The 10 Best Fantasy Books and Series of all time!
The top fantasy novels and series ever written, according to... you! We were so excited to see the survey results include some amazing books we love, and even more interested to see the ones that are new to us, we can't wait to read them soon. We count down the top 10 books and series by giving a quick spoiler-free teaser of each and then talk about what makes them each great.
Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time · Gordon Burroughs, Cody Troyer, Brent Gaisford
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Show Notes
As sci-fi lovers who are looking to read more fantasy we could not be more excited to know what's good. Thanks to all y'all Hugonauts who filled out the survey, this list rocks. And a special thank you to Gordon Burroughs for joining us as our resident expert on the books we haven't read, plus for putting the whole survey together in the first place!
- Join the Hugonauts book club on discord to see the full survey results, including the undiscovered gems
- Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video
If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for all the books / series we talked about:
- 00:00 Intro
- 2:58 Novel #10 - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
- 6:11 Series #10 - The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
- 7:57 Novel #9 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
- 10:30 Series #9 - The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
- 13:33 Novel #8 - The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
- 15:40 Series #8 - His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- 19:18 Novel #7 - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
- 21:20 Series #7 - Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
- 23:50 Novel #6 - A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
- 25:37 Series #6 - Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
- 28:16 Novel #5 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- 30:36 Series #5 - The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson
- 34:18 Novel #4 - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 37:18 Series #4 - The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin
- 38:38 - Our 3 favorites that didn't make the list
- 43:46 Novel #3 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- 46:19 Series #3 - Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
- 47:37 Novel #2 - Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
- 50:04 Series #2 - The Dark Tower by Stephen King
- 53:55 Novel #1 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 55:32 Series #1 - The Lord of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien