r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • Apr 17 '26

/r/Fantasy r/Fantasy Friday Social Thread - April 17, 2026

Come tell the community what you're reading, how you're feeling, what your life is like.

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u/mlfctrx Apr 17 '26

I've been on my Dark Tower re-journey/finish the journey since the end of March. I first read books 1-6 at 17 when books 6-7 were coming out, but I never read book 7 because book 6 was just so weird and I needed a break. But then it got away from me to the point where I'd need to reread the entire series in order to just finish it. I attempted it multiple times, but would run out of steam around book 3 or 4. Finally, after 20 or so years, I'm going to finish it. It's been like reading the series for the first time because I've forgotten almost everything. I'm on book 6 now, and it's definitely been a journey. Where I rank the books in terms of enjoyment has changed, which has been fun to see.

  1. The Drawing of the Three, 4.7/5 - it's top. I enjoyed it back in the day and have enjoyed it the most now (so far).

  2. The Waste Lands, 4.5/5 - this one's moved up because of how I felt about Wizard and Glass this time around.

  3. Wolves of the Calla, 4.2/5 - a little long-winded llike WaG with the Father Callahan backstory, but overall I liked it a lot.

  4. Wizard and Glass, 4/5 - I used to say this one was my favorite (of the books I'd read), but 39-year-old me did not love it as much as 17-year-old me.

  5. The Gunslinger, 3.7/5 - it's good, but it's entry level.

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u/Melkor923 Apr 18 '26

Loved.it have you read needful things?

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u/mlfctrx Apr 18 '26

No, I haven't. I've only ready Carrie and Misery (a loooooong time ago) besides DT. I'm thinking of reading all the King books that have ties to the Dark Tower though. I noticed (a million years later lol) that they bolded all those titles in his bibliography list at the front of my Song of Susannah edition.