Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books With Anthony Jeselnik | House of Reads

It’s finally time for House of Reads! Jo discusses the best books she’s read this year, the series that she’s into, her must-read authors, and more! Plus, Anthony Jeselnik joins the pod to give some sci-fi/fantasy book recommendations!

Jo’s book recommendations:
– Everlasting by Alix Harrow
– Raven’s Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
– Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo
– The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
– The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
– A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas
– Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
– Ana and Din Mysteries series by Robert Jackson Bennett
– The Hierarchy series by James Islington
– Scion by James Islington
– The Gates of Midnight by Helene Wecker
– Blacktongue series by Christopher Buehlman
– Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
– Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell
– Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
– Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
– The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
– Victorious by V. E. Schwab
– Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
– Starling House by Alix Harrow
– Slade House by David Mitchell

Listener recommendations:
– Red Rising by Pierce Brown
– Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
– Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
– Canon by Paige Lewis
– Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson
– This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Robin Hobb
– Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
– Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb
– The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
– Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
– Into the Blue by Emma Brodie
– Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin
– The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S. A. Chakraborty
– The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

House of R classics:
– The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
– Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
– The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
– Circe by Madeline Miller
– All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Origin stories:
– Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
– Night Watch by Sir Terry Pratchett
– The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
– The Dragon Lance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
– Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Host: Joanna Robinson
Guest: Anthony Jeselnik
Producer: Carlos Chiriboga
Studio Production: Jacob Cornett
Social: Jomi Adeniran
Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell