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Deep-Dive into Fantasy

Season 4, Ep. 3

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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