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KJWoh's Book Reviews
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Top 10 Fantasy Books (2024)
Welcome to my countdown of the top 10 fantasy books you need to read in 2024! These are my personal favorites, packed with amazing characters, intense plots, rich worldbuilding, and jaw-dropping twists. Whether you're just getting into fantasy or looking to add more epic reads to your list, this video is for you! From legendary classics to modern masterpieces, find out which books made the cut.
Let me know your favorite fantasy reads in the comments, and don't forget to like and subscribe for more book content!
Books Mentioned:
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Dragonbone Chair by...
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Видео

The Dandelion Dynasty | An Introduction to the Series
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In today’s video, we dive deep into The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu, an incredible mix of historical fantasy, political intrigue, and revolutionary silkpunk technology. This genre-defying series takes us through the rise and fall of empires, exploring complex themes of leadership, friendship, and the cost of ambition. From the dynamic world of Dara to the unforgettable characters of Kuni Garu ...
Star Wars The Expanded Universe | An Introduction to the Series
Просмотров 226Месяц назад
Welcome to the world of Star Wars beyond the movies! In this video, we're diving deep into the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU), also known as Legends. Before Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, the galaxy of Jedi, Sith, and scoundrels didn’t stop at the films. The Expanded Universe created an immense tapestry of stories through novels, comics, and games that expanded the galaxy far, far...
The Green Bone Saga | An Introduction to the Series
Просмотров 66Месяц назад
Welcome to our in-depth introduction to Fonda Lee's Green Bone Saga! In this video, we'll explore the world of Kekon, the power of jade, and the epic family drama that drives the plot of Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy. From intricate clan politics to international intrigue, Fonda Lee has created a rich fantasy world that blends action, honor, and loyalty. Whether you're a longtime fan or ...
The Gentlemen Bastards | An Introduction to the Series
Просмотров 174Месяц назад
Dive into the cunning and thrilling world of Scott Lynch's The Gentleman Bastards with our comprehensive introduction to the series! 🌆🎭 From the intricate canals of Camorr to the secretive powers of the Bondsmagi, join us as we explore the rich tapestry of cities, characters, and plots that make this series a standout in fantasy literature. In this video, we break down the essentials: 🏰 The Vib...
Warbreaker | An Introduction to the Series
Просмотров 1002 месяца назад
Dive into the vibrant and mystical world of Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson in this comprehensive introduction to the series. In this video, we explore the intriguing kingdom of Hallandren, its colorful gods, and the mysterious magic of BioChroma. Whether you're a newcomer to Sanderson's work or a seasoned Cosmere enthusiast, this video will enhance your understanding of the unique elements tha...
A Song of Ice and Fire | An Introduction to the Series
Просмотров 2402 месяца назад
Welcome to our channel! Today, we're diving into the epic and sprawling world of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. If you’re a fan of intricate plots, rich world-building, and unforgettable characters, this fantasy saga is a must-read. In this introduction, we’ll explore: Series Overview: Discover the overarching plot and the key elements that make A Song of Ice and Fire a lan...
The First Law | An Introduction to the Series
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Welcome to our channel! In today’s video, we’re delving into Joe Abercrombie’s acclaimed The First Law series. If you’re a fan of gritty, character-driven fantasy with a dose of dark humor and complex intrigue, this series is sure to captivate you. In this introduction, we’ll cover: Series Overview: Get a snapshot of the overarching plot and the richly constructed world Abercrombie has created....
Malazan Book of the Fallen | An Introduction to the Series
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Welcome to our channel! In today’s video, we dive into the epic and complex world of Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series. If you're a fan of intricate plots, vast world-building, and richly developed characters, this series is a must-read. Join us as we explore: An Overview of the Series: Get a glimpse of the expansive story and the sprawling universe Erikson has crafted. Key The...
Mistborn | An Introduction to the Series
Просмотров 4672 месяца назад
Welcome to our in-depth introduction to Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series! Join us as we explore the dark, ash-covered world of the Final Empire, where the immortal Lord Ruler reigns supreme and the oppressed skaa struggle to survive. Discover the unique and intricate magic system of Allomancy, where individuals can ingest and burn metals to gain extraordinary abilities. In this video, we'll ...
The Wheel of Time | An Introduction to the Series
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Welcome to my introduction to "The Wheel of Time," Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series that has captivated readers for decades. In this video, we'll delve into the vast and intricate world, rich characters, and complex storylines that make this series a cornerstone of modern fantasy literature. We'll cover: 🔍 An overview of the main plot and the epic journey of the Dragon Reborn. 🌟 Introduction...
Realm of The Elderlings | An Introduction to the Series
Просмотров 1403 месяца назад
Welcome to my introduction to the Farseer Trilogy, the captivating start to Robin Hobb's epic fantasy series, the Realm of the Elderlings. In this video, we'll explore the intricate world, unforgettable characters, and compelling storylines that make this series a must-read for fantasy enthusiasts. We'll cover: 🔍 An overview of the plot and major themes of the Farseer Trilogy. 🌟 Meet FitzChival...
Winter's Heart | Wheel of Time 9 - Summary and Review
Просмотров 793 месяца назад
Join me as we journey through "Winter's Heart," the ninth book in Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time. In this video, I'll provide a comprehensive summary of the key events and character arcs, followed by an in-depth review of the book. We'll cover: 🔍 The major plot developments and pivotal moments in "Winter's Heart." 🌟 The evolving dynamics between characters such as Rand a...
The Way of Kings | In Depth Summary of Part Two: Chapters 12-28
Просмотров 1143 месяца назад
Join me as we dive deep into Part Two of "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson, covering Chapters 12-28. In this video, we'll explore the intricate developments and captivating events that drive the story forward in this epic fantasy masterpiece. We'll discuss: 🔍 Kaladin's evolution as he navigates life as a bridgeman and discovers his hidden strengths. 🌟 Shallan's continuing struggles and di...
Memory Sorrow and Thorn | An Introduction to the Series
Просмотров 3633 месяца назад
Welcome to my introduction to "The Dragonbone Chair," the first book in the epic fantasy series "Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" by Tad Williams. In this video, we'll delve into the rich world of Osten Ard and explore the captivating story that has influenced a generation of fantasy readers and writers. We'll cover: 🌟 An overview of the plot and major themes of "The Dragonbone Chair." 📚 Introduction...
The Way of Kings | In Depth Summary of Part One: Chapters 1-11
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The Way of Kings | In Depth Summary of Part One: Chapters 1-11
How to get out of SFF Reading Slump/Reading Update
Просмотров 373 месяца назад
How to get out of SFF Reading Slump/Reading Update
Summer Fantasy/Sci-Fi TBR- 2024
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Summer Fantasy/Sci-Fi TBR- 2024
Showcasing each and every one of my Star Wars EU and Canon books
Просмотров 954 месяца назад
Showcasing each and every one of my Star Wars EU and Canon books
But really? Why Pirates?! - Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
Просмотров 524 месяца назад
But really? Why Pirates?! - Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
The Most Confusing Fantasy Book Ever?! House of Chains Review
Просмотров 824 месяца назад
The Most Confusing Fantasy Book Ever?! House of Chains Review
Fantasy and Sci-Fi Book Haul- Spending $100+ at HalfPriceBooks
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Fantasy and Sci-Fi Book Haul- Spending $100 at HalfPriceBooks
Top 5 Fantasy Series that I'm Currently Reading
Просмотров 834 месяца назад
Top 5 Fantasy Series that I'm Currently Reading
YOU'RE STARTING WHATT?!!? Top 10 Fantasy and Sci-Fi Series to start in 2024-25
Просмотров 584 месяца назад
YOU'RE STARTING WHATT?!!? Top 10 Fantasy and Sci-Fi Series to start in 2024-25
MUST READ: Adult Fantasy for New Readers of the Genre
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MUST READ: Adult Fantasy for New Readers of the Genre
Breaking the Myth on WOT 8:Why 'The Path of Daggers' is not a slog
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Breaking the Myth on WOT 8:Why 'The Path of Daggers' is not a slog
You Won't Believe Where Your Favorite Series Ranks! Epic Fantasy & Sci-Fi Showdown!
Просмотров 534 месяца назад
You Won't Believe Where Your Favorite Series Ranks! Epic Fantasy & Sci-Fi Showdown!

Комментарии

  • @krokodilgena637
    @krokodilgena637 5 дней назад

    It most certainly is a slog. 50% of that book is filler.

  • @andrewnewman02
    @andrewnewman02 6 дней назад

    Just getting around to watching this. I haven’t read a lot of these yet but they’re all at least on my tbr. Great list! (But I do agree that SoS clears)

  • @qbanboi069
    @qbanboi069 8 дней назад

    I got jebaited by the thumbnail. I'm gonna be starting my malazan journey soon! Too much Farseer tho :( And we all know Storm of Swords is the best

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 8 дней назад

      Mwahahahaha. I have won. Excited for you to get to Deadhouse Gates and aSoS is definitely a close second.

  • @valliyarnl
    @valliyarnl 9 дней назад

    Oh man I also have to read Cornwell. It seems really up my alley and everyone I’ve seen talking about it loved it. AND YAY FOR JOE ABERCROMBIE 🎉

  • @valliyarnl
    @valliyarnl 9 дней назад

    Amazing list!! I love Oathbringer 😍😍

  • @audiobookemperor
    @audiobookemperor 14 дней назад

    Love the videos so far but the none finger spoilers is harsh on new readers. Kind of ruins the surprise.

  • @matthewgaudet4064
    @matthewgaudet4064 17 дней назад

    It really started in 1976 with the novelization from Alan Dean Foster. Then comic adaption, then Splinter of the Mind's Eye. You also had the Brian Daley Han Novels and the L Neil Smith Lando books, and a little later the radio plays for Star Wars and Empire. But a lot of people consider either Heir or Dark Empire as the start of EU. But its not correct. Also somewhere way far back the newspaper strips both runs fit in somewhere. From 78 to 1983? EU continuity did begin with Heir to the Empire though I suppose where they tried to link stuff in a single continuity.

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 17 дней назад

      I agree it doesn’t fully start with them but I didn’t include all stories as many don’t include them in their reading lists for the EU reading experience.

    • @matthewgaudet4064
      @matthewgaudet4064 17 дней назад

      @@KJWohsBookReviews , yeah and some stuff comes back into continuity like black hole from Russ Manning, and Lumiya but most of that stuff is not referenced except for Gallandro being mentioned in Young Jedi Knights and of course AC Crispin might have referenced the Daley Novels but I forget. The people who managed this stuff had a deep love of the history of SW as a media property.

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 17 дней назад

      @@matthewgaudet4064 Thank you for the information! I have some AC Crispin Novels that i'll read eventually.

  • @milkweed42034
    @milkweed42034 27 дней назад

    Keep making this type of stuff you will have a lot more views. Keep the EU alive

  • @PrettyboyAshtun
    @PrettyboyAshtun 27 дней назад

    thank you cause i didn’t know where to start

  • @valliyarnl
    @valliyarnl Месяц назад

    Say one thing about this video, it is an excellent intro to this fantastic series 🔥 Really appreciate the effort put into editing and scripting!

  • @valliyarnl
    @valliyarnl Месяц назад

    Really good introduction Kade!!

  • @demidrek-heyward
    @demidrek-heyward Месяц назад

    Rhulad LFG

  • @jcwoodman5285
    @jcwoodman5285 Месяц назад

    Great series! Superb work but complicated for many readers. HUNDREDS of characters come & go then come back much later etc. I recommend having the Malazan Wiki at hand while reading to look up personalities helps ENORMOUSLY!😊

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews Месяц назад

      Very complicated and worth rereads. I’m only on book 4!!! Excited to move onto the next one.

  • @GnotkeAugust
    @GnotkeAugust 2 месяца назад

    Trul Sengar!

  • @CryBenihime23
    @CryBenihime23 2 месяца назад

    Always love seeing more osten ard content. Great video!

  • @gstinnn
    @gstinnn 2 месяца назад

    this is an amazing video! i love the effort put into the editing and thumbnail!

  • @dlasis
    @dlasis 2 месяца назад

    This is fantastic. I read this series in 5 months last year. It was very challenging but also immensely rewarding.

  • @tylerkrew10
    @tylerkrew10 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for the upload (^:

  • @StannisHarlock
    @StannisHarlock 2 месяца назад

    I feel like the entire series could use a drastic re-editing. As it stands now, the series is unreadable for me. The characters are too cookie cutter to justify having more than 6 books about them. All inkeepers must be fat, and if a skinny character dares to open an inn, he is automatically untrustworthy, not only from the lead character's personal perspective, but also in the actual instory reality. All people from any certain nation have to conform to the stereotypes of that nation. If the men from one nation are known for carrying knives, they all must do so, and then the story must remind us that the women from that nation carry even BIGGER knives over and over and over again. America is known for its gun culture, but most people in America probably dont own guns, and the women dont necessarily own bigger guns than the men or vice versa. There were a few interesting characters early on. Padan Fain comes to mind, but 14 books later, I found myself just waiting for it all to end just so I could resolve all my feelings about it at long last. I wonder at how much stronger the series could have been in a far more condensed form. Rand, Matt, and Perrin served a purpose as 3 distinct characters before the end of book 3. Afterwards, reading about all 3 became uninteresting and tedious. They all gain strange powers, they all have troubled relationships with women, but they all overcome insurmountable odds. The end. I dont need to read that story 3 times in the same series. That's one character. Condense it into such, and let the characters who have their own unique names have their own unique stories.

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 2 месяца назад

      I can totally agree. I’m only on book 10 but I think the series is like a 6.5/10 so far. The characters are all caricatures like you said and it gets pretty insane how detailed Jordan gets about that stuff even if it’s unrealistic. I enjoy if for what it is, a flawed story but I’m here for the journey and I’ve enjoyed probably more than half the books so far so I can’t be too upset or disappointed. I totally see where you’re coming from. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

    • @StannisHarlock
      @StannisHarlock 2 месяца назад

      @@KJWohsBookReviews I actually think the story improves with the last 3 books. Sanderson's influence for those was actually very positive in the character category, so hopefully you enjoy those just as much or maybe even more.

    • @kjwonder6411
      @kjwonder6411 2 месяца назад

      @@StannisHarlockgood:). I’m excited then. If there wasn’t Traveling I think I’d be much more bored but at least I can be entertained by them zipping around. The slog feels more like a lack of major plot points and less like staying in one spot like I’ve heard before. I’ll continue the series soon.

  • @molsy1768
    @molsy1768 2 месяца назад

    Might have to check it out if Sanderson finished it. Im a major sanderson fan

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 2 месяца назад

      For sure, I haven’t got there yet. I’m only on the 9th book.

    • @eligoldman9200
      @eligoldman9200 2 месяца назад

      The first 6 books are peak. The next 5 are struggle. The last 3 are all Sanderson and are peak.

    • @molsy1768
      @molsy1768 2 месяца назад

      @eligoldman9200 my father read the books when he was younger and he put me off them by saying the quality drops off dramatically in the series. How bad is the drop off? Can't really go through 5 bad fantasy sized books with all the other content I enjoy.

    • @kjwonder6411
      @kjwonder6411 2 месяца назад

      @@molsy1768honestly the drop off didn’t happen for me until the 9th book. But I listen mostly to audiobooks and listened to some of the books in a day or two. So that can keep my interest.

  • @VeggiesOutFront
    @VeggiesOutFront 2 месяца назад

    Wait there was a prequel novel?

    • @kjwonder6411
      @kjwonder6411 2 месяца назад

      Yea, A New Spring. It’s pretty mid

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 2 месяца назад

      A new spring is the prequel novel.

    • @VeggiesOutFront
      @VeggiesOutFront 2 месяца назад

      @@KJWohsBookReviews I stopped reading before the last 2 were released. When did the prequel come out?

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 2 месяца назад

      Released in 2004

  • @iamkrohn
    @iamkrohn 2 месяца назад

    Robin Hobb will break your heart and make you wish for more

  • @kjwonder6411
    @kjwonder6411 3 месяца назад

    Will fix the audio in the future

  • @yassinehadd1835
    @yassinehadd1835 3 месяца назад

    thanks

    • @kjwonder6411
      @kjwonder6411 2 месяца назад

      Needs to upload more parts

  • @yassinehadd1835
    @yassinehadd1835 3 месяца назад

    GREAT WORK, please Continue

  • @AshleyFarmer-uc5ng
    @AshleyFarmer-uc5ng 4 месяца назад

    Also trying to get out of a reading slump! Love watching your videos!

  • @oldbutgold2020
    @oldbutgold2020 4 месяца назад

    Thanks for the shoutout! Glad we could introduce you to a great book trilogy!

  • @deidrew8206
    @deidrew8206 4 месяца назад

    I like the inside info for the audio book options.

  • @kjwonder6411
    @kjwonder6411 4 месяца назад

    Will fix aspect ratio and audio in the future

  • @gavtuc45
    @gavtuc45 4 месяца назад

    Hi, do you accept requests for book reviews?

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 4 месяца назад

      Yes, what would you like reviewed

    • @deidrew8206
      @deidrew8206 4 месяца назад

      I like the graphics.

    • @gavtuc45
      @gavtuc45 4 месяца назад

      @@KJWohsBookReviews I wrote two books is it okay to request those?

    • @KJWohsBookReviews
      @KJWohsBookReviews 4 месяца назад

      @@gavtuc45 what are they!?

    • @gavtuc45
      @gavtuc45 4 месяца назад

      @@KJWohsBookReviews Rise of Maioura and The Digital Swindle, both of which are part of an on-going series named Bobby Braw.

  • @OsWritesNovels
    @OsWritesNovels 4 месяца назад

    Most of these books are on my tbr so I'm hyped to get reading some of them. Oh, and do you by chance have Instagram or any other platform? Would love to get in touch!

  • @haydenmays4623
    @haydenmays4623 4 месяца назад

    I never thought book reviews could be so high octane. :) ❤

  • @kjwonder6411
    @kjwonder6411 4 месяца назад

    New better definition camera coming soon

  • @KJWohsBookReviews
    @KJWohsBookReviews 4 месяца назад

    My Future Videos will be better