humorous fantasy is my favorite. I love when things are not always epic and dire and battles. First of all is the Discworld series, but also Robert Asprin's Myth series.
When I saw your video title, I immediately thought of Kings of the Wyld. That one is definitely my kind of humour! Also, the Palace Job sounds ridiculous! I might have to check it out for myself. I also didn't realize that there was a lot of humor in Traitor's Blade. I may need to push it up on my TBR. Great recommendations video! =D
Sam, this was on my feed today, and I thought, why not. Not sure if I ever watched it, but knowing me and how much I loved your content, I cannot believe that I hadn't. 100% agree with your picks for humorous fantasy recommendations, especially The Princess Bride. Marie and I miss you on UA-cam. Maybe this was sent to us...by the Internet dieties...to help us through our desire to see you back on UA-cam. All our best...
You can't talk about humourous fantasy without uttering the genius that is Terry Pratchett. I love his work so much and highly recommended it. I've laughed my butt off in public more times than I can count. Indeed, Kings of the Wyld sounds like one of his books (Interesting Times).
Anything by Terry Pratchett I'd always recommend of course. Also the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Tom Holt is good if you like mad ideas and writing with your humour.
I keep hearing Pratchett is pretty funny! I'll need to check his books out soon! OMG I was OBSSESSED with Artemis Fowl in high school! I still need to read the last couple of books! :D
I just discovered your channel as this video came up on my recommended feed. I love it - I recently did a book review of Kings of the Wyld; I loved that book so much and will be reading Bloody Rose soon, the follow up book. Love your selections and want to read "The Palace Job" and "Theft of Swords" in particular that I hadn't heard of before. I did a video a while back on humorous science fiction books, so I can definitely relate to the concept of the video. Love the way you review them.
I love humorous books! Who doesn't love to laugh, and why not while you're reading anyway. That's why I love Terry Pratchett's books so much. He's sure to make me laugh out loud every time I read one of his books. I really have to get my hands on The Princess Bride - I've always wanted to read that book.
I miss the Greatcoates so much ♥ But reading Kings of the Wyld right now and having some to look forward, actually helps a bit, thank you for this video - it was so right up my street!
Having just finished the Lies of Locke Lamora, thank you for this list, definitely some books to check there. Having said that, and reading from some comments below, you really have to get into Terry Pratchett's Discworld. When it comes to humourous fantasy, Pratchett is the master of the genre. His kind of British, witty sarcasm is impeccable (if you like sarcasm, you'll love captain Vimes). Note that his books aren't your standard "fantasy novel peppered with humour". Humour is the main element, but that doesn't mean that the story in itself is undermined by the jokes. Also, underneath the humour lie messages about racism, sexism, oppression, you name it. Just one last thing, bear in mind that it is a whole 30+ book series and the first 2 or 3 books fare poorly, both humour and storywise when compared to the following ones (but hey, they read so easily that you can fly through a book in like two days). Sorry for the rant :P
I love books with a little snark in them! Have you ever read any of the Discworld series? I’ve always heard good things about it- but the series is MASSIVE! I’m glad to see The Princess Bride made it to your list!!!!
I love this video! I was umming and ahhing about buying 'Kings of the Wyld' and now I'm sold. I loved Locke Lamora in all three books and can't wait for the 4th book to come out. As for other recommendations, I gotta shout out Terry Pratchett and the 'Discworld' series - he seems to be one of the biggest fantasy/humour authors ever. Also Neil Gaiman's books are often humourous (and with Good Omens being written by both Pratchett and Gaiman). Joe Abercrombie can also have quite a dry cynical humour to his books and I often find Brandon Sanderson has a bit of humour running through his books (especially the Wax and Wane post-Mistborn ones!)
I hadn't heard of Sebastien de Castell before today where I read that he is coming to Denmark in the autumn and now you mention him and that coincidence must mean that I should read some of his works xD
I found Finn Fancy Necromancy quite humorous. It does have a lot of references to the 1980’s and that really hit my funny bone. Now you won’t get the action like Sebastian de Castell, but you do get more humor and a wide range of characters. (Humans, Sasquatch, Elf, were wolves.....). I enjoyed the story. Check it out if you can.
Thanks for these! I want to read more adult fantasy books and things that put me off from easily doing so are the amount written by guys thus the higher chance of sexism, the length, and fear of being bored by them. I like a bit of humor in books and it being mixed into fantasy is a pretty good formula for me to enjoy a book. :)
I'm going to try and not have any spoilers. Do you remember in Saints Blood near the start when Falcio is riding in a horse cart and Brasti does shenanigans? That was possibly the funniest thing I had ever read.
I was gonna be so mad if Gentleman Bastards wasn't mentioned - the banter is next level!!! Palace Job sounds great! adding that to ye olde TBR :) I've been meaning to read Kings of the Wyld for a while, so glad to hear you like it! never heard of Sebastian de Castele....🤔 I actually liked the movie of Princess Bride better 😬 Riyria!!! The audiobooks are so funny too his narration had great comedic timing hehe
I can't recommend The Princess Bride because you already mentioned it. However, I can recommend a series by one of my favourite authors: Discworld by Terry Pratchett. I know that you know that I
If you like sarcastic smart ass characters you should definitely check out the Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud. The Bartimaeus character is a walking embodiment of that style of humor. Its basically set in an alternative history London where the politicians that run the country are magic users. It combines witty humor with political intrigue. Nathaniel is a young magician who summons Bartimaeus, a 5000 year djinni and he tries to use him to work his way up the ladder. Most of the humor is the banter between the two, Bartimaeus is the smart ass and Nathaniel doesn't want to take crap from him. The first book is The Amulet of Samarkand. Pro tip, the UK covers with the Bartimaeus silhouetted across London are way better. The US covers almost make them look like children books when they're really more on the same level as harry potter.
My recommendations - 'Days Out - The Funboy3' By Phil Street. A trilogy of comic masterpieces. Four guys travelling from town to town, from pub to pub. Very funny. Should be made into a TV show. The author has written a couple of books in an 'Antidote' series and a Novella which is very amusing.
humorous fantasy is my favorite. I love when things are not always epic and dire and battles. First of all is the Discworld series, but also Robert Asprin's Myth series.
Same!!! if it makes me laugh it's guaranteed to be a favorite
Literally any Discworld book (that doesn't feature the luggage)
What about discworld
When I saw your video title, I immediately thought of Kings of the Wyld. That one is definitely my kind of humour!
Also, the Palace Job sounds ridiculous! I might have to check it out for myself. I also didn't realize that there was a lot of humor in Traitor's Blade. I may need to push it up on my TBR. Great recommendations video! =D
Omg there is SO much humor in De Castell's books! Its great! I hope you enjoy these whenever you get to them!
Sam, this was on my feed today, and I thought, why not. Not sure if I ever watched it, but knowing me and how much I loved your content, I cannot believe that I hadn't.
100% agree with your picks for humorous fantasy recommendations, especially The Princess Bride.
Marie and I miss you on UA-cam. Maybe this was sent to us...by the Internet dieties...to help us through our desire to see you back on UA-cam.
All our best...
You can't talk about humourous fantasy without uttering the genius that is Terry Pratchett. I love his work so much and highly recommended it. I've laughed my butt off in public more times than I can count.
Indeed, Kings of the Wyld sounds like one of his books (Interesting Times).
Anything by Terry Pratchett I'd always recommend of course. Also the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Tom Holt is good if you like mad ideas and writing with your humour.
I keep hearing Pratchett is pretty funny! I'll need to check his books out soon!
OMG I was OBSSESSED with Artemis Fowl in high school! I still need to read the last couple of books! :D
You have a staycation at the moment so could be the ideal time :)
So excited to read the Michael J Sullivan books! Thanks again for recommending the order to read them in to me! :-D
Of course! I cannot wait to hear what you think!
I knew you had to mention Princess Bride! Love it! I just bought a beautiful collector's edition of it and can't wait to read it! Great video!
It's such a great book!
Thank you!
Fantasy / Humour. My trigger words!🤩 I’ve only not read the palace job from this list and I can’t wait to try it out. Awesome content! :)
It's seriously the best combo!
Thank you!
I just discovered your channel as this video came up on my recommended feed. I love it - I recently did a book review of Kings of the Wyld; I loved that book so much and will be reading Bloody Rose soon, the follow up book. Love your selections and want to read "The Palace Job" and "Theft of Swords" in particular that I hadn't heard of before. I did a video a while back on humorous science fiction books, so I can definitely relate to the concept of the video. Love the way you review them.
I really need to read all those that I have yet to get to, especially "The Palace Job"
YES!! I have a feeling you'd enjoy it!
Yes! This is the kind of recs i need in my life lol - i was obsessed with some of them you mentioned. I’ll totally check out the rest!
YAY! I hope you enjoy them!
I love humorous books! Who doesn't love to laugh, and why not while you're reading anyway. That's why I love Terry Pratchett's books so much. He's sure to make me laugh out loud every time I read one of his books.
I really have to get my hands on The Princess Bride - I've always wanted to read that book.
Yes! I keep hearing Pratchett writes humor well! So I'll have to check his books out!
I miss the Greatcoates so much ♥ But reading Kings of the Wyld right now and having some to look forward, actually helps a bit, thank you for this video - it was so right up my street!
I do too!! I want to read his new series so bad to see if it's just as much fun!
Yay! of course! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Having just finished the Lies of Locke Lamora, thank you for this list, definitely some books to check there.
Having said that, and reading from some comments below, you really have to get into Terry Pratchett's Discworld. When it comes to humourous fantasy, Pratchett is the master of the genre. His kind of British, witty sarcasm is impeccable (if you like sarcasm, you'll love captain Vimes). Note that his books aren't your standard "fantasy novel peppered with humour". Humour is the main element, but that doesn't mean that the story in itself is undermined by the jokes. Also, underneath the humour lie messages about racism, sexism, oppression, you name it.
Just one last thing, bear in mind that it is a whole 30+ book series and the first 2 or 3 books fare poorly, both humour and storywise when compared to the following ones (but hey, they read so easily that you can fly through a book in like two days). Sorry for the rant :P
Pratchett was a genius and Discworld is one of my favorite series ever.
Ooo digging the cover of The palace job!
Isn't so cool!?
I love books with a little snark in them! Have you ever read any of the Discworld series? I’ve always heard good things about it- but the series is MASSIVE!
I’m glad to see The Princess Bride made it to your list!!!!
I have not! But I keep hearing that they are full of humor!
Read Discworld! Pratchett wrote like a Boss. The series is huge, but ye can pretty much read em in whatever order. Well, well worth it
Oh my gosh, The Palace Job sounds so awesome. Lol, a shapeshifting unicorn.
This is such an awesome topic.
I just started Traitor's Blade.
It is so dang epic! Like I wasn't sure how I'd like it but It ended up being better than I thought it would be
Also YAY! I hope you enjoy it!
I love this video! I was umming and ahhing about buying 'Kings of the Wyld' and now I'm sold. I loved Locke Lamora in all three books and can't wait for the 4th book to come out. As for other recommendations, I gotta shout out Terry Pratchett and the 'Discworld' series - he seems to be one of the biggest fantasy/humour authors ever. Also Neil Gaiman's books are often humourous (and with Good Omens being written by both Pratchett and Gaiman). Joe Abercrombie can also have quite a dry cynical humour to his books and I often find Brandon Sanderson has a bit of humour running through his books (especially the Wax and Wane post-Mistborn ones!)
Thank you! I hope you enjoy Kings of the Wyld!
OH I so agree on Gaiman! he uses such wit in his books ;)
Mistborn era 2 is really fun yeah. Wayne is a humour powerhouse. ^_^
Loved this video! We seem to enjoy a lot of the same books so I'm moving The Greatcoats up on my TBR list.
Yay! I hope you enjoy it!
Needs more Terry Pratchett. Also, check out Peter David (Sir Apropos of Nothing)
I love that mug! It’s very fitting for the topic!
David (and Leigh) Eddings. The Belgarion series etc. The banter and sarcasm between characters is wonderful. Love these books.
crazee4books , I was going to suggest The Belgariad. One of my all-time favorite book series!!!
I've had the Belgariad on my shelf for ages so I think this means I need to get on reading it ASAP!
I hadn't heard of Sebastien de Castell before today where I read that he is coming to Denmark in the autumn and now you mention him and that coincidence must mean that I should read some of his works xD
YUSSSSSS! that's so great!! It's like it's meant to be ;)
I hope you enjoy his books!
Sam's Nonsense I'm planning on reading Traitor's Blade :)
Are there any of these recs besides Theft of swords and princess bride that are clean and humorous?
Favorite humorou s fantasy: codes alera by jim butcher!
Gardener's books.... TBD Cineverse series are my favorite. MYTH series, Castle Perlious series. Esther Friesner New York series.
Yes to the princess bride!! It’s hilarious and not enough people have read it
RIGHT!? Its so Under-read!
I honestly prefer it to the film...not a fan of the movie but I LOVE THE BOOK!!
I was JUST about to ask you for books like these thaaaanks!!!
Yay!!!!
I found Finn Fancy Necromancy quite humorous. It does have a lot of references to the 1980’s and that really hit my funny bone. Now you won’t get the action like Sebastian de Castell, but you do get more humor and a wide range of characters. (Humans, Sasquatch, Elf, were wolves.....). I enjoyed the story. Check it out if you can.
I'll have to check that out! Thank you!
Thanks for these! I want to read more adult fantasy books and things that put me off from easily doing so are the amount written by guys thus the higher chance of sexism, the length, and fear of being bored by them. I like a bit of humor in books and it being mixed into fantasy is a pretty good formula for me to enjoy a book. :)
Of course! I hope you end up enjoying these :)
How about The Table of Less Valued Knights by Marie Phillips? A funny Arthurian tale.
Oh!! Arthurian + humor? I'm in!
The Palace job, Kings of the Wyld, Traitors blade, Princess bride
Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne. It is both a fantasy book and a parody of fantasy books.
I'm going to try and not have any spoilers. Do you remember in Saints Blood near the start when Falcio is riding in a horse cart and Brasti does shenanigans? That was possibly the funniest thing I had ever read.
YUSSSSSSSSS!!! Basically anything Brasti does is hilarious!
Great topic! I love reading fantasy, but sometimes you need a break from all the grimdark out there.
I was gonna be so mad if Gentleman Bastards wasn't mentioned - the banter is next level!!!
Palace Job sounds great! adding that to ye olde TBR :)
I've been meaning to read Kings of the Wyld for a while, so glad to hear you like it!
never heard of Sebastian de Castele....🤔
I actually liked the movie of Princess Bride better 😬
Riyria!!! The audiobooks are so funny too his narration had great comedic timing hehe
De Castell is AMAZING!! Highly recommend!
Sam's Nonsense noted 😋
I'm definitely hear for this! Great Video Homie!
Thank you so much!!
BAHAHAHHAHA I see what you did there 😂🤣😂🤣
Do you have any recommendations for someone just starting out in the fantasy genre? Thank you!
Any of these are actually a great place to start!
Can you recommend humorous young adult books??
‘Orconomics’ was a really fun read,the audiobook was so good.
Thanks for the rec!
I can't recommend The Princess Bride because you already mentioned it. However, I can recommend a series by one of my favourite authors: Discworld by Terry Pratchett. I know that you know that I
GAH! I REALLY need to read Discworld soon!
DISCWORLD... READ DISCWORLD
I would recommend the lightning struck heart , its like the princess bride only gay and much more adult I recommend you listen to the audiobook
I will have to check that out!
If you like sarcastic smart ass characters you should definitely check out the Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud. The Bartimaeus character is a walking embodiment of that style of humor. Its basically set in an alternative history London where the politicians that run the country are magic users. It combines witty humor with political intrigue. Nathaniel is a young magician who summons Bartimaeus, a 5000 year djinni and he tries to use him to work his way up the ladder. Most of the humor is the banter between the two, Bartimaeus is the smart ass and Nathaniel doesn't want to take crap from him. The first book is The Amulet of Samarkand. Pro tip, the UK covers with the Bartimaeus silhouetted across London are way better. The US covers almost make them look like children books when they're really more on the same level as harry potter.
You know I read the first book of Bartimaeus way back when it first came out. SO I should get on finishing the series!
Try Konosuba
My recommendations - 'Days Out - The Funboy3' By Phil Street. A trilogy of comic masterpieces. Four guys travelling from town to town, from pub to pub. Very funny. Should be made into a TV show. The author has written a couple of books in an 'Antidote' series and a Novella which is very amusing.
Great video topic 😉😉😉😉
Thank you!
It’s a YA series but I think The False Prince trilogy has some great witty and sarcastic humor in it :)
Oh great! I'll have to look it up!
Sam's Nonsense Yay! I hope you find it intriguing!
When I hear a book is funny, I'm always worried I won't like it XD
Love funny books, but let's just say I'm picky with what I like :P
hahaha I know that fear well
Craig shaw gardner is the best.
No Discworld books? Not your cup of tea?