It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means… The Bionic Book Worm’s Top 5 Tuesday!!
This week we’re talking about Fantasy books. I struggled with this, because I don’t know what counts as a fantasy book. If you’ve been following along with my crazy rants for more than a day, than you probably know I have a lot of trouble assigning/recognizing the lines of genres. So, I’ll do my best…
The Obvious Choices
No, that’s not the title of a book, though it would make a pretty good title, now that I think about it. I’ve sacrificed this first pick to appease the obvious choices: The Lord of the Rings series, The Wheel of Time series, The Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), and the Harry Potter series.
Six of Crows
Not the traditional fantasy of swords and dragons, but I’m pretty sure it’s still fantasy, and it’s awesome. Though I still haven’t gotten around to Crooked Kingdom.
Steelheart
This is the one that I worry doesn’t count as fantasy. There are no swords, it’s set in current day, and it’s about superheroes. But isn’t that still fantasy???
Nevernight
Finally read this one a few months ago thanks to a little nudge from Taylor @ Nerd Narration, and despite the beginning being a little rocky, I loved it. Now to read Godsgrave before the third book comes out!
The Warded Man
The opening book to The Demon Cycle, and probably my favourite of the whole series. It has a lot of elements that are very familiar to fantasy books but with some awesome twists and a magic system that feels completely new but somehow immediately comfortable.
I can only pick 5?! But…but…*head explodes*
RIGHT??? You see why I cheated with my “first” pick…
Great list! I’m finally getting to Brandon Sanderson myself next month and FINALLY reading Mistborn!!! Can’t wait!
Haven’t jumped into that one yet, but it’s on the list. I’m reading Legion right now, which is pretty interesting.
Can’t wait to see what you think of it!
Hahaha I hope you enjoyed the Avengers Joe 😉 Now I am totally on board with Nevernight! Since I’ve read Lifel1k3 it’s become one of my favorite writers! We don’t share choices this time 😉
I’ve still not read Nevernight yet – terrible I know. And love your fun fact – hope you both enjoyed it.
Ha ha, thanks! I’ve seen it multiple times, but it was my son’s first time. That movie is just as old as he is!
Your first time watching it together – Great bonding 🙂
Great list! You’ve got a year until Darkdawn comes out!!