Read a fantasy novel from 10 different countries
Now, this is, I assume, easier for me than for a lot of other people, because I'm fluent in three languages, and can manage reading books in two more. Nevertheless, I am 100% certain of that there's English translations of enough Fantasy books from different countries.
I am going to choose a Finnish Fantasy novel, because that's my motherland, and I love her, and I appreciate Finnish fantasy very much. One of my favorite Fantasy books come from Finland; Anne Aarnio's Lintukansan poika (Son of the Bird People).
I chose Neiti Kymenen ihmeellinen talo (The wondrous house of miss Kymene)
Next I'm going to choose a Swedish Fantasy novel, because I live in Sweden, and Sweden has some pretty original Fantasy also. I think I want to read Niklas Krog's first fantasy serie, because I love his Jor & Ka. I'm pretty sure I'll appreciate the fantasy series as well.
Of course there will be a USonian, British, and Canadian Fantasy book on the list.
I choose Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight for USAMary Stewart's Merlin books for UK
For Canada there's R. Scott Bakker, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Charles de Lint to choose from
Michael Scott is Irish, and I have a couple of his books on my TBR list
I have Garth Nix Sabriel on my TBR list, and he's Australian.
I'll read a Witcher novel, from Poland. (Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski)
I'll finish The Secret of Jie, from France (and I have another French fantasy book on my TBR list, the last book on the Mirror Visitor series)
I need to read Cornelia Funke's Dragon Rider, and also finish Walter Moers' Rumo.
And that's 10
I could have chosen also Kaoru Kurimoto's Guin saga. She's Japanese.
Read a fantasy novel with
- black and white cover (can have different shades of grey on it, but no color)
- red cover (mostly red)
- orange cover
- yellow cover
- green cover
- blue cover
- purple/lilac/violet cover
- brown cover
Read a book from each of these lists:
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy (and alike)
Fantasy Classics
The Best Epic Fantasy
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
Best Fantasy on Goodreads with less than 100 ratings
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 100 and 999 ratings
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 10000 and 24999 ratings
I chose
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
The Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Magician's Ward by Patricia C. Wrede
I'm changing my mind on this, and I choose Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison
City of Skies by Farah Cook
The Red Wyvern by Katharine Kerr
Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr
Read a Fantasy novel written in
1930s Jirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore
1940s The Well of the Unicorn by Fletcher Pratt
1950s The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
1960s Witch World by Andre Norton
1970s Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz
1980s Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
1990s Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
2000s Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
2010s Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
2020s Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
and two written before the 1930sThe Well at the World's End by William Morris and The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile, Giambattista
Pick an author who writes Fantasy. Read their favorite Fantasy book, a Fantasy book that has inspired them, a Fantasy book they recommend.
Neil Gaiman and Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
Read a Fantasy novel written by a female author
Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Read a Fantasy novel written by a male author
A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony
Read a Fantasy novel with a female MC
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Read a Fantasy novel with a male MC
Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
Read a Fantasy novel with a female mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Read a Fantasy novel with a male mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Read a Fantasy novel written by a person who has a different ethnicity/nationality/religion/skin color etc. from you
I chose
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir - A Pakistani-American Muslim woman, born in 1983, English-speaking
Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany - An American man, born in 1942, black, English-speaking, gay
Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has a different ethnicity/nationality/religion/skin color etc. from you
I chose The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco. Rin is Philippine, so I hope there's more diversity in this book. The MCs are lesbian if I have understood it correctly.
Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has at least one parent and grandparent alive, and they have a good relationship with them
Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs - I'm not sure about this, but people say it fits
Read a Fantasy novel with less than 250 pages
The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto 231 pages
Read a Fantasy novel with 250-350 pages
New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, 256 pages
Read a Fantasy novel with 300-500 pages
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 486 pages
Read a Fantasy novel with 500+ pages
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss 994 pages
Read a Fantasy novel from 10 different subgenres.
Dying Earth Fantasy
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Grimdark FantasyThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Erotic fantasy
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Fantasy of Manners
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Flintlock / Gunpowder fantasy
Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
Steampunk fantasy
Soulless by Gail Carriger
Bangsian fantasyA House-Boat on the Styx by John Bangs
Urban fantasyRivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Wuxia fantasy
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Fairy taleAndrew Lang's Pink Fairy Book
Read the three first books you haven't read from any list of "best Fantasy books"
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola
A Hero Born by Jin Yong
Read a Fantasy book that has received an award
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
Read a non-Fantasy book that's related to Fantasy
Either
The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friend by Humphrey Carpenter
or
Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings by Diana Pavlac Glyer
Read a Fantasy book with an amazing cover
Read a Fantasy book with a horrible cover
These both are pretty bad, but I think I'll choose Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks.
Grendel at least has a nice layout and AD. Wizard at Large is a total mess.
Read a Fantasy book with a one word title
Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Read a Fantasy book that was made into a movie or tv-series
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Read the Fantasy book you are most ashamed/sorry/irritated of not having read :-D
Now, I have deliberately filled this list with the books I'm most ashamed, sorry, irritated of not having read, so what's left is
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the longest time
The Inheritance Quartet by Christopher Paolini
Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the shortest time
The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff
Finish a Fantasy series
The Inheritance Quartet by Christopher Paolini
Start a Fantasy series
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
Reread a favorite
Earthsea by Ursula leGuin
Read a self-published fantasy novel
The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
Reread the first Fantasy book you ever read (or the first you remember)
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis (I think I was about 7 or 8)
Literary Map Chain
I chose 10 and started with
Mary Stewart - The Walk in Wolf Wood
Patricia C. Wrede - Mairelon the Magician
Patricia McKillip - The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
C.S.Friedman - Black Sun Rising
Anne Bishop - Daughter of the Blood
Juliet Marillier - Daughter of the Forest
Janny Wurts - Curse of the Mistwraith (Janny Wurts)
Lynn Flewelling - Luck in the Shadows
Ellen Kushner - Thomas the Rhymer
Megan Whalen Turner - The ThiefCinda Williams Chima - The Demon King
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