If you know me, you know that I am a fairly avid fantasy and sci-fi reader. Well, perhaps not reader, because the majority is audio books but close enough. Let me do a tier list for the books and series that I enjoy. It goes without saying but different people have different tastes, you may like some books more and dislike others more - and that is okay! This is a non-exhaustive list of all books and series I have read, but these are the ones that stand out enough for me to jot down. This is accurate as of end of 2024.

S - Even if you do not like the genre, you will probably like these books. I have read these multiple times, will 100% read again, and enjoy them every time.

• Dungeon Crawler Carl (Matt Dinniman)
• Cradle (Will Wight)
• The Land / Chaos Seeds (Aleron Kong) - debatably only includes books 1-7.

A - If you like the genre, you will love these books. I have read these multiple times.

• Path of Ascension (C Mantis) - This is a new series to me, but I blasted through it.
• The Last Horizon (Will Wight) - books 1-3 are good, lets see where the series goes.
• Bobiverse (Dennis E Taylor)
• Three Body Problem (Cixin Liu)

B - A good read that you will finish

• Dragonfall (David A Wells)
• The Gam3 (Cosimo Yap)
• He who fights with Monsters (Travis Deverell)
• Light Bringer / Black Prism (Brent Weeks)
• Arcane Ascension (Andrew Rowe)

C - Passing grade. If you are bored you might as well read them.

• Defiance of the Fall (JF Brink)
• Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky) - debatably the first book is up a spot or two.
• Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson) - Some people will be upset on this one. The first book is good, but it took me 3 attempts to finish the series.
• Quantum Evolution (Derek Kunsken)
• System Apocalypse (Tao Wong)
• Teixcalaan (Arkady Martine)
• Mother Of Learning (Domagoj Kurmaic)
• Six Sacred Swords (Andrew Rowe)

D - I haven’t finished these series. I started them, but I would rather try something else or re-read another series.

• Iron Druid Chronicles (Devin Hearne)
• Noob Town (Ryan Rimmel)
• The Good Guys (Eric Ugland)

Other shoutouts - They don’t really fall into one of those buckets for one reason or another

• Quantum Earth (Dennis E Taylor) - Too soon to tell, but this could be great.
• Unorthodox Farming (Benjamin Kerel) - The first book is absolutely hilarious.
• Dantes Immortality (Antonia Terzini) - I love this book! Why did it not continue?!
• The Martian (Andy Weir) - Good book, but became way too mainstream to make my tier list.
• The Stand (Stephen King) - Great book, but a little vulgar and written in a much different era