Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast· Staffel 2· Folge 37
The Ultimate Guide to Reading Fantasy (Best Books for Every Reader!) 📚 [EP#37]
Freitag, 27. März 2026 · 1 h 08
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Looking for a fantasy book to read? Look no further! We go through every fantasy subgenre in this episode, with recs for beginner to advanced readers!
Books Discussed:
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett
The Elsewhere Express - Samantha Sotto Yambao
Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall
Recursion - Blake Crouch
Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas
The Sword of Kaigen - ML Wang
Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
Sabriel - Garth Nix
The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
The Will of the Many - James Islington
Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber
Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross
Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith
The Crimson Moth (Heartless Hunter) - Kristen Ciccarelli
When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker
A Darker Shade of Magic - VE Schwab
Red City - Marie Lu
Jade City - Fonda Lee
Shadow Hunters - Cassandra Clare
Crescent City - Sarah J Maas
Sword Catcher - Cassandra Clare
Belladonna - Adalyn Grace
Phantasma - Kaylie Smith
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig
Immortal Dark - Tigest Girma
Alchemised - SenLinYu
The Poet Empress - Shen Tao
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab
Th Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Babel - RF Kuang
The Poppy War - RF Kuang
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door - HG Parry
Emily Wilde - Heather Fawcett
The Wishing Game - Meg Shaffer
House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune
Sorcery and Small Magics - Maiga Doocy
A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross
The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young
Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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() intro & current reads
() high fantasy
() fantasy romance
() urban fantasy
() gothic fantasy
() historical fantasy
() cozy fantasy
() magical realism
