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The 21 Must Read Fantasy Books of All Time (booksofbrilliance.com)
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If you are like me, then you are a huge fantasy fan. It is easily my favorite genre and I have to force myself to read to read other books. But for this list, we will be staying with this genre as we share our list of the 21 must read fantasy books of all time!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm always sad to see Codex Alera not get the respect it deserves. Granted, considering its origin, it doesn't deserve much respect, but the end product is just so good imo.

Also never see Embers of Illeniel make the list either. Mageborn is an alright fantasy romp but the Embers prequel series really steps into interesting territory for me. It's that perfect level of fantasy setting meets Sci fi concepts. Like ye Olde battlefield earth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Granted, considering its origin, it doesn't deserve much respect

Can you elaborate on that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Codex Alera started as a drunken bet between Jim and another party that he couldn't write a series on just two wildly disparate concepts. They were "pokemon" and "the lost Roman legion" lmao idk about your feelings but book series founded on foolish drunken bets probably don't deserve much respect. This is a wondrous exception to that rule.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lmao, never knew that. Honestly, that makes it even more impressive to me