Ultimate Fantasy Book Tier List: EVERY Major Book Ranked (320+ books!)

I had a good time reading this. I didn't love it though. I loved the idea of it more than the execution.

Then A Clash of Kings also going to be in S tier and I'm going to put that a little bit above A Game of Thrones.

Crown of Swords I found to be a step down. It's going to be in the A's, higher up.

It had a lot of faults. It kind of got a little too sprawling, a little meandering, but I still loved it.

A Feast for Crows I'm going to put this down in the A category. I think of it right now as like a step below the other three.

This book I actually read a long time ago for my first time. It got me just in love with the genre.

The final trilogy I thought was even better than the first trilogy. I'll have like right about here.

I think A Storm of Swords to this day is one of my favorite books that I've ever read. It's just wonderful in so many ways.

I think is really good but not quite up there with Malice. It's a little bit below it.

I put this kind of in the middle of the B's, and this is where I stopped. It's not the trajectory that I want my stories to go in my enjoyment.

I think Age of Death got even worse.

I thought Age of Empire kind of brought it back a little bit, but not incredibly. I thought it was a B.

I thought Age of Legend did the same thing. I think it's in the C's.

And the final book, Age of Assassins is a C.

I thought Age of Swords did a lot of the things from it, but it kind of was a step down from the other ones. But I still like the vibe to it.

I thought was another step down by a whole grade.

American Gods is by Neil Gaiman and yeah, I just didn't like it. I'm just not a Gaiman fan.

It just kind of got the story kind of got away from itself from what I wanted. The characters kind of got stuck where they're at. Got kind of boring.

And then we bounce back with A Sail, back in the A's. Just fun stuff.

I think that Assassin's Apprentice is a great intro to the series and a lower tier S book.

I thought Assassin's Quest was worse than those by a lot. Boring in a lot of ways.

I think Avempartha was better. It's going to be a little bit higher.

This is just okay. It's a B. I liked the themes in it. I didn't love the plot.

I think it's better than that.

Best Served Cold is a good A.

I actually DNF'd this cuz I hated it. It felt so convoluted. I just didn't feel captivated.

This story starts to just get more epic. I'm going to put this at the bottom of the S's. I loved it when I read it.

Enjoyed it a lot. The switch to analyst to this guy Murgen. Different tone. Love the shift.

I loved this. This is where the plot I thought started to really become its own thing and special.

One of the worst Malazan books. It was hard for me to get through.

I thought Blood of Dragons was even better. And it was kind of lower on the S's.

I thought it was like a lower B.

Bloodline is wonderful. It's more epic.

Liked it a lot not quite as good as the first one. An awesome female protagonist in that one.

Call of the Bone Ships is the worst of the group, but still an S.

Really high. Probably right between these two.

I thought the next one was a little bit worse, toward the bottom of the A's.

I think that Call of the Bone Ships is a good amount better. I just kind of a perfect book in a lot of ways.

I thought it was good, not great. I'm hoping that series kind of bounced back with the third one.

This is a play on vampires. It was just whatever.

Everyone's favorite Jim Butcher book. I didn't love it. If this is everybody's favorite, and I'm not, then I'm out.

Somebody recommended it to me, and they let me astray. And we're in the C's.

I'm going to put City of Dragons back up there into the A's. I thought it was wonderful.

And I didn't like it at all.

I think a lot of people say this is the worst book of the bunch. It's not good. Not great.

Dancer's Lament is a great intro to this story. I'm going to put it kind of in the higher end of the A's.

I thought Dawnshard was enjoyable. A little better than that. It was like, eh, but I had a good time.

This is the one with the Word of Kemmler and randomly a T-Rex in it, which was really fun. Each of these books is just getting better and better at this point.

A lot of S's. Deadhouse Gates. Man, I love this series.

Which I thought was just wonderful and an S-tier book.

I feel like the series just kind of kept getting better and better.

We have Dreadgods that I'm going to put in the B's. I didn't love it. It just was a lot of training montages and not where I wanted the story to go.

This one shifts the perspective to this woman called The Lady. I love the shift.

I loved the first one. I thought it was awesome. It had no right to be as fun as it was.

Dust of Dreams is back in the A's. It was not as good. My least favorite of any of the books.

I thought that Edgedancer was good to good to meh. So top of the C's, bottom of the B's.

I did not like. And I'm going to put it right next to Yumi.

I love this book. It's just going to be in the S's. Not crazy high up the S's, but a good book nonetheless.

I just recently read this. I'm going to put it near the top of the A's.

I think Empire of Silence is going to be pretty high up there.

I loved it. This is an S. I loved the voice in the story. It made me rethink how much what I think about vampire stories.

I liked this one more. A lot of the kind of sexist themes into it but done in a really, really good way.

I did not like a lot. The pictures are amazing. The story is not.

Exit Strategy is just kind of doing the same thing. And I like it less and less and less.

I really didn't like Fall of Light, the follow-up book. It's just like so overly philosophical and just like too much.

This is another S. I think I liked Feet of Clay just a little bit less than I liked Men at Arms. Fun mystery story.

I didn't like it as much. I did like it quite a bit. It's a fun story.

I thought Fool Moon, which people also say is horrible, was like at bottom of the B's.

I thought Fool's Fate was absolutely wonderful. Just really fun.

Which I read this year, and it was good, not incredible.

It just came out by R.J. Barker and it's a S. Lower on the S's but still an S.

I liked it a lot. It's in the S's. Felt very similar to like a Brandon Sanderson book but not quite that quality.

It just did the same thing as the others, but not as good. I don't like Murderbot anymore.

I'm going to put Gardens of the Moon in the A category. I thought it was really good, really interesting, but I was very confused.

I had a lot of problems with Ghostwater even though most people love it. It was good, but not great.

Another one I cannot figure out what people love about this. It's going to go in the D's.

This fun play on the postal service, and I loved it.

I thought was a step down from that. It just kind of was a weird middle place where it didn't have its own story.

The next one I thought was better. It's a bottom of the A's.

This is the book I was thinking about by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. It was a B but like bottom of the B's.

I thought it was better than Fool Moon just by a little bit.

Perhaps my favorite. Extremely funny. One of the funniest books that I've ever read but also very smart and entertaining.

I'm putting this in the B's. It was okay. The ending was great, but it felt YA.

I couldn't even get through Half the World. It just did so many things in the wrong way. I hated it.

It's a lower B. Didn't love it. It was okay.

The Hod King is definitely a C. I just didn't really like much about it at all. It made me not want to finish the series.

Another fan favorite that I wish I liked more, but I did like it. Really fun play on Christmas.

The fourth book in the series, another S. The worst to this point, but awesome.

I thought How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It was somehow even better. Just so witty.

Then The Howling No, then Queen Among Ashes.

This is going to be in the B's. It was good but not great.

I thought it's an A, not a high A.

Interesting Times is a really fun book that's a play on Chinese culture. Really enjoyed it.

I did not love it. I'm going to put it kind of middle of the C's. It's just like, why did you write this book?

Awesome progression fantasy story. I think I gave it a four and a half.

Jade City, the worst of the bunch. But I loved it.

These two I feel like are the exact same. Jade War and Jade Legacy. They're going to be high but not crazy high.

It was okay. It's a B. Enjoyable. Some of the stories, some of them not so much.

These two I feel like are the exact same. Jade War and Jade Legacy. They're going to be high but not crazy high.

This really interesting story involving nationalism as the main theme.

I don't really remember whether I liked this one more or less than Deadhouse Landing. So, we're going to go right about the same.

I did not really enjoy. The plot just got away from itself again. I was very bored through a lot of it.

I love this is by Nicholas Eames. This is just this awesome like classic rock and roll theme to it. I've recommended this book to a ton of people.

Last Argument of Kings is top tier.

I think it was wonderfully done. It's really fun old school fantasy story.

Another cute little book. Fun. Better than House in the Cerulean Sea. Really captivated me for a while.

The Lesser Devil is awesome. I'm going to move this one pretty high up in the S's.

I liked it. It's in the A's.

The Lonesome Crown is really high, probably right around The Wisdom of Crowds. Just very underrated series.

I think Lord of Chaos is kind of back in that mix with the others.

Maybe it's better, maybe it's not, but I was just kind of getting tired of them.

I thought it was great. I really loved this. It's just classic fantasy that is just pulled off in a great way.

I thought it was a good A.

Another A book.

Malice gets an S grade. Awesome traditional style fantasy.

This is a play on The Phantom of the Opera, something that I don't really enjoy. I did not enjoy this one much at all.

One of my favorite books I've ever read. I mean, it's just awesome.

I'm going to put it below it but not very far below it. It's really well done.

Right below Deadhouse Gates.

This is going to be an S. I love the first Mistborn book. I still think about it really positively.

I love loved it. It's just awesome.

The final one I thought was better than that, but not incredible. Like bottom of the A's.

I had a good time with it.

This is a book with a satire on the film industry. I'm going to move this into the A's.

The Network Effect finally did something new. And it was my favorite of the Murderbot stories.

I could not have felt more differently about this one. It's a D. And I hated it.

Which is short little novella prequel book. It was not amazing. You're lower in the C's.

I think this is Brent Weeks. And again, I hated it.

I didn't love the going back in time aspect of it.

I thought was just okay. Near the bottom of the B's.

I thought that Nyphron Rising was a step down. It's kind of forgettable, but fun.

Oathbringer is like the best A book I've read.

I liked the first one quite a bit. Didn't love it. Very tropey. It did it well.

Of Darkness and Light which is one of the best books I've ever read. It improves on the first one in every way.

Which is awes- just awesome. I didn't like it as much as I liked Crimson Guard, but I liked it a lot.

It's really good. I laughed a lot. It's one of the funniest books I've ever read.

I thought Percepliquis was the best of the bunch in a pretty high tier A book. The ending was just absolutely delightful.

I hated it and I love the Black Company but it's horrific. I don't know what happened to Glen Cook but he lost it in this one.

I did enjoy Prince of Thorns. I had a lot of problems with it. I loved the ending.

I feel like this is a investigation involving Molly. I know it's an A.

I liked it. Didn't love it. It's like this Egyptian satire.

This is the only novella I've ever given an S grade, but I'm going to move you kind of right near the bottom of it. Just really awesome stuff.

Reaper, my favorite of the group. Loved it. Everything about it.

I liked it more than the first Death book.

I liked it more than Midnight Tides, but not a lot more.

And then Red Country, I'm going to put right next to The Heroes.

The first Red Rising book I thought was okay. It was a B.

When I first read it I had it in the A's but I'm going to put it at the very top of the A's.

I did not love the first kind of like two-thirds of Red Sister. I thought the ending really rescued it.

This is an awesome book. I think this is even better than some of the other books.

I don't think this is a popular opinion, but Rhythm of the War I found to be an enjoyable S tier book. Better than Oathbringer.

I think that Royal Assassin is better than that book in virtually every way and is a really, really fun read.

Which continues to get better and I think I loved it.

I'm going to give Senlin Ascends an A. It's a fun story. It just kind of captured my imagination and was very good.

I loved Shadow Games. This is the start to what I think of as the real story here to the Black Company.

This got a significant decrease. I'm going to put this in the B category. I enjoyed the mystery but I didn't like that part of the story.

I love books that involve a siege and that is what this one is all about and it was just extremely well done.

I think Ship of Destiny is one of the best books that I've ever read.

I thought Liveship Traders is one of the best trilogies I've ever read. Ship of Magic is a magical book.

I thought Silverthorn was not as good as those. But a good A.

16 Ways is wonderful. I'm going to move it pretty high up in the S's. It's so fun.

Skysworn does the same thing. I'm going to put Skysworn right above it. It just continues everything that I loved about it and then added a little bit more.

It's a really fun satire on religion. I had a really fun time reading it.

It bounced back. I feel like this is an A, but not a very high one.

It ended the story. I love good endings and this ending was very well done.

I liked it a lot. Not quite as good.

Didn't love it. I feel like if you were into that kind of music, you'd like it more. I was not.

I'm going to put near the bottom of the A's. I really enjoyed it. This is where the real story really begins.

This is a Rincewind book, one of my favorites of the Rincewinds. This is going to be a solid A.

I thought Winter's Daughter is you know, kind of just like that one.

Which I thought was like an A.

This is where the plot really starts to take hold. It's better, not great.

I didn't really love it. I thought The Alloy of Law was not great. It's going to be a high C.

This is a kids book that I had some enjoyment out of, but not a lot.

I loved it. I think it's my favorite Black Company book. It's a cool concept. Very enjoyable.

I thought was a very fun intro into the story. I'm putting you in the A's.

Which I think is even better.

I loved the first half of the story. Did not love the second half, but the first half was so good that I'm going to keep it in the A's.

The Blade Itself is wonderful. This is one of my least favorite First Law books.

I thought The Blinding Knife was wonderful. It's the only book in the series that I'm going to put in the S's.

I thought The Blood Mirror was a significant step down and had a twist that I thought was just atrocious.

All of these are S tier. I thought The Bone Ships is just really enjoyable.

I thought The Broken Eye was a decent step down. And it's in the B's.

I hated part of the ending, but I thought overall it did decently well and I enjoyed myself.

I thought this was delightful and I honestly thought it was better than Reaper. It's just so fun.

I liked this. I did not love it. I did enjoy this.

It's entertaining but you could tell it's early work and it's his first book written, so makes sense.

The Crimson Campaign I thought was even better.

I think the Crown Conspiracy is kind of in the middle of the A's.

I think that The Death of Gholam Dulgath is going to be down in the B's.

I thought The Dragon Reborn was a low tier lower tier S.

Is a D. I didn't like it. It was so boring.

I thought The Drawing of the Three lost all the good things from the first book and inserted them with all the wrong things.

I thought Storm Front was really bad. I'm surprised I kept reading. It was so bad.

The Fall is a novella that I liked. It was a very good novella.

It's a fun book. I know most people would have it top of the S's. I just didn't like it as much.

Which I thought was not as good. So, we're in the kind of the middle of the A's.

This is where I started to think that Terry started to not get as good on the humor side of things. It's a City Watch book, but just not as funny. But still good.

The Fifth Season I hated and not as much as Port of Shadows though. I did hate it and in part I hate how hyped up this series is.

I think The Fires of Heaven is a better than those.

The worst book I've ever read. It's just pure plagiarism off of Rothfuss. It's horrific.

Which is a horrific title, was a lower tier B. Enjoyable, not great.

I thought this is horrible. Horrible. Horrible. It's just a bore.

The Grace of Kings is amazing. It's one of those books that's almost perfection to me.

I thought The Great Hunt was a mid tier A.

It was just not a good book to me. It's rambling, doesn't have a cohesive story.

I thought it was a good A-tier book. Really funny.

Which I thought is the best of the group. Just a wonderful ending.

I'm putting The Heroes lower, although on a reread I think I'll like it more but I'm going to put lower on the A's.

Which I liked even more than Shadow of the Gods. I don't think that's a popular opinion.

I loved it. This is an S. Just a awesome series about this traveling judge and this kind of medieval kind of setting.

I ended up loving it. It's this satire on Australian culture. Very funny.

This one actually has a good story. You're going to go to the bottom of the A's.

The most recent one that I've read, The Last Light, is the best of the bunch. It's awesome.

I thought it was like a mid A.

I thought The Lees of Laughter's End is just hilarious and definitely an S-tier book.

This is one of my favorite books. I just got done rereading it.

I'm going to give this one a B. I thought it was better than the first one but not a ton better.

I thought The Lost Metal was atrocious. Really bad. At no point did I get enjoyment out of that book.

I think The Mad Ship is just a hair better.

I'm going to put in the S's. I loved it.

I loved It's going to be in here in the S's.

I thought the first one was delightful. I really liked the first one.

I'm putting this in the S category. The writing's not incredible, but the story is very good.

I'm going to put at the top of the B's, although I'm probably going to upgrade it at least to the A's when I do my reread soon.

I think that The Return of the King is the worst of the group. I got to be true to myself. It's got to be lower.

I think The Shadow Rising is right there with it.

It was okay. It felt good, not great. Felt like a Blood and Fire, but not nearly as good.

Another S tier. I thought it was awesome and it's probably right kind of mid of the pack of the S's.

It's this weird kind of like mystery story that feels out of place. It's enjoyable, but just not quite like the other ones.

I recently read this. It's going to be high up in the A's.

I thought I was going to love it and it just it's too long for me. The ending was really bad.

I read this recently as a buddy read. Lower A.

I thought was a little bit better, not much but right there.

This is a satire on newspapers. Liked it a lot.

I thought The Two Towers was the best of the group. It's good stuff.

I thought was better than it, but not a ton. Just a awesome series.

I think Wall of Storms is better. And just incredible. Almost made the first book feel like a prologue.

This is becoming one of my favorite series of all time. Love it. The first book is one of the weakest of the group though.

I thought is awesome. It got me back into fantasy again after Game of Thrones. I love Way of Kings more than I should.

Another kids book, and this made me realize I should need to stop reading kids books.

I thought was a drop-off of that one. It's going to be an A's.

I thought The Eye of the World was a low tier A.

It's a very good book. I love the ending of this little trilogy. It brought the series back.

Even better than that but not quite as good as Last Argument of Kings. They're just all top tier.

I liked it a little bit more than The Name of the Wind. It was just a really fun book.

I thought this first book was just incredible.

Which I thought was maybe even better. And I'm doing the ranking, so I'm going to say it is better.

I just feel like it's right around the Crimson Campaign, but a little bit higher.

The Crippled God is easy the best book I've ever read. This ending is just perfect.

I thought that The Emerald Storm kind of brought it back. It wasn't as good as the initial books, but I thought it was good.

I love these books. I think they're all better than the one preceding it. And they're all S's.

I thought I'd hate it but I thought it was delightful. Just a nice cute story.

If I never read Legend, I'd like this one more, but it's kind of just like a carbon copy of it. But not as good.

I thought The Rose and the Thorn is the only that I'm going to put in the A's, but not high up in the A's.

This is another Death book, but it's probably my favorite Death book.

I did not enjoy this. I just never really vibe with it.

It was good. I liked the thought of it. The execution not as much.

Another fun Night Watch books where it started to move a little downhill from that point. We're going in the A's.

The only Guy Gavriel Kay book I've ever read, and I hated it.

Which I thought was even better and probably right up there around with Valor.

I had a good time. It's in the middle of the A's.

The greatest ending to any book I've ever read. But not quite up to those.

I think Tress of the Emerald Sea was the first S I read this year. It was really good.

I'm going to put this in the A's. Kind of lower in the A's. It's fun.

I thought was a B. This involves this guy Warden Morgan and his treason trying to solve that problem.

I thought this was a lower tier S book. I liked it a lot. It's really fun progression fantasy epic fantasy mix.

That's why I loved Uncrowned as probably my favorite of the group. I loved it. It was a great tournament story.

This is where they're really prepping for this big tournament that happens. I love tournament settings.

A play on soccer. I love soccer. Didn't love this one. It was good, not great.

I'm going to put Unsouled at the top of the B's. It's good stuff. Good intro. Loved the ending.

This is a standalone, a little novella-ish book. Low on the B's.

It just kind of continues that story but it's even better.

I loved it. Just awesome stuff.

Which I did like, is going to be kind of the middle of the B's. This is a standalone, and just a fun stuff.

This is probably my least favorite analyst, but I always love the switches and this one's no exception.

Sadly, we then have Waybound that I'm going to put in the C's. This is the final book of the series and that's horrible that the last book in the series I felt like was the worst book.

It feels like we're reading the same story in essence over and over and over again. And that means you're getting down here.

This is where the series kind of started to go backwards for me. I felt like it kind of plateaued.

Which is the beginning of the slog where everybody says is horrible, but I kind of liked it. It's mid A's.

We continue the tournament but towards the end of it. Didn't love some of the plot towards the second half of the book. I'm going to move it to the A's.

I think Winter Tide was really similar to my thoughts on The Emerald Storm.

This is where the witches kind of started to get dull to me.

Words of Radiance is even better.

Which I thought was the best of the group and is really one of my favorite books.

This is a play on Shakespeare and I'm going to move this towards the bottom of the A's.

I thought Yumi and the Nightmare Painter was just whatever. And it's the C's.