What’s you’re tier list? Include every series you’ve even started. This is the final video I’ll be collecting data for a future video going over all the fantasy data.

Terry must be pleased that he has a tier all to himself. He really is in a league of his own!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="62">01:02</a> - The Riftwar Cycle - B <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="115">01:55</a> - Malazan - A <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="160">02:40</a> - Doc Savage - C <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="172">02:52</a> - The Powder Mage Trilogy - B <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="212">03:32</a> - The Dark Tower - A <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="248">04:08</a> - The Dresden Files - B <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="322">05:22</a> - The Witcher - S <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="364">06:04</a> - Lord of the Rings - S <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="374">06:14</a> - The Sword of Truth - D <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="376">06:16</a> - The First Law - S <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="479">07:59</a> - The Broken Empire Trilogy - C <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="522">08:42</a> - Harry Potter - B <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="591">09:51</a> - The Poppy War Trilogy - B <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="659">10:59</a> - The Licanius Trilogy - C <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="763">12:43</a> - Lightbringer Series - S <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="824">13:44</a> - The Stormlight Archive - S <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="880">14:40</a> - Gentleman Bastard Series - S <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="966">16:06</a> - Broken Earth Series - A <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1018">16:58</a> - Forgotten Realms - B <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1097">18:17</a> - The Kingkiller Chronicle - C <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1156">19:16</a> - A Song of Ice and Fire - A <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1219">20:19</a> - His Dark Materials - B <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1292">21:32</a> - Earthsea - A <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1322">22:02</a> - Black Leopard, Red Wolf - C (*quality A or S, enjoyment C) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1427">23:47</a> - The Mistborn Era 1 - S <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1492">24:52</a> - The Mistborn Era 2 - B <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1534">25:34</a> - The Wheel of Time - S Alternatively, by tier left to right S Tier <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="322">05:22</a> - The Witcher <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="364">06:04</a> - Lord of the Rings <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="376">06:16</a> - The First Law <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="763">12:43</a> - Lightbringer Series <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="824">13:44</a> - The Stormlight Archive <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="880">14:40</a> - Gentleman Bastard Series <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1427">23:47</a> - The Mistborn Era 1 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1534">25:34</a> - The Wheel of Time A Tier <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="115">01:55</a> - Malazan <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="212">03:32</a> - The Dark Tower <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="966">16:06</a> - Broken Earth Series <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1156">19:16</a> - A Song of Ice and Fire <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1292">21:32</a> - Earthsea B Tier <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="62">01:02</a> - The Riftwar Cycle <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="172">02:52</a> - The Powder Mage Trilogy <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="248">04:08</a> - The Dresden Files <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="522">08:42</a> - Harry Potter <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="591">09:51</a> - The Poppy War Trilogy <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1018">16:58</a> - Forgotten Realms <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1219">20:19</a> - His Dark Materials <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1492">24:52</a> - The Mistborn Era 2 C Tier <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="160">02:40</a> - Doc Savage <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="479">07:59</a> - The Broken Empire Trilogy <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="659">10:59</a> - The Licanius Trilogy <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1097">18:17</a> - The Kingkiller Chronicle <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1322">22:02</a> - Black Leopard, Red Wolf D Tier <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="374">06:14</a> - The Sword of Truth

I'm seeing a lot of back and forth with Name of the Wind, and I get how people say it draged, but I think that the way the story is told is the so new and unique to me with a character who is alone but not some dark depressed loner, one of my favorites but I see how it's not for everyone

Name of the Wind is such a pleasure to read. So subtle, yet memorable. Its an S in my list. Maybe the best I've read in this genre.

You should make a tier-list of your tier-list videos.

Me, new to fantasy: S tier looks like a good reading list

Im surprised you hadnt read Eragon. I thought every fantasy loving teenager read that book.

Me thinking he was going to put “The Name of The Wind” in S Class without thinking

S- Difficult to pronounce letter for some people. I say it's D-tier. A- King of the alphabet. First and one of the best letters. Easy S-tier pick. B- Also a strong letter. Gonna assign it to A-tier. C- Somehow, I'm just not really feeling it with this classic. Gonna put it in B-tier. D- Well this one was fun for a while. Now it's lost much of its charm. But, for nostalgia alone, I'll put this letter at C-tier.

The Name of the Wind is the best book I have ever had the pleasure to read. The writing style is beautiful.

Name of the wind is one of my top five fantasy stories ever LMAO. I love the writing style so much. It's the series that finally inched up above wheel of time for me, or at least tied it as favorite. Wheel of time, name of the wind, and Robin Hobb's books in Fitz's world

I was at a Barnes and Noble with some friends looking at the fantasy section, and it was fun to see how many series I recognized from your videos. While there, I remembered your Recommendation for The Lies of Locke Lamora, so I hunted it down and bought it. I have consistently read to around midnight each night, and spent three hours this morning reading. It is legitimately so good, that I might put as one of my favorite books, even though I’m not done. Thank you so much for recommending this EDIT: I am now finished with the book, and disregarding the Stormlight Archive since that will always be my favorite, this is my new favorite book/book series (though I hesitate to say series, since I have yet to read Red Seas under Red Skies or the Republic of Thieves yet)

Series I forgot! Inheritance cycle, John Carter of Mars, Discworld, Narnia, and I should have broken up forgotten realms by story.

name of the wind on c is a crime

I get so much direction from your recommendations. I really respect what you have to say about these series some of which I have already invested so much of myself into. King killer being one of them. It grieves me to hear what you and some others have to say about it and it’s conclusion because I hold your insight in such high esteem. But I totally get it. Thank you Daniel and for where I should go next after I finish Lightbringer!!

Never watched a video of yours before. I have read 6 of the series you ranked here, was worried you were going to disappoint me when I saw the Wheel go all the way to the end. Then you said it is your favorite and I clicked subscribe, lol. May you always find water and shade sir.

This is both a good and dangerous list.

FINE! I´ll read The Witcher dammit

Name of the Wind a C tier? You broke my heart, Fredo.

Seeing the kingkiller chronicle going all the way down to C broke my heart. It impacted me in such a way i cant spend too much time without going back to it

Daniel: "I know there's a lot of S tiers. there's going to be less!" Wheel of time logo slowly appearing from under his face

I am so happy that you and I have the same taste in books. Bless you for where you put name of the wind

As a fantasy writer myself, I feel like it's a level of praise when you include someone's books in your tier list

Puts Mistborn, Stormlight Archive, and Wheel of Time in S tier. You've earned yourself a sub good sir

Name of the Wind and Ice and Fire ranking triggered me.

Surprised not to see any Robin Hobb on here, based on the series in your list that I have read, and how you ranked them, I think you would enjoy her work. I kind of see her books as a sort of middle ground between ASIAF and Stormlight. Her characters are put through the absolute ringer, and she is a lot more graphic than Sanderson in some ways but nowhere near as graphic as martin. Her stories are very character and perspective driven too, which both Martin and Sanderson do well. I'm sure I am not the first to recommend her books but i seriously love them more than any other series apart from stormlight. Obviously everyone is different though Edit: I've just realised this is an older video and you have now read Farseer because you included Fitz in your favourite characters video lol

Just found your channel yesterday, and it's so interesting seeing this list. I loved LOTR, currently reading Mistborn and loving, huge fan of ASOIAF but was totally shocked how you ranked the kingkiller chronicle. I absolutely loved those books.

Taking disagreements for granted... was super surprised by the Rothfuss treatment lol. I’ve read much of the same stuff that you have, and it’s one of my favourite books in the genre.

so for the book to be in S tier its title has to start with "The"

Shocked at your Kingkiller ranking, Dan! Its in my top 5 favourite series of all time alongside the likes of Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, Gentleman Bastards...

Just wanted to say thanks. Starting to get into fantasy and reading more, this is a great guide. I've read some Witcher, A Song of Ice & Fire, started Harry Potter. Planning on soon doing Wheel of Time, Dark Tower, Lord of the Rings. So when I get through these, I can now go forward thanks to your tier list

I skipped to the end just to see The Wheel of Time placed exactly where I expected it to be.

Daniel: Harry Potter is B Tier Harry Potter gatekeepers: "Avada Kedavra!"

Dude, plz keep updating this list! This is your best rank ever!!! Update this for Christmas plzzz

Witcher is king when it comes to character dialogue exchanges. Those emotional conversations between Geralt and Yennefer are so gripping.

Fun and interesting video! I feel like in order to properly assess each series I've read in the past 20 years I'd have to dedicate decades to it... I admire you for so flippantly throwing them in different tiers :D

You putting Lightbringer in S tier makes me very excited to continue with the series myself. I really enjoyed The Black Prism and I think the series has potential to be in my own favourites!

I'm absolutely in love with the Powder Mage universe, and I hope the TV adaptation gets picked up and becomes successful.

*His Dark Materials* is A for certain. Its world-building and best characters deserve it.

Daniel: And I’ll put Malazan in... Me: S-tier! Put it in S! Daniel: ...A, solid A-tier. Me: *YOU FOOL*

Love this! I’m beginning to dip my toes into fantasy and this is a great way to get some quick opinions on a ton of series.

Ah yes, I loved the lies of Locke lamora and was hella suprised no one really talks about it, solid series defn subscribed

1) I feel like I'm a few years behind you in terms of reading all these - Mistborn definitely kickstarted me into reading more modern fantasy, and I'm very excited to dive into Stormlight.... someday. 2) I thought you were going full Fantano outro with the "did you love it did you hate it at the end"

OMG!! Who is this masquerading as my son?!?!?! No way would the real Daniel Greene, a sopn of mine, rate Harry Potter only a "B." We could debate "A" vs. "S," but no son of mine would rate Harry & Co. a "B." WHO ARE YOU????

Without a doubt Malazan will move to S tier once you’ve progressed a bit further. It’s magnificent and I’ve been reading and rereading them for a decade and never been disappointed.

First full Daniel Green video I've watched. I got to say, he knows his fantasy. I would have bumped Dresden up to A, but that's it. Subscribing for sure.

When you put Patrick Rothfuss that far down, I was shocked. It makes me question the rest of the rankings.

His Dark Materials was absolutely written to be an instructional fantasy for young readers. It's explicitly an atheist/humanist answer to Narnia.

this is the first video of yours I came across. your placement of Goodking was my moral compass of you much I could trust you... and o boy I can definitely trust your recommendations

Dude, you really need to read Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon to finish Feist's original trilogy, The Riftwar Saga, a solid S from me as I feel it evolves to add other realms, planets, cultures and magics - especially given when it was written. I would also throw Sara Douglas' original Axis Trilogy and Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow andThorn in there for my faves

I've always found The Ranger's Apprentice and The Iron Druid Chronicles to be two of my favorite book series ever. I'd highly recommend!

Yaay! Cool! A 27-minute-long video! All I needed

Old classics to recommend: Anne McCaffery’s original “Dragonriders of Pern” trilogy (each book is its own story) Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman’s original “Dragonlance Chronicles” trilogy David Eddings “The Belgariad” (very influential on Jordan) Each of these authors had written many more books in their respective series.

I recently discovered your channel and so far am enjoying the content. With that said I swear I saw The Sword of Shannara in the titles at the beginning. Watched the whole video to see where you placed it. When it never came up I had to go back to the beginning to look again to see if it was there.

I love Rothfuss and Islington. They're some of my favorite books. But that said I think your criticisms of the books are incredibly valid for the most part. There are some really incredible shining moments in those books that carry them through some pretty glaring flaws. Rothfusses prose lets me forgive all else. And Islingtons general plot and the conclusion to Caedens storyline and character arc lets me overlook the fact that he completely whiffed on the climax for the big baddie of the series. Both are incredible books with incredible flaws. But the fact that they are still so highly regarded despite major glaring issues just goes to show how amazing some pieces of the stories are.

I guess I'll have to take a lunch break now to watch this video.

Magician and the world of Midkemia really needs to be read in full to appreciate. There are 30 books in the extended series but there are a few side stories you can go without so it's more like 20. Very good read.

I now know which ones to read, thank you!

So glad The Stormlight Archive is S-tier. 100% my favorite book series ever.

The Magicians trilogy never gets any love. I think it's really unique within the genre in that it's sort of a meta fantasy, or a fantasy story about fantasy stories themselves

I love how casually you nonchalantly threw Terry goodkind in "D" tier.

I agree with you! Glokta is SUCH AN AMAZING CHARACTER AND I LOVE HIM SO MUUUUUCH!

His Dark Materials done dirty. That’s the only series in this whole list which deserves to talked about in the same breath as Tolkien. I say that as someone who loves many of the series here, but I enjoy them for what they are. And they are not on the level of Pullman.

Always enjoy your videos. I'm excited to pick up Stormlight after I finish Mistborn era 1. At some point I'd like to see you discuss Roger Zelazny's 10-book Chronicles of Amber series. The books are relatively short, in fact they've been combined into one big volume. Very engaging story. Solid A-tier IMO.

If these are all the series you've read even one book of, you've missed out on (among others): - Peter V. Brett - The Demon Cycle - David Eddings - Terry Pratchett - Gormenghast - Stephen R. Donaldson - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Dragonlance - Michael Moorcock - The Eternal Champion - Conan

Ranking all the Fantasy Series I have read. I've read so many it's hard to remember them all lol! S: Lord of the Rings, Cosmere (Overall), Harry Potter, Wheel of Time, Stormlight Archive A: Kingkiller, Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson & The Olympians, Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, Gentlemen Bastards, Mistborn, Bartemeaus B: Dresdan Files, Dark Tower, Malazan, Lightbringer, Temeriare, Obsidian Chronicles, His Dark Materials, Earthsea, Narnia, Farseer C: Inheritance Cycle, Shannarah, Charlie Bone, Redwall, Dragonriders of Pern D: Wizard's First Rule, Broken Empire, Dragonlance, Thomas Covenant

Im so glad you put the Lightbringer series in S tier for the right reasons! Not liking others putting this down for relative small reasons

for me, the name of the wind feels like a fairy tale. I either dont recognize the flaws people point out or just dont care. It is one of the most enjoyable books i have ever read. Having said that, stormlight is probably on the top of my list, given that there are still books coming out.

Name of the Wind (and The Wise Man's Fear) are two of my favorite books ... I do wonder sometimes if Rothfuss knows how he's going to end it. But I love his writing style and I think his books are more character-driven than plot-driven, which is something I really dig. And Harry Potter a B?? Come onnn, lol. Also, I hope you're right about The Lies of Locke Lamora because I'm finding it hard to get into so far. But I'm going to read it to the end! :P

Watching these booklists recently makes me realize how different people's views on books very so greatly. Agreed with some of these that I've read but not all

Really appreciate this video. Just added quite a few of these series to my "to read" list. Taking a break from Wheel of Time (just finished book 4) to give The Blade Itself a read and completely agree on Glotka already (only a few chapters in). Agree with most of your rankings (Kingkiller is probably the only disagree). Love your channel though

The name of the wind is the best book I have ever read and I read so many, but taste is different I get it

Magician was my intro to fantasy back in the early 90's and is my absolute favourite. I love all the books

I'd be interested to see where Daniel would place Discworld now...

I highly recommend you read daughter of the empire, which is a sort of companion trilogy to magician, it's a fantastic underdog political drama with an awesome female protagonist taking place on the other side of the rift war. The audio book is great, the lady's voice is super soothing

And here I thought I'd read a good amount of fantasy. Can't wait to start reading most of these series, thanks for the advice! Of what I've read, Song of Ice and Fire was definitely stronger in the beginning and slump in the middle of the series. Mistborn trilogy was and still is amazing. And Harry Potter, for me, will always be an amazing series.

Dam i thought you where joking when you put "The name of the Wind" in C-Tier! i thought it was S-Tier!

I just came to see where he put The Kingkiller chronicles so that I get to understand his taste on fantasy books, I got my answer

Liked this video not to lose it. I think I'll be needing to check this list once in a while

I know Fool Moon is a little rough but the Harry Dresden series is one of my favorites. As you get deeper in the series you can see Jim Butcher evolve as an author and the books just keep getting better. I have Dresden in my S+ tier, next to WOT.

Well this helped me figure out my next few book. Confused about king killer chronicles. But I’m new to all of this.

If there's one series I've read that has both been burned into my mind whilst also keeping the mystery of the plot, it has got to be The Keys to the Kingdom, by Garth Nix. Reading it is kind of like reading a Narnia book, but looking back on it is like trying to remember a fever dream. The worldbuilding in extremely dense and borderline confusing at times. I love it.

First time I heard of "The Name of The Wind" was in one of your videos, you ranked fantasy books and you openly -as always- gave your not so favorable opinion of it. Read the comments and people were actually defending the book, so when I was bored I read the backcover introduction and decided to give a chance. Boy was that the best I have ever read. And I've read a lot. I've read Nobel prize winners, philosophic novels, classics, adult fantasy, sci-fi, poetry, science, etcetera. This book was so pure and so surprising, it was nothing the introduction promised. It was a joy, it is art. I enjoyed it even more than Hermann Hesse's books, or Ayn Rand's or Steve Job's biography or Harry Potter or Lord of Rings or whatever other book from whatever other genre. It truly is a masterpiece, I don't care about the "Mary Sue" critique of Kvothe or the lack of blockbuster-like plot twists. The fact the Rothfuss wrote such a "pure" and simple story about a guy with a lute and made me cry, laugh, shiver, rage and basically feel every emotion with a single story for me is GOAT.

That’s a lot of damage

Damn you stabbed my soul with putting Harry Potter at B 😭 I’m just so nostalgic because it’s the series that first got me reading for pleasure. I just can’t look at it objectively. But definitely agree with Witcher. It’s an amazing series

Great list and I've read many of them. I'd possibly add - The Abhorsen Trilogy, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, The Empire Trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, Night Angel Trilogy and I suppose Discworld deserves a mention, but since the range of books can be so different it's hard to characterize

The respect for The First Law series earned you a subscribe.

the Saga of Recluce is definitely a S tier series.

There are a few series you really need to read: The Belgariad, The Malorean, The Elenium, The Tamuli by David Edings The Codex Alera by Jim Butcher The Runelords by David Farland The Saga of Recluse by L.E. Moddesitt The Tales of Alvin Maker by Orson Scott Card

Dark Tower were my first audio books and what made me realize I actually can keep reading as an adult. I'd say it's S tier in my heart. I've never felt more connected to a group of characters before

Hey dan great vid I really got to know about more awesome fantasy to read to First law triology i never knew about now its on my list Great video 🤙🤙💯

Name of the wind is so well written. I feel like sentence for sentence, Rothfuss may be the best writer. But the high level story telling leaves some things to be desired. Great list.

You should read The Farseer Trilogy, and other stuff by Hobb. Very enjoyable.

You're quite generous with the S tier my brother.

I've been hunting for a book with only the memories of the first to chapters sorta.... is this is the video that finally helps me find I swear I'm a loose my mind!

A little (or perhaps not so little) request.. In the future in the lists videos could you please add the details of the books mentioned?? like the title of the book, the series, and the author..makes it easier to search for them.. Thanks..huge fan..keep up the good work..

Ranking magic systems next?

It would be interesting to see what you make of Michael Moorcock (I have seen a few mentions of Elric in the comments - I also loved the Hawkmoon books and Corum, and think that the Dancer at the end of time is one of the weirdest stories I have ever read), Another writer I don't see much talked about these days is Katherine Kurtz - the Deryni trilogy has one of the most interesting takes on magic I have seen.

Haven't read N K Jemisin's books yet, but it sounds like she is a true genius. Looking forward to purchasing her books soon. Great video!