Fantasy

Searching for more books like Six of Crows? Anyone who’s at all interested in YA and fantasy might have come across Bardugo’s immensely popular Six of Crows series. The tale of Kaz Brekker, leader of the Dregs, a prominent gang in the city of Ketterdam, has had many fans of Bardugo’s work talking since 2015…. Read More

Looking for books like Mistborn? Ash falls from the sky. Unnatural mist clouds the night. Evil is everywhere, threatening to stifle all life in the lands of Scadrial. This is my own version of the book blurb that describes the opening to Brandon Sanderson’s epic Mistborn series. It is hard to believe the first book,… Read More

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” I was 8 when I first read The Hobbit and it was that opening line that hooked me. Bilbo Baggins is now one of the most famous fantasy characters of all time and there are many books like The Hobbit that drew inspiration from his… Read More

Epic fantasy sagas don’t come much bigger than The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and completed by Brandon Sanderson. Beginning in a similar vein to the opening of Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time series soon leaves the 20th-century father of modern fantasy trailing in its wake. Filled with characters and monsters,… Read More

Looking for more books like Game of Thrones? Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade, the Game of Thrones TV series will have caught your attention. Based on George R. R. Martin’s epic (and still to be completed) A Song of Ice & Fire book series, the TV show has shown… Read More

Searching for more books like Lord of the Rings? In every corner of the world someone will have heard of or read Lord of the Rings. Considered the father of epic fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien introduced us to the lands of Middle Earth and all the races – good and evil – that dwell within. Gandalf… Read More

There are many books like Red Queen for those with the hunger to read them. The setup of Mare, a young teen ‘Red’ living in a society divided by blood caste is an old fantasy trope. However, Red Queen is a good read. Themes of rebellion against an unfair world resonate throughout and the reader… Read More

Patrick Rothfuss’ 2007 heroic fantasy novel The Name of the Wind is the first instalment in The Kingkiller Chronicle (of which there are currently two published books). Since its release, it has received much critical acclaim and has developed a following amongst fantasy fans throughout the world. However, the author is also slower at releasing… Read More