Ultimate Fantasy Book Tier List (+ 70 popular books)

[@FunFantasyBooks]

If you hear my voice a bit weird- it's allergies! Let me and other readers know which popular fantasy books to read and which to skip!

[@captainnolan5062]

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, A Song of Ice and Fire by Georger R. R. Martin, The Riddle-Master Trilogy by Patricia McKillip, the Earthsea series by Ursula LeGuin, The Chronicles of the Deryni by Katherine Kurtz, The Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton, The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Steven Donaldson, The Amber Chronicles by Roger Zelazney, The Shannara books by Terry Brooks, The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock, The Conan series by Robert E Howard, The Crystal Cave series by Mary Stewart, The Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake, The Belgariad by David Eddings, The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist, The Redwall books by Brian Jacques, Dragonriders of Pern books by Anne McCaffrey, The Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook, The Witch World series by Andre Norton, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber, The Narnia series by CS Lewis, The Song of Ice and Fire books by George RR Martin, The Kingkiller Chronicles by Rothfuss, The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling, The Way of Shadows books by Brent Weeks, The Jirel of Joiry books by C.L. Moore, The Witcher books by Andrzej Sapkowski and The Dagger and the Coin series by Daniel Abraham, The One and Future King tetrology by T. H. White.

[@linasburrow]

Your puppy wanting your cuddles and attention is so cute! ❤ 🐶 Loved the video, as always.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Thaaaank you!! Hahaha she was like “it’s time for cúreles not filming hooman!”

[@mustafacantez9727]

This is really great video and there is so much effort put to it. There are many tierlists out there but this includes many series that I have never even heard about. It's great to see that there exist a such comprehensive, high quality video.

[@vanessa_11z]

The puppy giving her opinion too 😂🥺🥺💖💖

[@OriNebula]

I loved the puppy’s reactions. “Pet me please. I just want pets. Ok I’ll take a nap and wait for more pets”

[@smrgd_wlf4994]

You've got all my favourites in the perfection categorie and i'm round 100 pages in the first Mistborn book, love it and Kelsier owns my heart already, so i'll definitely try some others from the life changing section. I've had my eye on Jade City and Red Rising for a while so i'll probably start with one of these two series after i finished the mistborn series

[@John-lr3ix]

:‘)

[@monisharmuk]

I love the lamp behind you on your left. It gives such a warm hue

[@Southeastbricks1986-xn9yd]

I read the first two farseer trilogy books in 2015 and found them a Slow read but liked fitz and the fool as characters so I finished them - I wasn’t in a rush to pickup assassins quest. I was working in a customers house in 2022 they had Robin hobb books on their shelves. When I said I had read the first two books I was reprimanded and called a “silly boy” for not finishing the trilogy 😂 (I was 36 years of age at the time 🙃) the reason for the telling off was mainly because the third book is the best one - I since picked it up - I really enjoyed the third book and went onto the live ship series after which I would agree are on a higher tier. Looking forward to reading more realm of the elderlings books!

[@Mimlou]

Just picked up Mistborn last week! Looking forward to my very first Brandon book❤

[@FunFantasyBooks]

I hope you love it!

[@thebrothersgwynne]

So glad to hear you loved Malice! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series when you get to it 😊 Ed

[@mr.orange8205]

I'm currently reading 'Valor', the second book in 'The Faithful and the Fallen' series. If you liked the first one, you will absolutely love the second.

[@YentlLega]

Your doggie’s desire for complete attention and cuddles is so adorable 😂❤ 33:25

[@liligirl96]

I’m so happy to hear someone else say the ACOTAR series is so good yet so bad. People are cut throat over these books and aren’t willing to accept that you can love something without it being perfect. I love SJM books but I’m also painfully aware of their lane in terms of writing, tropes, etc. Loved your analysis of these!

[@MichaelSmith-zx5lw]

I absolutely adore Throne Of Glass. It is one of my favourite series, but I also think it's pulpy trash. Why do people hate on reads that are honestly perfect just as entertainment?

[@liligirl96]

@@MichaelSmith-zx5lw THIS

[@Quinn2112]

The Poppy War is my litmus test: if a booktuber ranks it highly, I know our aesthetic tastes are so wildly different I cannot look to them for any further recommendations. It's like being a New Yorker and recommending Olive Garden in Times Square as a life-changing culinary experience.

[@DooDooDaddyTV]

Putting Fifth Season in "Total Disaster" is absolute INSANITY to me omg

[@zightanonymous7866]

Definitely recommend people to give The Way of Kings book a try, it's not really 'life changing' but has a very rich worldbuilding and story to tell. I'll definitely use these rankings to see what to read next, thanks!

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Ahhh I definitely agree that Way of Kings is not the one that changes you, but man! Oathbringer definitely made it for me!!!

[@HuleHulale]

First law that low is a crime.

[@ffreviews5252]

Was looking for this comment

[@John-lr3ix]

Acotar and forth wing above name of the wind is just ludicrous. I agree with many of the high picks though !😄

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahah in all fairness I read Name of the Wind AGES ago- I might feel different now! (Upon a reread!)

[@laku_u]

Your enthusiasm for reading is really on display when the tier Perfection is three rows long! I fear my biggest one would probably be Just Okay, followed by Ugh! I hope you are ready to have your house set on fire when people see Name of the Wind so low!

[@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels]

Nice to see The Black Prism get some love! Interesting rankings. I don't agree with a handful of them, but your points are valid so it's all good 😂

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahahah thank you for letting me know! Definitely think it’s great that we can still have some common ground and others that definitely don’t align!

[@bobkeane7966]

Of the ones I've read I mostly agree, all though I felt you were a little tough on Assassin's Apprentice, and Crescent City

[@DarkLaces]

Crescent City was hard for me to get into for like 1/3 of the book, BUT the last 2/3 of the book was amazing!! And i really like the second one as well havent read the 3rd on yet. But as well the second one the first 1/3 of the book felt slow.

[@Mellys1980s]

The dog 🐶 is like same !! Growl lol 😂❤

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahahahah she has her own opinion!!

[@mathewcarlson6271]

I was going to feel affronted when you put Daughter of Smoke and Bone in Disaster, but I soon realised you clearly just have a thing against bones 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@syntheticvocalist-p472]

You should try a dark fantasy. May I suggest reading Berserk?

[@alusarmiento]

Welcome to the hay fever season. I'm finally watching this video with a bunch of allergy tablets next to me lol. Thank you for your opinions!

[@bookfantastic]

A classic is something that is many years old. These are new books you are reviewing that haven't passed the test of time, so be careful with your words. But I certainly appreciate your reviews. Have you read "Fantasy: The 100 Best Books" by Moorcock and Cawthorne? You need to steep yourself in the history of fantasy and read the old stuff too. You will have a blast. The reason I make this assumption that you haven't read the old stuff is because you don't name a single one of them in your top whatever lists. Right now I am reading Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock. Pretty good so far. Thank you for your valuable reviews.

[@RafoRH]

I really like Six of Crow, but love Crooked kingdom, by the way, I just started reading Mistborn, it is great.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

It is!!! So happy you are loving it!

[@eneskursadyasar5393]

I do not really argue about Life Changing and Total Disaster books because it differs people to people of course. Your Ugh and Just Okay books almost more than half, some of them go up some of them go down for sure imo but really nice ranking overall to get to know your taste of books. Last thing I gotta say is that, you should finish First Law and continue toGentleman Bastard series.

[@zuzanaochmanova2652]

A tier ranking video??? 😍😍😍 The best day ever!!!! Absolutely agree with sooo many of the life changing books!! Like damn we have similiar taste

[@RyeMiArt]

I so agree with some of your rankings and I would fight you on some others haha. If you haven't read Blood over bright haven by M.L.Wang yet I beg you to do so, it's so good! I enjoyed this video and the sweet needy pup 😍

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahah I think that is so healthy and great!! Each of us have a slightly different taste on books!! I have read Blood over bright haven!! It was wonderful!

[@RyeMiArt]

@@FunFantasyBooks Yeah, there is book for everyone and that's great! More people need to read M. L. Wang, she is one of my favourite authors now!

[@miyayume_eclectic_dream]

Thank you for this loooong and detail video ✨️💖✨️ I had fun watching it and maybe some titel I will give another chance. Sadly Uprooted didn't deserve to compete😅

[@MrBrauk]

If you are looking to try Joe Abercrombie again, maybe try Best Served Cold as an entry point. It is a standalone with better pacing than The Blade Itself. The protagonist is female and a blast to read.

[@mcp0y3]

Rin made me soooo DAMN ANGRY so many times i wanted to throw the book across the room ... AND I LOVED EVERY second of it. My anger towards Rin got worst and worst and it was LIFE CHANGING. i love how unhinged she becomes.... The poppy war trilogy is LIFE CHANGING!

[@Redundant_underscore]

Small Gods is arguably Pratchett's best book. Kings of the Wyld disappointing? This list is crazy.

[@mcp0y3]

Out of all of them... I read 3 and they were in your life changing tier... And i dnf'd 2 that were under just ok and total disaster. We def agree in good taste!

[@focusrelax8838]

27:48 i got hook by the first season tv series! Then I was so hook led I bought the books! Second books is wow the best! Third book is better than the first but slightly below the third! Season 2 is so bad and the books makes up for it so much more! Recommend to try book 2, if you don’t like it after 100-150’pages then don’t read! But let’s say it’s more killing in it. The last duology is imo best books after six of crows! King of scars was boring but suddenly wow after half the book and second booo continued that momentum!

[@zem_fm]

This is absolutely not important and might destroy somebody's reading experience of First Law, but as soon as you said Glokta my brain went like THAT'S A NAME FOR A CHICKEN Io is absolutely adorable begging for attention, I think my heart just melted 😍

[@Books_Cinema_And_Beyond]

First law trilogy at Ugh!???????? 😮😮

[@danderson6290]

Does anyone know what tier list maker she is using?

[@hannahblackwellbooks]

Yeahhhhh honestly I’m kinda over sjm at the moment

[@MrTugwit]

"The Name of the Wind" is about: What if the main character is a moron, and most of his problems are his own fault?

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahaha!

[@eneskursadyasar5393]

I thought the same thing about Poppy War but respect to your opinion.

[@meganega123]

Like his parents vetting killed?

[@MrTugwit]

@@meganega123 Like spending 1 1/2 books making no progress toward finding the killers, because he was mouthing off to the wrong people, playing his lute, and mooning over some chick that doesn't really like him, and generally being useless. Of course I stopped reading 1/2 way through the second book, so maybe he found the Chandrians after that.

[@fmayi1191]

Shocked on a few of these and having just read the will of the many highly agreed looking forward to book two. Jade city really that good? tried and couldn’t continue past 100 or so pages may have to retry.

[@jacobharper4501]

Jade City series is a weird one. I read all three anticipating it to get interesting and was left confused at why I finished it. It's a gang family against a gang family with few reasons to even root for most of the POV characters over the other groups. There is plenty to respect in the story and writing but if you are in it for story and plot, you can pass.

[@fmayi1191]

@@jacobharper4501 thank you

[@Kialas]

I would recommend the BBC radio play version of Neverwhere.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Ahhh good one!!

[@reza3624]

This list is fkn wild

[@focusrelax8838]

33:39 you are not alone, many find the same opinion as you, but unfortunately more people love it. That’s why he got as Big as he did, we are the minority 😅

[@captainnolan5062]

It can't be the "Ultimate Fantasy Book Tier List" without the Lord of the Rings on it.

[@mcp0y3]

Maybe she didn't read that .. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@captainnolan5062]

@@mcp0y3 That would be sad.

[@eneskursadyasar5393]

I'm pretty sure, she did not read that yet

[@mcp0y3]

@@captainnolan5062 I haven't read it either or watched to The movies.... Journey books drag for me. Which is why the second book of A Song of Ice and Fire had me dragging

[@captainnolan5062]

@@mcp0y3 Every book is a journey book.

[@MsGaaabs]

Honest question: why doesn’t anyone put Harry Potter in fantasy tier lists? I wish they would, because it would be a good thermometer for me.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Ohh i only read the first one I am afraid when it first was translated - so can’t really have it out there! It has been ages 👵 and only read book 1

[@MsGaaabs]

@@FunFantasyBooks well, DEFINITELY go read it, pleeeeease 😂❤️

[@ToriMorrow]

Name of the wind haters unite 😄🙌🏽

[@earningzekrom4173]

GOOD DOGGO

[@Xxpastore10xX]

Name of the wind is insanely overrated.

[@leopercara3477]

It's pretty good, though.

[@jacobharper4501]

I just kept waiting for more to happen and it never much did

[@Southeastbricks1986-xn9yd]

I’m listening to it now on audible and like it but i was a bit disappointed to hear that it is another unfinished series with no release date for a final Book In sight - so probably won’t listen to or read the 2nd book when I’m finished with this one

[@Elricsedric]

I actually don't know if it is, I'm not into books I'm new in my novel reading. All I hear about name of the wind is how bad it is

[@leopercara3477]

@@Elricsedric People are mad because Rothfuss is never gonna finish the trilogy, and his fans and casual readera feel like he is a scam artists. Which none of these things has to do with the quality of the book.

[@eatanelkberger]

Your video was very frustrating to me. I couldn't make out many of the book titles. You spoke too fast and with your accent, I couldn't understand most of them, and the thumbnails were next to useless - incomplete and out of focus.

[@etiennepretorius1993]

Use close captions; it’s unfair to ask someone to change their accent if you find it difficult to understand.

[@eatanelkberger]

@@etiennepretorius1993 this has nothing to do with being fair. It has to do with common sense. Make things difficult for your audience and you will not have much of a following.

[@etiennepretorius1993]

@@eatanelkbergeryou can also slow down the player if you are having issues with the speed of the material delivered. If on a computer, you should be able to zoom into a part of the video to see the titles clearer.

[@eatanelkberger]

@@etiennepretorius1993 I tried that, but the already blurry thumbnails became even worse, when zoomed in. Also, many of the titles are not all there. The thumbnails didn't even show the whole cover, plus some of the books print was not easy to see to begin with.

[@bradleycarrington9093]

Everything was fine for me

[@andreiiancu2501]

Actual brain damage