Why Fantasy Has Value! Beginner Fantasy Recommendations + More!

[@CapturedInWords]

Recommend me some fantasy booktubers! Also feel free to recommend me your favorite fantasy books that I need to read!

[@dandylla]

Philip Chase, The Fantasy Nuttwork, and the Library of Allenxandria are 3 of my favs

[@AnEruditeAdventure]

Andrew’s Wizardly Reads, dominish_book, and Grace Dionne are some of my favorite BookTubers! -T

[@DavidDecero]

I'd recommend Demon's Ink by Clayton Snyder. It's an urban Fantasy book that is short and violent and might be the funniest thing I've read. Clayton's sarcasm is unmatched. lol The Jacked Nerd, Brandon Bennett, and Epic Talez all have really cool booktube channels. Oh and Jamez Dahl Sci-fi and Fantasy music - has a great channel where he makes sci-fi and fantasy music.

[@liamtierney5014]

The book series that started me down the fantasy path was Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Would love for more people to read this series

[@UnknownPerson-so]

The gatekeepers a sci-fi/fantasy/horor series, The Seven Realms a high fantasy series, The Luner chronicles which is futuresk sci-fi, The Rangers apprentice which is more epic fantasy, The Raven cycle/Dreamer trilogy which has magical realism, The Timekeeper trilogy which falls under steampunk, and The Mediator series which is pretty much set in modern time with romance but also has some mystery and interactions with the dead. These are some of my favorite series along with some that you already mentioned in this video. I haven't read much Urban fantasy that has stuck with me but two are: Stalked by Flames and The Soul eater series. Moving during elementry... me too! I even started reading books around the same age. I actually found Library of a Viking's youtube channel less then a month ago, and I loved his video on how fantasy is seen as lesser. It was amazing finding that and I couldn't believe it when you mentioned him. Love those quotes and good luck with getting to all those books.

[@libraryofaviking]

Thank you so much for the shoutout! You are honestly a huge inspiration of mine and I didn't expect you to ever watch my videos! This has made my day!

[@CapturedInWords]

No problem dude! Keep up the great content!

[@TheSweatyGorilla]

"Being a Chosen One sounds like a lot of pressure" *laughs in Rand al'Thor*

[@QuestLegacy]

Holy crap man! Thanks for the shout-out! Love your channel and honored

[@CapturedInWords]

No problem man! Keep on making great videos!

[@PetrikLeo]

Thank you so much for the shoutout, Jay! It's amazing to get a shoutout from you considering that I've watched your videos for years before I even make my own channel! Also, looking forward to more of your videos! :)

[@CapturedInWords]

No problem Petrik! Your videos are awesome and I always trust your opinions on books since our taste is pretty similar! :)

[@vivic.k.c.4244]

There is an essay by Tolkien called “On Fairy-Stories” where he explains why fantasy literature is so valuable and important for adults. That’s a good reading for the ones who love fantasy and for those who criticize it (if that doesn’t change their minds, it would at least make them understand it better and why so many people love it). Great video, Jay!

[@keanancupido]

Jay: Just happily ever after. That's all I want. Is that so much to ask? George: YES 🤣😭

[@crazyfeet9001]

You have my like for promoting smaller channels. This shows humility. Keep up the good work sir.

[@BookswithBrittany]

Thanks for the shout out! Been a fan of your channel for a while now :)

[@CapturedInWords]

No problem Brittany! Thanks for watching 😊

[@rorangarrowson5]

Great video Jay. I completely agree with everything you said about KKC. It one of my favorite series and the only thing I regret is that I haven't read it sooner then I did. It just beautiful and have a huge impact on my life.

[@chuckmoss7414]

Pleasently intelligent discourse. Enjoyed.

[@CapturedInWords]

Thanks for watching!

[@ariharannatarajan2750]

We're getting more stuff from you!!!

[@CapturedInWords]

Yesss! I'll be uploading much more often now :)

[@thesunshineseekers]

It’s a dream come true ☺️☺️

[@EpicTalez]

I didn’t know you were from Canada. You inspire me so much. Love your edits. Try to copy as much as possible. The inheritance was also one of the first books I read. Berserk is a classic for sure. Fantasy having value is an indisputable fact.

[@thebrothersgwynne]

A great type of video! I need to carry to carry on with The Books of Babel. Really enjoyed the first two instalments. Happy reading :) Will

[@Cam_Wolfe]

Such a great video dude! I especially agree with your point about fantasy not being considered "real literature" Also, thanks for the kind words, that means a lot! I'm sure I've told you, but your channel (which is criminally underrated) was a HUGE inspiration in me branching into more in-depth reviews. I'm happy to be able to call you a booktube friend ✌

[@CapturedInWords]

Thanks man! We definitely need to collab more in the future, haha I still need to sit down and write the script for that Deltora Quest video soon! I'm happy to call you a booktube friend too 🤙

[@irishknight6893]

Your one of my fav channels!! How can you not love someone who appears in the beginning of their videos from a fart cloud 😅🤣what’s shaking?! Love it bro, so funny and original!

[@dylanbennett41]

Deltora Quest! I totally forgot about that series but I also picked a few of them up at Scholastic book fairs lol also cool to see towns I’m familiar with shouted out. I’m near Campbell River myself.

[@VicRibeiro777]

"You can learn more about humanity, you can take in their lessons and bring them into your own life" Can't wait to see you apply this with Abercrombie ;)

[@melc5038]

I second Steampunk but I also haven't tried...I wholeheartedly look forward to your recommendations !!!

[@tvp61196]

The Books of Babel (a series by his first "auto-buy" author) is steampunk and 100% worth checking out

[@TienNguyen-fj1jq]

Aside from Daniel Greene, you've become my favourite fantasy youtuber. And I love your editing, top notch stuff.

[@CapturedInWords]

Wow, thank you! That's awesome to hear!

[@owned008]

Magical realism is something I'm discovering a bit more of too and I love it. I think all fantasy has value, it's not just escaping to a new world of possibility, but if it's written well you can learn and grow from the experience too!

[@tylerblack301]

Channel recommends would be Philip Chase & A Critical Dragon. Their Malazan discussions are so good! The Fantasy Nuttwork (Jimmy) does a fantastic job with every review especially his Realm of the Elderings reviews. Steve Talks Books and Stuff is my go to channel for grimdark. And Tall Guy Reads is a newer channel that needs more subscribers.

[@alen284]

Also glad that more booktubers are starting to read berserk it’s phenomenal

[@bosquedetinta]

I LOVED this video!! And I totally agree with you. Fantasy is a great subject to be passionate about. If you want to read more Urban Fantasy, I totally recommend the Fetch Phillip's books by Luke Arnold. It's Urban Fantasy and Noir mixed together. It's awesome.

[@pizza6464]

Goosebumps when I was in middle school through Scholastic is what got me into reading. Had a few rough years at the start since my family wasn’t exactly willing to encourage my fantasy reading habits… but since I got my own source of income, it’s been flourishing.

[@bengough6772]

Also big love to Berserk...its very nasty and very excellent amd also asks a lot of philosophical questions about causality. Really excellent

[@wanderdragon1075]

Deltora Quest! Man I loved those books as a kid, they got me into fantasy too

[@alexandregomes6784]

I tottaly agree when you say that you don't regret reading the KKC. I say the same thing a lot on reddit and everyone falls on me. The story is beautiful and even if the trilogy isn't finished I will still love it forever.

[@calvinmedina5659]

I hope the in-depth summery is words of radiance, I kind of need a recap

[@awesome_slyda2059]

For Urban Fantasy you should try The Matthew Swift series by Kate Griffin. Not so much Urban, but a mix of 2 worlds is The October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. Not anything whatsoever to do with Urban Fantasy, but I find that not enough people have read them, I think that Trudi Canavan is a wonderful writer, and literally anything by her is fantastic.

[@havenschade8174]

0:42 trick question, its both edit: 5:33, Daniel greene has a great video on this topic

[@mattturner5750]

I'd love to do a read along of the Malazan books. So many great characters. Freak stories in each story. It's Epic!

[@SuperDoctor9]

Malazan has been on my TBR for so long now it's just such a long series though, I'm going to have to really psych myself up for it. I'm always looking for standalone fantasy, with so many series out it can be nice to read a one and done story.

[@noname3609]

I recommend Warbreaker by Sanderson.Its totally awesome and its a standalone !

[@maraltbrown]

I'm with you all the way, Jay, fantasy has its value for sure! I think the first fantasy books I read were The Mists of Avalon when I was probably 13 or 14. Then, when I turned 18, my sister's boyfriend gave me The Witching Hour by Anne Rice, not knowing it was a series, which I instantly fell in love with and ended up reading all the vampire, ghosts, angels, you name it, books by Anne Rice. Many years later, having read all kinds of stuff in between, I picked up The Northern Lights and liked it. When I had finished all three books, a friend suggested The Name of the Wind. And that's how I found you! Apologies to the other booktubers, but I only watch Jay's channel♡.

[@Jevaughn]

Hey man, quick suggestion on Dresden Files - Read the first four books before doing your first review. I think most authors would be happy to write books as good as the first 3, but it's on book 4 that Jim started to hit his stride on what Dresden Files was going to become. Also the whole series is the best example I've seen of watching an author's growth as a writer bloom over the years with each book - Next to what we're witnessing now with Brandon Sanderson.

[@charitykelly6396]

Absolutely! The best fantasy novels are about the characters, their thoughts, and how they deal with others.

[@scamtrickslothfuss8207]

I especially love fantasy series which will never get a proper ending.

[@corgi42069]

Hmm, you should try the Dresden Files ;)

[@alen284]

Holy crap Deltora Quest! That awoke old book fair memories

[@thesunshineseekers]

Tag Tuesday’s? 👀

[@DimitrisRebelYell]

Cameron Wolf is sooo amazing!

[@keanancupido]

People can say what they want about George not finishing the books, but everyone can agree that his story has some of the best character development and fantasy world build-up of all time!

[@Georgia7Pap]

Well my favorite books are fantasy romance books. If you haven't yet you NEED to read Sarah J. Maas books. The Throne of glass series and A court of thorns and roses series are amazing! Also everything i've read so far of Jennifer L. Armentrout was amazing! She has a bunch of fantasy romance series. And if you are interested i follow a book club that is dedicated to fantasy series. I found it on youtube and it's called "Fantaseries". This month we started the Jade city books. And right before that we read The poppy wars books. You will find it if you just search on youtube.

[@KnifeOfK]

Great video!

[@llywyllngryffyn8053]

Ummm... The Wise Man's Fear, of course. Still waiting to stee that one since I watched the one you did on the Name of the Wind...

[@adoniscreed4031]

8:41 hold up! Did you change the way you pronounce "protagonist"? 😅 Man, I love the way you used to pronounce it as "proteygonist"

[@CapturedInWords]

Haha yeah I tired pronouncing 'protagonist' and 'dragon' the American way (the way I usually say it is my Canadian accent) and now it's kind of sticking 😂 idk if I want to abandon my roots though 😵

[@apebblemaster4570]

Oh, wow I read Medallion as a kid too and loved it!

[@CapturedInWords]

Wow I've never met anyone else who has read Medallion! I remember loving Trave's adventure, I reread it a few times as a kid

[@apebblemaster4570]

@@CapturedInWords My Mom got it for school (we were home-schooled) so maybe that's why? The author actually wrote a prequel to Medallion called Shield, but I've never been able to find it.

[@CapturedInWords]

I never knew there was a prequel :O Now I'm tempted to make a video on these books haha!

[@toddhutson2657]

Wait, you haven't read The Dresden Files? One of my all time faves! It was just...so...FUN to read!!! Highly recommend the audiobooks. James Marsters does an OUTSTANDING job bringing those characters to life!

[@CapturedInWords]

I definitely need to start listening to the audio books soon!

[@tarancehill651]

If not too personal.. did you run into any trouble accessing fantasy in general being in Christian education? Read Dresden files asap. Name of the wind and Dresden are my top two faves. Sando close third.

[@CapturedInWords]

I went to 2 Christian elementary schools as a kid, both only for 1 year. This is where I was introduced to Narnia and Medallion, and at the time I don't remember facing any difficulties with liking fantasy. Later on though my family became pretty strict with no Harry Potter in the house (I remember hiding my books under the bed) despite the fact that we use to watch all the movies together as a family. That's something my family is still very against which is a bummer. I definitely need to read Dresden soon! I'm very tempted to start the audio book! Maybe next month I'll finally do it

[@worland102688]

CAVE IN! READ DRESDEN FILES!

[@thebrothersgwynne]

Empire of the Vampire is amazing! Hope you enjoy if you get around to it. Will

[@noname3609]

"I would love to be a windrunner or an allomancer " You made my day and becuz of that im gonna recommend a manga even better than Berserk and that is Vinland Saga ! 😄

[@FarawayPictures]

I've been watching for about a month now and wondered if you ever do a guided tour of your shelves?

[@CapturedInWords]

Thanks for watching! I made a bookshelf tour earlier last year which you can watch here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ6vk4yQjdulirs Later on I also made a bookshelf re-organization video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKutp4Gmo5uYn6M

[@tgwtom]

Brian Lee Durfee Niki Hawkes - The Obsessive Bookseller

[@carlysmith7624]

I'm new here so I'm not sure if you've read it before, but The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner is amazing and a pretty quick read!

[@CapturedInWords]

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely add it to my list of series to check out :)

[@jgamer2228]

John Green isn’t a good author, but I enjoyed Looking for Alaska well enough to recommend at least that book.

[@Rogue_VI]

I've only read the first Dresden book and I didn't really care for it. Of course, SO MANY people have said to give it another try. And I will before too terribly long. An urban fantasy (at least that's what I think it is) that I really like is Monster Hunters International.

[@peterlustig9089]

i just wish fantasy authors actually had some experience with how living in historical times worked. Like actually working a field, holding a torch, manufacturing something, sailing a ship or just hiking for an extended period. It often reads like something, from somebody, who never sets foot outside.

[@scamtrickslothfuss8207]

Kingkiller Chronicle is the first fantasy series I am not gonna finish. For obvious reasons.

[@the_ricku]

Your next in depth summary is actually a Neopets Lore video. You can't fool us.

[@CapturedInWords]

Very tempting idea for a video 🤔😜 I loved Neopets growing up!

[@joriskuipers4112]

I guess WMF, because that's the most logical next forward step...

[@ryanratchford2530]

2:25 also Brandon main characters never die!!

[@raininglaser5695]

Mistborn main characters enter the chat.

[@dinocollins720]

Song of Ice and Fire and Wheel of Time aren't gateway drugs they're both hard drugs haha. Get through both those and you're a fantasy addict lol

[@PhantomGreyfire]

I look forward to the Berserk review.

[@scamtrickslothfuss8207]

Especially since its author actually does have an excuse for never finishing it.

[@PhantomGreyfire]

@@scamtrickslothfuss8207 Shots fired.

[@miokjr6286]

Lev Grossmans Magicians is actually kind of great in my opinion... the show is also great😊 Its a world where your abilities in the magical arts are strongly related to the amount of pain and suffering you have experienced. It really focus on a lot of messed up shit... most of the time the magical aspects of the world is really not what matters but instead the tough topics. Highly recommend😊

[@sikandersingh3349]

Read Empire of the Vampire and also plss do a review on your channel

[@arenkai]

You would like to have Brandon Sanderson write you as a main character in your story ?... Do... Do you need to talk or something ?...

[@RedFuryBooks]

For a trope, I’d want to be a Mary Sue! 😂

[@MagnaMater2]

I don't remember was it you, to whom I recommended Pierre Grimbert's Secret of Ji? Did you read it? I had grown tired of Fantasy after the last GRRM-Book. But Ji 'healed' me. I liked it a lot: That's the book-trailer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH7Vk4Zrjst5i5Y

[@Eloweh]

You need to collab with Daniel Greene I’d love that video

[@chilleralex100]

Checkout StrictlyFantasy, he does some character study vids about kingkiller chronicle, eg ambrose, kothe, etc

[@anonymoussage1125]

How about harry potter as a fantasy series?

[@chowyee5049]

2:24 Where's my Rithmatist book 2 then?

[@HERNDONADER]

Malazan, do it.

[@MediaBashingTV]

I feel like you would very much appreciate Imajica by Clive Baker.

[@GrapplingBook]

Empire of the Vampire is one of the best books you’ll ever read

[@bengough6772]

Does fantasy have value? Of course Mythology is fantasy that tells a deep intrinsic truth about us and how we interact and grow. It warns, it makes us laugh, cry and learn.... Fantasy does the same with added entertainment and escapism. It is modern mythology made into long form. Of course it has value

[@heavendude101]

Check out Holly Hearts Books. She's awesome.

[@thanaphan4951]

can u remove the BANG! sound at the start of ur vid?

[@harrylewin9162]

My only recommendation for new readers is do not start with wicked. That is where I started and its bad.

[@IndiaTides]

Why don't you talk about Tv series and movies based on books? That would be cool way to expand your fanbase.

[@CapturedInWords]

Good idea! This is something I've been wanting to do for a long time, and am actually working on a video talking about the upcoming Kenobi show. But I think I'd actually like to start doing some fantasy movie reviews too

[@atlassolomon3503]

Does someone know why the discord link is not working?

[@CapturedInWords]

Oh sorry about that, it looks like I was using an expired link! This one will work: discord.gg/uKdnVXY

[@atlassolomon3503]

@@CapturedInWords thank you.

[@FantasyFiles]

Check out Between The Lines (Julian) he is a fantastic new booktuber who makes really great content. Also, shameless self promo, check us out! Most of our stuff is long form podcasts but we have tons of shorter BookTube content like spoiler-free reviews and more topical discussions. Julian from Between the Lines was actually in our first Night Angel podcast episode and he also joined us for a video going up this week, which is spoiler free and about "What makes a great hero/villain"! Anyways, love your content, Jay! Love to see you uploading more regularly these days!

[@BookishChas]

You need Dresden in your life. 😊

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

LoL... bro why are you, daniel and that viking dude the same guy? I swear when you shouted out the viking, watching this on my phone and I thought "hey that's Daniel!" And though you were jokingly saying he just started out

[@scamtrickslothfuss8207]

There is no book 3.

[@iandevine3063]

God I hope its for wise man fear.

[@matejhujo5198]

I am sad after every second spend with song of ice and fire Series - do not buy this books. It should be called how to stop writing after beeing rich 🤔

[@ariharannatarajan2750]

Hahahaha, you borrowed a book from the library. I see no crime here.

[@CapturedInWords]

'borrowed' yes, exactly ;)

[@tarancehill651]

Adult men reading fantasy is like getting a manicure. Seems silly til you try it and find out it's just good to do.

[@Jaeno311]

What....

[@tarancehill651]

@@Jaeno311 never had a manicure brother?

[@CapturedInWords]

Hahaha I've never had a manicure but somehow I don't doubt this is a accurate

[@RafaelMarques01]

Yeaahhh keep up reading berserk

[@zcbmadgj1]

I don’t know which book I want a summary of more. 🫠😰