The Ultimate Guide to Reading Fantasy (Best Books for Every Reader!) 📚 [EP#37]
Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastShow Notes
Looking for a fantasy book to read? Look no further! We go through every fantasy subgenre in this episode, with recs for beginner to advanced readers!
Books Discussed: Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett The Elsewhere Express - Samantha Sotto Yambao Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall Recursion - Blake Crouch Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas The Sword of Kaigen - ML Wang Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson Sabriel - Garth Nix The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss The Will of the Many - James Islington Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith The Crimson Moth (Heartless Hunter) - Kristen Ciccarelli When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker A Darker Shade of Magic - VE Schwab Red City - Marie Lu Jade City - Fonda Lee Shadow Hunters - Cassandra Clare Crescent City - Sarah J Maas Sword Catcher - Cassandra Clare Belladonna - Adalyn Grace Phantasma - Kaylie Smith Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig Immortal Dark - Tigest Girma Alchemised - SenLinYu The Poet Empress - Shen Tao The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab Th Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller Babel - RF Kuang The Poppy War - RF Kuang The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door - HG Parry Emily Wilde - Heather Fawcett The Wishing Game - Meg Shaffer House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune Sorcery and Small Magics - Maiga Doocy A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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