Recs if you like The Wolf and the Woodsman...

Standalone fantasy books that won't make you invest your life in a dozen installments

Works in the speculative, fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres by authors who are not cisgender! Two spirit, nonbinary, trans, genderfluid, and other gender diverse authors count!

This is a list for those of you that love dark fantasy (dying gods, monsters in the woods, that kind of thing), but you also have a soft side for softies. These books still have that grim atmosphere, but they also have characters who are green flags. Someone who asks permission, protects without smothering, or just does the right thing when no one else will.

Fantasy inspired by Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, and/or Russia (myths, setting, etc.) Will also be including Slavic inspired fantasy books here as well.

Fantasy where plants, herbs, forests and green places aren’t just set dressing: they drive character choices, magic systems and plot. Expect hedgewitches and apothecaries, sentient woods and green men, tea alchemists, orchard bargains and kitchen gardens that meddle in human affairs. The tone ranges from cozy cottagecore to gently thorny fairytales sprinkled in. If you crave stories that smell like rain on soil and sound like wind in leaves, start here!

Books in this list are in at least two quests. Thus helping to earn more badges. Books will span different genres. Once I scan through all the quests, I plan to further organize the list. I am thinking of creating a seperate list and moving the books with three or more quests to the new list and keeping the two badge books in this list. Are there other ways you would organize a list this big?

Eclectic choices of stories to forget life sucks.

Books where there is a strong female friendship in a Fantasy book.

Credit to @leong.john.silvers for the name

A masterlist of standalone adult fantasy novels (no novellas).

Always looking for recs!

So, you like your fantasy with a historical-ish setting; perhaps even a dash of gothic yearning here and there. I've got you bestie.

Over the a Garden Wall… and into a book! Spooky, cozy, and creepy fall vibes

original fantasies INSPIRED by mythology and folklore (Greek, Arthurian, Norse, Buddhist, Slavic, Jewish, Irish, and more!)

Find these reads among the swirls of snow dust between dense evergreens trees, under the bright moonlight scattering across a frozen forest, and at the hearth of a warm cottage, providing shelter through a quiet blizzard. These are magical and often folklore-inspired stories for those long winter days.

books in a eastern european/slavic/ashkenazi setting that focus on folktales and magic

fiction books that with a main character or prominent side character that fits the D&D Ranger class (at least pretty closely)! here for the roaming the wilds, the bow and arrowing, the tracking! recs and input welcome!

fantasy books centered around jewish characters and jewish experiences

A list of Jewish fantasy books (mostly adult or ya). These books have Jewish characters, themes, or based on Jewish mythology.

my list of books on 2+ quests, continued!

Did you know there's more to Jewish fiction than WWII books? Suggestions welcome as long as they aren't zionist propaganda 🇵🇸