https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/5j0y94/rbooks_best_fantasy_2016_voting_thread/
created by vincoug on 18/12/2016 at 16:30 UTC*
77 upvotes, 23 top-level comments (showing 23)
Welcome readers, to /r/Books' Best Fantasy of 2016 Voting thread!
From here you can make nominations, vote, and discuss the best fantasy books of 2016!
Here are the rules:
1 Anyone can make a nomination by posting a parent comment (i.e. **not** a reply to someone else's nomination)
2 Voting will be done using upvotes and the nomination with the most upvotes wins! Feel free to upvote as many nominations as you'd like!
3 Most importantly, have fun!
To help you remember some of the great books that were published this year, here are some links:
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New York Times' Critics Top Books of 2016
New York Times 10 Best Books of 2016
The New Yorker's Books we Loved in 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2016
Buzzfeed's 24 Best Fiction Books of 2016
The Washington Post 10 Best Books
The Guardian's Best Books of 2016
The Spectator Best Books of 2016
The Wall Street Journal's Best Books of 2016
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Oh, and I almost forgot! The admins have generously given us 20 reddit gold creddits to hand out. We will be giving reddit gold to the user who nominates the winner of each genre as well as the two runners-up.
Comment by Ft_Worth_Swingers at 18/12/2016 at 16:38 UTC
59 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Sanderson's "The Bands of Mourning".
I enjoyed it more than any of the orher new age Mistborn books, the characters are really growing on me, and I'm super excited for the next.
That said, the list of fantasy I read in 2016 that was published in 2016 is pretty small.
Comment by HaxRyter at 18/12/2016 at 18:29 UTC
34 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Comment by [deleted] at 19/12/2016 at 11:38 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Stiletto, by Daniel O'Malley
Comment by ajw827 at 20/12/2016 at 21:17 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by punchy-mango at 02/01/2017 at 01:00 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by [deleted] at 19/12/2016 at 03:43 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 19/12/2016 at 17:16 UTC
19 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by pangolinwithaviolin at 18/12/2016 at 20:26 UTC
18 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo.
Comment by sheng3777 at 23/12/2016 at 03:29 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by Archlibrarian at 31/12/2016 at 07:37 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Comment by [deleted] at 05/01/2017 at 16:05 UTC*
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by prosecrastinator at 19/12/2016 at 03:49 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9)[1] by Ilona Andrews
1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333174-magic-binds?from_choice=true
Comment by Inkwalk at 05/01/2017 at 15:50 UTC*
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not sure if it should be here or Sci-fi, however I'd like to nominate **Hero** - R.A. Salvatore!
Comment by FluffyDoogle at 18/12/2016 at 16:54 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I'd say **All the Birds in the Sky** by Charlie Jane Anders.
Comment by WitteValk at 24/12/2016 at 23:51 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The waking fire by Anthony Ryan
Comment by The_Cat15 at 18/12/2016 at 18:15 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The Spider's War by Daniel Abraham. Was a great conclusion to the series!
Comment by Viniacious at 19/12/2016 at 00:22 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by prosecrastinator at 19/12/2016 at 03:52 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson #9)[1] by Patricia Briggs
1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25776210-fire-touched?from_choice=true
Comment by [deleted] at 06/01/2017 at 23:30 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 19/12/2016 at 00:19 UTC
1 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Comment by umarthegreat15 at 19/12/2016 at 09:15 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by redpill-booklover at 18/12/2016 at 21:02 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
For me it has to be **A War for Generations Yet Unborn** by JP Tate. I like stuff that's outside of the commercial mainstream, and this kind of political allegory is right up my street.
Comment by shannyspants at 19/12/2016 at 00:42 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet.