S1E24 | Where to Start With FANTASY: Subgenres&Book Recs with Liene's Library&Jashana C - a podcast by Bethany Pullen
from 2021-08-17T05:00
Are you new to reading fantasy or wondering where to start? We’ve got you covered! In today’s episode Bethany, Liene & Jashana talk fantasy subgenres with plenty of recommendations to get you started. For exclusive bonus content and early access to episodes, consider joining the Chapter 3 Podcast Patreon
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Books from On My Radar segment:
The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon: https://amzn.to/37voPgu
Battle Royal by Lucy Parker: https://amzn.to/3s5WUgo
Requiem of Silence by L Penelope: https://amzn.to/3jCIhh4
Devil in the Device by Lora Beth Johnson: https://amzn.to/3fN3LGI
NOLYN by Michael J Sullivan: https://amzn.to/3fJj3wc
Heavy Lies the Crown by Ben Galley: https://amzn.to/3iyfx9T
Other Books/Authors Mentioned
Robin McKinley
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Redwall series by Brian Jaques
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine: https://amzn.to/3CApOtZ
Meg Cabot
Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce: https://amzn.to/2VL4Tnm
HIGH FANTASY
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind: https://amzn.to/3lSLwUp
Legends of the First Empire by Michael J Sullivan: https://amzn.to/3xAMwyD
The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski: https://amzn.to/3s48VTA
Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan: https://amzn.to/3xAMJBV
The Seven Realms by Cinda Williams Chima: https://amzn.to/37sMoGT
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien: https://amzn.to/3Atu0Ka
The Witchlands series by Susan Dennard: https://amzn.to/3CuBLBv
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo: https://amzn.to/3yGxIQs
URBAN FANTASY / PARANORMAL
The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger: https://amzn.to/3jV0uqn
Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris: https://amzn.to/3fPoJF8
Neil Gaiman
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern: https://amzn.to/3AFP5Bx
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern: https://amzn.to/3s1Z8h4
Kate Daniels Series by Illona Andrews: https://amzn.to/3ixjjA8
Psy-Changeling Series by Nalini Singh: https://amzn.to/3s5hSfv
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher: https://amzn.to/3CHgtkr
FANTASY ROMANCE
Radiance by Grace Draven: https://amzn.to/3CAr2FB
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri: https://amzn.to/3CvvLs9
Reign & Ruin by JD Evans: https://amzn.to/3yAVhtO
MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE INSPIRED FANTASY
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri: https://amzn.to/3jIMsrL
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden: https://amzn.to/2VExw5Q
Rick Riordan Presents line: https://amzn.to/3CAycJU
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan: https://amzn.to/37rF7Hg
The Gatekeepers Staff by Antoine Bandele: https://amzn.to/3jGU4uC
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller: https://amzn.to/3fNnkPh
By Force Alone by Lavite Tidhar: https://amzn.to/3yuWcMh
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh: https://amzn.to/3iuoHnH
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Sylvia Moreno Garcia
Deathless by Catherynne M Valente: https://amzn.to/37tQ62G
HISTORICAL FANTASY/ MAGICAL REALISM
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke: https://amzn.to/3s6qy5b
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater: https://amzn.to/3jDrbj4
Anna Marie McLemore
A Master of Djinn by P. Deli Clark: https://amzn.to/3s2uYKq
Temeraire series by Naomi Novik: https://amzn.to/3jG2LoV
The Conductors by Nicole Glover: https://amzn.to/3xuIdoh
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu: https://amzn.to/37xc19e
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo: https://amzn.to/3yzHinP
Ringshout by P. Deli Clark: https://amzn.to/2VL6YQc
The Water Dancer by Ta Nehisi Coates: https://amzn.to/3CwllbO
She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker Chan: https://amzn.to/37uMnlD
GRIMDARK FANTASY
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin: https://amzn.to/3iyp5Bw
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie: https://amzn.to/3yFcBhe
Blackwing by Ed McDonald: https://amzn.to/3lNVTIQ
The Poppy War by RF Kuang: https://amzn.to/3xyZDQI
FLINTLOCK/ WESTERN FANTASY
Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky: https://amzn.to/2VDcAM8
A Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope: https://amzn.to/3xAOyyL
Second Era Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson: https://amzn.to/3fMZpQ4
The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis: https://amzn.to/3lJURxC
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris: https://amzn.to/3jDs9vI
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey: https://amzn.to/3CwP0S6
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland: https://amzn.to/3ArhhYr
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris: https://amzn.to/37sYEaj
Walk the Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson: https://amzn.to/3yzr1iN
SCI-FANTASY
Dreamblood Duology by N.K. Jemisin: https://amzn.to/3xxJXx9
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin: https://amzn.to/37K7voh
Monstress by Marjorie Liu: https://amzn.to/3Arhwmj
PORTAL FANTASY
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3jHA5Mi
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova: https://amzn.to/3fP5lrD
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman: https://amzn.to/2U2Uv9M
Alice in Wonderland: https://amzn.to/3CwWrJ9
Wizard of Oz: https://amzn.to/2VEDrrk
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor: https://amzn.to/3iEHoW5
DARK ACADEMIA
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee: https://amzn.to/2VIfAHe
The Secret History by Donna Tartt: https://amzn.to/3Aj3qn8
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo: https://amzn.to/37vFq3W
If We Were Villains by ML Rio: https://amzn.to/3s28WaE
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