Welcome to the Fantasy section of T.L. Branson. This is where I keep everything fantasy-related in one place—series reading orders, standalone reading guides, reviews, summaries, and curated lists—so you can either dive deep into one world or browse for your next obsession.
Only here for reading orders? Head over to my Fantasy Books in Order hub for a clean, A–Z directory of every fantasy series guide on the site.
Prism Cloud is Book 4 in Jeff Wheeler‘s Harbinger series. It is set to release on March 5th, 2019. I received an advanced review copy courtesy of the publisher through NetGalley.
Fans of Wheeler’s are sure to be thrilled in this next installment of his latest series. The intensity ratchets up and prepares for the final book in the …
Dark Shores is Book 1 in a new series by Danielle L Jensen, author of the Malediction Trilogy, and is set to release on May 7th, 2019. I received an advanced review copy courtesy of the publisher through NetGalley.
Though this is a new series for followers of Jensen’s works, Dark Shores was actually the first book that …
Andy Peloquin is an author of epic and dark fantasy novels. He’s also an admin over on one of my Facebook groups, Indie Fantasy Addicts.
With the release of his new Heirs of Destiny series looming just on the horizon (due to release on January 22nd, 2019), I thought it would be a good time to get to …
Magic, murder, and romance. That’s the tagline set by the publisher for Book 2 of Jennifer Estep’s Crown of Shards series, Protect the Prince, and it is spot on.
I previously reviewed Book 1, Kill the Queen, on my blog. If you haven’t first read Book 1, stop now and read that review instead. Neither of my reviews …
Kill the Queen is Book 1 in Jennifer Estep‘s newest series, Crown of Shards. It also happens to be Estep’s debut into the world of mainstream epic fantasy, having typically written in the young adult urban fantasy and paranormal romance genres.
At face value, Kill the Queen doesn’t read like Sanderson, GRRM, or even Terry Brooks. Despite the …
I’m very pleased to review Pursuit of Shadows, Book 2 of the Keeper Chronicles, by J.A. Andrews.
Earlier this year, I discovered Ms. Andrews’s work through her debut novel, A Threat of Shadows. At the time, I was reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and struggling to get into it.
Don’t get me wrong Sanderson fans, Mistborn is creative and …
If you’re anything like me, then around New Years you start looking at all the new fantasy books you can look forward to in the months to come.
So with that in mind, and without further a do, I give you the most highly anticipated new fantasy books of 2019.
New YA Fantasy Books
New Epic Fantasy Books
If you’re looking for Cassandra Clare books in order, you’re in the right place.
Whether you found Shadowhunters on TV first or you just picked up your first Cassandra Clare book, the Shadowhunters universe gets big fast. So here are three ways to read the Shadowhunters books in order—author’s recommendation, publication, and chronological.
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You’ve read all of the books in the Mistborn series. You’ve spent days in the Stormlight Archive. Heck, you might have just finished all the books in Cosmere, and now you’re begging for more. But inevitably you’ll never forget your first and so now you’re back looking for more books like Mistborn to fill that empty hole in …
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas was one of the first YA fantasy series I completely fell for, and if you’re starting it now, you’re in for a ride. The series is complete, and this guide gives you the best Throne of Glass series order, plus the full publication order for every book and prequel novella.
The biggest …