Beginner to Advanced Fantasy Books Sorted (All our favorites!) ft Daniel Greene
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Published 2019-07-09
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Mistborn amzn.to/2xEyfEk
Elantris amzn.to/2FYweaI
Warbreaker amzn.to/2FYyKO3
Good Omens amzn.to/2Xv6Cbu
The Name of the Wind amzn.to/2G2MV4M
Narnia amzn.to/2LEzA6x
The Ocean at the End of the Lane amzn.to/2FZB4Vi
Stormlight amzn.to/2XAyRdJ
The Lies of Locke Lamora amzn.to/2XwLG8R
American Gods amzn.to/2LIApeE
First Law amzn.to/2JkI01g
An Unkindness of Magicians amzn.to/2xFkBAM
Lightbringer amzn.to/2XwD41S
Wheel of Time amzn.to/2Xx2LdN
A Game of Thrones amzn.to/2LECQP4
Broken Earth amzn.to/2LNpVux
Witcher amzn.to/2G1Cej3
Dark Tower amzn.to/2LIAMG4
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All Comments (21)
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“Brandon , go outside...” Sanderson, holding a bottle of vitamin D tablets “sunlight is for amateurs.”
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This only makes me wish for a podcast with these two.
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16:45 As Merphy was falling, she was like "The book, Daniel, save the book!", not knowing how Dan treats his own books.
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The Mistborn series is one of the tighest I ever read. You get to the end of the last page in the third book and you feel as if the author knew exactly where he'd be and how he'd get there from page 1 of book 1. It just all came into play and you realize clues were laid out two books before for things that pay off in book three, and not in that "they threw a lot of mud at the wall early on so that they could make something pay off and look like a genius, even though a lot of things didn't pay off" way. It felt like every word had purpose and intent all the way through. It's impressive.
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Beginner 1:01 Mistborn 3:50 Warbreaker & Elantris 4:50 Good Omens 5:45 King Killer 6:45 Narnia 8:25 The ocean at the end of the lane 8:40 Duel of Fire Intermedite 9:10 Stormlight Archive 10:45 Gentleman Bastard 12:40 American Gods 14:00 Lord of the Rings 15:25 First Law 17:00 An Unkindness of Magicians 21:05 Lightbringer Advanced 18:25 The Wheel of Time 22:30 A Song of Ice and Fire 23:47 Broken Earth 24:25 Dark Tower 25:00 Witcher Actually, having read about half of these already, I don’t agree with this at all. Witcher is so easy to read through. Good omens as well. The stormlight archive I could barely put down. Lord of the Rings however really was a struggle. Both because of not being used to the writing style and because of already knowing the story too much to have this strong drive to find out what will happen next. Also the wheel of time is much easier to read than A song of ice and fire, but for both series I’m at book 5. Asoiaf b6 has been waiting on the shelf for almost a year and wot is an addicting I started not even two months ago that hooked me so much at the start of this year that I’ll finish the series before I know it.
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Merphy: I skip the song breaks... Do you read them?? Daniel: I read them, they are good poetry Me: .... I sing them... I thought that was what every one did
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2019: Brandon, go outside 2020: Brandon, stay home.
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Daniel: “Brandon, go outside!” Also Daniel: *New video every day
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I still think it’s one of the greatest flexes in authorship ever that Tolkien wrote the LotR series because he thought the languages he invented as a linguist needed some background...😂 He basically created the greatest series of fantasy ever on a whim...
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A goat person is either called a satyr or a faun. A satyr is the name they used in the Greek mythology while faun is from the Roman mythology. Yay to Rick Riordan for educating me about mythology😂😂
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It's not a Daniel and Merphy crossover episode unless Daniel praises Wheel of Time and Merphy praises The Lies of Locke Lamora.
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Merphy: Kingkiller is Daniel’s favourite right now. Wheel of Time: Sad noises
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"Brandon, go outside...", who needs sunlight when you have Stormlight?
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Levels of fantasy books based on reading difficulty: 1. Kid's first fantasy 2. Easy to get into 3. Intermediate 4. Advanced 5. Really advanced 6. What the hell is this???? 7. Please help me! 8. Why, oh god, why?!!! 9. I just can't anymore.... 10. Malazan book of the Fallen
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The Malazan book of the fallen series is hands down the most complicated fantasy series ever written IMO :)
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I think reading the hobbit first in the LOTR series makes the books as a whole easier to read. I read the hobbit as a kid (which shows how easy it is to read/comprehend) and didn't read the rest of the series until high school after rereading the hobbit.
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To get into Lord of the rings as a beginner, it might be better to read The Hobbit before the Trilogy.
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To me, Tolkein's writing style is pure magic itself. It one of my favorite things about the whole LOTR world!
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"Excited for book three" of the Kingkiller Chronicles. Oh sweet summer child..
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This was the first video I found on YouTube of people talking about books. THIS is when I discovered booktube 2y ago and decided to read all the books on this list and follow you and Daniel. I've never looked back since. I watch both your videos religiously and have loved coming back to this first video of yours that I watched to reflect on how much you have both grown and encouraged my love of reading ❤️ I love you guys.
