Top 10 Favorite Fantasy Series Ranked!

I subscribed as soon as you said Terry Brooks. That is all. Have a good one. 🍻

Respect for stepping out of the norm with your ranking, great video!

Great video Jonathan! I have the Runelord books on my shelf I need to read and a couple others from your list are on my tbr. My current top ten is something like this 1. Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb 2. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 3. Dresden by Jim Butcher 4. Memory Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams 5. A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin 6. Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham 7. Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft 8. Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu 9. First Law original trilogy by Joe Abercrombie 10. Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne Hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Great surprise to see the Magic Kingdom of Landover series on your list. What great comfort reads! I remember when the first book was released way back in the '80s. (I was around 12 years old....) I checked it out from the local library and subsequently read the later installments upon their release. Your reference to them inspires me to revisit the books!🙂

I've heard good things about David Farland twice this week, first Steve Donoghue in his library tour and now you. I will have to search for him. I have always believed that Brandon Sanderson was not for me, just a gut feeling never having read him. The Way of Kings pops up frequently with strong praise so I will have to give it a try and adjust my feeling after that. Thanks for the list. It has given me some great suggestions.

Awesome video! Thanks so much for expanding my goodreads fantasy list!

I was lucky enought to read The Lord of the Rings before the Peter Jackson films came out. I read them in the late '90s, when I was in college, and had absolutely no clue what the story was about. Because of this, I was mind-blown by it. Never in my life have I been sucked into a story as much as I was with TLotR. The closest, as far as sheer immersion goes, would probably be Realm of the Elderlings. As it stands, I've read somewhere around 650 fantasy books. If I include all genres of fiction, I've probably read over 1,000 books over the last 30 years. Being as objective as possible, TLotR would still sit at my #1 spot for fantasy and would probably be in my top 10 (or maybe top 15) of all fiction I've ever read. Right up there with masterpieces like East of Eden, The Brothers Karamazov and Lonesome Dove. I really think the Peter Jackson films ruined the reading experience for most modern readers as there's a night and day difference between reading a book blind and reading a book while already knowing the story.

Awesome list. I'm going through the Timothy Zahn Icarus books right now and loving them. But you just gave more books on my want to read list. Thanks. I love hearing your personal thoughts on each series. I look forward to reading them down the line.

Hey Jonathan, awesome video. I haven’t even heard of a few of these series, which is rare for booktube top 10s. Very refreshing. You’ve really piqued my interest! Especially with the Runelords. Added to my TBR immediately. Keep it up!

Amazing video as always! Keep it up! 👍🏻.

Great list and I love that you included both Shannara and Landover. Brooks is one of the best fantasy authors, who has sadly basically become forgotten. Both of those series are in my top 10 as well. The Sword of Shannara is also the book that introduced me to and hooked me on the fantasy genre.

I'm terrified by the thumbnail. Love it!

Thanks, great list. The one series I was surprised not to see was Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb. It's in my top 3 with Wheel Of Time and the Cosmere books.

Very cool video, I knew I could expect more than the usual suspects when I saw this crop up. Might be the first video of it's kind I opened on Booktube and I actually haven't read more than half of what's on it!

Great list Jonathan! Loved the Faithful and Fallen along with the Cosmere. I will absolutely be checking out the Hanuvar series. (I've never heard of it and it sounds amazing!) And I've seen Rhapsody and Runelords so often at local used bookstores. I will definitely pick them up.

thanks for the list, i just bought Runelord Book 1 now and will arrive in two days. Cant wait to read it <3

Im trying to get into reading as a hobby. I love fantasy so Ive been watching videos about top ten favorite series. A lot of ppl’s favorites are the same. Im glad I found someone with books Ive haven’t heard before.

Many of these were on my radar but definitely adding some new ones to the TBR. Great video! For me, WoT is reigning champion, but I haven’t read Runelords yet, so maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised.

I just began Stormlight Archive the other day after my brother, a massive Sanderson fan, insisted me for a while to leave my Tolkien & Martin comfort zone (btw, I have the same edition of LOTR, it's beautiful). I'm only a few chapters in, but so far I'm quite amazed at the creativity at display. The otherworldly fauna and flora, and elements like the shardblades and shard armor, remind me more of Star Wars than the traditional fantasy I was used to in literature. So, to me, it's definitely a refreshing take on the genre. Wheel of Time is a series that has been on my radar for some time now. I want to check it out eventually, but 14 books is such a massive undertaking, makes me want to finish most of the backlog first before jumping in.

I’ve never heard of the Brooks Landover series before, and it sounds awesome!!! Awesome picks so far by the way, I looooove Faithful and the Fallen too!