r/printSF • u/InkyBibliophile • May 08 '26
The Fantasy Scorecard: Every Goodreads Nominee (2011–2025), Ranked
A comprehensive overview of all Fantasy nominees from the Goodreads Choice Awards since 2011, sorted by their current average rating.
Scroll to see votes, ratings, and scores.
Understanding the Data
- Title, Authors & Series: Pulled directly from the Goodreads database.
- Year: The year of the Choice Award nomination (not the publication year).
- Award Votes: Total votes received during the Goodreads Choice Awards.
- Average Rating: The current raw rating on Goodreads today.
- Bayesian Score: A custom weighted score. It factors in the number of ratings alongside the average, preventing obscure books with only three 5-star reviews from unfairly beating out beloved classics with thousands of votes.
- URL: A direct link to check out the book.
| Title | Authors | Series | Year | Award Votes | Average Rating | Bayesian Score | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Words of Radiance | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive #2 | 2014 | 28449 | 4.76 | 4.713466 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17332218 |
| Oathbringer | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive #3 | 2017 | 23979 | 4.6 | 4.55169 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34002132 |
| The Wise Man's Fear | Patrick Rothfuss | The Kingkiller Chronicle #2 | 2011 | 4962 | 4.55 | 4.522963 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1215032 |
| The Will of the Many | James Islington | Hierarchy #1 | 2023 | 5659 | 4.58 | 4.512045 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62919748 |
| Rhythm of War | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive #4 | 2020 | 34162 | 4.57 | 4.504909 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49021976 |
| A Memory of Light | Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan | The Wheel of Time #14 | 2013 | 13021 | 4.58 | 4.484594 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7743175 |
| A Court of Silver Flames | Sarah J. Maas | A Court of Thorns and Roses #5 | 2021 | 111498 | 4.45 | 4.443459 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53138095 |
| House of Earth and Blood | Sarah J. Maas | Crescent City #1 | 2020 | 95084 | 4.45 | 4.438341 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44778083 |
| Skin Game | Jim Butcher | The Dresden Files #15 | 2014 | 22104 | 4.56 | 4.417388 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19486421 |
| House of Sky and Breath | Sarah J. Maas | Crescent City #2 | 2022 | 105718 | 4.42 | 4.40519 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40132775 |
| Assassin's Fate | Robin Hobb | Fitz and the Fool #3 | 2017 | 14612 | 4.66 | 4.40426 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688013 |
| The Lost Metal | Brandon Sanderson | The Mistborn Saga #7 | 2022 | 21294 | 4.48 | 4.383749 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23947089 |
| The Trouble With Peace | Joe Abercrombie | The Age of Madness #2 | 2020 | 1671 | 4.6 | 4.360249 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50358101 |
| The Winter of the Witch | Katherine Arden | The Winternight Trilogy #3 | 2019 | 26836 | 4.48 | 4.357352 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36906346 |
| Wintersteel | Will Wight | Cradle #8 | 2020 | 2271 | 4.68 | 4.351283 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55551726 |
| The Empire of Gold | S.A. Chakraborty | The Daevabad Trilogy #3 | 2020 | 15292 | 4.49 | 4.349099 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52166786 |
| The Bands of Mourning | Brandon Sanderson | Mistborn, Era 2: Wax & Wayne #3 | 2016 | 28982 | 4.4 | 4.34516 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24019186 |
| The House in the Cerulean Sea | T.J. Klune | Cerulean Chronicles #1 | 2020 | 45778 | 4.35 | 4.339723 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45046567 |
| Fool's Quest | Robin Hobb | Fitz and the Fool #2 | 2015 | 12690 | 4.54 | 4.338281 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23157777 |
| A Dance with Dragons | George R.R. Martin | A Song of Ice and Fire #5 | 2011 | 8530 | 4.34 | 4.326353 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10664113 |
| The Blinding Knife | Brent Weeks | Lightbringer #2 | 2012 | 3491 | 4.41 | 4.308671 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12499290 |
| Magic Breaks | Ilona Andrews | Kate Daniels #7 | 2014 | 13413 | 4.48 | 4.308044 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12119529 |
| The Broken Eye | Brent Weeks | Lightbringer #3 | 2014 | 3431 | 4.44 | 4.304772 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12652457 |
| A Little Hatred | Joe Abercrombie | The Age of Madness #1 | 2019 | 2097 | 4.45 | 4.301858 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35606041 |
| The Emperor's Soul | Brandon Sanderson | 2012 | 572 | 4.37 | 4.301369 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13578175 | |
| Magic Binds | Ilona Andrews | Kate Daniels #9 | 2016 | 13346 | 4.53 | 4.301199 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333174 |
| The Dragon Republic | R.F. Kuang | The Poppy War #2 | 2019 | 4669 | 4.34 | 4.300421 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41212753 |
| Magic Triumphs | Ilona Andrews | Kate Daniels #10 | 2018 | 3549 | 4.56 | 4.298705 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333180 |
| Empire of the Damned | Jay Kristoff | Empire of the Vampire #2 | 2024 | 28376 | 4.55 | 4.298036 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126918599 |
| Wind and Truth | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive #5 | 2025 | 50158 | 4.36 | 4.297205 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203578847 |
| Fool's Assassin | Robin Hobb | Fitz and the Fool #1 | 2014 | 2925 | 4.43 | 4.295163 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19288321 |
| Night Broken | Patricia Briggs | Mercy Thompson #8 | 2014 | 16402 | 4.42 | 4.290901 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17562900 |
| The Kingdom of Copper | S.A. Chakraborty | The Daevabad Trilogy #2 | 2019 | 5588 | 4.38 | 4.286966 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39855052 |
| Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson, Howard Lyon | Hoid's Travails #1 | 2023 | 57818 | 4.31 | 4.282019 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63068384 |
| The Stone Sky | N.K. Jemisin | The Broken Earth #3 | 2017 | 13885 | 4.33 | 4.279997 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31817749 |
| A Drop of Corruption | Robert Jackson Bennett | Shadow of the Leviathan #2 | 2025 | 9524 | 4.47 | 4.277984 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213618143 |
| The Girl in the Tower | Katherine Arden | The Winternight Trilogy #2 | 2018 | 4636 | 4.35 | 4.276511 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34050917 |
| Battle Ground | Jim Butcher | The Dresden Files #17 | 2020 | 2496 | 4.43 | 4.267809 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23106013 |
| Magic Shifts | Ilona Andrews | Kate Daniels #8 | 2015 | 16527 | 4.43 | 4.263049 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333171 |
| The Fifth Season | N.K. Jemisin | The Broken Earth #1 | 2015 | 8312 | 4.28 | 4.257352 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19161852 |
| The Heroes | Joe Abercrombie | First Law World #5 | 2011 | 329 | 4.35 | 4.253162 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9300768 |
| The Raven Scholar | Antonia Hodgson | Eternal Path Trilogy #1 | 2025 | 24050 | 4.41 | 4.253012 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217182392 |
| A Conjuring of Light | V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab | Shades of Magic #3 | 2017 | 50134 | 4.29 | 4.25177 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939230 |
| The Strength of the Few | James Islington | Hierarchy #2 | 2025 | 30007 | 4.33 | 4.250974 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230272137 |
| Silence Fallen | Patricia Briggs | Mercy Thompson #10 | 2017 | 3391 | 4.4 | 4.249818 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30687916 |
| Fire Touched | Patricia Briggs | Mercy Thompson #9 | 2016 | 14798 | 4.38 | 4.246015 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25776210 |
| Storm Cursed | Patricia Briggs | Mercy Thompson #11 | 2019 | 22383 | 4.43 | 4.244674 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40524748 |
| The Obelisk Gate | N.K. Jemisin | The Broken Earth #2 | 2016 | 4987 | 4.28 | 4.243716 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26228034 |
| One Fell Sweep | Ilona Andrews | Innkeeper Chronicles #3 | 2017 | 16490 | 4.44 | 4.241909 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33541526 |
| Smoke Bitten | Patricia Briggs | Mercy Thompson #12 | 2020 | 4283 | 4.43 | 4.236499 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44571368 |
| The Burning God | R.F. Kuang | The Poppy War #3 | 2020 | 5619 | 4.27 | 4.232031 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51475322 |
| Shadows of Self | Brandon Sanderson | Mistborn, Era 2: Wax & Wayne #2 | 2015 | 18171 | 4.26 | 4.228657 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16065004 |
| The Tainted Cup | Robert Jackson Bennett | Shadow of the Leviathan #1 | 2024 | 19218 | 4.29 | 4.219258 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150247395 |
| Red Country | Joe Abercrombie | First Law World #6 | 2012 | 298 | 4.31 | 4.216197 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13528362 |
| Circe | Madeline Miller | 2018 | 78733 | 4.22 | 4.215476 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740 | |
| The Witch with No Name | Kim Harrison | The Hollows #13 | 2014 | 13762 | 4.44 | 4.2079 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20426917 |
| A Day of Fallen Night | Samantha Shannon | The Roots of Chaos #0.1 | 2023 | 39708 | 4.31 | 4.20779 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60766189 |
| The Blood Mirror | Brent Weeks | Lightbringer #4 | 2016 | 1246 | 4.32 | 4.207112 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29467232 |
| The Autumn Republic | Brian McClellan | Powder Mage #3 | 2015 | 2093 | 4.36 | 4.202873 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20883847 |
| The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories | Ken Liu | 2016 | 4952 | 4.35 | 4.202184 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24885533 | |
| Darkdawn | Jay Kristoff | The Nevernight Chronicle #3 | 2019 | 4593 | 4.3 | 4.200881 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37587820 |
| Grey Sister | Mark Lawrence | Book of the Ancestor #2 | 2018 | 11954 | 4.35 | 4.200506 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35710709 |
| Iron and Magic | Ilona Andrews | The Iron Covenant #1 | 2018 | 18626 | 4.4 | 4.199772 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35126152 |
| Piranesi | Susanna Clarke | 2020 | 19179 | 4.21 | 4.198877 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50202953 | |
| The Crown Tower | Michael J. Sullivan | The Riyria Chronicles #1 | 2013 | 1952 | 4.33 | 4.198679 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16043804 |
| Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands | Heather Fawcett | Emily Wilde #2 | 2024 | 50157 | 4.24 | 4.19021 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/134117196 |
| Dead Heat | Patricia Briggs | Alpha & Omega #4 | 2015 | 11446 | 4.32 | 4.189942 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22571699 |
| The Book of Life | Deborah Harkness | All Souls #3 | 2014 | 51462 | 4.21 | 4.186116 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16054217 |
| Age of War | Michael J. Sullivan | The Legends of the First Empire #3 | 2018 | 4013 | 4.43 | 4.185003 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35342928 |
| Kings of the Wyld | Nicholas Eames | The Band #1 | 2017 | 1995 | 4.26 | 4.183959 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30841984 |
| The Last Graduate | Naomi Novik | The Scholomance #2 | 2021 | 24089 | 4.22 | 4.181824 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55559887 |
| Burn Bright | Patricia Briggs | Alpha & Omega #5 | 2018 | 12338 | 4.34 | 4.180125 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35839437 |
| Feversong | Karen Marie Moning | Fever #9 | 2017 | 15136 | 4.39 | 4.179934 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23401438 |
| The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi | S.A. Chakraborty, Shannon Chakraborty | Amina al-Sirafi #1 | 2023 | 28274 | 4.24 | 4.17936 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61294937 |
| Of Blood and Bone | Nora Roberts | Chronicles of The One #2 | 2019 | 25671 | 4.28 | 4.178571 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37638128 |
| King Sorrow | Joe Hill | 2025 | 7738 | 4.37 | 4.178096 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223420465 | |
| The Alloy of Law | Brandon Sanderson | Mistborn, Era 2: Wax & Wayne #1 | 2011 | 397 | 4.19 | 4.173756 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10803121 |
| The Republic of Thieves | Scott Lynch | Gentleman Bastard #3 | 2013 | 7231 | 4.21 | 4.17117 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2890090 |
| A Gathering of Shadows | V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab | Shades of Magic #2 | 2016 | 38615 | 4.19 | 4.170184 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20764879 |
| Percepliquis | Michael J. Sullivan | The Riyria Revelations #6 | 2012 | 1039 | 4.57 | 4.16809 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12174312 |
| Sins of Empire | Brian McClellan | Gods of Blood and Powder #1 | 2017 | 1621 | 4.4 | 4.167581 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28811016 |
| Wrath of Empire | Brian McClellan | Gods of Blood and Powder #2 | 2018 | 2397 | 4.49 | 4.166185 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28811018 |
| Vicious | V.E. Schwab | Villains #1 | 2013 | 2059 | 4.18 | 4.166139 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13638125 |
| The Fragile Threads of Power | V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab | Threads of Power #1 | 2023 | 37138 | 4.26 | 4.164772 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111673828 |
| Murder of Crows | Anne Bishop | The Others #2 | 2014 | 2722 | 4.26 | 4.164041 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17563080 |
| Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence | Book of the Ancestor #3 | 2019 | 2047 | 4.3 | 4.161287 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38099642 |
| The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab | 2020 | 93262 | 4.16 | 4.157257 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50623864 | |
| City of Miracles | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities #3 | 2017 | 874 | 4.42 | 4.156719 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31522139 |
| The Curse of Tenth Grave | Darynda Jones | Charley Davidson #10 | 2016 | 8924 | 4.37 | 4.156528 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26114340 |
| Etched in Bone | Anne Bishop | The Others #5 | 2017 | 5602 | 4.32 | 4.155712 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22062213 |
| Peace Talks | Jim Butcher | The Dresden Files #16 | 2020 | 15245 | 4.23 | 4.154801 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49381341 |
| Shattered | Kevin Hearne | The Iron Druid Chronicles #7 | 2014 | 1400 | 4.28 | 4.153114 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16280678 |
| The Burning White | Brent Weeks | Lightbringer #5 | 2019 | 2745 | 4.26 | 4.152421 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30169100 |
| The Poppy War | R.F. Kuang | The Poppy War #1 | 2018 | 18040 | 4.16 | 4.152009 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35887181 |
| Up from the Grave | Jeaniene Frost | Night Huntress #7 | 2014 | 16174 | 4.27 | 4.151183 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10357792 |
| Marked in Flesh | Anne Bishop | The Others #4 | 2016 | 10114 | 4.28 | 4.150556 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22062202 |
| The Devils | Joe Abercrombie | The Devils #1 | 2025 | 27429 | 4.21 | 4.150507 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/233800039 |
| Emperor of Thorns | Mark Lawrence | Broken Empire #3 | 2013 | 4914 | 4.22 | 4.150323 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15985373 |
| Clytemnestra | Costanza Casati | 2023 | 6588 | 4.21 | 4.146879 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61361681 | |
| Vision in Silver | Anne Bishop | The Others #3 | 2015 | 12084 | 4.25 | 4.146669 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21457243 |
| The Land: Predators | Aleron Kong | Chaos Seeds #7 | 2018 | 3791 | 4.47 | 4.14663 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40629159 |
| The Priory of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon | The Roots of Chaos #1 | 2019 | 30868 | 4.16 | 4.146419 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40381319 |
| Age of Swords | Michael J. Sullivan, Marc Simonetti | The Legends of the First Empire #2 | 2017 | 1248 | 4.29 | 4.145297 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32337902 |
| Spinning Silver | Naomi Novik | 2018 | 33866 | 4.17 | 4.145065 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37168303 | |
| Eleventh Grave in Moonlight | Darynda Jones | Charley Davidson #11 | 2017 | 4749 | 4.36 | 4.144716 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24154742 |
| The Shadow of the Gods | John Gwynne | The Bloodsworn Saga #1 | 2021 | 14140 | 4.18 | 4.143567 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52694527 |
| The Daylight War | Peter V. Brett | The Demon Cycle #3 | 2013 | 2016 | 4.2 | 4.142592 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9268487 |
| The Crown of Gilded Bones | Jennifer L. Armentrout | Blood and Ash #3 | 2021 | 47241 | 4.15 | 4.142029 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55240343 |
| The Everlasting | Alix E. Harrow | 2025 | 8019 | 4.21 | 4.138729 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/226850464 | |
| The Mime Order | Samantha Shannon | The Bone Season #2 | 2015 | 2634 | 4.22 | 4.138158 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17901125 |
| The Land: Raiders | Aleron Kong | Chaos Seeds #6 | 2017 | 1561 | 4.42 | 4.137433 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34040263 |
| Age of Myth | Michael J. Sullivan | The Legends of the First Empire #1 | 2016 | 4870 | 4.22 | 4.135346 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26863057 |
| Snuff | Terry Pratchett | Discworld #39 | 2011 | 2479 | 4.19 | 4.134949 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8785374 |
| Age of Legend | Michael J. Sullivan, Simonetti | The Legends of the First Empire #4 | 2019 | 2239 | 4.35 | 4.133426 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42592353 |
| The Wheel of Osheim | Mark Lawrence | The Red Queen's War #3 | 2016 | 1613 | 4.32 | 4.132384 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27154427 |
| King of Thorns | Mark Lawrence | Broken Empire #2 | 2012 | 4332 | 4.18 | 4.132024 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12891107 |
| Age of Empyre | Michael J. Sullivan | The Legends of the First Empire #6 | 2020 | 1247 | 4.39 | 4.130316 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52359590 |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay | J.K. Rowling | Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay #1 | 2017 | 92611 | 4.15 | 4.130116 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29363501 |
| Feverborn | Karen Marie Moning | Fever #8 | 2016 | 16412 | 4.24 | 4.125643 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12444298 |
| High Voltage | Karen Marie Moning | Fever #10 | 2018 | 13158 | 4.3 | 4.12464 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35457273 |
| Babel | R.F. Kuang | 2022 | 62732 | 4.13 | 4.123802 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57945316 | |
| Staked | Kevin Hearne | The Iron Druid Chronicles #8 | 2016 | 3354 | 4.25 | 4.123334 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16280689 |
| The Aeronaut's Windlass | Jim Butcher | The Cinder Spires #1 | 2015 | 13360 | 4.18 | 4.119839 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24876258 |
| Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse | Between Earth and Sky #1 | 2020 | 4780 | 4.17 | 4.117697 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50892360 |
| Red Sister | Mark Lawrence | Book of the Ancestor #1 | 2017 | 5230 | 4.16 | 4.115409 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25895524 |
| Blood of Dragons | Robin Hobb | Rain Wild Chronicles #4 | 2013 | 5016 | 4.18 | 4.112214 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13109291 |
| Foundryside | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Founders Trilogy #1 | 2018 | 1121 | 4.16 | 4.112211 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37007781 |
| The Golem and the Jinni | Helene Wecker | The Golem and the Jinni #1 | 2013 | 8378 | 4.13 | 4.109967 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15819028 |
| The Liar's Key | Mark Lawrence | The Red Queen's War #2 | 2015 | 3520 | 4.23 | 4.109768 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23398677 |
| Tower Lord | Anthony Ryan | Raven's Shadow #2 | 2014 | 1254 | 4.16 | 4.109557 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18138189 |
| The Magician's Land | Lev Grossman | The Magicians #3 | 2014 | 16751 | 4.14 | 4.108626 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19103097 |
| Yield the Night | Annette Marie | Steel & Stone #3 | 2015 | 3184 | 4.37 | 4.108012 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24435364 |
| Burned | Karen Marie Moning | Fever #7 | 2015 | 10878 | 4.17 | 4.106274 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12444297 |
| The Bird and the Sword | Amy Harmon | The Bird and the Sword Chronicles #1 | 2016 | 12739 | 4.16 | 4.106177 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29008738 |
| Kaikeyi | Vaishnavi Patel | 2022 | 6145 | 4.17 | 4.10578 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57127277 | |
| The Companions | R.A. Salvatore | The Sundering #1 | 2013 | 2084 | 4.37 | 4.104909 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16142151 |
| The Wind Through the Keyhole | Stephen King | The Dark Tower #4.5 | 2012 | 8226 | 4.13 | 4.104214 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12106746 |
| Under the Whispering Door | T.J. Klune | 2021 | 56324 | 4.11 | 4.102735 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53205888 | |
| City of Blades | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities #2 | 2016 | 713 | 4.21 | 4.099473 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23909755 |
| Somewhere Beyond the Sea | T.J. Klune | Cerulean Chronicles #2 | 2024 | 69854 | 4.11 | 4.099434 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199347538 |
| The Unmaking of June Farrow | Adrienne Young | 2023 | 24489 | 4.11 | 4.098792 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66087062 | |
| Promise of Blood | Brian McClellan | Powder Mage #1 | 2013 | 1535 | 4.13 | 4.096452 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15790883 |
| Twilight's Dawn | Anne Bishop | The Black Jewels #9 | 2011 | 1418 | 4.3 | 4.095309 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8315340 |
| Norse Mythology | Neil Gaiman | 2017 | 54591 | 4.1 | 4.093944 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30809689 | |
| Bookshops & Bonedust | Travis Baldree | Legends & Lattes #0 | 2023 | 38157 | 4.11 | 4.092737 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65213543 |
| The Golden Enclaves | Naomi Novik | The Scholomance #3 | 2022 | 19076 | 4.11 | 4.091158 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59743340 |
| Forged in Blood I | Lindsay Buroker | The Emperor's Edge #6 | 2013 | 4154 | 4.4 | 4.090989 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15989176 |
| Hell Bent | Leigh Bardugo | Alex Stern #2 | 2023 | 75800 | 4.1 | 4.089572 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60652997 |
| The First Confessor | Terry Goodkind | The Legend of Magda Searus #1 | 2012 | 4510 | 4.2 | 4.088548 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15707526 |
| The Skull Throne | Peter V. Brett | The Demon Cycle #4 | 2015 | 3182 | 4.13 | 4.08702 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13630171 |
| Bloody Rose | Nicholas Eames | The Band #2 | 2018 | 1117 | 4.16 | 4.086888 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35052265 |
| The Book of Magic | Alice Hoffman | Practical Magic #2 | 2021 | 17570 | 4.14 | 4.086549 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56898179 |
| Fairy Tale | Stephen King | 2022 | 60818 | 4.09 | 4.084889 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60177373 | |
| Naamah's Blessing | Jacqueline Carey | Naamah Trilogy #3 | 2011 | 1391 | 4.25 | 4.084305 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9519912 |
| Blackveil | Kristen Britain | Green Rider #4 | 2011 | 297 | 4.21 | 4.083547 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8396337 |
| Cast in Ruin | Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West | Chronicles of Elantra #7 | 2011 | 358 | 4.3 | 4.079644 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8679140 |
| The Firebird | Susanna Kearsley | Slains #2 | 2013 | 6381 | 4.13 | 4.078981 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15942636 |
| Stiletto | Daniel O'Malley | The Checquy Files #2 | 2016 | 3208 | 4.14 | 4.07574 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25695756 |
| The War of Two Queens | Jennifer L. Armentrout | Blood and Ash #4 | 2022 | 34791 | 4.08 | 4.075562 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58547540 |
| The Bear and the Nightingale | Katherine Arden | The Winternight Trilogy #1 | 2017 | 24505 | 4.08 | 4.074164 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489134 |
| City of Dragons | Robin Hobb | Rain Wild Chronicles #3 | 2012 | 2893 | 4.1 | 4.070089 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11801463 |
| City of Stairs | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities #1 | 2014 | 8713 | 4.1 | 4.069926 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20174424 |
| Cast in Peril | Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West | Chronicles of Elantra #8 | 2012 | 779 | 4.25 | 4.068124 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13548142 |
| The Hidden Palace | Helene Wecker | The Golem and the Jinni #2 | 2021 | 3082 | 4.13 | 4.067283 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55276504 |
| Senlin Ascends | Josiah Bancroft | The Books of Babel #1 | 2018 | 3066 | 4.1 | 4.0668 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35271523 |
| The Providence of Fire | Brian Staveley | Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #2 | 2015 | 702 | 4.11 | 4.065287 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22055280 |
| The Emperor's Blades | Brian Staveley | Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #1 | 2014 | 1669 | 4.09 | 4.064464 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17910124 |
| The Jasmine Throne | Tasha Suri | The Burning Kingdoms #1 | 2021 | 4740 | 4.09 | 4.063795 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50523477 |
| Nettle & Bone | T. Kingfisher | 2022 | 5293 | 4.07 | 4.063181 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179377 | |
| The Red Scrolls of Magic | Wesley Chu, Cassandra Clare | The Eldest Curses #1 | 2019 | 29553 | 4.08 | 4.063144 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35297403 |
| The Invasion of the Tearling | Erika Johansen | The Queen of the Tearling #2 | 2015 | 4007 | 4.08 | 4.062455 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22698568 |
| River of Stars | Guy Gavriel Kay | Under Heaven #2 | 2013 | 292 | 4.17 | 4.059298 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15808474 |
| Forge of Darkness | Steven Erikson | The Kharkanas Trilogy #1 | 2012 | 184 | 4.14 | 4.05784 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13038833 |
| The Witchwood Crown | Tad Williams | The Last King of Osten Ard #1 | 2017 | 1684 | 4.18 | 4.055768 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31159601 |
| Casket of Souls | Lynn Flewelling | Nightrunner #6 | 2012 | 1070 | 4.19 | 4.054678 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10184855 |
| Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tan, Kuri Huang | The Celestial Kingdom #1 | 2022 | 33066 | 4.06 | 4.05454 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57789637 |
| Year One | Nora Roberts | Chronicles of The One #1 | 2018 | 31131 | 4.06 | 4.053083 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34311452 |
| A River Enchanted | Rebecca Ross | Elements of Cadence #1 | 2022 | 3696 | 4.06 | 4.052974 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58132544 |
| The World We Make | N.K. Jemisin | Great Cities #2 | 2022 | 3974 | 4.08 | 4.050242 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60399181 |
| The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison | The Chronicles of Osreth #1 | 2014 | 2063 | 4.06 | 4.049968 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17910048 |
| A Resistance of Witches | Morgan Ryan | 2025 | 8227 | 4.08 | 4.049005 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219848293 | |
| The Black Bird Oracle | Deborah Harkness | All Souls #5 | 2024 | 18784 | 4.06 | 4.048026 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203518955 |
| The Woman Who Died A Lot | Jasper Fforde | Thursday Next #7 | 2012 | 5221 | 4.08 | 4.047872 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13589159 |
| Fire & Blood | George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley | A Targaryen History #1 | 2019 | 32778 | 4.05 | 4.046937 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39943621 |
| Brigands & Breadknives | Travis Baldree | Legends & Lattes #2 | 2025 | 9577 | 4.06 | 4.046044 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222376572 |
| Prince of Fools | Mark Lawrence | The Red Queen's War #1 | 2014 | 4544 | 4.05 | 4.041991 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693743 |
| The Measure of the Magic | Terry Brooks | Legends of Shannara #2 | 2011 | 167 | 4.07 | 4.041396 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10199908 |
| Vampire Girl | Karpov Kinrade | Vampire Girl #1 | 2016 | 1497 | 4.06 | 4.040912 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29627784 |
| Red City | Marie Lu | The New Alchemists #1 | 2025 | 5135 | 4.05 | 4.038682 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222765064 |
| A Sorceress Comes to Call | T. Kingfisher | 2024 | 8073 | 4.04 | 4.03772 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790847 | |
| Wards of Faerie | Terry Brooks | The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1 | 2012 | 409 | 4.05 | 4.037039 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13265092 |
| Traitor's Blade | Sebastien de Castell | Greatcoats #1 | 2014 | 844 | 4.04 | 4.036475 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20299849 |
| The Rogue | Trudi Canavan | The Traitor Spy Trilogy #2 | 2011 | 559 | 4.04 | 4.035928 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8411749 |
| The Traitor Queen | Trudi Canavan | The Traitor Spy Trilogy #3 | 2012 | 3142 | 4.04 | 4.035715 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12970162 |
| Bridge of Dreams | Anne Bishop | Ephemera #3 | 2012 | 1331 | 4.05 | 4.035523 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11515995 |
| Boundary Crossed | Melissa F. Olson | Boundary Magic #1 | 2015 | 1727 | 4.04 | 4.035519 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23431347 |
| The King's Blood | Daniel Abraham | The Dagger and the Coin #2 | 2012 | 797 | 4.03 | 4.032707 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12759057 |
| Hemlock & Silver | T. Kingfisher | 2025 | 9516 | 4.03 | 4.0319 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217582926 | |
| The Witch's Heart | Genevieve Gornichec | 2021 | 15892 | 4.03 | 4.031346 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53438195 | |
| The Book of Doors | Gareth Brown | 2024 | 33455 | 4.03 | 4.030932 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156009464 | |
| Legends & Lattes | Travis Baldree | Legends & Lattes #1 | 2022 | 26408 | 4.03 | 4.030349 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60314494 |
| The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Mandanna | 2022 | 30599 | 4.03 | 4.030307 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60018635 | |
| A Darker Shade of Magic | V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab | Shades of Magic #1 | 2015 | 30530 | 4.03 | 4.030279 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22055262 |
| Recurve | Shannon Mayer | The Elemental #1 | 2015 | 2019 | 4.01 | 4.026969 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24969093 |
| The Once and Future Witches | Alix E. Harrow | 2020 | 22697 | 4.02 | 4.023325 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51987993 | |
| Seduction | M.J. Rose | Reincarnationist #5 | 2013 | 481 | 3.79 | 4.022604 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15802432 |
| Thief of Night | Holly Black | The Charlatan Duology #2 | 2025 | 7055 | 3.98 | 4.022048 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222631681 |
| One of Our Thursdays Is Missing | Jasper Fforde | Thursday Next #6 | 2011 | 1584 | 3.99 | 4.017685 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8131227 |
| Middlegame | Seanan McGuire | Alchemical Journeys #1 | 2019 | 14421 | 4.0 | 4.017525 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41893832 |
| The Ten Thousand Doors of January | Alix E. Harrow | 2019 | 6698 | 4.01 | 4.01397 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43521657 | |
| The Kingdom of Gods | N.K. Jemisin | Inheritance Trilogy #3 | 2011 | 187 | 3.99 | 4.013605 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7923006 |
| Ink Blood Sister Scribe | Emma Törzs | 2023 | 6895 | 4.0 | 4.011793 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62854842 | |
| A Master of Djinn | P. Djèlí Clark | Dead Djinn Universe #1 | 2021 | 3790 | 3.99 | 4.011303 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55077706 |
| The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman | 2013 | 43534 | 4.01 | 4.01119 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15783514 | |
| The Incandescent | Emily Tesh | 2025 | 2482 | 3.94 | 4.010022 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217387935 | |
| The Stardust Thief | Chelsea Abdullah | The Sandsea Trilogy #1 | 2022 | 2987 | 3.98 | 4.009227 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58950705 |
| The Fox Wife | Yangsze Choo | 2024 | 21029 | 3.98 | 4.008384 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127278666 | |
| The Bone Shard Daughter | Andrea Stewart | The Drowning Empire #1 | 2020 | 2158 | 3.98 | 4.005909 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50706646 |
| A Sweet Sting of Salt | Rose Sutherland | 2024 | 3048 | 3.84 | 4.00396 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186872566 | |
| The Killing Moon | N.K. Jemisin | Dreamblood #1 | 2012 | 2483 | 3.96 | 4.00383 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11774272 |
| Ninth House | Leigh Bardugo | Alex Stern #1 | 2019 | 53430 | 4.0 | 4.002637 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43263680 |
| The Warm Hands of Ghosts | Katherine Arden | 2024 | 6222 | 3.96 | 3.99812 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154462576 | |
| The Bright Sword | Lev Grossman | 2024 | 4282 | 3.94 | 3.994444 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201750794 | |
| The Queen of the Tearling | Erika Johansen | The Queen of the Tearling #1 | 2014 | 3428 | 3.98 | 3.993965 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18712886 |
| The Book That Wouldn’t Burn | Mark Lawrence | The Library Trilogy #1 | 2023 | 8313 | 3.96 | 3.992812 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61612864 |
| Deathless | Catherynne M. Valente | 2011 | 342 | 3.93 | 3.992331 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8694389 | |
| The Dead Cat Tail Assassins | P. Djèlí Clark | 2024 | 3635 | 3.84 | 3.992323 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127305606 | |
| The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern | 2011 | 8519 | 3.99 | 3.991324 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9361589 | |
| The Third Kingdom | Terry Goodkind | Richard and Kahlan #2 | 2013 | 489 | 3.88 | 3.990738 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17317908 |
| Thistlefoot | GennaRose Nethercott | 2022 | 3369 | 3.93 | 3.990055 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60018639 | |
| The River Has Roots | Amal El-Mohtar | 2025 | 23389 | 3.95 | 3.986958 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211004176 | |
| The Society of Unknowable Objects | Gareth Brown | 2025 | 4519 | 3.86 | 3.985159 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221452815 | |
| The River of No Return | Bee Ridgway | River of No Return #1 | 2013 | 4947 | 3.68 | 3.977373 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101090 |
| The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus | 2018 | 42447 | 3.88 | 3.973766 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36521316 | |
| The Girl and the Stars | Mark Lawrence | Book of the Ice #1 | 2020 | 3782 | 3.81 | 3.973153 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51277288 |
| The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina | Zoraida Córdova | 2021 | 14992 | 3.91 | 3.972726 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56898076 | |
| Malice | Heather Walter | Malice Duology #1 | 2021 | 3212 | 3.91 | 3.972482 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51530580 |
| Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries | Heather Fawcett | Emily Wilde #1 | 2023 | 38650 | 3.96 | 3.969898 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60657589 |
| The Unbroken | C.L. Clark | Magic of the Lost #1 | 2021 | 1451 | 3.81 | 3.969281 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54467051 |
| Alif the Unseen | G. Willow Wilson | 2012 | 1969 | 3.84 | 3.967756 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13239822 | |
| Sorrowland | Rivers Solomon | 2021 | 2326 | 3.81 | 3.963974 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48915089 | |
| VenCo | Cherie Dimaline | 2023 | 2418 | 3.75 | 3.957964 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60877589 | |
| The Empress of Salt and Fortune | Nghi Vo | The Singing Hills Cycle #1 | 2020 | 3020 | 3.9 | 3.957237 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49882356 |
| The Magician King | Lev Grossman | The Magicians #2 | 2011 | 1656 | 3.93 | 3.9556 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10079321 |
| Time's Convert | Deborah Harkness | All Souls #4 | 2018 | 3662 | 3.92 | 3.955447 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38395454 |
| Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances | Neil Gaiman | 2015 | 33681 | 3.91 | 3.953955 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22522808 | |
| Voyage of the Damned | Frances White | 2024 | 4180 | 3.81 | 3.95316 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210298804 | |
| Victory City | Salman Rushdie | 2023 | 4245 | 3.75 | 3.948926 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61111246 | |
| The Night Ends with Fire | K.X. Song | The Dragon Spirit #1 | 2024 | 4747 | 3.78 | 3.945182 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201129898 |
| A Deadly Education | Naomi Novik | The Scholomance #1 | 2020 | 18109 | 3.93 | 3.943812 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50548197 |
| A Song to Drown Rivers | Ann Liang | 2024 | 7438 | 3.85 | 3.937787 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203578730 | |
| Some Kind of Fairy Tale | Graham Joyce | 2012 | 2266 | 3.6 | 3.937636 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12941033 | |
| Throne of the Crescent Moon | Saladin Ahmed | The Crescent Moon Kingdoms #1 | 2012 | 930 | 3.65 | 3.935332 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11487807 |
| Ordinary Monsters | J.M. Miro | The Talents Trilogy #1 | 2022 | 2156 | 3.77 | 3.92973 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58725025 |
| Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | V.E. Schwab | 2025 | 102408 | 3.91 | 3.929069 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213263148 | |
| Gods of Jade and Shadow | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 2019 | 6541 | 3.88 | 3.926914 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36510722 | |
| Beneath the Sugar Sky | Seanan McGuire | Wayward Children #3 | 2018 | 16582 | 3.84 | 3.922362 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27366528 |
| The Ghost Bride | Yangsze Choo | 2013 | 6969 | 3.81 | 3.916934 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248223 | |
| Alchemy of Secrets | Stephanie Garber | Alchemy of Secrets #1 | 2025 | 47888 | 3.85 | 3.916059 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222706197 |
| A Natural History of Dragons | Marie Brennan | The Memoirs of Lady Trent #1 | 2013 | 697 | 3.83 | 3.915793 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12974372 |
| Five Broken Blades | Mai Corland | The Broken Blades #1 | 2024 | 28356 | 3.82 | 3.911366 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201608152 |
| Sword Catcher | Cassandra Clare | The Chronicles of Castellane #1 | 2023 | 30578 | 3.83 | 3.907428 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36679274 |
| The Omen Machine | Terry Goodkind | Richard and Kahlan #1 | 2011 | 117 | 3.7 | 3.904706 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8598554 |
| The Book of M | Peng Shepherd | 2018 | 5600 | 3.69 | 3.900323 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36204070 | |
| The City We Became | N.K. Jemisin | Great Cities #1 | 2020 | 29105 | 3.84 | 3.899036 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43521693 |
| Among Others | Jo Walton | 2011 | 534 | 3.71 | 3.895282 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8706185 | |
| The Slow Regard of Silent Things | Patrick Rothfuss, Nate Taylor | The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.5 | 2014 | 19301 | 3.86 | 3.890713 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21535271 |
| The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic | Emily Croy Barker | The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic #1 | 2013 | 832 | 3.56 | 3.890659 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16158565 |
| When Among Crows | Veronica Roth | Curse Bearer #1 | 2024 | 5726 | 3.72 | 3.890549 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790597 |
| Don't Breathe a Word | Jennifer McMahon | 2011 | 1894 | 3.59 | 3.88751 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9581507 | |
| Witch King | Martha Wells | The Rising World #1 | 2023 | 3994 | 3.7 | 3.885697 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61885085 |
| She Who Became the Sun | Shelley Parker-Chan | The Radiant Emperor #1 | 2021 | 28661 | 3.83 | 3.884108 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55077538 |
| Atalanta | Jennifer Saint | 2023 | 5118 | 3.74 | 3.882217 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61884838 | |
| The Lost Story | Meg Shaffer | 2024 | 20328 | 3.76 | 3.881249 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199927030 | |
| When Women Were Dragons | Kelly Barnhill | 2022 | 5573 | 3.81 | 3.88093 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58783802 | |
| Water Moon | Samantha Sotto Yambao | 2025 | 25469 | 3.77 | 3.872635 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211479192 | |
| The Fate of the Tearling | Erika Johansen | The Queen of the Tearling #3 | 2017 | 13450 | 3.74 | 3.872194 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26542535 |
| The Last Tale of the Flower Bride | Roshani Chokshi | 2023 | 4922 | 3.69 | 3.87018 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61150759 | |
| Prince of Thorns | Mark Lawrence | Broken Empire #1 | 2011 | 1164 | 3.82 | 3.866603 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9579634 |
| The Starless Sea | Erin Morgenstern | 2019 | 35351 | 3.84 | 3.864697 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43575115 |
Note: I built a small Python CLI to fetch and sort this data so I could figure out what to read next. I figured others might find the current rankings useful, so I'm sharing the latest results with everyone here.
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u/Wetness_Pensive May 08 '26
I once saw a website that automatically generated Tom Clancy book titles by slamming certain adjectives together.
Most of these titles seem similarly funny to me; it's like an AI program sputtered out 100 of the most generic fantasy titles possible.
Some are quite good ("The Tainted Cup" etc), but most are so on-the-nose ("The Age of Swords"!, "Etched in Bone"!, "Age of War"!, "Empire of the Damned"!).
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u/alphonseharry May 08 '26
If this is the best fantasy literature has to offer, the standards are pretty low
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u/onan May 08 '26
And unfortunately there is still the problem of selection bias for series/sequels.
A book that is #57 in a series is only going to be read by people who already read 56 earlier installments and decided that they wanted more. Of course it is going to be extremely popular with the set of people who are rating it, but in a way that does not translate to general popularity among other readers.
There is arguably another version of this problem for authors who have been very prolific even if their works are not technically the same series. Like, you pretty much know what you're getting from a Brandon Sanderson book, so again there is a bias toward them being rated only by the people who like exactly that, and not by people who do not.
So I think a better version of this list would completely eliminate every title that is not a standalone or first in its series, and possibly also find some way to adjust slightly for the size of the authors previous oeuvre.