverse

[@rissasaki]

We all know that every single book that have Nico DiAngelo there is going to be ranked higher than the rest 🤣

[@carismarvelous]

😆

[@mydumbopinion3965]

I'm so glad Tyrant's Tomb got ranked high. Reyna is an asexual icon and I love her. I didn't know why for the longest time but even while reading Heroes of Olympus, before it was confirmed she was ace and before I realized my own asexuality, I always connected so much to her. Couple years later and things now make sense lol seriously, Rick is way too good at writing this child/teen characters.

[@cayde-69]

No one asked

[@otterrama9718]

@@cayde-69 No one asked your opinion 🤨

[@ckariukick8]

House of Hades was STUNNING! Loved this ranking!

[@annamaria9392]

I finished tower of Nero recently and I haven’t read a book for fun in such a long time that the emotions I felt reading that book were all over the place but it honestly became my favorite Rick Riordan book

[@leoraaileen]

✨new Joel viddddd✨ I already saw your tier ranking system on Twitter and am v excited to watch this hahahah

[@xijah77yifa46]

Book series suggest: Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messager. It is a series about a girl, Sophie, how learns that she is an elf and not a human like she previously thought. I think you'd enjoy it. The humor is good, the mc is romantically obvious, and the cliffhangers starting with bk 4 are at least as good as the one in the Mark of Athena (some are even better). I think you'd also enjoy the characters specifically one named Keefe who is kind of the second mc. The series also goes into deep topics such as rebellions, genocide and racism, those with powers (the series has an ESP-like system) vs those that don't. The series is still technically ongoing; however, the last book 8.5 (yes it is one of those series) came out this time last year like all the other books have since I started read the series which was the year bk5 came out. But this year book 9 isn't out meaning that we might have to wait another year before it is out. I really hope you read the series and if you do then make a habit of reading at least the first half of the acknowledgements b/c the author starts putting funny comments after a book ends with a cliffhanger.

[@sophie1937]

I love this series but i'm getting so frustrated at the lack of answers at this point omg!!

[@justarose]

I read the entire series but it lost me the second I started thinking about the worldbuilding. Shannon Messenger is an amazing writer and she's great at characters and relationships but she is absolutely terrible at making a world that makes any sense

[@berengustav7714]

@@sophie1937 Song of Ice and Fire fans:first time?

[@daniwyatt7760]

i just love your energy

[@Fiona_Co]

I am new to your channel and your love of these books makes me so happy. I haven’t read them in a long time as I read them when they were coming out, but I’m going to have to do a reread soon!

[@cam1420]

Lost hero is so underated in the fandom so happy to see you rate it well lol

[@Stryx89]

Fr tho I think all the other HOO books are better (Still love lost hero tho)

[@deathsheadhawkmoths]

interesting to see how your thoughts have shifted after reading all the books! I remember you saying that you enjoyed sea of monsters more than the lightning thief when you read it. I’ve finished PJO but haven’t read the other series yet! very excited to!!

[@leandrabarros3582]

Its been years since I finished PJO and HoO, but recently I was finally able to read ToA after 5 years of not being able to know what would happen to the series besides The Hidden Oracle ( because I pre ordered when it was released) and OMG am LOVING IT SO MUCH, sometimes I feel like Meg when it comes to know past shit because of my fuzzy memories lmao, but its been so fun. I just finished The Shadow's Prophecy AND GOOD LORD WHAT WAS THAT???? Apolo I love you, please understand.

[@martha-louise]

Agreed! Rick Riordan writes SUCH amazing endings!

[@melonramune]

you should rank all the characters from this verse! or anything tbh i love ranking vids

[@percydoeseverything]

The Last Olympian also needs to be top tier because of the time lapse in it. Its basically just one day, but our fave uncle Rick has written it so that it doesn't feel drawn out like a day can usually feel like especially when we're just sat waiting for the big thing. And to do that takes some talent!

[@-oliviack-]

Happy holidays x

[@toughmr774]

Finally, I was thinking you read them all, so why not rank them. Great video. PLEASE READ THE TRISTAN STRONG SERIES.

[@aliflash0]

Thank you so much Joel because thanks to you i finally began to read the Riordanverse at almost 21!! I feel like my middle school self is so satisfied with me rn!! I read the first of the five series and IT WAS SO FUCKING GOOD! Waiting for the first Kane chronicles book to arrive at the library and then i can start again!!!

[@sarosen5731]

id love to see your thoughts on the percy jackson graphic novels if you ever think about rereading rick’s books in a different format!

[@lucyraethornes5983]

This makes want to reread all of these for the millionth time

[@beanbagbooks]

This video has shown me that Joel likes dramatic endings, which, I mean, same. (I think you'll enjoy how The Once and Future King wraps up based on this)

[@parnikajain3151]

I’ll watch tomorrow! So close to being done with my bachelors😭last exam is tomorrow. I’ll see when I’ll get to this cause I have other booktubers to catch up on (vlogmas and not) and from beauty KZbinrs too (also vlogmas and not)😂

[@Eeevach]

Good luck!!

[@parnikajain3151]

@@Eeevach thank you!🥺

[@vitoriacholanda]

Heeeey! I loved your video. I begened watching you beacause I am learning english and I love books. Sometime I feel shamed yeat to wrote comments, but today I feel more confident. So, I shared this video with two Brazilian girls that I watch and who are read those books with a big huge group of Brazilian demigods. And I hope them can translate your tier-ranked and use it too. If this really hapnnen I go back here and share with you.

[@dailycarolina.]

suggestions for tier ranking: Outlander; Grishaverse; Middle Earth / Tolkien-verse; The Chronicles of Narnia ; Jane Austen and Brontë Sisters.

[@SleepyNoah15]

love the video

[@livsommers]

dropping everything to read toa now

[@lazypanda6023]

3:45 Sorry just had to applaud you for having a good taste in books (Heartstopper is amazing) 👏🏾

[@PersonYayyy]

PJO: Titans Curse, Last Olympian, Battle of the Labyrinth, Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters (something about Titans Curse just clicks with me so well I love it) HOO: House of Hades, Blood of Olympus, Mark of Athena, Son of Neptune, The Lost Hero (I prefer PJO. The amnesia stuff gets old fast and mark of Athena drags too long) TOA: Haven’t reread in a while (also haven’t read tower of Nero) MCatGoA: Sword of Summer, Ship of the Dead, Hammer of Thor KC: Red Pyramid, Serpent’s Shadow, Throne of Fire

[@IshaManoj]

Jason's death was literally impossible to register in my mind.. like he was one of my many favourite characters in Riordan verse series, and he dies by the spear of Caligula 😢.. I liked you said that he should get immortality... Like, really should 👍

[@lazypanda6023]

Demigods and Magicians is a Percy Jackson and Kane Chronicles cross-over (short but nice). This is just a recommendation to read it if you hadn't already cause it does let us see into how the different gods from different cultures can live in the same world but also separate

[@missingyouale]

i couldn't agree more with this ranking

[@dusky700]

I love Percy jackson and recently I played the new god of war games which made me interested in Norse mythology and I want to read a book about it. Since I liked Rick Riordan should I read Magnus Chase? Is it any good? And how does it compare to the Percy jackson series

[@Mossfinch]

I read the heroes of Olympus books as they were coming out and waiting for mark of Athena was absolutely hell,and I even still managed to get that part with nico in house of hades(pretty sure it’s that one I need to finish rereading the series) spoilered for me,but it was still so so worth it and honestly I agree with these pretty closely expect blood of Olympus I remember feeling it was rushed and anticlimactic, I still liked it but having had to wait for it and not finishing house of hides and going directly into it kinda impacted that for me so it’d be a bit lower but I am curious when I reread HOO if I’ll like it more and! Nico and Leo are also my favorite characters, honestly almost the whole riordanverse though I haven’t finished trials of Apollo yet, I started when it came out and then had a Super bad reading slump after so maybe there’s some characters in there I’ll love as much too oh and Alex fierro from magnus chase! I am curious your thoughts on Clarisse la rue in PJO, and to recommend the demigod files and the other companion books if you can get your hands on them, some have old art for the series that isn’t really used anymore but the short stories are great! Cause the demigod files especially got me to have a softer perspective on Clarisse I think two short stories even fill in the year between battle of the labyrinth and the last Olympian a bit if you were ever curious about that!

[@thegalacticzoologist]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that immediately gravitated to Nico

[@Doubleedgedsword99]

Definitely recommend the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner, there's six books set across fantasy ~ancient Mediterranean~ empires! These books have everything: goats, hooks-for-hands, plot-relevant earrings, the best romance development I've ever read, political intrigue, one-liners, volcanoes, horse slander, gay poetry, and so much more. It's a slow series to start but the pay-off is immense :)

[@mahhalem7543]

You should really read daughter of the deep by Rick Riordan i think it's a really good book i found it very amusing.. and if you liked the Magnus Chase series you should read 9 from the nine world its so good!

[@mikrokosmxs]

lucky me for find out your channel✨❤️

[@iurymikaelsobraldossantos646]

You HAVE to read the complementary books! There are three crossover stories between Percy Jackson and the Olimpians and The Kane Chronicles, where Percy, Annabeth, Carter and Sadie fight together against an evil sorcerer. The Demigod Files and The Demigod Diaries contains some amazing stories.

[@radiosilence3657]

Do I gotta study for my exam tomorrow? Yes. Do I gotta go take a shower and get ready for tomorrow? Also yes. Am I gonna do those things later after I watch your video because I prioritize the things I love? Abso-fucking-lutely. Your videos are always a priority to me, the rest can wait.

[@cam1420]

Can confirm, did die for a year after MOA. Quite the, cliffhanger…

[@tyronejeremy311]

Battle of the labyrinth is my fav of the pjo series titans curse better than it has always been a razz take and imma die saying that but saying last Olympian is better is valid just not my opinion 😊

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I’ve only read the first two PJ books 😩😩😩

[@abbynew4188]

I kinda laughed at the last olympians ranking not because it was bad because the book was offered immortality that was turned down

[@cryingaboutbooks]

!!!!!!!!JASON GRACE!!!!!!!

[@JediMonkey873]

!!!!!IS DEAD!!!!!!

[@optic_artsfragrances1069]

You must read the Pendragon Series by DJ Machale

[@ahmedsalar7885]

Plsss read Daughter of the Deep ! Its the latest Riordan book! Really want u to read it.

[@RodgersReads]

totally agree about the kane chronicles, it was good but not great. it was mainly fun because egyptian mythology doesn't get nearly enough love, and the way he did the hieroglyphic magic was fun.

[@berengustav7714]

In a sea of soft magic"it's for kids,don't use your brain" I appreciate "you'll get exhuasted quickly,use other sources of power."

[@user-bd6gf7ds9w]

Its my personal favorite, I feel like I connected to it way more than pjo.

[@yourlocalbee8390]

can someone tell me what series to read in order? i just finished Percy Jackson and the Olympians and i would appreciate the help ^^

[@libbykenilworth4253]

So there are two ways that you can read the Riordanverse: 1) PJO, Kane Chronicles, HOO, Magnus Chase, TOA The events of PJO and TKC take place around the same time, as do the events of MCGA and TOA 2)PJO, HOO, TOA, TKC, MCGA PJO, HOO and TOA have lots of overlapping characters as well as the same mythology behind it (Greek/Roman) You can do either way, personally I read using the first method (same as Joel), but it really doesn’t matter PJO = Percy Jackson and the Olympians HOO = The Heroes of Olympus TOA = The Trials of Apollo TKC = The Kane Chronicles MCGA = Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard There are also lots of spin-off novellas but I haven’t got a list of them so idk which order to read them in Hope this helps!

[@fundays9004]

If you want more Riordan content do reading vlogs on the Rick Riordan presents books. Trust me , there Riley good

[@deadgachauser7811]

When will the Percy Jackson Disney+ adaptation

[@All-ze9cl]

I genuinely don't understand the Sea Of Monsters slander. Ofc people can have their own personal opinions but I absolutely adored the book. It is one of my favorites, the Annabeth development and moments between her and Percy were great. Plus I just loved the plot itself. I didn't really care for Tyson, but the rest was just so amazing.

[@user-ui5zr7mi1d]

The Titans curse is such a good book In my opinion it’s very sad, but very good.

[@robbobstone]

I just started PJ and am on Sea of monsters. I love that that was the only book that is the "worst" out of every single other book haha. Thanks!

[@mariaalamillo1518]

I feel it is underrated but I think that's because I love Tyson

[@AlexTsukino]

But i got to know. Have you read the percy jackson and kane chronicles crossover book?

[@DanleBlocks35752]

Pj book 4 is the best

[@SaturdayGacha_]

I am really excited about trials of Apollo because of the queer relationship between nico and will because that couple right there will fill our hearts with joy and we have to give thanks to Riordan for actually adding a cannon gay ship because if he didn’t add one there will be a whole lot of fan base gay ships

[@penguinarmy780]

For me every ToA book gets in the highest tier

[@auroraice2774]

My heart is broken. The Titan's Curse didn't go into dam good and that's where the joke comes from. Of course much love otherwise.

[@tiffinyvann9723]

Are you still reading Rick Riordan books

[@mollykelley03]

i agree with most of these rankings, BUT i feel like Blood of Olympus should be in girlbossed too close to the sun lmao

[@gandalfthewhite.5245]

My personal favorite is the last Olympian.

[@ayanseth4615]

ok

[@bigcheese7709]

U: Nico stan Me: Alex stan

[@JNB0723]

Tyrant's Tomb deserves to be thrown into the depths of Tartarus. Frank just defeats the emperor and gets rid of his curse in like 1 chapter off-screen (off-page?). It was done even worse than Blood of Olympus's final battle. It would have been more impactful to see the final battle with them in its full form and Frank sacrificing himself at the end. I get you just killed off a big character in the last book, but c'mon.

[@tyronejeremy311]

Mark of Athena is my personal fav of HOO and house of hades is better than mark of Athena will always be a crazy take

[@-Sam-.]

Okay I know you've read all the books but... Musical?😊

[@user-ig2zp8pz9n]

Has no one told him about the sun and the stars

[@Charadediana]

This video was recorded 2 years ago. TSATS was probably just announced or was going to be announced that year (2021)

[@amiyea]

Is this spoiler free?

[@stopmotionyoutubersomeonelikes]

The lost hero is not better than the lightning theif

[@aspenrupp-zimmerman1085]

You better read the sun and the star book

[@fictionalfates]

aspen is this a threat

[@aspenrupp-zimmerman1085]

No I didn’t intend to threat you 🥺. Sorry if it seemed that way to you. I was just a little passionate about the Nico and Will book that is going to come out this year. I was curious if you were planning on reading the Sun and the Star. I probably should’ve commented a better comment. Sorry again I didn’t intend to threat you.❤️

[@fictionalfates]

omg no pls i only meant the comment as a joke, i should’ve been more clear!! but yeah, i do plan on making a reading vlog for it in may!! 🥺

[@aspenrupp-zimmerman1085]

@@fictionalfates oh it was a joke okay I see now. I took it a bit to personal it happens me to me sometimes do recognize a joke 😂. Thank you though I can’t wait to see read it

[@lazypanda6023]

Welcome to the demigod side of booknerding (aka the right side)

[@pavlinazitkova]

👍🏻🥰

[@epicbruh8165]

Fire besides the Blood of Olympus take. In my opinion thats the worst book he has ever written. He fumbled the bag on that

[@Lillmicky-vs4lh]

Battle of the labyrinth is much better than titans Curse

[@tyronejeremy311]

BIIIIIIIIG FACTS

[@jasoncoetzee879]

When Jason went *{insert spoiler for those who are unaware of the happening}* I jumped up, pumped my fists in the air and went "YES!" idk why 😅 I just didn't like Jason that much- 😅😅😅😅

[@Lillmicky-vs4lh]

The lost hero is the worst rick riordan book ive read

[@user-bd6gf7ds9w]

I loved it personally, I would put it as my highest blue food tier

[@user-bd6gf7ds9w]

yet again I think that kane chronicles are better than PJO so maybe i’m just stupid

[@cayde-69]

The titans curse was so bad. Only one that I never reread. Also Nico is a whiny cry baby

[@user-bd6gf7ds9w]

the only time he cried in that book was when his sister ACTUALLY DIED sure hes a little annoying but hes a little kid in that book

[@JaneD0e_LuckyNxmbr7]

Wait wasn’t Nico like 10 years old 💀