Guided routes
Fantasy reading guides
Clear routes through long series and useful starting points for your next read.
Robin Hobb: Farseer and Liveship Reading Order
Publication order for the first two completed Robin Hobb trilogies indexed here: Farseer followed by Liveship Traders.
Open guide →reading orderBlacktongue Reading Order
Publication order for Christopher Buehlman's Blacktongue books, including the unnumbered Daughters' War prequel and the next numbered volume.
Open guide →reading orderThe Bone Season Reading Order
Samantha Shannon's five published Bone Season novels in order, with revised-edition guidance, novella placement, and the next US release.
Open guide →reading orderEmpyrean Reading Order
The spoiler-light publication-order route through Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series, with the current main-novel sequence and series status.
Open guide →reading orderGentleman Bastard Reading Order
The publication-order route through Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard Sequence, including current series status and where the indexed novels connect.
Open guide →recommendationBest Fantasy Books for Beginners
Approachable starting points that show different sides of fantasy without requiring specialist genre knowledge.
Open guide →reading orderMistborn Reading Order
A spoiler-light route through Mistborn Era 1, with what changes from book to book and where a new reader should start.
Open guide →recommendationBest Completed Fantasy Series
Finished fantasy series for readers who want a real ending, compared by tone, pace, complexity, and commitment.
Open guide →