Top 10 Underrated Fantasy Books

These are my favorite TOP 10 underrated fantasy books! By now we all have heard about Game of Thrones, Name of the Wind, or Stormlight Archive (or Mistborn...). And yet, there are so many hidden fantasy gems ready to conquer your TBR and to absolutely score 5-stars! So here is a list with some of the best fantasy books that remain unknown (less than 30K ratings on Goodreads and many of them below the 10K mark!)
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* January book club pick:: Guns of the Dawn
* February book club pick: Empire of Silence
Timestamps:
00:00 Hii
00:33 Top 10 (but the reason I wanted to make this video)
02:21 Top 9
03:58 Top 8
05:26 Top 7
07:01 Top 6
08:24 Top 5
10:09 Top 4
12:08 Top 3
14:11 Top 2
16:09 Top 1

[@tyghe_bright]

A Master of Djinn was such a delight to read. Clark manages to pull together so many elements and makes it work. So compelling and so much fun.

[@LibrariesandLattes]

Definitely need to check these out! I keep seeing A Dowry of Blood mentioned so I’m curious for sure!

[@tomm7289]

loving these vids! getting back into reading and your recommendations are great!

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Thank you so so much! I am glad you’re loving them!

[@stephengiann1717]

just finished ninth rain and ordered bitter twins, i was so impressed with how immersed i was in the world building. If you like daksouls, witcher, elden ring, nier its right up your alley

[@davidr9104]

I just finished Justice of Kings! It's insanely far under the radar for how good it is! So dark, so savage, and althought i dont generally like 1st person narration, I think it worked well with seeing that world and its events through Helena's eyes. Vonvalt is insanely well conceived. I cant wait to read Book 2!

[@judemorales4U]

Love your passion❤

[@yanivrosenfeld-cohen7517]

I love how you incorporated Lo and the cat in the beginning, cute twist! Gael Song, Richard Swan and Jen are all on my tbr

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahaha thank you!! They wanted to take part and i couldn’t deny them 😂😂!! I hope you find time to read those books soon!! 🥹🫶 and hopefully you love them!

[@axtell500]

Hi Isa, I enjoy P Djeli Clark, especially his books set in Egypt. I also enjoyed Ring Shout - I enjoy it when an author incorporates a real world thing/event in a "fantastical" tale

[@zuzanaochmanova2652]

Great video!! Guns of the dawn and Justice of Kings are definitely such an amazing books!! (counting days for the 3rd book in Empire of the wolf) such a good books!! want to read a lot of you mentioned! Especially Gael Song! i love books inspired by real life events!!

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Thank you Zuzka!! 🥹💫 ! I am so happy you loved Guns of the Dawn!! I think you will really come to like Children of Gods and Fighting men!!

[@ChaptersWeLove]

Love the 🐈🐶- I will be checking The Last Cuentista sounds like something I will enjoy. - I agree Dowry of Blood was so good I wished it was longer 😊.

[@cindywitte5052]

Just added to my TBR. Thanks for the recommendations. I have read the "Drowning Seas" Really liked it. I've also read and loved the "Winnowing Flame" trilogy. My favorite is the "Aurelian Cycle"

[@laku_u]

Isa doing god's work! 🌟 Seriously, Gael Song is so underrated and I don't understand why! Great covers, great titles, will work for epic fantasy readers, historical fiction readers, even romance readers if they have enough patience! We need to keep spreading the word. Also, obligatory yay for the Aurelian Cycle 💞

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahah I agree!! I am really mind blown about these books not being WAY more popular!! I am really enjoying my time reading them!

[@keziahduncan5081]

Justice of kings the trilogy is definitely underrated the mixed reviews on Goodreads for it is sad. Richard Swan is an absolute genius and I love reading the trilogy so far. I'm in the middle of book 2 currently. Empire of the wolf needs more hype.

[@hectatereads105]

I’m eagerly waiting book 3 to drop in the next week!

[@exiawildfire7708]

I just finished Justice of Kings and loved it

[@andrewf7732]

Picked up The Children of Gods and Fighting Men because of this video and was immediately available from the library. Read about the first 25% and really enjoying it. Was awesome to see the first chapter take place at the Iona Monastery, which I had a chance to visit a number of years ago. Really cool place, though it's in Scotland not Ireland which I'm not sure readers who hadn't heard of it would know since the book's map only show Ireland. I really need to read Guns of the Dawn. So many people have put this in their favorites and the premise seems cool. I just haven't jived with two other books I've read from the author, which has made me hesitant to pick it up. But I think that is the next one of his I'll try. Then probably Children of Time.

[@TomOrange]

Yes The Aurelian Cycle is absolutely amazing. Fireborne is one of my favorites books of all time

[@MatildaTheBookDragon]

Been thinking about reading Fireborn for a while! I have A Master of Djinn waiting for me...

[@NatalyaVins-blueflower775]

I recently read The Last Cuentista and loved it. It has an interesting combination of folklore and Sci-Fi. I was surprised it's categorized as middle grade, I feel like it should be YA.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Agreed!! It should be YA 100%!! I am so happy you loved it! 🙌

[@bobkeane7966]

well done, one I never hear anyone talking about is The Bladed Faith trilogy by Dalglish. It has an interesting magic system based on the number of people that believe in your abilities.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Sounds phenomenal! I definitely will add it into my TBR!

[@danielleoliver1734]

I adore the Gael Song trilogy, can’t wait for the conclusion this year. Empire of the Wolf is also brilliant, I’m trying to decide if I need to reread the first 2 books before the last one come out

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Sameeee! I just discovered a few months back, but still obsessed about it!!

[@edithabynum]

I reread the first two Empire of the Wolf books by listening to the audiobooks. The narrator is excellent. Reading book 3 now! I also love the Gael Song trilogy!

[@terrillrogers9983]

Drowning Empire was a very good read for me. Fire borne trilogy I loved.

[@crazyforbooksandcoffee]

Your videos are dangerous to my bank account 😂😂

[@joelindley5113]

Guns of the Dawn was great he's a very prolific author and Dogs of War is also great if you're looking for something more sci-fi. Not read the follow-up Bearhead but if it's as good it's worth a try. Can't wait for The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan. Fans of his writing might wanna try Anthony Ryan's stuff (Raven's Shadow, Draconis Memoria and Covenant of Steel). He's very popular with John Gwynne fans. Just got a new book of his called Red River Seven which is more of a horror. It's about 7 guys who wake up on a boat with no memory of who they are or who they got there. They're armed and in the surrounding mist they can hear screaming. Just gotten into the Eidyn Saga by Justin Lee Anderson. Two of four books out so far (The Lost War and The Bitter Crown). Heavily inspired by Gaelic culture, some of the names and magic words like "Glauis" and "Droaidh" are actually Gaelic words. Set in a land where there's tension between non magical people and magic users (Droaidh) and the lines between right and wrong become blurred. Very good so far

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Ohhh the Eidyn Saga sounds fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing the love over hidden gems Joe!! 🥹

[@pollys6192]

Pero que video mas majoooooo XDDDD hemos acertado, pero poner a los bichos ha sido la guinda XDDD mas bichos plis

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Jajajajajajajaja me alegro de que te haya gustado!! Claramente tenían mucho que decir! 😂

[@alexpresser132]

Love these videos. Tired of seeing the same names

[@jimmorris8158]

Any thing to make you a happy woman