Might be an odd request but I would be fascinated to hear about your favorite book quotes one day. Or maybe just your all time favorite moments from novels. Keep up the great content Mike!!

Hi guys! I’m sure plenty will bring up some I forgot. Right now I think my biggest omission would be Licanius by James Islington & The Nevernight Chronicle by Jay Kristoff. But I’m sure there will be more.

@craiglooney8220

Жыл бұрын

I'd be curious to hear where you'd slot it. I rank it up there with Mistborn. Curious if it would make your Top 10 or if it would have been an honorable mention.

man I love hearing someone talk who loves books so much! I just got into reading recently with LOTR and your videos have been fantastic in helping me decide what I want to read next to get into these different genres. Watching your videos I can tell you can't even fully express how much you love a good story and that is exactly how I feel when I read something I like! Keep up the amazing work!

1984 kid here, mentioning Waldenbooks was a nostalgic gut punch 😮 Great as always Mike 😁

@kirkpetersjr

Жыл бұрын

I used to love going into Waldenbooks as a kid - preteen. Then I guess they went away. 1989 for me

@554cortez

Жыл бұрын

Waldenbooks is where I bought my set of Lord of the Rings with the horrid 90's covers. Great memories there.

@AK-rq1cz

Жыл бұрын

@@kirkpetersjr Yeah, I don't really know when they went away. There was one in the mall where I live, and then there just wasn't

@AK-rq1cz

Жыл бұрын

@@554cortez Good times. I had to look those up, cool!

Thank you for all your reviews and your channel. Came across your channel 6 months ago and Watching your channel got me back into reading again. Appreciate the reviews and recommendations more than you know!

The First Law is by far my favorite trilogy. One that's rising fast for me is the forgotten warrior saga by Larry Correa

@kevins1005

Жыл бұрын

Just finished the new book of the forgotten warrior saga. This series is great. It’s definitely one of my favorites. You should also try his new book that came out last year …Servants of War. Larry is becoming one of my favorite authors.

First Law tops my chart, I have read all three books at least a half dozen times and then I was introduced to Steven Pacey in the audiobooks, and wow, he brings the characters to life, with his numerous voices and accents. I fell in love all over again, and have listened to the series more times than I have read them and they still have yet to get old. I now own everything Ambercrombie has written on audio

@turtleanton6539

5 ай бұрын

Wow😊

I knew what numbers 1 and 2 would be, and I'm delighted to see number 5 on the list too. Great to hear your thoughts on all of these amazing trilogies, a couple of which I need to read. Cheers, Mike!

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

I think you’d love them all.

You are my favourite booktuber, and the only I subscribe to and listen seriously. But that t-shirt. That is killing it !

Man I love your reviews. I started with r.a. In 6th grade then progressed through the forgotten realms. Eventually tackling Stephen kings works….until I discovered Robert Jordan then back to king. Just basically I love what you do and I really appreciate your honest reviews.R.A. Will always be my favorite because of my childhood but I have to honestly say, it is nostalgia. He’s freaking awesome, I love his work. Yet, you have shown me so many other great authors, and dude I’m so appreciative. Ty.

Love these kind of list, one gets so many good recommendations from them. What I would have liked to see are some book covers...

@jaecubed592

8 ай бұрын

Exactly why I'm watching...besides the fact Mike has a great channel. Win win!

I love this list! And you gave me some cough interest in some in a couple of those series you mentioned

Oh man, I totally agree on the Thrawn Trilogy! I used to read Star Wars books religiously as a kid back in the 90s. They had a whole shelf of Star Wars novels in my local library and I read my way through it all. Grand Admiral Thrawn will always be my favorite Expanded Universe character. Loved him then, still love him now.

You had mentioned "The Warlord Chronicles" in a video last year which piqued my interest, so I read all three books starting last January. Awesome trilogy! The first chapter or two was a challenge to get into the flow of the story, but it took off from there. I'll check out another of his series in the future. And years ago (mid 1980s?) a shopping mall about 20 miles away had a Waldenbooks at one end and a B. Dalton at the other. I was in book heaven whenever I went there!

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked them!

I'm in the middle of First Law right now and feel I will soon be on my soapbox screaming about it.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

This is the Way.

Hi Mike, that's a good list, off the top of my head I can think of The Riftwar Saga (Raymond E Feist) & The Empire Trilogy (Janny Wurts & Raymond E Feist).

Developing good/great characters is SO IMPORTANT. I am with you. I can forgive messing up other facets of a story, but same - if I don't care about your characters - forget it!

Hi Mike, I agree with your definition of reading for the pleasure of excapism. And it's always great to see that you include good books that are low commitment. :-)

Great video Mike :) Loved your choices

I honestly haven't read many trilogies. LOTR and SW Heir to the Empire (Thrawn trilogy) are the only two I can remember. Brian Lee Durfee's trilogy will probably make the list when I finish it along with Gwynne's Bloodsworn trilogy as well.

Such a great list! Love Red Rising. Love The First Law. Love LotR! Need to read Greenbone Saga 👀.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you do

I'm going to have to bookmark this. I read the Thrawn and loved it. The Warlord trilogy would be my #1 of trilogies and I'm on red rising now.

Ah Red Rising, the first video I’ve ever watched of yours like close to 3 years ago, when I think you had under 30k subscribers, was Red Rising! Trusted your thoughts ever since. Solid list Mike keep doin what your doin.

Great list! No surprises 😂 I've read most of these and agree that they are all amazing. My library just got Jade Legacy so I'll be getting to that soon.

Winterking is on my TBR this month. Looking forward to it.

Walden Books!! 🎉🎉I loved going to the mall when I was a teenager and going to Walden Books!

You sold me on Thrawn. It was already on my radar, but now it's at the top of my list.

Was waiting for you to say red rising! Currently halfway through morning star and absolutely obsessed!

Love your content Mike ❤And would you consider me petty if I said yay 🎉to your original intro being back 😂

I cannot fault this list 👌 It is scary to me how high a bar LoTr sets. You read it and it just makes everything else seem like pulp fiction.

Heir of the Empire will always be Episode VII to me. I remember my dad lurking, just waiting for for me to put it down so he could read it. He was skeptical at first but that trilogy quickly became a shared experience. Two bookworms, one book. Just glad we had two bookmarks. Heh.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

That’s MY sequel trilogy.

@samlerf

9 ай бұрын

@@mikesbookreviews And don't forget "Darth Plagueis", "Shatterpoint" and "Labyrinth of Evil". They serve as a trilogy of their own and they're great.

Lol at crouch potato. You always come up with the best fandom names.

I actually just bought the Thrawn Trilogy to read for the first time, I wasn’t alive when it came out but I’m excited to finally read the trilogy. At least we get to see Thrawn in the Ahsoka series.

I've had Red Rising on my bookshelf for 6 months and this video has convinced me to read it. I KNOW people like it but the way you describe this makes me WANT to read it.

Hold on, is that a Last Kingdom shirt!? Absolutely love that. Wish they’d make one with the “fate is inexorable” as they say in the book series. Just because of that, a sub from me.

The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Key is one of my favorite trilogy. The writing is beautiful and the caracthers well rounded. A group of friends that gets thrown from our world into a parallel fantasy type universe. Great ride.

@T-M123

10 ай бұрын

Nice to hear someone who’s familiar with Guy Gavriel Kay! I read Tigana and loved it!

Great list! I was going to throw out some of my favorites but I'm realizing some of my favorites aren't actually trilogies! Riyria Revelations was republished as 3 volumes but really 6 books. Also I think of the Hitchhiker's Guide being called a trilogy despite being five books.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

That’s what made it tougher than I originally thought.

Awesome list. I own myself 5 out of the 10 that you listed.

Great choices as usual Mike. LOTR reigns supreme in my heart as well. Some honorable mentions in my world: Foundation trilogy, The Dragonlance Chronicles, and The Dragonlance Legends.

@Wolltazar

11 ай бұрын

understandable, however LOTR is ba no means (other than "hey it's mostly sold as three separate volumes") a triolgy that being said, the best trilogy is a song of ice and fire 😅

Awesome list

I love the century trilogy by Ken Follet. As it follows 3 generations of 5 families navigating the events of the 20th century

@mmurphy3608

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been wanting to read this but am intimidated by the page count. Lol.

@ericlaplante1866

6 ай бұрын

This is my first Follett trilogy and I’m amazed by the historical part of it. Even though it’s a novel, you learn so much about how the powers shaped the world! One book down, I’m hooked!👍

Great list! So many trilogies that I want to read. --I'm happy to see Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn in this video. Definitely in my personal top 10. --It's great to see a Booktuber who enjoyed Icewind Dale. I read it years ago, and enjoyed it. It may be time for a re-read. Eventually. --Hope to finish the Mistborn trilogy. The beginning was quite promising, but life got in the way. Hope to re-start it and finish the trilogy. --Totally agree with the Thrawn trilogy. Mara Jade is one of the most awesome characters ever ( I confess to being a huge Luke/Mara shipper. Love Han/Leia too). It's canon for me. --Lord of the Rings. Unmatched. Simply unmatched. What a beautiful story with gorgeous writing and endearing characters. Other trilogies I really like: --The Hunger Games. --Obsidian Mountain trilogy by Mercedes Lacky and James Mallory --I'm likely in the minority, but I still have fond memories of the original Shannara trilogy. Thanks for sharing!

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Don’t know why BookTube has such disregard for Drizzt. I think those books are excellent.

Hey Mike, I'm a new viewer but you've convinced me to give Red Rising a try.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Love to hear it! Enjoy.

Red Rising has hit me in such a way that I truly feel about it the same way as many feel about Dune. Such incredible characterization, an engrossing world, and just so many things that make you think about the questions is brings up.Please dont do yourself the disservice of stopping after the OG trilogy it grows so well when Mr. Brown takes off the gloves and expands to multiple view points. I need to finish the second first law trilogy I love it as well. San Glockta is a top 3 character for me for sure.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Red Rising rules. Glad you’re liking it!

Ah yes, Walden Books. Loved that place. I didn't read the Thrawn trilogy until 9 years ago, but I definitely remember when Heir to the Empire came out. I must admit, I was intrigued but never took the plunge

Not listened to many audiobooks but my favourites are Red Rising 1-3, Mistborn, LOTR (Phil Dragash Theatrical version) and First Law.

Totally agree with your top 3! Honorable mention, maybe recency bias... The Ash & Sand Trilogy is incredible

I did not expect the see a D&D trilogy on here. That was a nice surprise, however it was from reading the D&D books in high school that I got into playing D&D.

Jezal and Logen are probably some of my favorite fantasy characters of all time. Fantastic work

@mikesbookreviews

7 ай бұрын

They're the best.

Cool T shirt.

I just picked up the Farseer Trilogy and am about a third of the way into the first book and am loving it so far, I love her writing style and character development, it's a tough one to put down lol.

I've never heard of the Thrawn trilogy. Very excited to put that on my tbr

This video made me finally stop putting off reading Red Rising... and I just want to say thank you for making it. Phenomenal series so far.

Completely agree re Red Rising and the question of Trilogy. I love Sevro.

Really enjoyed your list and was happy to see you were objective in your assessment. What do you think of Kay's Fionavar trilogy and Mieville's Bas Lag series?

Walden Books and B Dalton. Oh the memories. 😊

The Wayward Pines Trilogy. It sucked me in. Most awesome. Thank you.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Great list! Personally, I'd add the Book of the Ancestor by Mark Lawrence and the Divine Cities by Robert Jackson Bennett.

Love your top. Blake crouch was so good❤ starting icewind dale at the moment. Read the first 3 drizzt books..😊

Bloodsworn will definitely make my list after book 3 comes out

I wish you showed the book covers before or while you talk about them….. It really helps me remember them afterwards .

Yay! One of the books I just started reading is on the list! Jade City! It is good so far!

@mikesbookreviews

3 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

My list would be really similar... plus I read First Law and Red Rising 100% on your recommendation and readalong for Warlord Chronicles. Yer a SFF sommelier Harry!

I haven’t read very many trilogies, so I guess my favorite Trilogy would probably be either Maze Runner or Mistborn. I don’t know what it was about Maze Runner, but I guess where I was when I read those books I really enjoyed them and couldn’t put them down.

@PapiChuloooo669

Жыл бұрын

Maze Runner was so sick. Used to love that trilogy when I was younger

Who doesn't like a Top Ten list?? lol. This was great Mike. THANK YOU for recommending We are the Dead!!! I'm 70% through and WOW!! Great video man.......OH and I think my Phils stole 2 out of 3 from ya down there this week. lol.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Glad you’re digging it!

All great choices. 📖🥰📚

Solid list! I really need to read Icewind Dale and the Thrawn Trilogy now. LOTR is my #1 trilogy too.

@ryancruz1876

11 ай бұрын

The Lord of the Rings isn’t a trilogy.

I don't quite have 10 trilogies but here's my list! Top 3 is a sure thing, the rest I'm not so set on the order: 1) Troy by David Gemmell 2) Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee 3) Winnowing Flame by Jen Williams 4) Gods of Blood and Power by Brian McClellan 5) Riyria Revelations by M.J. Sullivan 6) Of Blood and Bone by J. Gwynne 7) Powder Mage by Brian McClellan I've read quite a few others and while I enjoyed some of them and would technically make my top 10 I wouldn't call them favourites.

Thanks Mike!

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

You got it

Lord of the Rings was a re-read every Thanksgiving vacation from school from Junior H.S. through Fresh in college... Totally holds up to multiple re-reads

I'm almost done with the red rising trilogy and it is amazing. First Law was dang good! I'm scared to move on to the newer books. I don't want to sully my take on that world. I need to start Drizzt, Mistborn, and you are making a good case on starting live ship

Currently reading Lord Of The Rings for the first time. I’ve been enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would after coming off of ASOIAF

@waldo8791

Жыл бұрын

I just did that last month. The Fellowship didn’t really work for me but I’m really glad I read it

@totesmagotes213

Жыл бұрын

I typically don’t like writing from older authors. It just doesn’t hold up as much in my opinion. Tolkien is the exception to the rule.

@rosssims7224

Жыл бұрын

I’m nervous to start it because it’s so built up. But I feel as if I must. Same for Dune.

@waldo8791

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Dune

@totesmagotes213

Жыл бұрын

@@rosssims7224 I read the first Dune and felt it was ok. Probably much better at the time, but so many others have been influenced by it, that it feels like so many other things. But the sequels (Mesiah, Children, and God Emperor) are absolutely worth the ride.

Really enjoyed your top ten list. I still have not read Red Rising. I definitely like Dune and Star Wars, so I guess that needs to move to the top of the TBR.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

💯

Just made my lunch. Perfect timing

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Till date the First Law trilogy and the sequel, Age of Madness is hands down the best book series I have ever read.

Walden Books in the mall is where I found The Crystal Shard in 1990.

Mike - I would like to recommend: Harry Connolly’s trilogy “ The Great Way”, “The Founders” trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett, and “The Divine Cities” trilogy also by Robert Jackson Bennett.

Hi 👋 Tad Williams books are good also!! 🎥 like ur booklist of book series.. 📖📚

Some of my favorite trilogies Lord of the Rings Foundation Trilogy* Earthsea Trilogy* Children of Time trilogy The Final Architecture trilogy Faded Sun trilogy *I know these were expanded beyond trilogies, but the original 3 books of each series still hold together as a trilogy.

1. Lord of the Rings 2. Mistborn Era 1 3. Licanius Trilogy 4. Powder Mage Trilogy 5. Liveship Traders 6. Thrawn Trilogy 7. Gods of Blood and Powder 8. The Farseer Trilogy 9. Of Blood and Bone Trilogy 10. First Law Trilogy

Matt when u talk about the setting from the legacy Trilogy . The heroes lost , living in a occupied city reminds me immediately of the firsth mistborn book "the final empire "

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

I’m Mike. But I can see that.

I don’t know if I’ve read enough trilogies to have a top 10, but I’d definitely have Greenbone, Lord of the Rings, Mistborn, and Red Rising in it. Outside of those, I’d have the Nevernight trilogy in it. I also have yet to read the 3rd book in a handful of trilogies, so possibilities are definitely there.

Animal companion, alright I’m convinced. Also I agree with counting trilogies that are part of a larger series cuz I wouldn’t be able to make a top ten with out it lol

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Truth

Awesome trilogy recommendations, Mike! Quick question: Where do you purchase your shelving? Is there a specific brand and size you stick with? Thanks man.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

A combination of Walmart, Target, & IKEA

I love the Grand Admiral Thrawn trilogy as well as the Icewind Dale trilogy! I think I might give the Red Rising trilogy a chance after watching this.

At the beginning I'd like to guess that number one is either LOTR or The First Law . Edit at end of video: I've been here awhile

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

🥰

Thought The Five Warrior Angels or Of Blood and Bone might have earned at least honorable mention. Great list though!

Yo Mike! Love your top ten list and your number one is a deserved winner.. Any chance of getting Mr. Tolkien on the show for a chat ? 😃

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

That’d be quite the chat.

Are you ever gonna check out the long price quartet at some point? I really like how it follows characters over the chorus of their lives

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Eventually.

Last year I did the read along on the channel of the Warlord Chronicles by Cornwell, and I can confidently say that it’s my favorite trilogy of all time. I can’t believe I’ve still never read a Sanderson book!! For no particular reason either, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. But I gotta read Mistborn this year. Also, Mike, “Destiny is All”?? Isn’t that The Saxon Tales??

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

So good, right?!

My favorite trilogy is the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson. There was just something terribly heartbreaking about returning to a world that was previously saved only to find its lands corrupted, people's enslaved, and ancient cruelties relived. No other book trilogy comes close to hitting me that hard.

@leslielovesreading5665

Жыл бұрын

I'm starting this soon I hope I love it

@rodneylopez5073

Жыл бұрын

@@leslielovesreading5665 If you enjoyed the first chronicles, then you'll enjoy the second.

I’m currently going through Clash of Kings for the first time. What is your second favorite ASOIAF book? (If #1 is Storm of Swords).

i reread Tolkien every year,its my cozy reading,my safe space

@jennyhult9484

Жыл бұрын

Mine too 😊

Red Rising first trilogy blew my MIND this year.

Yeah absolutely feeling you on the Liveship Traders books, absolute top tier of fantasy. I would call Kennit an Anti-Hero. Mate, you need to come visit Northern Ireland. If you're a big fantasy head there's so much to see. North Antrim coast has all the Game of Thrones TV series locations, if you carry on down you can see the area around Rostrevor, which CS Lewis himself said was what he pictured as Narnia when he was writing the books. We also have lots of fun IRL grimdark epics in our ancient and not so ancient history. I really need to read Red Rising. I would put the original Earthsea Trilogy (Wizard, Tombs, Shore) in any top ten. IMO the only thing in the whole genre comparable to or arguably better than Tolkien.

You should read musashi it’s like the manga vagabond but it’s a different tale on the story and I believe it’s what vagabond was inspired from

We need a Top 10 Animal Companion list 😁

@surpriseitsus9622

Жыл бұрын

For sure. I love animal companions!

Yay for MS&T making the list. If LOTR is counted as a trilogy, I hope it tops the list! 🤞 After watching: Yess! It really is magical.

@Wolltazar

11 ай бұрын

as the time passes, year by year, I'm more convinced that LOTR (if it's really that much neccessary to call it a trilogy) should be just in honorable mentions. the story is absolute top of the fantasy literature for the time of it's release (even though I liked Hobbit more, but that's just a personal choice) but don't tell me that it has to be on top for the rest of time because there are lots of better (maybe even as inovative as lotr was, take asoiaf for example) books writtten since then. but if you want it on top just because it was inovative, I guess that in terms of trilogies (which lotr is not) there is none that much ahead of it's own time as lotr

I MISS THE SMELL OF WALDEN BOOKS! Reminds me of the time my mom bought my first Pokemon Original booster pack

I need to give LotR another shot. I read the first book a year ago and just didnt click with it, but I know its worth the read