OhNoSophia No, you’re not alone! I was excited to read the series because it seemed right up my alley, but I didn’t end up liking it. I made it halfway through the 2nd book and then dnf’d it.
Future video idea: take the books that you ranked "middle school me loved it" and read a few of them again to see if your opinion changes or not!! That would be entertaining and interesting.
@@PeruseProject I read Fablehaven in middle school and recently decided to reread it since I was about to get rid of some old books and I was shocked at how much I still loved it. I'm 20 now and have grown out of a lot of books I used to love, but damn this one was still great.
I needed the list so I made it *****God Tier***** The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson *****Demi-God Tier***** Vicious (Villains #1) by V.E. Schwab Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1) by Melina Marchetta The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns #1) by Rae Carson Warbreaker (Warbreaker #1) by Brandon Sanderson City of Stairs (The Divine Cities #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett The Thief (The Queen's Thief #1) by Megan Whalen Turner A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1) by Katherine Arden The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1) by Jessica Townsend (middlegrade) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett A Winter's Promise (La Passe-Miroir #1) by Christelle Dabos The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson *****Great***** Neverwhere (London Below, The World of Neverwhere #1) by Neil Gaiman Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities #1) by Shannon Messenger, (middle-grade) The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy #1) by Marie Rutkoski The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling #1) by Erika Johansen Flamecaster (Shattered Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima Six of Crows (The Six of Crows Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo Uprooted by Naomi Novik This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo #1) by Rick Riordan Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1) by Kendare Blake The Queen's Poisoner (Kingfountain #1) by Jeff Wheeler Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera #1) by Jim Butcher The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy #1) by Robin Hobb The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien The Demon King (Seven Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1) by Scott Lynch The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1) by N.K. Jemisin The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1) by Brent Weeks A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin *****Heart-eyes***** Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas Chain of Gold (The Last Hours #1) by Cassandra Clare Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1) by Brigid Kemmerer Poison Study (Poison Study #1) by Maria V. Snyder Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas *****Good***** The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen Written in Red (The Others #1) by Anne Bishop The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #3) by Rick Riordan Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy #1) by Rae Carson The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1) by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare Truthwitch (The Witchlands #1) by Susan Dennard The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies #1) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows Furthermore (Furthermore #1) by Tahereh Mafi The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon #1) by Alison Goodman The Last Magician (The Last Magician #1) by Lisa Maxwell An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig Elantris (Elantris #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi (middlegrade) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) by Piers Anthony Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher *****Middle School***** The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1) by Michael Scott The Secret Hour (Midnighters #1) by Scott Westerfeld Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1) by Eoin Colfer City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare The Dragon Heir (The Heir Chronicles #3) by Cinda Williams Chima Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) by Kristin Cashore Twilight (The Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer Fablehaven (Fablehaven #1) by Brandon Mull The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia #1) by C.S. Lewis Everlost (Skinjacker #1) by Neal Shusterman Redwall (Redwall #1) by Brian Jacques The Dark Hills Divide (The Land of Elyon #1) by Patrick Carman
to me it completely depends on the type of Sci fi, for example, I would include Star Wars (though unpopular opinion, Star Wars is not actually Sci Fi at all) but not the Leviathan Wakes Series.
I think theres alot of overlap with readers here too, alot of fantasy fans are sci fi fans too and vice versa, but of course theres always exceptions to the rule and it's those that like one but not the other that end up insisting on making the distinction
Read the series when i was younger. But i don’t remember too much of it. I think at the time it felt too convoluted for me to read, but some of the book i do remember enjoying. Still have the books with me, might give it another try.
@@popenieafantome9527 Definitely give them a new reread! It’s a great fandom and it seems to be happening a new resurgence of it. I highly recommend to follow the channel “Into the wardrobe” for everyone who likes that series.
@@bashfulpanda2596 some people just like having physical copies to hang on to. Personally, i also like owning a physical copy, but have no problem with using a library or online resources. Even if the books are cheap, after a while it will make a dent.
Awww, keep reading The Raven Boys, the boys do endear themselves to you and their personal stories, experiences, and motivations become clearer as the story evolves, the magic system blossoms as well, and it really is a beautiful tale.
Living for your content right now! Since you've been reading romance, you should make a romance tier ranking!! I've been watching old reading vlogs, and they're keeping me sane right now Also, I know your bookshelves are little chaotic bc you have so many books, but not enough space, but I would love to see a bookshelf tour!!!
I could never clump series together in a tier, sometimes I love the first book and then hate the next. Good for you being able to do this, so much work went into it
I wish there was a breakdown in the description of the video. It's so hard to read the titles and the captions of the video doesnt always accurately name the title or author. I'd love to add some to a wish list or buy them but cant identify them!
I've recently started delving into booktube, and this was honestly such a highlight! I'm glad that you gave a little explanation of your choices, especially because I am old and haven't heard of a lot of them, and will be adding them to my TBR pile. But, since I am old, I will now complain about some things: No Le Guin?! The Earthsea books are so fantastic, especially The Tombs of Atuan. Also, give Guy Gavriel Kay a try, most of his books are duologies or stand alones, and Tigana is great. Jo Walton's The Just City is fantastic as are it's sequels. Same for Sofia Samatar's The Winged Histories.
Those Percy Jackson books were my childhood and every time a new one came out I would finish them in no fewer than three days. I absolutely adore those books. That said, I agree that Tolkien being lower is kinda crazy. Although The Lord of the Rings was his real masterpiece while the Hobbit was only "great," so I guess there's that.
@@DanielJones-xj9nt Have you read much other fantasy, it's important in its influence but in quality there are many better than it, especially the hobit
This just confirms to me why you’re my favorite booktuber and why I always trust your recommendations 😁 I added everything from the demi god tier I haven’t read yet to my TBR for next month lmao ❤️
I'm not going to lie, some of these broke my heart (City of Bones, Clockwork Angel, Red Queen) but I still love you Reagan! Everyone has a right to their own opinions. I'm saddened that I haven't read any of your god tier books, I need to change that! Very enjoyable video as always!
I love how honest you are about your rankings, I feel like some books get swept away with hype (or just book tube in general)! It also makes me feel like I give my books too high of ratings
You are the first booktuber who has a lot of the same opinions as me on fantasy series, and who has read a lot of the obscure fantasy books I have and I just feel so VALIDATED
Just finished The Name of The Wind and I absolutely LOVED it! Thank you so much for putting it on my radar! Now I can proudly say I’ve read and also absolutely ADORED all of the books/series you put in God tier
Twilight was my life in 8th-12th grade. I honestly love that you have a middle school me loved it for that reason. Twilight honestly got me into reading and I owe it to Stephanie Meyer. CS Lewis wrote The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!
Really enjoyed this. Next time it would be nice to see a close up on the books in your top 3 tiers during the outro or something. I had a hard time catching all of the titles
I'd super suggest the Good Omens Amazon show! Even if you didn't particularly love the book, I'd still say give it a try; it brings the characters to life in such a charming way, and the script was written by Neil Gaiman!
Who else can do a tier ranking for fantasy? Definitely Reagan! That’s why I bought some of the books you’ve read and recommended. I love your reviews about it. I think most of the books I have here are all your recommendations.
would've been nice if there was a list though, some of the tiles are hard to make out of and the book covers are so little you almost can't read the title. 😭
Wow. That is twice or three times as big as the biggest tier list I've seen on book tube. Useful to see where you put things and very thorough and well-organized.
Morfeus not sure if they were translated, and in France they’re definitely not underrated, but the Pierre Bottero books (although you gotta start with the two Ewilan trilogies, which are middle grade and not the best by him)
Morfeus Unfortunately I looked and all the series I checked were not translated (it is not very common 😕) I saw that Maxime Chanttam was translated in many languages like spanish, polish etc. Maybe in the futur they will translate « Autre-Monde » in english wich is a very good midlegrade fantasy 😊
@@mathildegauthier7924 This is so annoying! I was going to recommend the Pierre Bottero series (I saw someone already did but they're really great), assuming there were translated because they are very popular in France, but ugh... I wish more French novels were translated into english
The stress of the world was just making me sick this morning, and I popped onto youtube, saw this video in my feed, clicked, and just smiled so much at the sound of her positive upbeat voice. Thank you for the happiness!
COME ON, THE HOBBIT IS GOD TIER. EASILY. The quality of the story aside, the immensity of Tolkien's importance to the Fantasy Genre automatically makes his work God Tier.
@@micaelafernandezalvi3855 The book or the movies? The Hobbit book is definitely not on the level of the LotR books but it's still a fantastic book. The movies on the other hand...
"The immensity of Tolkien's importance to the Fantasy Genre aside", The Hobbit is an incredible book. It is nothing like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. LOTR is an epic of far reaching consequences that is rich in lore and world building. The Hobbit is closer to a light heated (at least compared with the LOTR trilogy) adventure/underdog story. It is a lot of fun and one of my favorites, but it is a very different type of book from LOTR.
@@TheWedusa I find your assertion that Tolkien can't compare to Sanderson and Rothfuss to be an utterly delusional take, as Middle Earth is arguably the greatest Fantasy world ever created and he wrote the Quenta Silmarillion because he thought the languages he invented as a linguist needed some background, one of the greatest flexes an author has ever made. Sanderson and Rothfuss produce great work, but Tolkien's work is counted among the Classics of English Literature, a strata the former won't ever reach.
I loved watching this! It was so nice just listening to you talk about fantasy and thank you for the Warbreaker appreciatedtion. It is so underrated. Vivenna's arc is one of my favourit character arc's ever! edit It would be really cool to see a ranking of some fantasy characters, maybe from your favourit fantasy books
I actually liked this video! Usually your list rec videos come off as kind of scripted and rehearsed (which isn't a bad thing) and this seemed much more off the cuff and casual and cut to the point and that was kind of fun. It was a slightly different side of you just narrating what you were doing instead of talking as directly, intentionally at us. So yeah, cool vid! Not sure what other ratings you would do, but I'd probably watch!
Ok but this is actually such a useful quick reference guide, lol. My fantasy tastes tend to line up fairly close to yours so this def helps me prioritize which books I should get to sooner! I'm also SO curious to see what I think of The Golden Compass now. I also read them in middle school and have meant to reread them ever since the show came out.
Loved that. Favourite tier list video ever (probably because you've read so much and both ya and adult + because of your personality 😘). "Winter's Promise is so clever" - I can't wait to see you read the third book, it brings it to a whole other level.
Aww I LOVED Rubyred when I was like 14/15, Gideon and Gwendolyn were literally my everything. They were one of the first fantasy books I ever read, bc they’re originally in German and that’s my native language. I think I would still like them today, if anything for the nostalgia factor, but I get why people wouldn’t like them either, so my heart only hurts a little bit lol
I can confirm that I just recently read Graceling off your recommendation and it was very good! Also a winter’s promise is definitely a new favorite of mine!
I’m going to be adding books I haven’t read from your God, Demi-God and great tier to my TBR!! We love a video that serves as a huge recommendation list as well as being quality content in general 💫
It makes me so happy that you included keeper of the lost cities, a curse so dark and lonely, and magisterium because those are some of my favorite fantasy series that often get overlooked
My heart broke with your positioning of Ruby Red 😭 it is a german series (I‘m from Germany) and I loved it to pieces a few years ago. Do you think maybe the translation was rubbish??
Actually, if you are older than 17, that series is not for you. For children and teens it might be good, allthough i think still to shallow and vain to teach something usefull. But as a grown-up, its unbearable. not much better than twilight. Ok, not as bad as twilight. But simply a little infantil.
I think my heart shattered a bit when you didn't put The Bear and The Nightingale in the God Tier category. But I have to agree with you on The Name of The Wind being in God Tier. So. Incredible. I'm reading the second book right now and I am...scared.
Hard disagree with Red Queen. It's tropey as hell but that's why I liked it. It wasn't new or different. It was just fun and tropey and a good time to dive into for a while.
I agree with everything you say, EXCEPT for the Codex Alera series. I re-read it this month, and it still holds up! God tier for me. The characters, the banter, the foreshadowing, the political intrigue, character developement, the friendships, plus a nice change from medieval fantasy to a Roman Empire inspired world, and a cool, not too complicated magic system, even if it is not the most original magic system, but I still love it and I think i actually found the series through you years ago. So, THANK YOU.
We have similar taste in books, so this video is a godsend! Already have some on hold at the library. Love that you had a heart eyes tier... Sometimes you just want to read a good romance.
Have you ever heard of Steven Erikson's 'The Malazan Book Of The Fallen'? This is far and away the most ambitious Fantasy series ever written, and it's a world-builders wet dream lol Erikson works as an Archaeologist and Anthropologist when he isn't adding stories to this world, and it shows in his writing, because his grasp of the cyclical nature of civilizations and how they build on each other over time IS SO DEEP. There's also A LOT of interaction between Gods and Mortals in this series, as Mortals are mere pieces in the Grand Game!
I read a lot of fantasy books and I think I only have 12 crossovers with you, there is so much that I love that you haven't even touched on that it makes it hard for me to even judge if our taste is similar or not.
Thank you for this, will be revamping my tbr status post peruseproject’s tier ranking post. Loved the tearling! It is indeed underrated, same as winner’s curse. Would bump down girl on fire and thorns to good or great. And ember i would put down to just good. The hobbit rating can be stretched up to demigod. Thanks for this!
I loved watching your tier rankings! I hope you do some more of them. I am new to fantasy so I haven't read many fantasy books so I am curious to read some of the ones you rated high. I am going to start reading the third book in the ACOTAR series soon. I liked the first one but loved the second one.
I waited to watch this video because I absolutely did not want any disturbance. Gonna take my sweet 30 minutes and watch it now. Love u Reagan. You r a fantasy queen
I'm currently reading them and I've just finished the fourth book and yeah they're so much better than the show. Although I still love the show up until around season 7.
I highly recommend River God series from Wilbur Smith! It is an old series but never gets too old. It’s a passionate love story in ancient Egypt. I still dearly protect these books in my library and touch them with a smile every time in front of them.
This video makes me so happy! I’ve been in a quarantine reading slump, and I always go to your videos when I want to get out of that 🥰 Do you think you could talk about books that represent New York or books that are affected by your personal environment?
You’ve read a lot of fantasy! I’d also recommend The Books of Pellinor, Uprooted, and The Ghost Bride. Spinning Silver and the Broken Earth trilogy are on my list to read!
I‘m late wow but I must say I personally absolutely adore the ruby red series. It‘s by a german author and since I‘m german I read the original version and loved it so much. I always thought that there is no way the translation could be even remotely as good as the original since it has a very unique kind of humor that works very well with the german language which is why I could totally see that a lot of it gets lost in translation and the humor is a big part of what makes this trilogy as fun as I think it is. And all that is coming from someone that rarely reads in german anymore because I much prefer the english language. (I‘m also just not a fan of translations of books anyways)
I’ve been looking for this comment haha. When I first read the mortal instruments I loved it so much I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I still love it but after reading the rest of the shadow hunter chronicles I see that Cassie’s writing has improved so much since City of Bones
@@chrisfrench9257 If nothing else she's definitely read more of Brandon Sanderson. She has Oathbringer on the shelf behind her in the beginning of the video. I'm pretty sure that she put The Way of Kings as god tier because of the series of a whole. Either way each book in the series, for me at least, was spectacular.
I am sooo glad to hear other people talking about Girl of Fire and Thorns and Winner's Curse!! Makes me want to give Kiss of Deception and An Ember in the Ashes another try hahaha.
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I only have ONE regret and that is Queen of the Tearling should be in Demi-God tier
Am I nuts or did you forget Strange the Dreamer?
I agree 😂 I was so surprised when you put it in great it was the only decision that actually surprised me.
leah b She said that she wouldn’t include any series that she hasn’t read two or more so I guess Strange the Dreamer counts
Am I the only one who didn't love this? I would've put it in 'good'.
OhNoSophia No, you’re not alone! I was excited to read the series because it seemed right up my alley, but I didn’t end up liking it. I made it halfway through the 2nd book and then dnf’d it.
Future video idea: take the books that you ranked "middle school me loved it" and read a few of them again to see if your opinion changes or not!! That would be entertaining and interesting.
Great idea!
@@PeruseProject I read Fablehaven in middle school and recently decided to reread it since I was about to get rid of some old books and I was shocked at how much I still loved it. I'm 20 now and have grown out of a lot of books I used to love, but damn this one was still great.
@@Jade-pt6ke I love fablehaven too
I needed the list so I made it
*****God Tier*****
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson
*****Demi-God Tier*****
Vicious (Villains #1) by V.E. Schwab
Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1) by Melina Marchetta
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns #1) by Rae Carson
Warbreaker (Warbreaker #1) by Brandon Sanderson
City of Stairs (The Divine Cities #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Thief (The Queen's Thief #1) by Megan Whalen Turner
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1) by Katherine Arden
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty
The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1) by Jessica Townsend (middlegrade)
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
A Winter's Promise (La Passe-Miroir #1) by Christelle Dabos
The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson
*****Great*****
Neverwhere (London Below, The World of Neverwhere #1) by Neil Gaiman
Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities #1) by Shannon Messenger, (middle-grade)
The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy #1) by Marie Rutkoski
The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir
The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling #1) by Erika Johansen
Flamecaster (Shattered Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
Six of Crows (The Six of Crows Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo #1) by Rick Riordan
Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1) by Kendare Blake
The Queen's Poisoner (Kingfountain #1) by Jeff Wheeler
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera #1) by Jim Butcher
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy #1) by Robin Hobb
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Demon King (Seven Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1) by Scott Lynch
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1) by N.K. Jemisin
The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1) by Brent Weeks
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin
*****Heart-eyes*****
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas
Chain of Gold (The Last Hours #1) by Cassandra Clare
Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black
A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1) by Brigid Kemmerer
Poison Study (Poison Study #1) by Maria V. Snyder
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas
*****Good*****
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen
Written in Red (The Others #1) by Anne Bishop
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #3) by Rick Riordan
Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy #1) by Rae Carson
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater
The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1) by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
Truthwitch (The Witchlands #1) by Susan Dennard
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies #1) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows
Furthermore (Furthermore #1) by Tahereh Mafi
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon #1) by Alison Goodman
The Last Magician (The Last Magician #1) by Lisa Maxwell
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
Elantris (Elantris #1) by Brandon Sanderson
The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi (middlegrade)
On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) by Piers Anthony
Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
*****Middle School*****
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1) by Michael Scott
The Secret Hour (Midnighters #1) by Scott Westerfeld
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1) by Eoin Colfer
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare
The Dragon Heir (The Heir Chronicles #3) by Cinda Williams Chima
Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) by Kristin Cashore
Twilight (The Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer
Fablehaven (Fablehaven #1) by Brandon Mull
The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia #1) by C.S. Lewis
Everlost (Skinjacker #1) by Neal Shusterman
Redwall (Redwall #1) by Brian Jacques
The Dark Hills Divide (The Land of Elyon #1) by Patrick Carman
omg thanks for the efforts
omg you're amazing tyty
Thank u so much, i hope you sleep well tonight
Thank you !
You're God sent 🙊❤️
You only have a "no" tier 😂 as a negative. you're too kind
Also I COMPLETELY agree about sci fi not being part of fantasy but I feel like that’s taboo to talk about 🙊
haha yeah I def see that! Everyone has dif ways to organize the fantasy genre for sure!
i classify it as fantasy because it’s just modern magic. star wars is space wizards
to me it completely depends on the type of Sci fi, for example, I would include Star Wars (though unpopular opinion, Star Wars is not actually Sci Fi at all) but not the Leviathan Wakes Series.
I think theres alot of overlap with readers here too, alot of fantasy fans are sci fi fans too and vice versa, but of course theres always exceptions to the rule and it's those that like one but not the other that end up insisting on making the distinction
Fiction -> Sci-Fi
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My heart absolutely shattered when you couldn't remember The Chronicles of Narnia series, then moved it out of the demigod category!! Broke me!
Biggest agree! Those books are wonderful
A comment has never represent me so much. I literally screamed “NARNIA!!!!! _how did she forget?_”
Read the series when i was younger. But i don’t remember too much of it. I think at the time it felt too convoluted for me to read, but some of the book i do remember enjoying. Still have the books with me, might give it another try.
@@popenieafantome9527 Definitely give them a new reread! It’s a great fandom and it seems to be happening a new resurgence of it. I highly recommend to follow the channel “Into the wardrobe” for everyone who likes that series.
Can't believe Lord of the Rings hasn't been read/finished by you! 🙃 It's a staple and so good!
My wallet just cannot handle a 100 book vid from Reagan...💗💗
Having fun isnt hard when you've got a library card
No kidding! Mine either!
@@bashfulpanda2596 some people just like having physical copies to hang on to. Personally, i also like owning a physical copy, but have no problem with using a library or online resources. Even if the books are cheap, after a while it will make a dent.
Awww, keep reading The Raven Boys, the boys do endear themselves to you and their personal stories, experiences, and motivations become clearer as the story evolves, the magic system blossoms as well, and it really is a beautiful tale.
I loved the whole series except the ending! It was so anticlimactic :/
I love how it’s just “no” 😂
Tier ranking vids are the best ways to get recs hehe thank you 🤩
I aspire to read 100+ fantasy series 😂 Reagan the absolute queen 👑
Is it weird to want to print out this list (or at least the god to good tiers) and read through them as a "must-read Fantasy List"?
Not at all! I paused and took a screen shot;P it's why she does what she does, Ty :)
It's a great idea, actually
why would it be weird lol go for it queen 👑
I went through and added to my goodreads and plan on bumping many up on my tbr list!
As long as you skip Name of the Wind, sure 😁👍
This is the tier-ranking that I've highly waited and anticipated. Finally, it's here!
Living for your content right now! Since you've been reading romance, you should make a romance tier ranking!! I've been watching old reading vlogs, and they're keeping me sane right now
Also, I know your bookshelves are little chaotic bc you have so many books, but not enough space, but I would love to see a bookshelf tour!!!
I LOVED THIS!! But you're wrong about Vampire Academy hahahah. I still love that series
me too, twilight who
Hahaha. I loved it also but I don’t think I’d dig it as much now.
I reread it last year, and man did it NOT stand the test of time for me lol
Vampire Academy and The Summoning series hit younger me hard lol
I could never clump series together in a tier, sometimes I love the first book and then hate the next. Good for you being able to do this, so much work went into it
I wish there was a breakdown in the description of the video. It's so hard to read the titles and the captions of the video doesnt always accurately name the title or author. I'd love to add some to a wish list or buy them but cant identify them!
I've recently started delving into booktube, and this was honestly such a highlight! I'm glad that you gave a little explanation of your choices, especially because I am old and haven't heard of a lot of them, and will be adding them to my TBR pile. But, since I am old, I will now complain about some things:
No Le Guin?! The Earthsea books are so fantastic, especially The Tombs of Atuan. Also, give Guy Gavriel Kay a try, most of his books are duologies or stand alones, and Tigana is great. Jo Walton's The Just City is fantastic as are it's sequels. Same for Sofia Samatar's The Winged Histories.
seeing tolkien below lightning thief is really bugging me
Those Percy Jackson books were my childhood and every time a new one came out I would finish them in no fewer than three days. I absolutely adore those books. That said, I agree that Tolkien being lower is kinda crazy. Although The Lord of the Rings was his real masterpiece while the Hobbit was only "great," so I guess there's that.
seeing the hobbit on the same level as the kiss of deception that is bugging me, I really hated this book, tolkien didn't deserved this 😂
That's why it's her list and not yours hehe
LOTR is buns
@@DanielJones-xj9nt Have you read much other fantasy, it's important in its influence but in quality there are many better than it, especially the hobit
This just confirms to me why you’re my favorite booktuber and why I always trust your recommendations 😁
I added everything from the demi god tier I haven’t read yet to my TBR for next month lmao ❤️
Add Chronicles of Narnia too. She almost put it in Demi God.
I'm not going to lie, some of these broke my heart (City of Bones, Clockwork Angel, Red Queen) but I still love you Reagan! Everyone has a right to their own opinions. I'm saddened that I haven't read any of your god tier books, I need to change that! Very enjoyable video as always!
I love how honest you are about your rankings, I feel like some books get swept away with hype (or just book tube in general)! It also makes me feel like I give my books too high of ratings
You are the first booktuber who has a lot of the same opinions as me on fantasy series, and who has read a lot of the obscure fantasy books I have and I just feel so VALIDATED
Just finished The Name of The Wind and I absolutely LOVED it! Thank you so much for putting it on my radar! Now I can proudly say I’ve read and also absolutely ADORED all of the books/series you put in God tier
I'm about to finish name of the wind, are you reading the sequel?
Mjot101 I’m about to!
@@Bella-qn3um Same lol, starting it tomorrow. The ending of name of the wind was so damn good
"Artemis Fowl.. Can't wait for the movie."
Watching post it's release is big oof.
Twilight was my life in 8th-12th grade. I honestly love that you have a middle school me loved it for that reason. Twilight honestly got me into reading and I owe it to Stephanie Meyer.
CS Lewis wrote The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!
You are the only booktuber whose ranking video I watched till the end and added some solid stuff to my tbr! Thank you⭐
one of my fav tier ranking videos yet!!! you have read so many fantasy books i am in awe!!!!
you gotta re-read the golden compass trilogy, one of my all time favourites! so unique and I think all the characters are brilliantly written
Really enjoyed this. Next time it would be nice to see a close up on the books in your top 3 tiers during the outro or something. I had a hard time catching all of the titles
I'd super suggest the Good Omens Amazon show! Even if you didn't particularly love the book, I'd still say give it a try; it brings the characters to life in such a charming way, and the script was written by Neil Gaiman!
I’ve been reading the Stormlight Archives over quarantine and omg I love it!!! I freaking love Kaladin. Thanks for recommending it Reagan 💗
Who else can do a tier ranking for fantasy? Definitely Reagan! That’s why I bought some of the books you’ve read and recommended. I love your reviews about it. I think most of the books I have here are all your recommendations.
would've been nice if there was a list though, some of the tiles are hard to make out of and the book covers are so little you almost can't read the title. 😭
Another video 😍😍 man i love the amount of content you upload every week
Wow. That is twice or three times as big as the biggest tier list I've seen on book tube. Useful to see where you put things and very thorough and well-organized.
As a French I am very happy with A Winter’s promise being in demi god tier 😍 It is one of my favorite series of all time !
Mathilde Gauthier do you recommend any french criminally underrated fantasy novel?
Morfeus not sure if they were translated, and in France they’re definitely not underrated, but the Pierre Bottero books (although you gotta start with the two Ewilan trilogies, which are middle grade and not the best by him)
Morfeus Unfortunately I looked and all the series I checked were not translated (it is not very common 😕)
I saw that Maxime Chanttam was translated in many languages like spanish, polish etc. Maybe in the futur they will translate « Autre-Monde » in english wich is a very good midlegrade fantasy 😊
Mathilde Gauthier Good news! I can read in couple of other languages like German for example 😂 🇪🇺 Perks of being European.
@@mathildegauthier7924 This is so annoying! I was going to recommend the Pierre Bottero series (I saw someone already did but they're really great), assuming there were translated because they are very popular in France, but ugh... I wish more French novels were translated into english
The stress of the world was just making me sick this morning, and I popped onto youtube, saw this video in my feed, clicked, and just smiled so much at the sound of her positive upbeat voice. Thank you for the happiness!
Vampire Academy in "No" kinda breaks my heart 💔
All of booktube has been waiting for this
I don't think I've ever been so excited to see a video notification pop up!!
COME ON, THE HOBBIT IS GOD TIER. EASILY. The quality of the story aside, the immensity of Tolkien's importance to the Fantasy Genre automatically makes his work God Tier.
Lotr is god tier. I was very disappointed with the hobbit
Tolkien is the T Ford of fantasy imo, he was great and he set the stage.. but he cant compare to the Teslas of fantasy like Sandersson or Rothfuss. :)
@@micaelafernandezalvi3855 The book or the movies? The Hobbit book is definitely not on the level of the LotR books but it's still a fantastic book. The movies on the other hand...
"The immensity of Tolkien's importance to the Fantasy Genre aside", The Hobbit is an incredible book.
It is nothing like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. LOTR is an epic of far reaching consequences that is rich in lore and world building.
The Hobbit is closer to a light heated (at least compared with the LOTR trilogy) adventure/underdog story. It is a lot of fun and one of my favorites, but it is a very different type of book from LOTR.
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I find your assertion that Tolkien can't compare to Sanderson and Rothfuss to be an utterly delusional take, as Middle Earth is arguably the greatest Fantasy world ever created and he wrote the Quenta Silmarillion because he thought the languages he invented as a linguist needed some background, one of the greatest flexes an author has ever made. Sanderson and Rothfuss produce great work, but Tolkien's work is counted among the Classics of English Literature, a strata the former won't ever reach.
Great video! Perfect timing, I was just looking for some good fantasy inspiration for the summer. Thanks!
The entire video my main thought was “The Way of Kings better be in God tier” and my second thought was “Saving this video for future fantasy recs”
I’m just happy Stormlight Archive is in God tier! The Queen of Tearling should be Demi-god!
Agreed!
PeruseProject I think you replying just made my day 😀
I loved watching this! It was so nice just listening to you talk about fantasy and thank you for the Warbreaker appreciatedtion. It is so underrated. Vivenna's arc is one of my favourit character arc's ever!
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It would be really cool to see a ranking of some fantasy characters, maybe from your favourit fantasy books
I actually liked this video! Usually your list rec videos come off as kind of scripted and rehearsed (which isn't a bad thing) and this seemed much more off the cuff and casual and cut to the point and that was kind of fun. It was a slightly different side of you just narrating what you were doing instead of talking as directly, intentionally at us. So yeah, cool vid! Not sure what other ratings you would do, but I'd probably watch!
Ok but this is actually such a useful quick reference guide, lol. My fantasy tastes tend to line up fairly close to yours so this def helps me prioritize which books I should get to sooner! I'm also SO curious to see what I think of The Golden Compass now. I also read them in middle school and have meant to reread them ever since the show came out.
this was soooo relaxing!! and i really just love how even the nostalgic in you is like yeah it was good but ehhhh no
Loved that. Favourite tier list video ever (probably because you've read so much and both ya and adult + because of your personality 😘). "Winter's Promise is so clever" - I can't wait to see you read the third book, it brings it to a whole other level.
Aww I LOVED Rubyred when I was like 14/15, Gideon and Gwendolyn were literally my everything. They were one of the first fantasy books I ever read, bc they’re originally in German and that’s my native language. I think I would still like them today, if anything for the nostalgia factor, but I get why people wouldn’t like them either, so my heart only hurts a little bit lol
Middle-school-me loved it. What a fabulous category! Also heart eyes. You are speaking to me today :)
I'd love to see you rank some contemporary/romance books and series too!
What a thorough look at fantasy! I’d recommend Lockwood & Co for great read - kids and ghosts! It’s amazing!
Fell in love with this series too. Good rec!
I can confirm that I just recently read Graceling off your recommendation and it was very good! Also a winter’s promise is definitely a new favorite of mine!
I’m going to be adding books I haven’t read from your God, Demi-God and great tier to my TBR!! We love a video that serves as a huge recommendation list as well as being quality content in general 💫
It makes me so happy that you included keeper of the lost cities, a curse so dark and lonely, and magisterium because those are some of my favorite fantasy series that often get overlooked
My heart broke with your positioning of Ruby Red 😭 it is a german series (I‘m from Germany) and I loved it to pieces a few years ago. Do you think maybe the translation was rubbish??
My heart broke too! I love it and the movies.
I read it in dutch when I was 12 and it was really the hype book, even for my friends who normally don't read as much + the covers are amazing 😍
I agree and I'm not German! I love that series!!
Amazing books! 😍
Actually, if you are older than 17, that series is not for you. For children and teens it might be good, allthough i think still to shallow and vain to teach something usefull. But as a grown-up, its unbearable. not much better than twilight. Ok, not as bad as twilight. But simply a little infantil.
Im so glad you made one of these!!! Ive been obsesses with tier ranking hope you make more
I think my heart shattered a bit when you didn't put The Bear and The Nightingale in the God Tier category. But I have to agree with you on The Name of The Wind being in God Tier. So. Incredible. I'm reading the second book right now and I am...scared.
Hard disagree with Red Queen. It's tropey as hell but that's why I liked it. It wasn't new or different. It was just fun and tropey and a good time to dive into for a while.
agree! not a literature masterpiece or anything but entertaining
@@elenajovancic6208 your opinion, not ours. I love it.
I agree with everything you say, EXCEPT for the Codex Alera series. I re-read it this month, and it still holds up! God tier for me. The characters, the banter, the foreshadowing, the political intrigue, character developement, the friendships, plus a nice change from medieval fantasy to a Roman Empire inspired world, and a cool, not too complicated magic system, even if it is not the most original magic system, but I still love it and I think i actually found the series through you years ago. So, THANK YOU.
I’m hurt by the fact that Vampire Academy was put in “No”
Same. It’s one of my favorite series!
MIDNIGHTERS!!!! I need to reread this I remember loving it SO MUCH 💜 also The Queen of the Tearling just bounced on top of my tbr 😂
We have similar taste in books, so this video is a godsend! Already have some on hold at the library. Love that you had a heart eyes tier... Sometimes you just want to read a good romance.
The video we've all been waiting for 🙌
I loved this video! It was so much fun to watch and I love the no-nonsense sorting that comes along with this type of video😂
All of the books in my list came from your video recommendations haha🥰 I trust your judgment and I've liked most of it! Thanks for this video!!
Love this video so much! Thanks for sharing!!! Definitely need to add Brandon Sanderson to my TBR
Have you ever heard of Steven Erikson's 'The Malazan Book Of The Fallen'? This is far and away the most ambitious Fantasy series ever written, and it's a world-builders wet dream lol Erikson works as an Archaeologist and Anthropologist when he isn't adding stories to this world, and it shows in his writing, because his grasp of the cyclical nature of civilizations and how they build on each other over time IS SO DEEP.
There's also A LOT of interaction between Gods and Mortals in this series, as Mortals are mere pieces in the Grand Game!
Seconded. Masterful work of fiction.
I definitely just made a good reads list out of your top favorite fantasy books. Thanks for the good and quick reviews!!
Justice for Vampire Academy !!! It’s my all-time fav😂 no wayyyy!!!!I can’t believe it😂😂 it’s a big YES for me
Love these videos and so glad you did it too!!!! Also, love your set up and low key think you should keep it as your set up!
I read a lot of fantasy books and I think I only have 12 crossovers with you, there is so much that I love that you haven't even touched on that it makes it hard for me to even judge if our taste is similar or not.
Thank you for this, will be revamping my tbr status post peruseproject’s tier ranking post.
Loved the tearling! It is indeed underrated, same as winner’s curse. Would bump down girl on fire and thorns to good or great. And ember i would put down to just good. The hobbit rating can be stretched up to demigod. Thanks for this!
I loved watching your tier rankings! I hope you do some more of them. I am new to fantasy so I haven't read many fantasy books so I am curious to read some of the ones you rated high. I am going to start reading the third book in the ACOTAR series soon. I liked the first one but loved the second one.
Pls do a tier ranking for historical fiction.
I waited to watch this video because I absolutely did not want any disturbance. Gonna take my sweet 30 minutes and watch it now. Love u Reagan. You r a fantasy queen
This was so much fun I would love to see more tier rankings from you
Yes you should definitely read/reread A Song of Ice and Fire, I would love to hear your thoughts on them. They are infinitely better than the show lol
Just the characters and the plot's complexity makes it straight up God tier.
I'm currently reading them and I've just finished the fourth book and yeah they're so much better than the show. Although I still love the show up until around season 7.
I’m reading it currently and it is incredible. Such a well written and expansive story.
Wait for it to finish
This was amazing, I definitely agreed with your ranking for almost all the books that I have also read ☺️ I’ll be taking the Demi god tier as recs 👌🏻
I highly recommend River God series from Wilbur Smith! It is an old series but never gets too old. It’s a passionate love story in ancient Egypt. I still dearly protect these books in my library and touch them with a smile every time in front of them.
This video makes me so happy! I’ve been in a quarantine reading slump, and I always go to your videos when I want to get out of that 🥰 Do you think you could talk about books that represent New York or books that are affected by your personal environment?
You’ve read a lot of fantasy! I’d also recommend The Books of Pellinor, Uprooted, and The Ghost Bride. Spinning Silver and the Broken Earth trilogy are on my list to read!
I loved this! We have very similar tastes, so I'm definitely going to pick up The Fifth Season soon!
More of these, please! I really enjoyed this tier list video. I hope you do more of them!
I‘m late wow but I must say I personally absolutely adore the ruby red series. It‘s by a german author and since I‘m german I read the original version and loved it so much. I always thought that there is no way the translation could be even remotely as good as the original since it has a very unique kind of humor that works very well with the german language which is why I could totally see that a lot of it gets lost in translation and the humor is a big part of what makes this trilogy as fun as I think it is. And all that is coming from someone that rarely reads in german anymore because I much prefer the english language. (I‘m also just not a fan of translations of books anyways)
you just broke my heart with City of Bones😂 Great video, though. Love watching your videos, you're my favourite RUclipsr. Love from Switzerland🙊
I’ve been looking for this comment haha. When I first read the mortal instruments I loved it so much I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I still love it but after reading the rest of the shadow hunter chronicles I see that Cassie’s writing has improved so much since City of Bones
i was shaken TO THE CORE when you put the chronicles of narnia into middle school me loved it-that is like above god tier for me ahaha
I love how you went "Red Queen, no", just as quick as that 😂
This video got me putting loads on my tbr!! Thank you for making such a great video, found loads of recs
omg i have been (impatiently) waiting for this video and already LOVE IT
Honestly, your tier ranking videos are my favorite that I've seen
This video is so amazing to get a lot of recommendations at once! Definitely one I'll get back to once in a while.
You putting the Keeper of the Lost Cities series in the third highest tier makes me SO happy. The series is too underrated.
I must have missed something: Where's The Wheel of Time and Lotr?
I was waiting for them and more BRANDON Sanderson too. Hmph.
Perhaps she hasn't read them? D:
@@chrisfrench9257 If nothing else she's definitely read more of Brandon Sanderson. She has Oathbringer on the shelf behind her in the beginning of the video. I'm pretty sure that she put The Way of Kings as god tier because of the series of a whole. Either way each book in the series, for me at least, was spectacular.
No Malazan Book of the Fallen either, which is easily top of my own list.
Wheeeeeeeeeee
I like the set up you have sitting down. It feels super cozy :)
Yaaaaaassss I've been waiting for you to do this!! (Also, your new setting is gorgeous)
I am sooo glad to hear other people talking about Girl of Fire and Thorns and Winner's Curse!! Makes me want to give Kiss of Deception and An Ember in the Ashes another try hahaha.