On this episode, Grace Hughes, author and avid fantasy reader, discusses her specific criteria for naming genres, how her work as a writer affects her reading life, and we talk about a lot of fantasy series. If you’re ready to pick up a fantastical tome, this episode has a lot of recommendations.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Canon by Paige Lewis
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Books Highlighted by Grace:
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Vinyl Cafe Unplugged by Stuart McLean
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Alchemisd by SenLinYu
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
