I am looking for Fantasy and Romantasy book recs plz. I'm talking swords, knights, kingdoms, dragons and/or mythical creatures. I need recs badly!!! - ThreadSky

manacurves.bsky.social • 38 days ago

I am looking for Fantasy and Romantasy book recs plz. I'm talking swords, knights, kingdoms, dragons and/or mythical creatures.

I need recs badly!!!

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tonbot.bsky.social•37 days ago

It’s only book one in the series, but a friend of mine wrote this one, and I personally thought it was a really great read:

https://a.co/d/8Ffj5tW

mendosa1111.bsky.social•37 days ago

The dragon rider book series my husband & I are listening to in talking books is written by Rebecca Yarros, "The Empyrean" series (various titles) & concerns a dragon rider war college and the cadets in it. That world has magic users (cadets who ride dragons). In Goodreads. Best sellers.

nbsab.in•38 days ago

Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell
The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch

kerreklore9982.bsky.social•38 days ago

Light bringer Brent weeks
First law Joe abercrome
The lies of locke lamora Scott lynch
Also big fan of dresden files

kerreklore9982.bsky.social•38 days ago

Would say kings of the wyld and the bloody rose, they are very like a dnd party first one is a old band of adventurers coming back together way past their prime to save one of their daughters from a siege. Abit of romance in the second one.

weggles.bsky.social•37 days ago

Naomi Novik is great and I'm a big fan of her series His Majesty's Dragon. It's the Napoleonic war but with an Airforce of dragons. Lots of fun

baelkor.bsky.social•38 days ago

Surprised nobody has recommended the Dresden Files. Sure, it's modern fantasy stuff set in, like, 2000s ish Chicago, but there's magic swords, holy knights, dragons, fae kingdoms, mythical creatures, vampires of various sorts, and werewolves. All sorts.

baelkor.bsky.social•38 days ago

Oh, and guns, cops, rebellious teenagers, relationship angst, the Chicago museum of natural history, Sue the T Rex, polka, and thr largest domestic cat you've ever seen in a story.

holir.bsky.social•38 days ago

In that vein; Locked Tomb by Muir is a murder mystery series in a setting with space ships & very little other tech. It has caviliers, swords, duels, lineages/dynasties, and porn mags.

baelkor.bsky.social•38 days ago

Ooh, new series to look into. I've been trying to find something.

holir.bsky.social•38 days ago

I will tell you the book is full of easter eggs and VERY difficult to put down. I read 2 of the 3 after dinner into the next morning.

kesswylie.bsky.social•37 days ago

Swords, knights, kingdoms, dragons

mrthedespoiler.bsky.social•38 days ago

Dragonlance is a classic series! Dragons of Autumn Twilight is where to start.

annlaabs.bsky.social•37 days ago

D&D Honor Among Thieves rekindled my interest in the world.
I found the first three DL at the library, looking forward to starting Autumn.

tracerleo8567.bsky.social•35 days ago

Actually, Soulforge, followed by: Time, war and Test of the twins.

benjiworkman.bsky.social•37 days ago

Here’s a couple worth reading if you haven’t already.
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
The First Law by Joe Abercrombie
The Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook
The Mistborn Series by Branden Sanderson
Jade War by Fonda Lee

booksblabbering.bsky.social•26 days ago

I’ve read all of these! Did finish black company series though

benjiworkman.bsky.social•26 days ago

Ok.
The Covenant of Steel series by Anthony Ryan
The Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynne
The Five Warrior Angels by Brian Lee Durfee

weirdbulldog.bsky.social•38 days ago

The Arcane Ascension series by Andrew Rowe is a must.

elflawyer.bsky.social•38 days ago

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher - wholesome romantasy.

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

Fifth Season by NK Jemisin - award winning fantasy book featuring a unique world full of natural disasters, and the magic users who are blamed & discriminated against, struggling to survive

peter23.bsky.social•37 days ago

Nightweaver

billbollow.bsky.social•38 days ago

Priory of the Orange Tree and Seven Blades in Black!

pelham.bsky.social•37 days ago

Fourth Wing is great!

metalupis.bsky.social•37 days ago

Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn, start of a series, fantasy (swords, magic, plotitical machinations), light romance (nothing explicit)

Jhereg by Steven Brust, start of a series, fantasy (swords, magic, some mythical creatures)

audconnelly.bsky.social•37 days ago

Maybe mine? 🥲 there's only 1 recurring human character and he's a tool.

The dragons are very big.
https://www.amazon.com/Wings-Valley-Aud-Connelly-ebook/dp/B0DV9W1LZ8/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1US9MAI3JGPRJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TY1DN9ik279QyBoIJWuKa72bYqg3iGJsyOoe8zNxDy-NEGEBiBHcy9CmqZS42u1drWSfE0h88P-U9uLHaNcZACwmNK7yLijEkdxmPnJqGh7PPEY3SQrK3p_dBJkgNW67YH8_J06e60oj2j6huiJ327nDDTjGXu7GNyNjPiNjN7v4Y0p4FajFoYvaDMkkrHUbwbffspJHHEElul2OI_c4Bg.pDJdHON009uQfBGeiqW1E-RCVKMnVfw8tV3nt4_uOnI&dib_tag=se&keywords=wings+in+the+valley&qid=1745321079&sprefix=wings+in+the+valley%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1

wardukeathome.bsky.social•38 days ago

Some personal favorites:

The Elric Saga - Michael Moorcock
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser - Fritz Leiber
Conan - Robert E. Howard
Hyperborean tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lord of the Rings (etc.) - Tolkien
Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends - Weis and Hickman

unclerobber.bsky.social•38 days ago

Holy fuck that's old school as hell.

wardukeathome.bsky.social•37 days ago

The best of the best!

ezmode.bsky.social•38 days ago

Empire of Thorns series by Mark Lawrence usually hits for me

yudderick.bsky.social•38 days ago

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha definitely has kingdoms and a dragon.

T. Kingfisher's paladin series was recommended above but her other fantasy books are great too (Clockwork Boys, Swordheart).

Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler

sirspiffyesq.bsky.social•38 days ago

For a cozy romantasy, Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree is pretty solid.
For a dark epic fantasy I’d recommend The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks.

darkesword.com•37 days ago

“The Priory of the Orange Tree” should not be missed.

georgeplaysmagic.bsky.social•38 days ago

I cannot recommend Brandon Sanderson’s books enough!! Mistborn and the Stormlight Archives are just fantastic

devoidedh.bsky.social•38 days ago

the dnd series based around Drizzt the Ranger, one of the best series and characters ever imho

troacctid.bsky.social•37 days ago

I think you'll probably get a lot of recs for longer series, so here are some lighter standalone reads for your consideration.

zabracus.bsky.social•37 days ago

For Dragons: Fourth Wing. People also really like Priory of the Orange Tree.
For Girl Boss Fantasy: anything by Sarah J. Maas. Throne of Glass is epic fantasy, ACOTAR is more romantasy, Crescent City is urban fantasy.

zabracus.bsky.social•37 days ago

Epic series that will likely never be finished but are still worth reading: The Name of the Wind, A Pattern of Shadow and Light Series, Game of Thrones

Any Brandon Sanderson book

The Witcher series

Arcane Ascension series ( really interesting magic system)

The Riryia Revelations

voiddyn.bsky.social•36 days ago

Yo?! Arcane Ascension spotted in the wild!! One of my favorite series.

zabracus.bsky.social•36 days ago

It’s so good!

garrythethird.bsky.social•37 days ago

Second any Brando Sando book.

Mistborn or Tress are the best places to start.

lysarian.bsky.social•37 days ago

My wife read the Fourth Wing books and really liked them, so she seconds that recommendation.

tronisbad.bsky.social•37 days ago

Theentire secrets of the immortal Nicholas flamel series by Michael Scott

mechaqueenie.bsky.social•36 days ago

Just about any book by Mercedes Lackey is good and the Dresden Chronicles by Jim Butcher is fantastic even though it would be urban fantasy

falderalmalarky.bsky.social•37 days ago

One you haven't heard. Comic book though and vastly underestimated. Finder by Carla "Speed" McNeil. Try Fight scene issue.

thelovelymedusa.bsky.social•38 days ago

Stormlight Archives is what Im obsessed with right now ofc. I also really liked the Nevernight trilogy which is very blades in the dark, but the author of that is kind of a POS.

mastertrowa.bolasgang.com•37 days ago

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

phollott.bsky.social•37 days ago

Good call! Three men see a riselka…

lonmaster.bsky.social•38 days ago

The Herald's of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey; I recommend starting with the "Arrows of the Queen" trilogy.

jmalikauthor.bsky.social•37 days ago

Can we rec our own? 'Cuz mine are pretty cool.

thewalkingdrew.bsky.social•38 days ago

The Adventures of Amina-Al-Sarafi! Aging Pirates! Sea Monsters! Eldritch Magic! Lgbtq characters important to the story!

weggles.bsky.social•37 days ago

That book was such a joy to read 🙂

the777s.bsky.social•38 days ago

Nine Princess In Amber, by Roger Zelazny

a young man wakes up in a hospital bed, in 1970s America, with amnesia. after escaping and a bizarre series of events, he realizes that he's Prince Corwin of Amber. Him and his siblings have the unique ability to travel to parallel worlds!

the777s.bsky.social•38 days ago

plus, if you enjoy the first book, it's part of a 5 book series.

aetherfueled.bsky.social•38 days ago

Ten if you count Merlin's cycle!

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