Best Fantasy Novel of 2018 - Voting Thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/a6p8sp/best_fantasy_novel_of_2018_voting_thread/

created by vincoug on 16/12/2018 at 14:07 UTC

19 upvotes, 15 top-level comments (showing 15)

Welcome readers!

This is the voting thread for the best fantasy novel of 2018! From here, you can make nominations, vote, and discuss the best fantasy novel of 2018. Here are the rules:

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Nominations

Nominations are made by posting a parent comment.

Parent comments will only be nominations. If you're not making a nomination you must reply to another comment or your comment will be removed.

All nominations must have been originally published in 2018.

Please search the thread before making your own nomination. Duplicate nominations will be removed.

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Voting

Voting will be done using upvotes.

You can vote for as many books as you'd like.

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Other Stuff

Nominations will be left open until Sunday January 13 at which point they will be locked, votes counted, and winners announced.

These threads will be left in contest mode until voting is finished.

Most importantly, have fun!

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Best of 2018 Lists

To remind you of some of the great books that were published this year, here's a collection of Best of 2018 lists.

/r/Books's "Best of 2018" Megalist

The Economist's Books of the Year

NPR's Best Books of 2018

The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2018

The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2018

FiveBooks.com Best Books of 2018

The Washington Post's Best Books of 2018

The Guardian's Best Books of 2018

Goodreads Best Books of 2018

Lit Hub's Favorite Books of 2018

Slate's 10 Best Books of 2018

The New Yorker's Best Books of 2018

The Smithsonian's Best Books of 2018

Comments

Comment by dem219 at 16/12/2018 at 18:09 UTC*

53 upvotes, 0 direct replies

*Circe** by Madeline Miller

Comment by cillinit at 16/12/2018 at 17:44 UTC

32 upvotes, 2 direct replies

*Spinning Silver** by Naomi Novik

Comment by SummerMournings at 04/01/2019 at 02:07 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Poppy War by RF Kuang

Comment by CptBuddha at 16/12/2018 at 17:45 UTC

14 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames

Such an amazing follow up I really enjoyed it.

Comment by dippy_bear at 16/12/2018 at 15:55 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

*Redemption's Blade** by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Great start to a series about what happens after the heroes kill the Big Bad

Comment by andrewroy39 at 16/12/2018 at 14:54 UTC

20 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Vengeful, by V.E. Schwab. I don't care that Goodreads put it in sci-fi: this book is without a doubt a fantasy novel. Schwab does it again, with a thrilling sequel to Vicious, both about "ExtraOrdinaries" who get powers after near death experiences.

Comment by [deleted] at 16/12/2018 at 20:09 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by starbucket2me at 01/01/2019 at 05:50 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Comment by jonnakristina at 18/12/2018 at 16:26 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

Comment by stumpyoftheshire at 19/12/2018 at 11:22 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Age of War by Michael J Sullivan