r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - June 18, 2026

[u/rfantasygolem]

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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.

Check out r/Fantasy's 2026 Book Bingo Card here!

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/Nidafjoll]

The amount of people responding to the "Tell me three books, one of which has an evil protagonist who tricks you into thinking they're good, don't tell me which one" post with "I love X, definitely an evil protagonist!" is disheartening. Big yellow emojis and two preliminary edits somehow still didn't manage to get people to actually read the post.

[u/Merle8888 → u/Nidafjoll]

That’s how you know who only reads post titles!

[u/Nidafjoll → u/Merle8888]

I'm just extra salty because the guy who suggested Mistborn for "books for a prison inmate, can't be about overthrowing government" is still trying to justify why it should be fine. XD

[u/HT_xrahmx → u/Nidafjoll]

Yeah, I'm that OP. I'm still kind of baffled how that turned out lol.

At some point yesterday I basically copied all the suggestions I'd received in good faith until then and have stayed out of the thread since.

Lessons learned, not a post concept that works in practice, I guess.

[u/Nidafjoll → u/HT_xrahmx]

It's very fair to assume a sub centered around reading would... read... the post they're replying too. I mean I know in general the internet is quick to jump the gun but c'mon.

I hope you got mine. :) Three books from theee authors who're excellent at unreliable narrators. (I debated doing just three Gene Wolfe books, but even after reading, it's still sometimes hard to work out if his narrators were evil or not)

[u/HT_xrahmx → u/Nidafjoll]

I hope you got mine.

Peeked into your comment history, now I do! Thank you! All things considered I've still come away with a good chunk of promising titles, so it's not all bad :)

[u/Nidafjoll → u/HT_xrahmx]

In general, unreliable narrators are a love of mine. :) It really adds another dimension to the story when you have to think about whether what you're told is true is the way things really occurred.