60 Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books to Read in 2024 

So many amazing books for you this year, Johan! I just finished Realm of the Elderlings, and while Rain Wild Chronicles wasn’t my favorite, I still enjoyed it. The series as a whole is one of the crowning achievements of literature. Thank you for including the rest of The Edan Trilogy in your possible reads this year!

I loved the Riftwar saga, but I'm a sucker for classic style fantasy. I think it's important to know before going in is Feist wrote this series as ths history to his Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Also there are those who have called the work derivative, but it's not, it's the original, or at least one of the originals from that area. From my understanding a lot of modern fantasy authors were influenced by Feist's work. Lastly, if you do enjoy your time in Midkemia, do not skip the Empire Trilogy he wrote with Janny Wurts. Very much worth the read.

Wow, lots of great books there! Shadow of what was lost is on my list as well as the Will of the Many! I think my Broken Binding copy of Hanged God arrives soon so that will be on the list as well!

I'm on book 2 of Suneater series. Book one is slower pace but book 2 is amazing. Can't stop thinking about it now

I’m glad you’re reading the shadow of what was lost! A few booktubers I like read book 1 and gave up. It’s sad because books 2 and 3 are some of the best of fantasy in my opinion. I’ve never read an ending as shocking as book 3. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

I have read some of the books that you’ve mentioned…. Enjoy ur reading journey!! 😊🎉😊

So happy you’re planning on reading Feist! I started reading his books last year and I’m over half way through - totally loving it! Sorry to do this, but there are 30 Books! set within Feist’s world. I would defo recommend to look at how to read the books as there are two ways to read these books, either in publication or time order. I started to do publication but I somehow changed it to chronological order as it made more sense. Interested to see what you choose to do!

Good video! I see mix of books, do you prefer SoftBack or hardback when reading or a mix ? Collecting HC to read to some of the authors and others softback? Cause I saw you have both of “the shadow of what was lost”

I hope you enjoy Sun Eater, it’s my favourite current series! And Upgrade is also on my TBR after loving Dark Matter and Recursion!

Just discovered your channel and I love the list. I don't really read but I want to get into it and read something that isn't the Lord of the Rings or the Inheritance Cycle so I will have to check out some of these out

I am a suber of Mike's Book Review channel and I just love books

I've read the China Mieville trilogy and I highly recommend it. Btw it goes by the name Bas Lag (the name of the world it is set in), and it's more like 3 standalone books which can be read in any order, there are like 2 minor recurring characters

Currently reading the shadow of what was lost! It’s my 3rd book this year. It reads like a Sanderson in that it’s a huge book but it really flies, I am certainly enjoying it!

Absolutely LOVED the Licanius Trilogy

I first got in to fantasy by reading the Riftwar in the mid 2000s. Its a fantastic series that I'm sure you will love as a Sanderson fan.

I bought The Shadow of What Was Lost and The Will of The Many this month. I'm looking forward to those. I'm a new reader I read daily now and I'm borderline addicted 😁 I haven't read Sanderson but have done some digging and I think I'm going with The Way of Kings as my first.

i would implore you that if you enjoy broadly Empire of Black and Gold, even if it isnt as high as youd like, 100% read Dragonfly Falling. The way it expands the scope of the world, the story, the lore, the politicking, war etc. It introduces some of thr strongest elements in the series so far. Really excited to see where it goes

Licanius Trilogy's big problem (to me) was simply that Islington had SO many good ideas and interesting concepts, and he just crammed them all into one trilogy. So it left a lot of the cool stuff feeling unexplored. The writing, plot, etc. were all really good. I was worried he spent all his great ideas on one series, but The Will of the Many dispelled that worry easily haha.

Perdito Street Station is great. The prose is actually amazing!

Love this list! And Tad Williams is my new 2024 FAV!! Reading Dragon Bone Chair and in LOVE!! Shadow of What was Lost was really good, but I was disappointed in Book 2 😑

I would recommend The Crown Of Stars series by Kate Elliott.

Ohh the thumbnail 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Brandon Recommends to read The Sunlit Man before Stormlight 5.

I can't believe you read The Veiled Throne (Ken Liu) and didn't start on Speaking Bones straight away. The Veiled Throne left everything in the air and as soon as I'd finished it I opened Speaking Bones.

perdito street station is my favourite book of all time! The prose is wonderful, the characters too but the best thing is the city . You simply fall in love with New Crobuzon.

Hey I need to ask something. How do you get your books? I have so many books and hardcover editions I want to get my hands on but because I live in Greece I cant :(

Good luck with your journey, i'm not gonna read 60 books lol. My current read is Star Wars Han Solo Book 1: The Paradise Snare by A.C. Crispin.

I just finished a really good fantasy book series called the Guardian of Light. Well I finished book five. This series is so awesome I would really recommend it, even though its a lesser known author.

Just finished We are the Dead, I absolutely devoured it. I plan on starting the second very shortly. An easy read, very fast paced and interesting characters. I am also a sucker for a book that ends each POV chapter on a cliffhanger.

I think you should move We Are the Dead up the TBR. I put out a 5 reason why to read if you want know a bit about it. If you want some cosmic horror from King stick with Revival. Look forward to your thoughts on all your content in '24! Amazing year coming.

Perdido street station is a very weird and amazing book and im so happy i got it a few years ago

Colorful covers

Licanius Trilogy is very good.

One of my coworkers is currently reading The Shadow of What Was Lost. The series looks excellent! I'm so curious to see what you think :)

I think you should read the expanse . Its an epic space opera with amazing characters and a plot that is next level with so many twist and turn. One of the autors was actually the assistant of Georges Martin.

That's already more than my TBD. But thanks

Please give a review on the book "Irrappu -the man with chisel and rod"

Read Never Die first. It's amazing.

Where does he get those book covers from ?

Horus heresy! Dude I’ve got to read hobb

Riftwar has 30 books Mister. The first trilogy is really very good though

China Miéville. Really great writer. Dense prose (not sure about "frustrating" - he uses rare words and as many adjectives and adverbs as a French writer), very dark and moody, subversive of the genre a bit, fairly political with a clear marxist/atheist bent, often associated to New Weird movement. Not entirely sure it's really a good fit for your tastes (it's an author often recommended to fans of Erikson and Bakker), but you lose nothing trying him. It's barely a true trilogy, so you can stop after one if you hate it. It's pretty much three stand alone in the same universe, with very very lose ties.

Subscribing because you're not one of those people that cover the books in the thumbnail :D

I’m so happy you plan to Read Empire Of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio but worries me when you say you expect it to be one of your favorite series of all time, might want to relax there after you did that with Red Rising and it made you not love it as much because of your expectations..you really let me down on your red rising opinion, just don’t want you doing that with Sun Eater as well..

Whilsy i enjoyed Speaking Bones (the ending of a few plotlines and charavter brought me to tears as a mid 20 grown ass dude) bcs i didnt like the character and agenda of Jia - which is heavily pushed in this series, it knocked down the impact for me. But a solid end to a great world and story.

So far I have finished «Stonehenge» by Bernard Cornwell (Historical Fiction about the Creation of Stonehenge during the Late Neolithic Period) and currently read «Imperium» by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction about the Roman Politician Cicero) and will dual read «The Buried Giant» by Kazuo Ishigaro (Fantasy inspired by Arthurian Legend) & «The Dragon Lord» by David Drake (Arthurian Sword & Sorcery) next week! My Februar TBR «Når landet mørknar» (Approximately «When The Land Darkens») by Tore Kvæven (Historical Fiction set during the 13th Century Norse Settlement of Greenland, winner of the Norwegian Brage Prize for Best Norwegian Novel in 2018) «The Last Light of the Sun» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Viking Great Heathen Army and King Alfred the Good) «Egil Skallagrimsson» by Halvor Tjønn (Historical Fiction about the (in-)famous 10th Century Icelandic Viking Skald who became a Bloodsworn Enemy of the Norwegian Viking King Eirik Bloodaxe) «Alv Erlingsson» by Tore Skeie (Historical Fiction about a Real Life Norwegian 13th Century Jarl who became a Privateer and Rebel) My Spring TBR «Brother Red» by Adrian Selby (Grimdark Fantasy, standalone «midquel» to «Snakewood» & «The Winter Road») «Judas Blossom» by Stephen Aryan (Fantasy inspired by the Mongol Conquest of Persia) The «City of Victory» Trilogy by Adrian Goldsworthy (Historical Military Fiction set during Emperor Trajan’s Campaigns) «After Rome» by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fiction set in Post-Roman Britain) «Ash: A Secret History» (The Book of Ash #1) by Mary Gentle (Alt-Historical Military Fiction inspired by the Mercenary Wars of the Renaissance) «The Wise Man’s Fear» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy, sequel to «The Name of the Wind») The «Lyonesse» Trilogy by Jack Vance ((Pre-)Arthurian Fantasy) «The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy, a key influence for George R. R. Martin's « A Song of Ice and Fire») «Tiamat's Wrath» (The Expanse, #8) by James S.A. Corey (Space opera) «Empire of Silence» (Sun Eater, #1) by Christopher Ruocchio (Space opera) My Summer/Rest of the Year TBR «A Brightness Long Ago» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Mercenary Wars of Renaissance Italy) «The Darkness That Comes Before» (The Prince of Nothing #1) by R. Scott Bakker (Grimdark/Dark Epic Fantasy inspired by the Crusades, Dune and the Silmarillion) «Dreaming the Eagle» by Manda Scott «We Are the Dead» of Mike Shackle «The Children of Gods & Fighting Men» by Shauna Lawless «Augustus» by John Williams «Unfinished Tales» by JRR Tolkien «Alamut» by Vladimir Bartol

havent heard any brits use quartets (i thought that was 4 books lol)

Have you read the dragon heart series, there's twenty books written by an Russian author, it's very good

Read Rhythm of War.

Durfee’s books first!

I have read the entire Riftwar Saga (20 books?) by Raymond Feist and I would warn you that over the entire length of the series the quality is uneven. I really enjoyed the first 8-10 books, but after that (in my opinion) the continuing story was forced, a lot longer than needed, ridiculous plot points, character arcs introduced that didn't really go anywhere, etc. Over those first 10 books though, the character development is good, the world building is great, and while spanning a fairly long timeframe, everything is solidly connected.

Surprised you didn't have Richard Swans third book in the list?

Where’s MALAZAN?😂😂😂

books in the 80s i need to checkout…….. this is why I can’t take booktubers seriously It’s like saying a music tuber saying, hmmmm maybe I need to checkout fleetwood Mac, Roy Oberson or Queen 🤦

next time maybe add at least ONE Sci-Fi book to the list...