More Fantasy book recs…

This year’s magic!

It has been another great year reading fantasy! Here’s what I’ve been up to since last July:

Epic Fantasy or Fairytale Fantasy

• Chelsea Abdullah – The Stardust Thief, The Ashfire King
• Jordan H. Bartlett – Contest of Queens
• Alexandra Christo – To Kill a Kingdom
• J.V. Hilliard – Echoes of Ghostwood
• Dartanyan Johnson – Ashes & Rubble
• Intisar Khanani – Debts of Fire
• Juliet Lockwood – The Ruin of Starlight
• Nicki Pau Preto – Ghostsmith
• Margaret Rogerson – Sorcery of Thorns, Mysteries of Thorn Manor
• Brandon Sanderson – Tress of the Emerald Sea
• D.L. Soria –Thief Liar Lady

Contemporary Fantasy

• T.M. Blanchet – Herrick’s Key
• Sarah Rees Brennan – Long Live Evil
• Patricia Briggs – Winter Lost
• Alix E. Harrow – Starling House
• E.G. Sparks – Night Fury, Sky Ice, Glass Water, Marble Sun
• Aiden Thomas – The Sunbearer Trials

Fantasy Romance or Romantic Fantasy

• E.B. Asher – This Will Be Fun
• Holly Black – The Prisoner’s Throne
• Casey L. Bond – Valor, The Last Lost Girl
• Carissa Broadbent – Daughter of No Worlds
• Kalie Cassidy – In the Veins of the Drowning
• Danielle Jensen – A Fate Inked in Blood, A Curse Carved in Bone
• Sophie Jordan – A Fire in the Sky
• T.J. Klune – Brothersong, Under the Whispering Door
• Kimberly Lemming – That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
• Meredith R. Lyons – A Dagger of Lightning
• Sylvia Mercedes – HeartTorn
• A.K. Mulford – A Sky of Emerald Stars, The Witch of Crimson Arrows, The High Mountain Court, The Witch Apothecary, The Witches’ Blade, The Witchslayer, The Rogue Crown
• Abigail Owen – The Shadows Rule All
• Gemma L. Preston – Truth of the Hollow, Games of the Faerie Queen, A Spark in the Shadows, The Shadows Between Us
• Cassie Swindon – The Never Hour
• Rebecca Yarros – Onyx Storm

Historical Fantasy

• Gail Carriger – Timeless, The Curious Case of the Werewolf that Wasn’t, Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident
• Olesya Salnikova Gilmore – The Witch and the Tsar
• Charlie N. Holmberg – Spellmaker
• Kell Woods – After the Forest, Upon a Starlit Tide
• Ann Liang – A Song to Drown Rivers
• Adrienne Young – The Unmaking of June Farrow

Fantasy / Sci-fi

• Maruice Africh – Cello’s Gate
• Matt Dinniman – Dungeon Crawler Carl

Fantasy / Horror

• Sunyi Dean – The Book Eaters

Fantasy / Paranormal Romance

• Abigail Owen – The Rookie, The Enforcer, The Protector, The Traitor

I also reread some of my favorites this year:

• Alix E. Harrow – The Ten Thousand Doors of January
• Robin McKinley – Deerskin, Spindle’s End, Beauty

For more book recommendations for this genre, check out my original comprehensive post If you’re looking to dive into fantasy… and/or the past two years’ additions I’ve got more fantasy book recs… and fantasy book recs…