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Apr 26, 2013 05:31AM
The Hunger Games shouldn't be on this list. It's Dystopian, not Fantasy!
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Ellinor wrote: "The Hunger Games shouldn't be on this list. It's Dystopian, not Fantasy!"Yea, I was surprised to see it on the list as well. There's nothing fantasy about it.
The Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay - Sailing to Sarantium and The Lord of Emperors - best ever.
Take down The Hunger Games. I'll be the first to say it's awesome (despite the striking similarities with Battle Royale) but it's dystopia/SF, no fantasy there.
Take down A Clash of Kings, on page 3, it's a number #2 of the series. We're already voting for A Song of Ice and Fire on its first novel, A Game of Thrones.
Take down King of Thorns, and Harry Potter #6 and #7
Big omission - The Wars of Light and Shadow (Curse of the Mistwraith) by Janny Wurts !!!
Read at least one book each for the T25.Highlights: Harry Potter, Dresden Files, Dark Tower
Mistborn, Narnia, His Dark Materials
Lowlights: Mortal Instruments, Eragon, Earthsea, Belgariad
The rest are various levels of okay/decent.
Several sequels deleted, plus these for not being fantasy:Uglies trilogy
Ender's Shadow
Maze Runner
On Basilisk Station
The Hunger Games
Under the Never Sky
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Robin Hobb deserves to be there
Kim wrote: "Big omission - The Wars of Light and Shadow (Curse of the Mistwraith) by Janny Wurts !!!"I agree there! Great books. They should be on the list.
Becky wrote: "Harry Potter sparked a world-wide re-insterest in book reading. I don't think anything that gets the general populace so involved in reading once again should be taken lightly.
The list isn't for ..."
I think the films had just a tad bit to do with with the popularity of the books. :p
The list isn't for ..."
I think the films had just a tad bit to do with with the popularity of the books. :p
Vanessa wrote: "Where is the Sherlock Holmes series? I believe they could be listed!"I don't think so. I would never class them as fantasy, great books that they are.
Ellinor wrote: "The Hunger Games shouldn't be on this list. It's Dystopian, not Fantasy!"Which is a branch of SciFi, which someone has suggested is in itself a branch of fantasy, so on those grounds should be on the list.
Ugh, the books that are repeated in some form or another really need to be deleted. They are confusing the matter and keeping some really good books far down on the list, because people double vote.
Removed duplicates (extra Harry Potter and Mistborn).I wonder if the Dresden files should be here since it's clearly supernatural 'urban' fantasy (And also Maximum Ride...)
removed other unnecessary duplicates: sword of shannara trilogy, lord of the rings, his dark materials, a wrinkle in time...
Removed a bunch of other duplicates past #100, and also some sequels.
The Night Angel triology is found both at spot 19 & #73
There is another list a lot like this one. Best Fantasy Series Hidden Gems.If we made this list have a minimum requirement of 40,000 ratings, we could split the space between these two lists and effectively improve both.
Why does this list have books listed individually. They should just have the name of the series listed as a whole... unless that isn't possible on Goodreads....
I will have to admit that there are loads of books in this list that I wouldn't class as being fantasy. Not a great list if I must be honest.
Deleted several books at the end of the list (all later books in a series)
What about the Red Queen series!? That should be number one!!! DX
