Ranking All SIX Malazan Series
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Today, I'm ranking all six different main and side series of the Malazan world, spoiler-FREE. This video is going up Summer, 2024, just in case you stumble on it later after more books have been released.
Weird side-note: in setting up books for the thumbnail, I noticed all the original book 1's have a similar blue and/or green color. Just an interesting observation.
I rank the following six series:
Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Erikson
Novels of the Malazan Empire, by Esslemont
Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, by Erikson
Kharkanas Trilogy, by Erikson
Path(s) to Ascendancy, by Esslemont
Witness, by Erikson
I love this idea. Mine
1. Book of the Fallen. The emotional moments are what I read it for and it pays off in spades. Helps that the ending is the best I've ever read
2. Kharkanas - even though it's not finished, I considered putting it #1. The style is one of the biggest reasons I love this. (Just damn Lasa Rook keeping it down). Incredible moments and characters all around with lines that just make you ponder over and over
3. Paths to Ascendency - I think this is where Esselmont really comes into his own. Despite thinking that Kellenveds Reach is not very good, the rest of the series is so much fun and exactly what I want from Esselmont. After the newest installment was delayed I was worried but it ended up being one of my favorites in the entire series
4. Witness - this has so much potential. I am eagerly awaiting the next book to come out but damn, it makes me cry and Rant must be protected. Erikson doesn't skip a beat.
6. Novels of the Malazan Empire - still very good. My favorites are OST, SW, and B&B. I like them all but the first two I find a little lacking, with Return of the Crimson guard much too big. (The opposite problem I had with Kellenveds Reach)
6. Bauchelain and Korbal Broach - I love them but there isn't much there outside of Crackt Pot Trail but if someone wanted to argue that Crackt Pot Trail is the best thing Erikson has written, I wouldn't argue with them
@@bryson2662 Nice list! Idk about you, but I can't wait for some of these series to finish up.
I’m loving path to ascendancy. Also have the first three of empire heading my way. Also can’t wait for the next witness book. Rereading books of the fallen but this time I’m reading empire mixed in. Just finished forge of the high mage and loved it.
I may need you to point out a good reading order for all these 😂 I’m about to start midnight tides and then I was going to go with Night of Knives to go published order. What’re your thoughts?
Uhppppp okay I just saw you talk about the Esselmont referrals 😂
@@Chance.Dillon Yeah, I'd say go for close to publication if you want. And then to keep the flow decent, if you are going back and forth, read Night of Knives after Midnight Tides. Read Return of the Crimson Guard after Reaper's Gale. Read Stoneweilder after Toll the Hounds. And then probably finish out main series, then go back and read the 3 remaining NotME books. And I think you can read the B&KB novellas whenever. And wait to start Kharkanas and Witness until you're finished with Book of the Fallen. Paths to Ascendancy, you can really start whenever you'd like.
good video, cant wait to get into kharkanas etc
@@BABYSTARZ Thanks!
Yeah I’m pretty certain the next witness book is next year and the one after not long after that one
The Malazan wiki has a release date for August 2025. But Erikson also mentioned in an interview that the next 2 witness books will be delivered back to back (he split NLF into two books).
read the first 10 plus 3 NOTME, now reread GOTM & DHG
@@demidrek-heyward Good call. Enjoying the reread?