{"id":17188,"date":"2021-01-04T18:32:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=17188"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:32:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:32:03","slug":"fantasy-novels-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/fantasy-novels-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/fantasy-novels-2\/\">this<\/a> list. It still only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I&#8217;ve read in the last 9 years).<\/p>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/dragon-and-phoenix\/\"><strong>Dragon and Phoenix<\/strong><\/a> by Joanne Bertin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/replay\/\"><strong>Replay <\/strong><\/a>by Ken Grimwood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/how-to-stop-time\/\"><strong>How to Stop Time<\/strong><\/a> by Matt Haig<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/sailing-to-sarantium\/\"><strong>Sailing to Sarantium<\/strong><\/a> by Guy Gavriel Kay<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/lord-of-emperors\/\"><strong>Lord of Emperors<\/strong><\/a> by Guy Gavriel Kay<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/the-last-light-of-the-sun\/\"><strong>The Last Light of the Sun<\/strong><\/a> by Guy Gavriel Kay<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/river-of-stars\/\"><strong>River of Stars<\/strong><\/a> by Guy Gavriel Kay<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/under-heaven\/\"><strong>Under Heaven<\/strong><\/a> by Guy Gavriel Kay<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/the-clockmakers-daughter\/\"><strong>The Clockmaker\u2019s Daughter<\/strong><\/a> by Kate Morton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/the-first-fifteen-lives-of-harry-august\/\"><strong>The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August<\/strong><\/a> by Claire North<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/the-vampire-lestat\/\"><strong>The Vampire Lestat<\/strong><\/a> by Anne Rice<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/the-queen-of-the-damned\/\"><strong>The Queen of the Damned<\/strong><\/a> by Anne Rice<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/my-real-children\/\"><strong>My Real Children<\/strong><\/a> by Jo Walton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/tooth-and-claw\/\"><strong>Tooth and Claw<\/strong><\/a> by Jo Walton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/a-sorcerers-treason\/\"><strong>A Sorcerer\u2019s Treason<\/strong><\/a> by Sarah Zettel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/foundryside\/\"><strong>Foundryside<\/strong><\/a> by Robert Jackson Bennett<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/shorefall\/\"><strong>Shorefall<\/strong><\/a> by Robert Jackson Bennett<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/the-last-dragonlord\/\"><strong>The Last Dragonlord<\/strong><\/a> by Joanne Bertin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/the-mists-of-avalon\/\"><strong>The Mists of Avalon<\/strong><\/a> by Marion Zimmer Bradley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/a-natural-history-of-dragons\/\"><strong>A Natural History of Dragons<\/strong><\/a> by Marie Brennan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/a-turn-of-light\/\"><strong>A Turn of Light<\/strong><\/a> by Julie E. Czerneda<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/neverwhere\/\"><strong>Neverwhere<\/strong><\/a> by Neil Gaiman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/those-explosions-were-someone-elses-fault\/\"><strong>All Those Explosions Were Someone Else\u2019s Fault<\/strong><\/a> by James Alan Gardner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/the-princess-bride\/\"><strong>The Princess Bride<\/strong><\/a> by William Goldman (*)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/little-sister\/\"><strong>Little Sister<\/strong><\/a> by Barbara Gowdy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/the-radleys\/\"><strong>The Radleys<\/strong><\/a> by Matt Haig<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/ysabel\/\"><strong>Ysabel<\/strong><\/a> by Guy Gavriel Kay<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/lavinia\/\"><strong>Lavinia<\/strong><\/a> by Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/confessions-of-an-ugly-stepsister\/\"><strong>Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister<\/strong><\/a> by Gregory Maguire<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/egg-spoon\/\"><strong>Egg &amp; Spoon<\/strong><\/a> by Gregory Maguire<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/mirror-mirror\/\"><strong>Mirror Mirror<\/strong><\/a> by Gregory Maguire<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/wicked\/\"><strong>Wicked<\/strong><\/a> by Gregory Maguire<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/faller\/\"><strong>Faller<\/strong><\/a> by Will McIntosh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/hitchers\/\"><strong>Hitchers<\/strong><\/a> by Will McIntosh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/the-night-circus\/\"><strong>The Night Circus<\/strong><\/a> by Erin Morgenstern<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/towing-jehovah\/\"><strong>Towing Jehovah<\/strong><\/a> by James Morrow<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/the-end-of-the-day\/\"><strong>The End of the Day<\/strong><\/a> by Claire North<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/the-gameshouse\/\"><strong>The Gameshouse<\/strong><\/a> by Claire North<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/the-pursuit-of-william-abbey\/\"><strong>The Pursuit of William Abbey<\/strong><\/a> by Claire North<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/the-sudden-appearance-of-hope\/\"><strong>The Sudden Appearance of Hope<\/strong><\/a> by Claire North<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/touch\/\"><strong>Touch<\/strong><\/a> by Claire North<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/mort\/\"><strong>Mort<\/strong><\/a> by Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interview With the Vampire<\/strong> by Anne Rice (*)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/world-without-end\/\"><strong>World Without End<\/strong><\/a> by Sean Russell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/sea-without-a-shore\/\"><strong>Sea Without a Shore<\/strong><\/a> by Sean Russell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/the-rise-and-fall-of-d-o-d-o\/\"><strong>The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.<\/strong><\/a> by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/the-dying-earth\/\"><strong>The Dying Earth<\/strong><\/a> by Jack Vance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/after-the-golden-age\/\"><strong>After the Golden Age<\/strong><\/a> by Carrie Vaughn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/among-others\/\"><strong>Among Others<\/strong><\/a> by Jo Walton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/the-just-city\/\"><strong>The Just City<\/strong><\/a> by Jo Walton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/necessity\/\"><strong>Necessity<\/strong><\/a> by Jo Walton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/the-philosopher-kings\/\"><strong>The Philosopher Kings<\/strong><\/a> by Jo Walton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/the-usurpers-crown\/\"><strong>The Usurper\u2019s Crown<\/strong><\/a> by Sarah Zettel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/the-firebirds-vengeance\/\"><strong>The Firebird\u2019s Vengeance<\/strong><\/a> by Sarah Zettel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/sword-of-the-deceiver\/\"><strong>Sword of the Deceiver<\/strong><\/a> by Sarah Zettel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mentions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/a-fine-and-private-place\/\"><strong>A Fine and Private Place<\/strong><\/a> by Peter S. Beagle<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/bards-oath\/\"><strong>Bard\u2019s Oath<\/strong><\/a> by Joanne Bertin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/dandelion-wine\/\"><strong>Dandelion Wine<\/strong><\/a> by Ray Bradbury<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/magic-kingdom-for-sale-sold\/\"><strong>Magic Kingdom For Sale \u2014 Sold!<\/strong><\/a> by Terry Brooks (+)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/the-black-unicorn\/\"><strong>The Black Unicorn<\/strong><\/a> by Terry Brooks (+)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/a-play-of-shadow\/\"><strong>A Play of Shadow<\/strong><\/a> by Julie E. Czerneda<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/the-neverending-story\/\"><strong>The Neverending Story<\/strong><\/a> by Michael Ende<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/brightly-burning\/\"><strong>Brightly Burning<\/strong><\/a> by Mercedes Lackey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/an-opening-act-of-unspeakable-evil\/\"><strong>An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil<\/strong><\/a> by Jim Munroe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/the-eyes-of-the-overworld\/\"><strong>The Eyes of the Overworld<\/strong><\/a> by Jack Vance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/the-hidden-place\/\"><strong>A Hidden Place<\/strong><\/a> by Robert Charles Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to this list. It still only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I&#8217;ve read in the last 9 years). Best of the best Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin Replay by Ken Grimwood How to Stop Time by Matt Haig Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay Lord of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[7,9,42,28],"class_list":["post-17188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-book","tag-fantasy","tag-lists","tag-novels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17189,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17188\/revisions\/17189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}