Petrik, you're the classiest booktuber I know 📚🤵

Thanks for including Lonesome Crown!!! Hope you do a longer review at some point!!!

Excellent year, Petrik, and it's fantastic to hear about the reads that moved you the most. Of those you've praised here (all of them being deserving, I'm sure), I'm most interested in reading RF Kuang's Babel, Brian Lee Durfee's trilogy, and Ken Liu's Dandelion Dynasty. Just in case this ends up being your last video of the year, my very best wishes to you for another awesome year in 2023!!!

Sounds like a great list! I'm already excited to read Dandelion Dynasty, Illborn, and Legends and Lattes next year and now have a lot of these others on my radar too. Hope you find lots of new favorites in 2023!

Hey, thanks for your help in finding good books. Currently I am reading Speaking Bones from Ken Liu and I absolutely love the series too!!!

Thank you for covering the last war trilogy. I stumbled on your channel a few months ago looking for new things to read, and that series quickly became one of my favorites

Thanks for the great videos this year. I started Dandelion Dynasty based on your glowing reviews and I'm loving the first book. Sometimes our taste doesn't align (Illborn and The First Binding I hated lol), but I appreciate your honest and great reviews on this channel and Goodreads.

So fun to see your joy around all these books Petrik! I am finally going to read Legends & Lattes this month, so I'm curious to see what my appreciation will be! Babel, Illborn, and The Forgetting Moon are on my TBR and shelf, so I am excited to get to these, as well!

I am so glad I found your channel. Never heard of most of these, and they sound amazing!!

That's one banger of a favourites list! Priest of Crowns, The Wall of Storms, Babel, The Exile, Legends & Lattes, Illborn and The Jade Setter of Jan Loon are all books that I really loved as well! I am sorry to hear that your review of The First Binding has gotten such mixed reactions, but I am happy for you that you found a new story to adore. Always love this end of the year content, thanks for sharing your list!!

What a wonderful list of favorites for 2022! I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on all of these, and I thank you for inspiring me to pick up Legends and Lattes and Sons of Darkness this year! I will be reading Durfee's trilogy in 2023 and am determined to get to the Dandelion Dynasty at some point. Wishing you another amazing reading year in 2023!

So very awesome to see The Lonesome Crown so high on this list! Finally diving into that series this year!

OMG, The Lonesome Crown is up there!! YES! I'm so so happy to hear that! I love this series so much. I can't wait to read the Lonesome Crown soon. 😍 What a great video, Petrik! 👌 So many good books.

Fantastic list of books, Petrik. I have just got Babel for Christmas, so am looking forward to reading that. Thank you for including ILLBORN in your top list.

Great content this year Petrik!!! SO grateful for all the work you put in this year! Can't wait for the great content in 2023!!!

Love your lists Petrik! I always get such amazing recommendations and books to add to my TBR. Happy New Year!

Thank you for sharing us your best readings of this year Petrik! I am eager to read Durfee's trilogy, and given your #3 it lays more hype! I'll keep my radar on if you plan to do a wrap-up on this trilogy, I don't see many people talking about it.

I've been waiting for this particular video from you😍. You're videos are great!! 👍

Your review made me want to buy The First Binding and I've been enjoying the world Virdi created from the very first page. Love this book and am grateful to your review for showing me this exciting new author (who has become an online friend).

Got a gift card and eager to buy one of your recommendations! Love your choices! Happy New Year!

Always good books recommendation from you Petrik! Happy New Year and thank you once again for the effort by making all the videos!

I love how you managed to fit in your hate for Uprooted even in this video 😂. I have bought so many books because of your videos in 2022 Petrik!! My bank account may be sad but my shelves have been so thankful to you 😂 I recently finished the Crown Tower based on your Riyria recommendations and really enjoyed it. It was such a fun introduction to this world and characters (I'm reading Riyria chronologically) and I can't wait to continue! One of the best books I read this year was the Forgetting Moon, also based on your recommendation. I'm currently rereading it and hoping to binge the whole series and I couldn't thank you enough for introducing me to this series, I love it so much! Your praise for the Lonesome Crown just makes me all the more excited 😍 Thank you for being such a positive light on the internet and feeding our passion for SFF. I hope your channel reaches new and amazing heights in 2023 and wish you all the best in the new year!!

Illborn is fantastic, it'll hook you in at the beginning.. great list too Petrik :) thanks for sharing.

Very much enjoyed your year-ender, thank you for all your good efforts. A minor series I loved reading this year is by Shion Miura, The Easy Life In Kamusari & Kamusari Tales Told at Night, a sort of slice of life amidst a mythical mountain forest. Happy New Year.

Ever since finding the Echoes Saga through your channel, I've been on the look out for a book to rec in turn. Thanks so much for these videos! If I hadn't come across your channel, I might still be in a reading slump lol

Thank you for all the literary motivation fot this year! So excited to start "The Dandelion Dynasty"! For me this was the Octavia E. Butler year, both "Parable of Sower" and "Parable of Talents" are my best books of the year. "Kindred" by the same author and "Babel" by R. F. Kuang are on my top 3 books ot the year. After "Earthseed", "The Poppy War" is my favorite series so far in my 2 years of SFF reading. Have a happy New Year Petrik!

Ohh that was such a satisfying video to watch! For now, my priority books on that list are Ken Liu's series and possibly Spinning Silver as I can borrow it from the library. I've read Babel this year, and though it didn't become a favourite, I loved the first half of the book, especially as a translator. I thought that magic system so very clever and honestly wish I had come up with it too. :P

So glad to see Illborn on the list - it's such a good book! I might do a re-read of it before I read Aiduel's Sin 🤔

A great year of reading! I think Babel will end up being in my top 3 this year; it was one of the best books I have ever read! Glad to see The Jade Settler of Janloon here! I picked up a copy and have been waiting to pick it up soon!

Great list Petrik!

I am starting The Wall of Storms in January and I'm so excited about it. The first book was amazing but I trust you that the second one will be even better. I'm so hyped now. 😄😍

Great review and summary of these great 📚

Cant wait for your completed fantasy series vid mate, keep up the good work and hope you have a great year. Your vids give me a nice bit of chill time during my busy work schedule, so keep posting your awesome vids man :)

Time to binge watch 2 months of your videos !! 🎉🤗🌈 I’m behind !

I agree with you about Babel. Kuang has improved so much, I will read anything she writes. Ah, I love the Lost Metal as well, definitely the best of Mistborn era 2. Great video Petrik.

Great video, Great list of books. I'm in the middle of Last of the Dragorn (#8), I must say this series is great, I am looking forward to Volume 9, next month. Priest of Crowns was fantastic, and there could be more. Several debuts, impressive. The Lonesome Crown, I'm 75% done, what a build up, agreed so underrated. Have to read the last three books in the Dandelion Dynasty, but still have to reread book one. Petrik, an absolute pleasure this past year, your videos are fantastic, and full of so much info, keep it going.

I love the last two books of the Wheel of Time. It's mind blowing how some of the threads tie together and they both feel like they're moving at a gallop. However, looking back I appreciate several of the earlier books more than I did when I was reading them because I now truly understand what happened.

I am near enough a year behind on videos😂 I still need to read so many of these. Great video, Petrik🥰

Man, I really need to read The Jade Setter of Janloon! Since of course Greenbone is an all-time fave for me as well 😄 I'm really glad that Lord of Chaos worked so well for you and that you're enjoying the series again, even though I am one of the people who thinks The Shadow Rising is the best entry in the series 😂 Great list Petrik!!

I think your review of the First Binding is great! I cant wait to read it. I hope to read war for the rose throne soon hehe Great video Petrik!!

Awesome list

It's been a slow reading year for me, been busy so had to be selective and often looked to your reviews and recommendations which have mostly hit the mark. But I gotta say "The First Binding" was a real slog, did not enjoy the characters or writing - took me an unexpected 3 weeks to finish, and put me in a reading slump until I read Babel which was eons better, thank the gods. You've also encouraged me to give wax and wayne another shot, I dropped it years ago after reading the first book. All in all, thank you for the list, your reviews, and your recommendations throughout the year, keep them coming!

This is a fabulous list and you described all of them in a way that makes me want to read them too. I look forward to finishing the Dandelion Dynasty next year and suspect that 2023 will be The Year of Liu for me. My favorite fantasy book this year was Grace of Kings. I also really loved Luke Arnold’s One Foot in the Fade. Arnold turned the whole trilogy with a twist and absolutely stuck the landing.

Hi 👋 I can’t choose which my best top ten books for 2022.... I was great full that I’ve read some amazing books... some were DNFs too... like ur video 📽 wishing u the best for 2023 reads! 🌬🌧☃️

Thanks for introducing me to The First Binding by R.R. Virdi - it was one of my top books of the year! I can see where it's very similar to kingkiller, but I'm more impressed with the depths of the framing narrative, and I feel like the voice of an older narrator comes through very well. Have you heard how long we'll all have to wait for the sequal?

Talking about being late for your best of 2022 when the year isn't even over yet is some sort of real overachiever mindset Petrik. Got to say that seeing The Wheel of Time on a best of fantasy list from you is a plot twist I didn't see happening. I personally think The Shadow Rising is one of the most average installments in the series and personally prefer "slog" books 7-9 (minus their prologues and Perrin portions) to it, so I'm definitely with you that the two follow up books are much better. You got me super excited about the Durfee book.

I’m surprised by some of your choices but I trust you and now I have to add more to my TBR!

Totally agree on the Lost Metal, Lord of Chaos, and Legends and Lattes all being awesome! Hopefully the slog will be as enjoyable for you as it was for me (only limited to parts of Crossroads of Twilight). This has me so excited to try the Dandelion Dynasty, 5 Warrior Angels, Founders trilogy, and Swan Song!!!!

Nice choices!

Great list! I love how your list includes lesser known books along with more well-known ones, even if it does murder by TBR list. Counting only 1 book per series, my favorites this year are: 1. Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee 2. The Empire's Ruin by Brian Staveley 3. The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie 4. The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson 5. Wrath by John Gwynne 6. The Shining by Stephen King 7. The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne 8. Kings of Ash by Richard Nell 9. The Stand by Stephen King 10. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Honorable mention: The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson

Have you tried any of the wandering inn yet? It's very slice of life/cozy feeling. Love slice of life stuff when I'm not in the mood for anything super serious. Great video brother.

So many good recommendations.

I know its late but Nollaig Shona Dhuit! (Irish for Merry Christmas) I'm 100 pages into Grace of Kings and really enjoying it so far, can't wait to see how the series develops.

I’ve only read Ken Liu’s 2 collections but I’m so excited for dandelion dynasty next year. Paper menagerie and other stories it my best book of the year essentially tied with Fools Assassin, so hard to choose between them.

I am new to the fantasy world, but I think your channel is the best on youtube and your reviews on goodreads are among the best I've ever read, and your knowledge about fantasy is incomparable. I liked your video about series to read if you liked Faithful and the Fallen .... I wish we get One for ASOIAF. And Also If there is a novel or a Serie which has mysteries like Attack on Titan and One Piece. BTW, you're reading a lot of manga and I've never seen you speaking about AoT, I love to read your opinion about it.

Great list. Really liked Legends and Lattes and Spinning Silver too. Unfortunately The First Binding didn't work for me at all. Its a shame you received harsh comments for your review which is very fair and well-written, really sorry to hear about that. So nice that Sons of Darkness worked for you so well. I am interested to see what happens in the sequels. The Lonesome Crown yes! I really liked the conclusion too. I really liked The Dandelion Dynasty. My favourite book was Speaking Bones though.

I really want to read Dandelion Dynasty! I'm familiar with Liu from his translations, excited to check out his own novels

Super glad I got to read sons of darkness before everything went down, I didn't love it, but it was unique enough to keep me wanting to continue the series.

This video proves it that me and you have rly similar tastes because the 6th wheel of time book is by far my favorite too. I wasn't able to finish the series though the 8th book broke me, but I love the 6th one.

We can have different opinions on books, but we can also show respect for differing opinions. I love your channel, so much that I sought out one of your videos to take my mind off the passing of my little best friend and dog 🐶 companion this am. Thank you. ♥

Fun video! I'm interested to see how the First Binding develops. If the second and third book turn out well, l would definitely be interested to read it. Sorry you got much backlash abt it. I'm thankful l haven't read it yet so l can still reserve judgment and not get caught up in any arguments! I'll take another look at Spinning Silver - you sure know how to make a book sound intriguing! Dandelion Dynasty and Priest of Lies are on my radar thanks to you. I'm not sure about the Priest books as I'm afraid they might be a bit too violent for me - Peaky Blinders was very good but very violent... Anyway Happy New Year and I'm so glad l can watch your channel!

Great video Petrik! I was on the fence about getting into Michael J. Sullivan - one of those authors that sounds like he might be up my alley, yet I was uncertain - but you've sold me with your words about his writing over time!

I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU RANKED IT SEVENTH IT IS THE FIRST BINDING NOT THE SEVENTH BINDING!!!! There you go, another weird and harsh comment based on a book I haven't read :) Another excellent video!!! Some incredible books on this list from some great authors. I'm stoked to read Ken Liu next year. My top books this year were The Lost Metal, Dragon Mage and Malice.

Well, first of all, after such a passionate review of The Lonesome Crown, I will relent and go back to The Forgetting Moon and see what happens. 2ndly, wow! This year was surprisingly tough for me; perhaps because last year was so easy? But, gun to my head? We are way off! Which is great! 1) Age of Ash - Daniel Abraham 2) Fevered Star - Rebecca Roanhorse 3) The Justice of Kings - Richard S Swan 4) Locklands - Robert Jackson Bennett The fact that the only overlap we have is Locklands, the 3rd book in a trilogy, and one that you acknowledge as being a bit controversial, at least from your followers' perspective, is throwing me for a bit of a loop, which is fun! Thanks for the well-thought-out, considered reviews, and for once again challenging me to read something outside of my wheelhouse, or look at something in a different light. D

great video and love the unpopular opinions

I usually watch on my TV so don't really comment but I just want to say how sorry I am that you've suffered anxiety because of a book review, that really sucks. People need to respect subjectivity when it comes to art. Anyway, great video as always, Petrik! You always get me spending what little money I have on books 😅😂😇

I swear every time you talk about the echoes saga you make me want to drop everything and read it lol. Yaaaas so happy Age of War made your list. Dang that sucks that comments on your first binding review started to give you anxiety. I’m sorry that happened to you, people on the internet can be so wild sometimes. Ok ok you’ve convinced me to try the dandelion dynasty. Are you satisfied? 🤣

I'll admit, I expected Babel higher on your list. I'm so happy you loved Dandelion Dynasty. Next year I want to read Illborn

I don't think your video is late. To me, it makes sense to read until we ring in the New Year then decide which books were the best reads for us.

The only ones I’ve read here are Swan Song and the War for the Rose Throne books. I agree they’re amazing!

This books look amazing. I've read alot of Cosmere, Some Wheel of Time and I had re-read Asoiaf. 🙏

Great list! Thankfully you didn't increase my TBR....at least not this time. My favorite read of the year is a toss up between Ruin by John Gwynne and The Forgetting Moon by Brian Lee Durfee.

yess coffe and calmness!

Half way through with Jade Legacy now. Wish I could hop on Dandelion Dynasty but I’ve already got too much to read for next year. Gonna try to support a lot of indie authors in 2023. And lmao, people really got so mad about your First Binding review? Probably a bunch of KKC stans 😂 we’re a devoted fan base but some of us are downright crazy. Lots of books take heavy inspiration from their predecessors. Even the Poppy War straight up took Kvothe and Elodin’s relationship and that only made the book better. But I think the book I look forward to most next year is Sword of Kaigen. I’ll share my thoughts in Discord once I’m done, I just have to finish a few books beforehand

The First Binding has been a whole controversy. It reminds me a lot of The Eye of the World in its comparisons, and when I'm comparing a modern fantasy book to the first WoT book then you really shouldn't be that worried. Still glad you loved that book!

My best 2022 book gotta be Demon in White by Christopher Rucchio. In fact the whole series is the best thing I've read this year. It was thanks to this channel that I stumbled upon such a gem!

War for the rose throne was also a top series from this past year. It has a lot of unique aspects you don’t see much like PTSD and the strong emphasis on leadwrship and his Thomas is is a leader. With its own twists and turns, it’s very good and original.

Ouch, my overwhelmed, straining TBR list!

The Wall Of Storms is also my fav book of the year!! just a masterpiece 😍😍

Great video

You've already gotten me going on Dandelion Dynasty, so thanks. I'm so sorry that you've experienced anxiety over ANY book review. That's just plain wrong and backward to how it should be. You should always be commended, as your honesty and integrity, as well as your insight, are a part of the invaluable service you provide to readers. Thanks for that.

11:30 lol exactly - I was more shocked that a WoT book made the list at all!

I just finished readin The Age of Madness trilogy on audiobookm, I will consider this as 1 book. Best I read in 22. Narrator is world class as well as the books

Yaaaay Michael J.Sullivan made your list 😍😍😍😍 This made my day 😂

My «Personal Enjoyment Reads» List for 2022: 12-«By Force Alone» by Lavie Tidhar (Loved the Grimdark Prologue with Uther and Merlin, but it would have been better either longer or with a sequel delving into “Guy Ritchie Gangster” Arthur’s Camelot, also Lancelot’s main plot is straight out of Mel Brooks: Very funny, but a bit off from the Grimdark opening. Predator-reference had me ROFL) 11-«The Hood» by Lavie Tidhar (Much more evenly balanced: «Breaking Bad» Rebecca of York/Robin Hood meets «Heart of Darkness»/«Apocalypse Now») 10-«The Broken Sword» by Poul Anderson (A S&S Classic: Anderson effortlessly changes between huge laughs, epic fight and deep tragedy. Vikings meets Myth(s)) 9-«Beowulf» (JRR Tolkien’s interpretation: A Literary Classic for a reason + excellent commentary from the Professor Himself!) 8-«Storm of Swords» by Matthew Harffy (The «Bernicia Chronicles» is my «palett cleanser» book series: While this is essentially Anglo-Saxon «Taken», the characters have grown on me and loved the «Ship Wrecker»-«sidequest») 7-«Snakewood» by Adrian Selby (While the structure of the story is not the most welcoming, there is great action, diplomacy and heartfelt laughs and tragedy) 6-«Legend» by David Gemmell (While a bit generic in World Building, I definitely got great action and a incredible positive surprise in the immense humanity in Gemmell’s writing, even to what could easily have been stock side characters and antagonists!) 5-«Hunger of the Gods» by John Gwynne (I liked the expansion of the World presented in the first book and found Guthvar a delightful pov-antagonist I loved to hate in the vein of “Blackadder”: A grandiose opportunistic coward!) 4-«Banner Saga: Gift of Hadrborg»/«Tales from the Caravan» (especially the short stories «Haugr’s Grin» & «Too Much Rope») (GoH: Vikings+Gang Wars+A dash of Indiana Jones: Neat!/TotC: Great action, great tragedy!) 3-«The Severing Son» by Vaughn Roycroft (Great Culture Building, Loved the characters, especially the leaders: The dynamic between adopted brothers Captain Urias and Lord Thadmeir of great trust even in (often) disagreement, the dastardly Desdrusan and cunning Keisella!) 2-«Finn and Hengist» (JRR Tolkien’s interpretation) (While incredibly short, it contains rivalries, dilemmas and tragedies worthy of a full Greek Drama or Norse Saga! Great scholarly work by the Professor, on a part of history/myth unfairly often overlooked!)! 1-«Sarantine Mosaic: Sailing to Sarantium» by Gay Gavriel Kay (The Prose, The Characters, The Setting, The World Building: GGK is one of the best writers of today! The Prologue and the Epilogue is both top notch!)

Here I come to stroke your ego :P Most favorite fantasies this year: (you'll be shocked) The Justice of Kings and The Helm of Midnight; my bang to end the year is Dreams of the Dying and I have a very good feeling it will join the other two...holy shit that's good stuff. I'm fascinated and terrified at the same time because Nicolas has been very very quiet all year, so there's not even a tentative date for the sequel. This worries me greatly. But! be proud that you played a huge part in my choosing all three of these amazing reads. Thanks, P. Favorite YA: The Year of the Plague, Strands of Bronze and Gold and The Kingdom of Little Wounds, a syphilitic fairy tale that doesn't read at all like YA: it's gory, perverted, dark and so so disgusting, but brilliant. Happy New Year, P. Based on your choice of series for next year I have a feeling 2023 will beeven better than 2022.

Best books I read this year were The Hunger of the Gods, Jade Legacy, Boy's Life and The Justice of Kings. I've also got to include Stephen King's masterpiece It on the list, even though it shouldn't really count as it was my 4th re-read.

Here’s mine: 1. The Wall of Storms 2. Words of Radiance 3. Children of Time 4. Jade Legacy 5. Empire of the Vampire. The Wall of Storms is also my book of the year!

The best books I read this year are probably Curse of the Mistwraith and Shadow of The Gods. I might have included The Forgetting Moon but there's no way I will finish it before the end of the week. The first third is really good.

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So The First Binding was a book I read that I thought was better than in the Name of the Wind, so I don't care what the Rothfuss Fans think, don't let negative people change your views,I've read both, it was just done better and at least I won't have to wait a bunch of years to get booked 2 or 3,Sons of Darkness awesome book I read on your recommendation is probably in my top five, I completely agree with you on Swan Song by Robert McCammon way better than The Stand and definitely better more satisfying ending haven't read it in years but I remember it, I commend you for even being able to figure out your top 15 books especially after reading so many, I think my top book of the year with everything included as far as pace of the book characterization, action and Dark Worlds,would probably be Empire of a the Vampire by Jay Kristoff, there was something about the flow of this book,In 800pgs it's hard to keep interest of a reader but this book from start to finish was action-packed the World building was dark and the characters were even darker I loved everything about it but I've read so many books this year that's one of many great ones another great video keep up the great content........and 1 more thing,Hunger of the Gods,John Gynne weakest book very surprising hearing that from you I would love to talk to you about why just to hear your opinion have a happy New Year

My top 10: 1 - Nevernight (Jay Kristoff) 2 - Saint’s Blood (Sebastian de Castell) 3 - Fairy Tale (Stephen King) 4 - Fire & Blood (George R R Martin) 5 - Last Argument of Kings (Joe Abercrombie) 6 - Jade Legacy (Fonda Lee) 7 - Priest of Crowns (Peter McLean) 8 - The Shadow of the Gods (John Gwynne) 9 - Pennyblade (J L Worrad) 10 - The Justice of Kings (Richard Swan) My 2 runners-up are The Ember Blade (Chris Wooding) and The Hellborn King (Christopher G Brenning). Swan Song is my #1 of my rereads. And this is the second year in a row that a Jay Kristoff book occupies the #1 spot in my top 10.

Wwll hwres 15 books to go to my tbr pile

Here's my list 1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen king 2.the great peace by mena suvari her memoir 3. Billy summers by Stephen king 4. Not my father son by Alan Cumming his first memoir 5. They never learn by Layne Fargo 6. The heart principle by helen Huang 7. The cactus by Sarah Haywood 8. The charm offensive by allison Cochrane 9. King of battle and blood by scarlett st claire 10. Iron widow 11. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey his memoir 12. The dead zone by Stephen king 13. In five years by rebecca serle 14. The gilded cage by lynette nomi 15 revival by Stephen king

For me Babel is the best book I read this year and I hoped it would be higher on your list. It might have hit harder for me though as I am from one of the countries colonized by the British Empire and the themes of colonialism explored in the book resonated with me.

Lord of chaos is as far as I've gotten in wheel of time, which I loved. I'll grt to finish it eventually. Maybe 2025, as next year is PACKED

I guess I'll have to fix that as soon as possible! (Having not read Ken Liu)

Is the hunger of the gods and that series completely separate from the banished lands stuff or is it related

Can The Exile be read as a standalone book? i.e. without any background on the series?

Just waiting for Sons of Darkness to become available (not scalper prices).