I read 82 fantasy books in 2023 & these are my TOP 10 

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Thank you for your recommendations. I don’t usually read fantasy but two of my favorite books this year were A River Enchanted and The Invisible Life of Addie Larue. I can’t wait to read more from both Rebecca Ross and VE Schwab. Adding some of these to my TBR!

One of the best things about "The Eye of the World" is that things start happening in the first few pages. Many authors seem to want to bore you for 100 pages or so, before anything happens. I think the theme of "The Will of the Many" is that if you cede your will, your power, to those above you, you are responsible for what they do with that power.

I just started reading The Wheel of Time. I am so excited to be part of your Patreon community. 🎉 I adore your community engagement and am excited to be discussing these books with fantasy lovers around the globe. Thank you for everything you do, Isa.

Nice list. I so want to read The Children of Gods and Fighting Men. All the best to you and yours over the festive season

I'm so glad you liked The Night Circus !

THE WILL OF THE MANY! It is so good. Love the list. You got a new sub :)

So many of these are on my 2024 to-read list 🌟 My favorites this year were all fantasy with heavy historical inspiration! The Troy Trilogy by David Gemmell, the Boudica series by Manda Scott, and then Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold and Words of Kings and Prophet by Shauna Lawless. Though Piranesi came really close, so thank you for recommending it, I would've probably kept it at the bottom of the TBR if not for your endorsement ❣ Hopefully next year will be even better for both of us 🥂

Merry Christmas 🎊 🎉

So many are in my list for this year. I have to put red rising series on my best reads for 2023. Just finished catching up in the series this week and lightbringer was amazing

Glad to see the love for "Blood Over Bright Haven. I will read everything fom M. L. Wang. My number 1 reading experience for 2023 was "The Dandelion Dynasty". Ken Liu transported me to the world of Dara and I never wanted to leave. Regarding "The Will of the Many" I wonder if I read the same book like everyone or if I was the only person that noticed some problems. 😅 Well ,that is the fun of having diffrent tastes and oppinions.

I just got The Will of The Many. Excited to read it. Happy New Year to you. Xoxo

Just finished will of the many! Loved it! You should make a full spoiler recap video for it because there’s no way I’m going to remember all of that by the time the next book come out! 😂

Your No.4 was ny No.1 last year. Your No.1 is my No.1 this year. Your No.2 is the next book on my list to read! You have great taste!!!

The Monk & Robot sequel, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, is just as good as the first book, and maybe even better. I loved it!!

Great selection!!! definitely subscribing. I look forward to your 2024 TBR (also glad to see another Spanish speaking booktuber :-) . I haven't read Justice of Kings yet but I've heard nothing but good things. Same for the Grace of Kings!! I also absolutely loved The Will of the Many.

Great list!

Great top! I really want to read most of the books you mentioned!

Just finished The Will of the Many a few days ago and it blew me away! I put it in my (not ranked, I don't want to choose!) Top 5 of the year. The other books in there are Words of Radiance, Tress of the Emerald Sea (Yumi is high up, too), Untethered Skies and Sons of Darkness

i also had doubts about Empire of the Vampire... and ended up giving it 5 stars 😌

I am getting Blood over Bright Haven delivered today and I am so excited!

Every single one of them is on my 2024 tbr (except those I've already read) and ooomg, you made me even more excited for the next year. Finished Blood over bright haven just few days back and it certainly is in my top 10, maybe even top 3. I am still in the process of figuring out my top 10 books :D

You have an excellent top ten. I will be adding V E Schwab and M L Wang to my wish list for some time in the future. I already have Ken Liu on it. I have Empire of the Vampire and The Justice of Kings on my TBR for this year. My Top Ten books for 2023 are: 1. The Broken Sword - Poul Anderson 2. Nettle And Bone - T. Kingfisher 3. Touching The Void - Joe Simpson 4. The Martian - Andy Weir 5. Children Of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky 6. If I Die In A Combat Zone - Tim O'Brien 7. The Greatest Beer Run Ever - John Chickie Donohue 8. Dogs Of War - Adrian Tchaikovsky 9. Red Rising - Pierce Brown 10. The Very Best Of Charles De Lint - Charles De Lint

Merry Christmas and also as a huge coincidence, I too completed The Children of God and Fighting Men a couple of hours back.

I’m so happy you enjoyed Malice! I need to read The River Enchanted 😅 I’m so happy you liked Grace of kings!!!!! We should buddy read book 3 i need to read it

I will be back to patreon in January in Time for Wheel of Time ❤😊

MALICE YES🤩

90% of the books on your list, I ave also put in my top. EXCEPT Empire of the vampire. Did not think I would like it and now I’m going to read it. Thanks

I love Malice! I binged all 9 of John Gwynne's books last year. I like to pretend the song "I am the Storm" by ad infinitum is about Storm in the books lol. If you liked Blood Over Bright Haven check out Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, it's BOBH if Carra was the mc and she had a giant magical robot instead of a typewriter. My fav was A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. Something I loved but wont be for everyone was Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

Hi there. Thanks for this great video. The only books that you have mentioned that I have read and listened to is the Eye of the World and A Darker Shade of Magic and unfortunately, I had to DNF a Darker Shade of Magic because the audiobook made me fall asleep and once I put that book down, I forgot everything about the characters and story almost immediately. However, I love the Wheel of Time series so much. All of your top 10 books are on my tbr pile. Also, I did want to let you know, that I am now 25% into reading while listening to the Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson. It is getting really good now. I had meant to start listening to that a lot earlier this month, but I wound up getting hopelessly addicted to reading well listening to the light novel Spice and Wolf. J Michael Tatum and brina Palencia, who are the main voice actors who play the roles of Lawrence and Holo in the anime, are the narrators of the audiobook versions of the light novels and believe me they are really good. I wound up reading and listening to about four volumes in this 24 volume light novel series in about 4 weeks. If you want to read about a literal wolf goddess who travels with a human traveling merchant and it just basically tells the story about their adventures then you will really like the series. I am really hoping to finish the last two books and the Mistborn era 2 series after the beginning of next year and then if I don't start listening to the secret projects I am definitely planning on starting to listen to the Stormlight Archive books. Unless something else ends up distracting me, which is really likely.

I read Night Circus this year as well it probably would be one of the top 10 -15 for me

Ah, the Starless Sea! Never have I debated DNFing a book so much before. The half I read I kind of enjoyed, but I was SO bored. I don't like not finishing a book, but I have so many other books I want to get to. Hearing you liked The Night Circus, I'll definitely give that one a chance

Yumi, a river enchanted or Shadow of the fox which one should I try? Need your opinion 😊

The image of the 3rd honorable mention match with the title you said??

I'm just finishing my #82, we read same speed

I’m trying to get back into reading what series would really pull me in?

I read Will of the Many two months ago, and I’m still trying to process what happened at the end of the book.

Your squeaky voice makes me smile.

I tried reading the night circus and it didn't work for me at all. I can't get into Erin Morgenstern's writing.

Jefaaaaa ponte buena prontisimooooo. Y una cosa, espera un tiempecito y si Fódla, Gormflaith, Murchad y los demás siguen dando vueltas por tu cabeza... bueno pues eso, dejalo reposar. Ah y porfa, cuando estes bien, Laura y yo necesitamos comentario personaliizado ;)

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