In July, Goodreads created a list of the highest rated fantasy books. In today’s video I’m going to be seeing how many of them I have read so far!
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Top 50 Fantasy Books on Goodreads – https://youtu.be/ddfcAeD0f3E
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CONTENT WARNINGS
A Darker Shade of Magic, V.E. Schwab: self harm (for blood magic), blood, violence, attempted rape, torture, talk of parental abuse, slavery
Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin: violence, death, capital punishment, animal death, rape inclu: rape of a child, incest
Nimona, Noelle Stevenson [graphic novel]: violence, torture, injury incl. loss of limb, death, loss of loved ones
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien: violence, death, alcohol consumption
The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien: violence, child abuse
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis: kidnapping, torture, violence, death, war, sexism, animal death
The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss: violence, abuse inclu; child abuse, drug use, torture, death, corporal punishment, injury inclu: burns, poverty and homelessness, mention of suicide, mention of rape, massacre
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern: parental abuse, self-harm, blood, suicide, death
The Princess Bride, William Goldman: kidnapping, loss of a loved one, death, poisoning, suicide, fat shaming, violence, injury
The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller: war, violence, death, rape, sex slavery, abduction, blood, human sacrifice, plague, self-harm, child abuse
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman: violence, death, mention of rape, use of slurs
The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson: slavery, violence, abuse, death, loss of a loved one, torture, rape
Assassin’s Apprentice, Robin Hobb: abandonment by a parent, child abuse, violence, injury, animal death, death
The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin: discrimination/racism, rape and forced pregnancy, child slavery, child abuse, violence, murder, death, mentions of cannibalism
Stardust, Neil Gaiman: sex, kidnapping, violence, alcohol consumption, poisoning, animal death, death, verbal abuse, mention of rape
Circe, Madeline Miller: rape, violence, torture, death, abandonment, physical abuse, child abuse, suicidal thoughts, graphic childbirth, mention of bestiality, mention of incest, animal sacrifice, death of a sibling, death of a child, death of a loved one, animal death, adultery, war
Elantris, Brandon Sanderson: disease, violence, war, death, extreme religion, suicide
Vicious, V. E. Schwab: attempted suicide, overdose, self-harm (cutting), alcohol and drug use, violence, torture, murder, death, animal death, abandonment, panic attacks, gun violence and gunshot wounds, mention of domestic abuse, drowning
Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitch: death/murder, gore, violence, suicide, mental illness, alcohol consumption, mention of drugs, dead bodies, domestic abuse, kidnapping, fire, racism
Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo: rape inclu: rape of a child, rituals, drowning, violence, gore, drug addiction, overdose, death, loss of a loved one, self-harm, suicide, blackmail, forced consumption of human waste, PTSD
Year One, Nora Roberts: pandemic, violence, death, hunting, suicide, rape
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N. K. Jemisin: loss of a loved one, death/murder, violence, sex, rape, torture and mutilation, off page pedophilia
The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon: domestic abuse, suicidal thoughts, pregnancy, miscarriage, homophobia, violence, death
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I need to read quite a few of these lol I have really been wanting to read Assassin's Apprentice especially.
I love Narnia since 6th grade and I was just watching a booktuber Dnfing ninth house
I loved Circe too! Still need to read The song of Achilles tho…
I'd like to read a Brandon Sanderson but I really don't know which one to read first… There are so many 😂
I've read 17 off the list. I feel like I have a lot of work to do. Why do I feel the need to go read everything when these types of lists come out?
Apparently I really need to read Circe. It's the only book in the top 30 that isn't on my list (not that I've read them all yet….).
Only real fantasy is the one that have its own world like got or LOTR
Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia isn't real fantasy because it connects to our world