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The Tea Grannies
Deep-Dive into Fantasy
Season 4, Ep. 3
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Today we’re here for a deep dive into the fantasy genre, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started. Please leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts and don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. Happy writing!
Books recommended in this episode:
Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Colville
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Medusa by Rosie Hewlett
Circe by Madeline Miller
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Elektra by Jennifer Saint
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
City of Brass by Shannon Chakraborty
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson
Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erickkson
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Witch King by Martha Wells
Book of Night by Holly Black
The Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin
The Nymph Keepers series by Elise Volkman
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Winter King by CL Wilson
Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diane Wynn Jones
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black
Babel by RF Kuang
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by SA Chakraborty
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