Fantastic Top Fives with Wyrd & Wonder – Subgenres
Welcome to our last Fantastic Top Fives with Wyrd & Wonder!
Every Monday throughout Wyrd and Wonder, we’ve been recommending a fantasy read in five words.
For this last week, we’re each picking a sub-genre we enjoy, and recommending a title from it!
Underlined book titles in bold contain links to reviews on this site.
Nils:
The Hand of the Sun King by JT Greathouse – Coming of Age
Scholarly
Mystical
two
cultures
collide
Gray:
Sacred Cat Island by Harmon Cooper LitRPG
Animal
Crossing
but
a
book
Theo:
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Fantasy of Manners
Gentle
hero
finds
his
path
Dorian:
The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft. Steampunk
Timid
professor’s
incredible
heroic
journey
Beth:
Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of Less Valued Knights by Liam Perrin Arthuian
Under-dog
knight’s
misadventures
in
Camelot
Nils:
Ordinary Monsters by J. M. Miro Historical
Can
a
hero
be
evil?
Beth:
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang Wuxia
Brutal
reimagining
of the
Sino-Japanese
War
We hope you’ve enjoyed our series of Top Five for Wyrd and Wonder as much as we’ve enjoyed compiling them!