ranking goodreads *most popular* fantasy books (does goodreads have taste? 🧐)

this series by Samantha Shannon just doesn't click with me parts of it I like parts of it I just really don't like particularly the plot pacing just doesn't land

I read this recently and adored it this book is like a magic school full of endearing characters and dark complicated magic I loved everything about it was so hard to put down I got very addicted to it

this is a really interesting like hybrid fantasy mystery story... I love the setting and petj jelly Clark's writing is just like really interesting and His World building is just great

a very popular book from last year and one that I really enjoyed this is a historical fantasy story a standalone novel set in Cambridge tackles a lot of complex and interesting issues I really like ARF quang's writing

I love this book this book is so good... I love what the author does with the intensity of the plotting religion and just like watching all these characters converge it's so hard to put down

this was one of my most disappointing reads of last year one of my most anticipated releases... it just really underd delivered for me in almost every way

I'm pretty vocal about how much I desperately wanted to love this book but just didn't the plot pacting was just a little too quick for me I just didn't feel attached to the narrative style or the characters

I've read some Veronica Roth books in the past I think many of us have with Divergent and I just didn't love them

this book is cute I like this book... I think this book balances like the fantasy Fay parts of it and the romance pacing like so well... I really loved how the whole thing came together I will definitely be reading the sequel

another book that I think was just okay... the writing just like wasn't really for me and I found and I also found the main character to be a little Bland

another book that was just okay for me... I wanted to like it just didn't fully work for me and I just wasn't very engaged in the romance or the plot

I have a whole reading blog on this I have shared a lot of my disappointment with this book... unfortunately the plot holes and just the plot pacing of this just absolutely kept me from liking this book

I've read most of the first book of this like historical fiction fantasy series called a gollem and the jinny... it's so good I love the writing style just the concept and the Audi book was amazing

a sequel to The Very beloved ninth house which I do think I liked more than hellbent... I found the sequel to be pretty good too it wasn't as good but I still enjoyed it

I actually rather enjoyed Cresent City like by no means a perfect novel but from a urban fantasy romantic point of view this book was solidly entertaining if you ask me.

this is the third and final book to the green bonees Saga by Fonda Lee one of my all-time favorite fantasy series... it just all of it destroyed me a nely I was not the same after reading this book

this book was good I felt like it had some strong elements and some weak elements... I liked it I just didn't love it but I would probably still read the sequel

this is a classic cozy fantasy option... it just makes you so hungry the smells are there the relationships are cute it's not a perfect read but was one that I found to be very endearing

another book that I truly adore so much this small little book packs such a punch... it's just one of my favorite books to be honest

this book is so weird read it for the Vibes... it is so weird and the setting is so strange the characters are so strange it is so good

I love the stormline archives so much... this fourth installment was fantastic all of the characters the massive plot lines... I can't wait for book five

I love a river Enchanted I gave the first one like a 4.25... this is another like beautifully written Community oriented story with great characters and romance and just great Concepts I love Rebecca Ross right now

one of my favorite books a historical fantasy story... so good dynamic characters lots of gray morality loved the first one

which I enjoyed so much again a quest story following unlikely characters and found family is great... I love essay chakra or Shannon chakra's writing this was great

I found this book actually to be rather fun... it just was really a compulsive read and I thought it worked for me anyway

I love this book this is an interesting mix of like horror and fantasy... the Dynamics and the humor in this book that results from that is just too good... I was not disappointed by this at all

I've read the first two books but un fortunately just some of the character work and the plotting was just a little straightforward I never felt very compelled by the writing style... personally I just didn't love it very much

this is by new who has beautiful writing this is like a magical reinterpretation of The Great Gatsby... I love Neo's writing and her changes but I just like don't love The Great Gatsby... hard to like love this book

another fantastic book MK Json one of my all-time favorite authors... it's such a strange concept that enk gem just succeeds in you know creating I love all of her books and her writing immensely

another amazing book this is the third and final book to the davad trilogy one of my all-time favorite fantasy series by essay chakra... I love how she wrapped everything up it's just so good

which I love... it basically follows a set of characters all a part of the same family... this book is set in the past in the present it's so magical and the writing is fantastic

I like this book I don't hate this book I don't love this book... I can understand why people love it I can also understand the very valid criticisms against this book too so for me it's just kind of like in the middle of good

I really like the character Dynamics and the will they won't they I felt like the political elements of this book could be a little bit more but I liked it was solid

this is a really fun like perfect fall read... I love the main character of the series... it's just a very like middle grade meets adult fantasy book and it works for me

which is just so good I've become a John Gwen fan girl... it's a multi POV book about Gods coming back to life it's dark it's Grim I love the characters

I feel like elements of it were very strong elements of it could use some work but I liked the characters and the concepts of this Quest centered story... Stardust Thief was good

as a Romany and as a cozy fantasy I loved I gave it five out of five stars... it's like so full of found family it's so endearing it's magical there's romance I literally cried listening to the audio book

I really enjoy AA Reed's writing and I think conceptually this book was really strong but elements of the execution just didn't entirely work for me... I still recommend this book it just wasn't my favorite

I think this book has some complicated elements to it that I'm just going to leave that there for now

I found it to just be like okay it wasn't bad... such a great idea for the most part it was good but it wasn't amazing you know

I loved this... I was shocked by how much I loved this book... it felt like a fairy tale it was humorous it was delightful it was so good

this is a cozy but very emotional read... explores grief and loss and again it's very emotional but still a book I would recommend

was a really good book... it's like a four out of five star book it's really good and will leave you a lot to think about too I enjoyed it

witch King is a standalone by Martha Wells... it's really good kind of confusing and a little complex from a writing style and World building point of view but I think if you can get past that you would really enjoy this

this book is so good... this is a literary interpretation of Norse mythology and the author's writing is truly stunning... it's just stunningly written