Tier List of 200+ Fantasy Books

I'm going to put Crown of Swords Crown of Swords I'm going to put in the A's. much slower pace, but still a good book.

A Little Hatred is clearly going in the S for me, top-tier book.

I thought that Abaddon's Gate was like a average B book. And I had to give up the series cuz it just wasn't going in the right direction for me.

I thought Age of Death was even worse.

Age of Empire got a little better, got back to the B's, but not anything to write home about.

I thought that Age of Legend was a C.

Age of Myth just rocked me. I thought it was so good. I thought it was a like a good S-book.

Age of Swords, I thought it was a fun, but not blowing my mind.

I thought Age of War was a B. It just got convoluted and weird.

Murderbot is a very good series in the beginning. So, I really like this book. It's a fun book about this robot who is takes out his governor module so he can think for himself.

I was not a fan of this book. I just hated the writing. Neil Gaiman just isn't for me.

I thought the next book, Artificial Intelligence, or no, Artificial Condit- Condition was even better. Brought in some really fun side characters.

Assail brought it back, though. Assail's going to the A's, right in the middle of the A's. Very fun read.

Assassin's Apprentice. It's awesome. I love it. I love the character. I love Fitz. I love the writing. Robin Hobb is incredible.

Thought Assassin's Quest however got kind of boring. Love the writing. Love the characters. Worst plot of the bunch.

I thought Avempartha was even better. let's go up here just a little bit.

Before They Are Hanged. This is an S for me. I thought this was awesome. I've read better books, but I loved it.

Best Served Cold, you got this awesome revenge story, but it's so predictable on what's going to happen. This is a very good revenge story, but it didn't do not like didn't reinvent anything for me.

Blackflame I thought was even better and this is probably going to be on the top of the A tier. this is when the world really unveils itself to you.

In Bleak Seasons, we got another shift in tone. I'm going to say Bleak Seasons actually is probably up here and a different person's writing it. I thought it was extremely well done.

Blood Rights this is my favorite up to this point. Putting this in the A's probably near the bottom. thought it was good.

This book Blood and Bone was a was hard for me to read. You're going in the middle of the seas. I thought it was a slog.

And then Blood of Dragons was awesome. You get an S score for me, probably up here. And just a great book.

And I thought Blood of Empire was weak and it's a C. just the tone changed.

Bloodline is just epic. The monsters are getting big and bad and I love what's going on here. Bloodline, probably the best one of the bunch.

The Bonehunters, which is just a shade under Memories of Ice.

Calban's War I thought was not as good as Leviathan Wakes.

Carpe Jugulum. This was weak. Yeah, the witches stories, man, they're just not doing it for me at that point. They need to stop.

Changes, which is like everybody's favorite book, I'm putting this in the C's. I don't know, just the it didn't grab me and I gave up on the series at this point.

But City of Dragons was great. Loved it. Pretty top tier A category for me.

And then The Crock-Pot Trail was a D. I couldn't even finish it.

everybody's least favorite Wheel of Time book, The Crossroads of Twilight, I'm putting in the B's.

Dawnshard which I thought was another one of those little short books but better than Edgedancer.

Dead Beat similar you know it's good not like insane good but I love the ending.

Deadhouse Gates, you rock. Love this story. the ending of this book is one of the only books that made me legitimately cry like a baby.

Deadhouse Landing, as I'm thinking about it now, is probably going towards the near the bottom of the S's. I did I did like it a lot.

Death Masks I don't know. These books are all really samey to me. and I'm not a big like detective guy.

Dragon Haven. Oh man. You were a bad book. Top of the D's for you. it's rough, man.

Dragon Keeper's the worst of the Realm of the Elderlings book to this point. putting you probably down here.

Dreadgod, the most recent one, extremely hyped up book, and it was just a B. I had so many problems with this book. the ending was good, the rest of it wasn't.

Dreams of Steel is the next one. And I'm putting this in the A category. I thought this was a very well done.

Dust of Dreams is an A. I thought it failed in a lot of regards. It still had the same like mystique and fun of a Malazan book.

Edgedancer which I didn't think needed to be written. It's just a little side story about a character I don't care about. Actually, you're going down here. just boring.

Elantris, this book bottom of the C's for me. God, this was boring. Couldn't believe Brandon Sanderson wrote this cuz I love Brandon Sanderson.

Empire of the Vampire I read just recently by Jay Kristoff. Thought it was awesome. Just awesome.

Equal Rites was the first of the Witches books. it was okay, not that funny, probably the weakest up to that point.

Eric, weak stuff. It's a illustrated book. The illustrations are nice. That's the only nice thing about it.

Exit Strategy was the weakest. Going down here. Just more of the same.

Fall of Light, and it pains me to do this is right here. It's just fill It's a fill It's like philosophy and that's all it is to me. I couldn't even finish it.

Feet of Clay I thought was funnier than Men at Arms. Not quite of Guards! Guards! quality, but man, Night's Watch is good.

Fires of Vengeance, the next book that came out, I thought was good, not great. probably going to put it right here. borderline great.

I thought Full Moon was good. you know put it here. You know got a lot of the same problems with writing style to me.

Fool's Quest I thought was another S book. Not as good as some of the others, but awesome.

Fool's Errand, which is the next book, and this is a new trilogy back to the Fitz and the Fool from the original trilogy. it's awesome. going in the S.

I love Fool's Fate. Fool's Fate's probably going up here, right about there. Loved it a lot. Good trilogy.

Then Fugitive Telemetry, I couldn't even finish. Because it's just more of the same, but not as good.

Gardens of the Moon is an A. If I read it again today, it would be an S. I'm quite confident because I missed I just was confused from start to finish.

Ghostwater a lot of people say this is their favorite of the of the books or up there but it's not for me. I'm putting this down below, Unsouled.

Going Postal I liked, didn't wasn't in love with it, putting it in the middle of the A's.

Golden Fool I thought was not as good. the plot just kind of all of a sudden hit a crescendo at the end out of the blue. And yeah, problems with it, but still loved it.

I thought Golden Son was an A.

Grave Peril similar story. not similar story but similar reasons for liking it. I thought the story kept the writing kept getting a little bit better.

This is pretty top-tier book. I'm going to put this as the best book yet. I love it. I laughed out loud.

Hogfather. A lot of people's favorite Terry Pratchett book. I liked it. probably in the A category. An awesome Christmas parody. yeah, loved it.

House of Chains, which is another incredible book. Probably right in the middle of these two.

Interesting Times. This is a one of my favorite Rincewind books. not a huge Rincewind fan, but I liked it a lot.

But then I got to this one Iron Gold. It's a new trilogy. I just wish it didn't get written.

Jingo. It's a B. It's good. Not incredible, but good.

Kellanved's Reach got even better. I'm putting Kellanved's Reach here.

it got very convoluted. I disliked a lot of this book. I did finish it, so I'm putting in the C category, but it made me not want to finish out the series.

The Last Argument of Kings is one of my favorite books of all time. gosh, this ending so good. The writing's incredible. The battles are so good.

Legends and Lattes is in that same realm where it's just fun, just casual fun. Go on The Middle of the Aisle.

I'm putting this in the A category. I thought it was really good. Didn't grab me like some of the other people did.

This is when they start really going downhill for me. I'm going to the bottom. The witches I just wish they stopped writing at that point.

The Mad Ship I liked you more. You're going to go right here.

Malice is a top tier S.

Maskerade. No. I believe this is a this is a take on what's that play? The Phantom of the Opera? And I'm not like a Phantom of the Opera guy, so did not work for me.

Memories of Ice is one of my favorite books of all time and many people's favorite Malazan book.

Men at Arms. Gosh, it's funny. Not quite at the peak of Guards! Guards!, but good stuff.

Midnight Tides, another top-tier incredible book that went to a new continent with all new characters and I appreciate it and you rock.

Monstrous Regiment, this is so good. I'm really high on Monstrous Regiment. another individual story, I believe.

I thought Morning Star was a pretty top-tier A. I liked the way the series ended.

Mort is my first A book in this bunch. Mort's good. It brings the Death character in.

Mother of Learning, the first arc, I think it's good. I've I've only read the first arc. I'm going to read the second arc soon. Doesn't like blow my mind, but it's really good book.

Moving Pictures another individual story. I'm putting throwing it in the A. It's good. Don't know what else to say. Good book.

Network Effect was a full-length novel, and I gave that an A. Put that in the middle. Thought the full-length novel really allowed it to get some different aspects to it.

New Spring, this is where I read it, so I'm putting it here. I just felt like it didn't need to be written. I'm putting you in the C's.

Night Watch is like a bottom of the A's. I love the Night Watch, but I just didn't love this whole like back in time story line.

Night of Knives was not amazing. It's a B tier. it's very clearly Esslemont trying to find his footing. and he failed in a lot of regards.

And Nolan is a bottom-tier C-book for me. I thought it was weak and boring.

Nyphron Rising I thought was a little bit lackluster. I'm going to put you in the B's.

Oathbringer I thought was an A. I don't like Oathbringer as much as those other books. It's a pretty top-tier A.

On Lavender Tides by Travis Riddle. A not very well-known book. It's like a Pokémon-inspired book. thrown you in the middle of A's. Very good take.

Orb, Scepter, Throne goes back to the S tier. Thought this was awesome. Brought in a ton of characters from the Erickson books.

Percepliquis, if that's how you say it, is a pretty top-tier A-book. Great ending, very fun.

And then Port of Shadows is a trainwreck. I didn't get very far in this book. I hated everything about the parts that I read.

Prince of Thorns I thought was good, not amazing. you know, had a lot of faults with it, but I did like the story.

Promise of Blood I thought was a great start. Had a lot of First Law vibes for me in the way that it's written.

Proven Guilty, you know, the you know, it just it's good, but I it's not like doesn't blow my mind.

Pyramids you're getting a B from me, Pyramids. Had some dull parts, had some really funny parts, but a lot of it was dull.

Reaper. So good, man. I love Reaper. Reaper's my favorite, Cradle book. And the twist smacked me across the face.

Reaper Man is going to be my probably my favorite of the Death books. It's got this really very funny book.

Reaper's Gale, which I think is probably right above Midnight Tides.

And then to Red Country, they introduced reintroduced a character that I won't say anymore. it's a western. I like western books, don't love them. but a fun story nonetheless.

Red Rising is a challenging one for me cuz I'm not like in love with sci-fi. But I thought that the first book was good. I'll go to B.

Red Seas Under Red Skies. pirate-style book. But the plot starts getting a little convoluted. the writing quality dipped.

Return of the Crimson Guard, however, is a very high S tier for me. It is incredible. It might be my favorite Esslemont book.

Rhythm of War didn't quite hit the peaks of those other two. But very good.

Rogue Protocol was just like the same book. And because of that, you get the B score.

Royal Assassin I thought was better. And awesome book. She's continuing on with awesomeness.

Ruin is a better S.

Senlin Ascends was a wonderful book for me. I gave it an A. Thought it was a very promising, fun, refreshing story.

I'm actually going to put that above The White Rose. I thought it's great. this is when the characters are starting to go to a new continent.

I thought it was a notable noticeable step back. you know, it wasn't all from the same person's point of view.

Shadows of Self is a B. But yeah, they're just they're trying to be funnier than they are.

She Is the Darkness, this is probably my second favorite Black Company book up to this point. A lot of mystery is starting to unfold.

And Ship of Destiny you're my favorite of the bunch. You're going to go to the top of this list for now.

Ship of Magic which is one of my favorite trilogies of all time. I love you Ship of Magic.

Sins of Empire is the first one. Thought it's a bottom A.

Sky Sworn was a little bit of a step down from Blackflame. Better than Soulsmith though. just continuing on that story.

I think Small Gods is my favorite Discworld book. Love this book. If you're going to read a Discworld book, read Small Gods.

Small Favor, I thought the Nicodemus stuff was really entertaining. I'm going to put it back in the A category.

It ended out extremely well. capped up the story in a in a very good job. I loved it.

Soul Music. This is another Death book. I'm just not a big music guy. So it suffered for me. It's okay.

Soulsmith just takes what the previous story did and kept building off of it. I like the direction it started it really started investigating the world.

I like Sorcery a lot. Fun story, got some laughs out of it. Not the best thing I've ever read, but a good book.

Stonewielder was good and I'm going to put you up here in the A's. Had that epic scale.

Storm Front thought was horrible. D. Yeah it that this was hard to get through. I finished it.

Summer Knight this is what everybody says the series starts taking off. It didn't for me. I'm still putting in the B's.

Alloy of Law is a C. But yeah, they're just they're trying to be funnier than they are.

The Amazing Maurice, this is like the kids books and they're not good to me. if you know, I'll probably read it to my kids.

The Bands of Mourning is probably in the middle of the A's. Good.

I love The Black Company, the original book. I thought it's fantastic. I recommend it to everybody.

The Black Prism is very good. Thought it was an awesome start to a to a series. like the writing style a lot. Love the world building.

The Blackest Heart is one of the best books I've ever read. Blackest Heart is going to be right up here. Even above Stormlight.

The Blade Itself I thought was very gripping, very good, probably extremely top tier A, not quite to the S, but very good setting the stage.

The Blinding Knife really brought it all together. I think this is the best book of the bunch. super good book. Loved it.

The Blood Mirror is like, What are you doing? What are you doing, Brent Weeks? The biggest jump-the-shark moment in like any book I've ever read.

The Bone Ships. This is part of the Tide Child trilogy. I've only read the first one. I'm going to put you right in the middle of the S's.

The Broken Eye, it starts going downhill. And the plot just got weird. Very convoluted. and it's such a big jump down from The Blinding Knife.

The Burning White a book that people very universally have on the C or D category is an A. Thought it was a nice not incredible but nice ending to the series.

Color of Magic is a B. It's good. you know, at the time I gave it a B.

The Crimson Campaign was a mid like a bottom tier S.

The Crown Conspiracy started off really fun. Putting you near the bottom of the A's.

I'm putting The Crown Tower in a B.

The Death of Dulgath, I thought was like whatever, it's okay.

The Dragon Reborn, I thought was the beginning of things really setting off. And I think The Dragon Reborn is a mid-tier S book.

The Dragon Republic is a C. I dislike so much about the Dragon Republic because it's a it's just a history book.

The Fellowship of the Ring. I thought that was good.

The Fifth Elephant is my first book from the Night's Watch that does not get an S. just kind of an unmemorable story. Pretty funny, but not you know, nothing to write home about.

The Fifth Season. And, this is a garbage pile for me. It's so bad. I hated it. I hated everything about this book.

The Final Empire I was in love with this book when I read it. It's going to be a mid-tier S for me. Just love.

I think that The Fires of Heaven is one of my favorite of the bunch.

Brandon Sanderson's three books, I thought progressively got better. I'm putting The Gathering Storm right here in the middle.

Goblin Emperor. This is not good. But just boring. Just so boring. And I wanted to like it so much.

God Is Not Willing is an A for me, right in the middle. This is a book that kind of takes place after the main Mistborn books and didn't quite hit the highs of some of them, but still good.

The Great Hunt was a better I kind of forgot where that other one dropped. But, it's a pretty good A-tier book.

The Healthy Dead is an A. Not as good as some of the other ones, but very good.

The Hero of Ages is one of my favorite books. Love it. Great ending. Super surprised me.

The Heroes is all about a single battle that takes place, I think, over 3 days. I've never read a fantasy book that was all about a single battle.

And I almost didn't finish A Hod King. I did finish it. So I'm putting it in the C category.

Hunger of the Gods is probably my favorite book that got released in 2022. I think I like Hunger more than Shadow.

The Last Continent I found very funny. going up here. the thing with Jingo or the thing with Last Continent is it's really like two big story lines happening at the same time.

This Last Hero. This is a illustrated book. It's not long. The illustrations are so good and the story is actually legitimately good.

The Lies of Locke Lamora. One of my favorite books. Love it. Love everything about it. Love the writing. Love the story.

Light Fantastic is the next one in the series, a lot of the same as The Color of Magic, but better in pretty much every way. the writing just clearly started to get better.

Name of the Wind. Like most people, this is a top-tier book for me. Loved it a lot. I thought the writing is mind-blowingly amazing.

I'm going to put Path of Daggers, which is apparently the beginning of the slog. I didn't feel the slog. I thought this book was awesome.

Poppy War, I've read all two of them. I'm reading the third one right now. And the first one is an A. Bottom tier A. Good.

Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter, I loved it. It was pretty basic. It told a basic story with a you know, a lot of like the predictable aspects to it, but they all did it right.

Republic of Thieves, same thing. it all dipped. The story is not as good. It's not tight. It all just wraps up at the end.

I thought that Return of the King was the worst. Return of the King I thought had some of the best moments, but some of the biggest slogs also.

The Shadow Rising is continuing that trend of them getting better and better.

Shadow of the Gods was my favorite book of 2021 that got released. this book is epic. It's so good.

I was actually rather disappointed with The Silver Spike. I thought it was a decent story, kind of a side story that you don't really have to read.

Then I'm going The Trouble With Peace, better.

The Truth, another individual story about the printing press. I found it very entertaining. Throwing it in the A's.

I thought Two Towers was better.

The Wandering Inn is a good S tier book. I really don't have a lot of faults with it. Just fun.

The Way of Kings is one of the best first books in a series I've ever read. I love The Stormlight Chronicle.

The Wee Free Men, I'm putting in the same category, just not I'm not a big kids books guy. It's not for me.

The Well of Ascension I thought was a step down, had a middle book syndrome, pretty bad middle book syndrome.

I of world. Didn't do anything fresh, putting you in the A's.

The White Rose got a pretty easy S for me. This is the end of the original trilogy. I thought the ending of this story was extremely well done.

And then I'm going with The Wisdom of Crowds, best. Not as good as Last Argument of Kings, but it's up there. Just loved it.

The Wise Man's Fear, I'm going pretty top-tier in the A category. not as good, still very good. weird stuff with the Fae. Very long.

The Worms of Blearmouth I think is even better. it's like right here. It's so good for a short little book.

And then the Autumn Republic was a very good ending. Like a mid tier S.

The Crippled God is moving to the top slot and it's going to stay here for the rest of this video. It's the greatest book of all time in my opinion.

Emerald Storm got back to that fun, but not quite to the peaks. So, I'm putting you down here. Was that an A? Yeah.

Forgetting Moon is epic and fantastic and you're going up towards the top of the list.

putting Rose and the Thorn, it's the best of these books. I'm going to put it near the bottom of the A's.

Thief of Time. Fun story. Going in the mix. Down here.

Three Parts Dead. I just read this and I gave up on it. Just I like I'm already forgetting what it's about and I just finished it like a week ago.

And Thud, another Night Watch book that I'm putting in the A's. I just I'm sad that the quality of the top tier Night Watch books just kind of started to for me at this point.

Tigana I did not finish. I hated the story. I thought the prose was wonderful but the story was just very weak and I could not finish it.

Toll the Hounds. 80% of this book is an A. The last 20% is right here. The best part of any book I've ever read is in this book.

I am putting Towers of Midnight here a little bit higher.

Turn Coat, this is when I start kind of turning against the series. putting the down here in the B's. But it's just it's not the series wasn't improving for me and I started to get soured towards it.

The Emerald Storm by Alex Hutson. not a very well-known book, but it's a good S for me. Good Progression fantasy. Very fun.

Uncrowned I thought was incredible and I've heard a lot of people say they don't like Uncrowned. But Uncrowned is probably my favorite up to that point.

Underlord was awesome. I love Underlord, probably right about here. yeah, it just continues on.

Unsouled, I have in the A category. I liked Unsouled a lot. It is a basic book. but the last part of this book was amazing.

Valor is a better S.

Warbreaker. Brandon Sanderson book. A lot of people say this is should be your intro to Sanderson. Not for me though. Mid tier B. It's okay.

I thought it was good. We got a new a new person again taking over the writing, but it's probably my least favorite person.

And I'm going to put A Memory of Light as the highest right about here.

White Night was pretty unmemorable for me. Yeah, I remember the story, but I mean it just didn't like grab me like some of the other ones.

And then Winter's Daughter, I thought was pretty weak in the B's.

Winter's Heart, the slog is starting to become evident to me. You're in the middle of the A's. Much slower book, but some fun points.

Wintersteel, it took the plot of the previous one and just kind of dragged it on a little too long. just got a little samey for me and I wished it got a little, different.

I thought Winter Tide was the best of the bunch to that point. So, I'm putting you in the middle of the A's. very action-packed, very fun.

Witches Abroad is the next book and I'm throwing this like kind of towards the bottom of the B's. I thought the story was good, but it just didn't make me laugh at all.

Words of Radiance was even better just by a little bit.

And Wrath is awesome. Not quite Shadow of Destiny, I don't think.

Wrath of Empire I thought was worse. Even lower A.

So, the Wyrd Sisters, I want to say that's what it is. It's good. Not incredible. Liked it.