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0:00 – Intro
0:12 – The Will of the Many
0:34 – The Suneater Chronicles
0:55 – The Devils
1:19 – Red Country and Sharp Ends
1:40 – The Tainted Cup
2:07 – Katabasis
2:29 – Of Empires and Dust
2:50 – Guy Gavriel Kay
3:19 – Illborn
3:45 – The Fool and Fits Trilogy
4:14 – The Blackfire Blade
4:41 – Gentlemen’s Bastard Sequence
5:07 – The Grave Empire
5:37 – Boy’s Life
5:58 – Blood over Bright Haven
6:21 – Perdido Street Station
6:56 – Red Rising
7:16 – The Shadow of the Apt
7:58 – The Three Body Problem
8:17 – David Mitchell
8:44 – The Spear Cuts Through Water
9:05 – Rob J. Hayes
9:30 – The Echo Saga
9:42 – The Stormlight Archive and Licanius Trilogy
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I finished The Will of the Many last week!!! The ending, which I read twice, tipped it from a high 4 to a 5 star! It was unexpected. Which I loved!
Well, I'll be back at the end of the year to talk about what I liked!
I’m minded to finally read some Richard Swan this year – and probably also Cloud Atlas once I’ve caught up with your review!
The Spear Cuts Through Water is definitely worth the read! So beautifully written, it's indeed my favorite standalone to this day. Can't wait for you to read it 😀
The Kingdoms of Death snub is crazy. 😂
GGK is high on my priority list in 2025–I neeeeeeed to get to it
Yeah I'm planning on starting The Sun Eater this year. Also like you cannot wait for The Devils. I'm catching up on The Bound and Broken right now so I'm ready to read book 4 as soon as it comes out this year. I want to read Malice as well, at least see if I like John Gwynne. Regardless, it is going to be a great year in books!
4 body problem!! So good 😍
Great video. I love finding out new series to get into. I just started the Mistborn trilogy. And I am excited about a lot of these.
Pick up Malazan!
So many of these are on my TBR as well. So much to read, so little time.
Got a few books we share this year of wanting to read – Will of the Many, Tainted Cup and some GGK. I agree with the people recommending The Bone Clocks as your next David Mitchell, as it is more in the fantasy wheelhouse (not read Ghostwritten), the others I've found tend to be more historical fiction leaning with fantastical elements. Either way, hope you enjoy your reading!
So many great books on your list! I stopped reading The Bound and Broken a few chapters into the second novel (can’t remember the title). I loved The Fall bit wasn’t too crazy about the novels, but seeing all the book tubers I love and in general share taste with adoring this serie I’m wondering if i should pick it up again?
Highly recommend After Moses by Michael Kane. It’s an independent sci fi series in the vane of Firefly but with great characters you can root for.
When I read fantasy books I like the thick small paperbacks but there always so hard to keep wide open so I break the spine 7 ways evenly to work the spine but idk how long that’s going to make the book last
Yes for Red Country and Sharp Ends,they're both amazing if you like Joe Abercrombie !!! 🙂
For me it's gonna be Malazan and Dandelion Dinasty in 2025 !
Our TBR this year has a lot of crossover! I just got the Broken Binding's Will of the Many edition, can't wait to read that soon. While I shamefully haven't read Joe Abercrombie yet, The Devils is a must-read for me (loved the art that's been released!), so I definitely want to read some of his books before his newest releases.
I still need to finish Inheritance Cycle reread as well as reading Paolini's new books. I need to read Mistborn, Wheel of Time, and the list goes on and on 🤣
Well, my tbr just got 60 books longer lol I’m reading the Tainted Cup right now and really enjoying it! I love the cross between fantasy and mystery. I’m getting into fantasy and sci-fi really for the first time this year, and I’m so excited for all the possibilities. I hope you enjoy these reads this year! -Shar
I just finished the tainted cup a few days ago. It was so good. The world is so UNIQUE! I think you'll enjoy it.
People say the first book in Three body is best?? Who says that? That is the complete opposite of my experience. Every book got better. I still think about Deaths End now.
The spear cuts through water was the best book I read in 2024. It’s truly a masterpiece
Top of my list for 2025
– finish Wind and Truth
– Licanius trilogy
– Suneater
– Star wars Trawn trilogy
Will of the Many is one of the best books – absolutely adored it!!
Johan, where is The Fall of Hyperion?
Just saw this video on YouTube and with regard to Guy Gavriel Kay, I’ve read (and own) 14/16 printed novels out and HE IS A PHENOMENAL WRITER. I’m truly looking forward to this year’s Written on the Dark novel. I imagine that you’ll love his prose and his stories.
The Sun Eater series is extraordinary. Ruocchio is a master story teller. I imagine you will probably read the shorter fillers, although they are not necessary – except for Dregs of Empire. Read it at the right spot between #5 and #6, but don't miss it
Definitely want to read will of the many as well as the first law trilogy, the green bone saga and poppy war trilogy as well as the bound and the broken series by Ryan Cahill and the silo series by Hugh Howey. Starting with green bone saga!!
The FOMO is so real. I started Suneater this month because of it. Like 60% into Empire of Silence now.
Looking forward to the Shadows of the Apt reviews! I recently read Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky and really liked it, a good mix of SciFi and Fantasy.
welcome to the devils is already on my shelf. 📖📖 i'm sorry that there was no mention of films, but it was still interesting. In any case, if you are interested in sci fi animations later on: https://www.youtube.com/@WonderVisualsNetwork
You should add Blade of the Wanderer, by Steven Raaymakers. It's like horror-fantasy.
I'm reading Will of the Many right now. It's very good.
I am just finishing Perdido Street Station. I call it "crow-booz-on". We will see if get Scar read in 2025. I read Tainted Cup in 2024 and plan to read the book 2 when it comes out this year. I just got started with Joe Abercrombie last year and will be reading books 2 & 3 (I hope) of "First Law" trilogy. I got the first Suneater book – Empire of Silence. I want to get to Gentleman's Bastards, we shall see! I bought "Imajica" by Clive Barker — another weird and dystopian fantasy book.
Need to give Malazan another crack lol
Quite the ambitious list, but there are a ton of great books here that I, myself, need to read as well. Just started on Abercrombie (yes, finally) and I'm loving his writing so far. Will probably read The Devils right when it's released! But man… so many books out there!