The Top 40 GREATEST Fantasy Series EVER Written. And There Is NO Debating This Majestic List.

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40. Kings of the wyld 39. The way of shadows 38. The prince of thorns 37. The baker's boy 36. Off armageddon reef 35. Legend - david 34. The last of the renshai 33. V.e schwab series 32. The dark tide 31. The mirror of her dreams 30. Shadowmarch - tad williams 29. Shadow and claw - gene wolfe 28. Thieves world 27. Black sun rising - 26. Chronicles of the cheysuli 25. Dragon prince 24. Kings dragon 23. The Golden Key 22. Michael moorcock series 21. Deryni rising - katherine kurtz 20. Nevernight 19. Robin hobb series 18. Jhereg - steven .. 17. The book of three - lloyd alexander 16. Dragons of autumn twilight 15. Harrypotter 14. Tigana 13. Magician apprentice 12. Lord foul's bane 11. Pawn of prophecy 10. The forgetting moon 09. The lies of locke lamora 08. Gardens of the moon 07. The name of the wind - patrick 06. The way of kings - brandon 05. The sword of shannara 04. The eye of the world 03. A game of thrones 02. The drangonbone chair - tad williams 01. J . R. R. Tolkien

I wish I could do lists this fast. I have to talk about each one for 5-7 minutes. Some good ones on here and a handful I haven't heard of.

No way can a Top 40 List exclude Joe Abercrombie! Great work man!

man i'm hyped up on caffeine in this video

It would be funny if Brandon Sanderson ends up finishing a song of ice and fire

I know I am really late on this vid but just wanted to say thank you for mentioning The Belgariad. No one ever talks about it and it's one of the best fantasy series of all time. Also, your books sound great, looking forward to getting and reading them soon.

Great list! Some other standout authors that could have been included: Ursula K. Le Guin, Mervyn Peake, Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg, Lois Mc Master Bujold, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, R.A. Salvatore, C.S. Lewis, Fritz Leiber, Robert E. Howard.

Your taste is near perfection. So happy to see 80s/90s fantasy being recognized and recommended. I absolutely adore the Elric saga.

Thank you for putting Tad Williams so high on your list. Haven't read Memory, Sorrow & Thorn for a long time but its stays with me as being one of the most amazing book journeys I have taken.

Very inspirational. Your enthusiasm has caused me to seek out several books on your list. Thank you for putting this together for all of us. 👏

I love that you show such love to those who came before. Most YouTube channels now a days only talk about what " new and hot" and it's so tiring. When I see people go I can't find any good fantasy to read I send them to your channel and their minds get bloen

Man, I thouroughly enjoyed this video Brian! It feels like I opened a magical chest and discovered glimmering treasures inside. I love how you highlight the cover artists as well, thank you!

No Terry Pratchett; shame on you! Other than that omission this was a great video. I read many of these series and agree with you, and this may help finding new stuff to read. Thanks for the Belgariad shoutout; I have read the entire series every two year and have done so since the 80’s. I feel like I am visiting friends when I open these books.

Props for putting Sword of Shannara on your list. Lotta fantasy readers like to bash Terry Brooks, especially Sword of Shannara. Sure, it's a straight rip of LOTR, but when it came out in the 80's it was the first things I found and read and went YES, finally something in the same vein as Tolkien, epic, fun, a total blast to read. I didn't care that it was basically the same story, it was great, and the sequels, even better.

Thanks for putting this list together. It puts recommendations into better perspective when you have a better understanding of what the recommender really likes. Plenty to add to my purchase and reading list, including yours.

Mirror of her dreams! Wow I don’t know anyone else who’s read it. Great.

The advantage of a more 'mature' reviewer is that you've included many of my favourite series of the 80s and 90s that many of the good younger reviewers haven't discovered yet. Btw not all of Guy Gabriel Kay's works are standalone. Also some of his standalones are set in the same world but different eras.

The BEST list I've seen. Okay, part of that is because I agree with you - thanks for mentioning so many of the books I read in the 70s and 80s. David Eddings - I've re-read so many times I've had to repurchase the books. And Thieves World!!! Alexander Lloyd. David Weber.

Because you mentioned Lord Foul's Bane, The Belgariad and Magician's Apprentice, I will buy your book!! Thanks for your list!