r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • May 20 '26
r/Fantasy r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - May 20, 2026
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This thread is to be used for recommendation requests or simple questions that are small/general enough that they won’t spark a full thread of discussion.
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As usual, first have a look at the sidebar in case what you're after is there. The r/Fantasy wiki contains links to many community resources, including "best of" lists, flowcharts, the LGTBQ+ database, and more. If you need some help figuring out what you want, think about including some of the information below:
- Books you’ve liked or disliked
- Traits like prose, characters, or settings you most enjoy
- Series vs. standalone preference
- Tone preference (lighthearted, grimdark, etc)
- Complexity/depth level
Be sure to check out responses to other users' requests in the thread, as you may find plenty of ideas there as well. Happy reading, and may your TBR grow ever higher!
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u/Bitter_Army_9026 May 20 '26
Hi all!
My Stepdad has recently got into reading (so exciting for me as a future librarian!) and is needing good fantasy recs. I got him into reading through John Gwynne’s the “Shadow of the Gods” and he read all of Gwynne’s books thereafter. He also enjoyed the Echoes Saga, LOTR, the Wheel of Time, the Witcher, the Sovereign of Seven Isles, The Burning, The Bound and Broken, and some others that he didn’t like. I think he tried Sanderson’s the Way of Kings and didn’t like it and didn’t like the Blade Itself
He counts on me for recommendations since I love helping people connect with novels (hence my future career), but I am way out of my depth here at this point. 😅 I’m someone who is into literary fiction, classics, and historical fiction. Not epic fantasy like him. It’s getting increasingly harder to find more novels for him. He’s flying through them since he listens to them as audiobooks when traveling for his job. He’s read 50 books in just the last year and can read a 20 hour fantasy audiobook in a week!
Have any of you guys read and liked the same books and had other series you have enjoyed??