Help Us Choose the Best Fantasy Novel of 2018!

EDIT: Nominations are in! Our winner will be announced soon!

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Greeting Factioners! If you are in the US, Happy Thanksgiving! If you are not, happy Thursday! But wherever you are, today is an exciting day! It’s time to help us pick the best fantasy novel of 2018!

Traditionally published, indie published, self-published, if it came out in 2018 it qualifies. Each person can nominate as many books as they like, but please do not nominate yourself.

We look forward to having a massive list of your favorite reads to choose from! Thanks in advance and Happy Reading!

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By Jennie Ivins

Jennie is the Editor of Fantasy-Faction. She lives with her math loving husband and their three autistic boys (one set of twins & one singleton). In-between her online life and being a stay-at-home mom, she is writing her first fantasy series. She also enjoys photography, art, cooking, computers, science, history, and anything else shiny that happens across her field of vision. You can find her on Twitter @autumn2may.

49 thoughts on “Help Us Choose the Best Fantasy Novel of 2018!”
  1. I assume we post them here, so here goes in no particular order:

    The Winter Road, by Adrian Selby
    The Fires of Muspelheim, by Matt Larkin
    Ravencry, by Ed McDonald
    A Study in Emerald, by Neil Gaiman
    City of Lies, by Sam Hawke
    Wolf’s Head, by Steven McKay
    Foundryside, by Robert Jackson Bennett
    The Poppy War, by RF Kuang
    The Grey Bastards, by Jonathan French

  2. Hey Jennie, it’s only books published for the first time in 2018, right?
    So 18 paperbacks from 17 don’t count?

    I’ll have to check, the majority of what I read is usually from previous years.

  3. Bloody Rose
    Ravencry
    King of Assassins
    We Ride the Storm
    Kings of Paradise
    Jade City
    A Time of Dread
    The Iron Ghost
    Godsgrave
    Wrath of Gods

  4. I’ve really enjoyed:
    The Belles – Dhonielle Clayton
    We Ride the Storm – Devin Madson
    Foundryside – Robert Jackson Bennett
    The Beast’s Heart – Leife Shallcross

  5. Aching God – Mike Shel
    Kingshold – D.P. Woolliscroft
    Banebringer – Carol A. Park
    Master Assassins – Robert V.S. Redick
    The Monster Baru Cormorant – Seth Dickinson
    The Shape of Water – Daniel Kraus

  6. Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
    King of Assassins by R.J. Barker
    Lancelot by Giles Kristian
    The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French
    The Poppy War by Rebecca F. Kuang
    Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames
    Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
    The Ember Blade by Chris Wooding
    We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson

  7. Circe, Madeline Miller
    The Poppy War, RF Kuang
    The Diminished, Kaitlyn Sage Patterson
    Freyja’s Daughter, Rachel Pudelek
    The Cruel Prince, Holly Black
    A Reaper at the Gates, Sabaa Tahir
    Empire of Sand, Tasha Suri
    The Memory of Fire, Callie Bates
    Bruja Born, Zoraida Córdova
    Torn, Rowenna Miller

    So many good books this year!

  8. Bad Faith by Jon Hollins
    Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
    Kings of Paradise by Richard Nell
    The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer
    We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
    The Isle of Gold by Seven Jane

  9. Standouts for me were

    Master Assassins (top billing) by Robert VS Redick

    A Time of Dread – John Gwynne

    Priest of Bones – Peter McLean

    Sure to be on my list for next year (and read as ARCs this year)

    The Hod King – Josiah Bancroft (so damn good)

    For the Killing of Kings – Howard Andrew Jones

  10. grey sister -mark Lawrence
    chasing graves – ben galley
    lancelot – giles Kristian
    cold iron – miles cameron

  11. Early Riser – Jasper Fforde
    The Traitor God – Cameron Johnston
    Here be Dragons – David Macpherson
    The bitter twins – Jen Williams

  12. In no particular order:

    Marked – Benedict Jacka
    Last Dragon Standing – Rachel Aaron
    Wrath of Empire – Brian McClellan
    Vengeful – V.E. Schwab

  13. So here are my favourites (in descending order)

    Grey Sister – Mark Lawrence
    Foundryside – Robert Jackson Bennet
    Beneath the Sugar Sky – Seanan McGuire
    The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter – Micheal J Sullivan
    Binti Night Masquerade – Nnedi Okorafor

  14. The Ember Blade – Chris Wooding
    Master Assassins – Robert VS Reddick
    Bloody Rose – Nick Eames
    Grey Sister – Mark Lawrence
    Aching God – Mike Shel
    We Ride the Storm – Devin Madson
    The Silver Sorceress – Alec Hutson
    Skyward – Brandon Sanderson
    Hero Forged – Josh Erikson
    The Poppy War – RF Kuang

  15. Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik

    Also The Girl in the Tower, Katherine Arden (though this might have been very late 2017? Not enough time to get on many best of 2017 lists!)

  16. Favourite – The Winter Road by Adrian Selby

    The rest – in no particular order
    We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
    Chasing Graves by Ben Galley
    The Fires of Muspelheim by Matt Larkin
    Shadow of the Exile, by Mitchell Hogan
    Ravencry by Ed McDonald
    Wolf’s Head by Steven A McKay
    City of Lies by Sam Hawke
    Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
    The Poppy War by RF Kuang

  17. The Ember Blade – Chris Wooding
    Grey Sister – Mark Lawrence
    Bloody Rose – Nick Eames
    Aching God – Mike Shel
    We Ride the Storm – Devin Madson
    The Poppy War – RF Kuang

  18. Foundrside
    Ravencry
    Empire of Silence
    The Poppy War
    Only Human
    Armistice
    Wrath of Empire
    Grey Sister
    Iron Gold
    Vengeful
    City of Lies

  19. Grey Sister – Mark Lawrence
    Wrath of Empire – Brian McClellan
    Foundry Side – Robert Jackson Bennett
    The Tower of Living and Dying – Anna Smith Spark
    The Traitor Baru Cormorant – Seth Dickinson
    Master Assassins – Robert V.S. Redick
    The Bitter Twins – Jen Williams
    The Armored Saint / The Queen of Crows – Myke Cole

  20. Most of mine this year have been weirdly enough, SF, but the two fantasies that impressed me most were Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames and The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French.

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