Chosen One - Monomyth recs

[Winnett]

I know it's apparently unpopular, but I still like the King Arthur/Harry Potter/Star Wars/Eragon chosen one mythic stories with heroic characters that (often) change the world. Any new series out like that, or has everyone given up on the theme? Open to older series/books too, since I certainly haven't read everything.

(I'm reading the Once and Future King right now, which I'd never read before. Not quite what I expected.)

Thank you.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

I'm overwhelmed thinking how many are in this category!

Gideon the Ninth is new and pulpy and silly, not mythic at all.

Strange the Dreamer definitely mythic.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, mythic, a bit younger-toned.

The Bone Doll's Twin super dark.

The Bear and the Nightingale

Sabriel and the rest of the series

Anything by Brandon Sanderson (I particularly recommend The Way of Kings)

Daughter of the Forest

Yeah. Yikes. I'll stop there lol

[Winnett]

Thanks, both of you, for these recs. I've read some, but many are new!

[Sarah]

There’s a new one coming out in November by Kel Kade Called Fate of the Fallen.

In which the chosen one (this is going to seem like a spoiler, but it’s readable on the back of the book, but I’ll cover it in spoiler tags anyway) (view spoiler)[dies. His friend must then pick up the quest. (hide spoiler)]

The beginning was a little rough, feeling like a very cartoonish portrayal of fantasy, but once the spoiler tagged event happens and we get to the meat of the story, i has a fantastic time with it. It was funny, the characters were great, the settings vast...

Seriously can’t recommend it enough. Especially if you like this trope.

[Winnett]

Thanks! I shall check it out!! Sounds like an interesting twist, kinda like (book title deleted because I was spoiling).

[Sarah]

Eh- if anything it makes that book sound a little more interesting. LOL.

Maybe I’ll give it a try.

[Winnett]

Sarah wrote: "Eh- if anything it makes that book sound a little more interesting. LOL.

Maybe I’ll give it a try."

:) Well, I thought the first book was very awesome and definitely worth a read for big world fantasies. The follow ups weren't *as* engaging to me, but still good.

[Sarah]

It’s mostly the magic I object to. Lol.

Obviously most fantasy has some degree of magic but I prefer it when the magic is not front and center and people aren’t saying spells (or bleeding on books *eye roll*) or waving wands.

Kind of like Game of Thrones I guess? Thought that’s really not my favorite example it’s the best one I can think of. It has magic/fantastical things, but very few of the characters actually cast magic.

[Jacqueline]

A couple of YA books that spring to mind are Carry On by Rainbow Rowell and the sequel Wayward Son. On the app so I can’t link them at the moment. Also the Trials of Morrigan Crow series by Jessica Townsend. The first two books in that are out. Nevermoor and Wundersmith. It’s more Middle grade officially but I’m 56 and I love them.

[Cheryl]

Carry On
Jessica Townsend
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

[Melani]

Patricia McKillip's Riddlemaster trilogy is my personal favorite, it starts with Harpist in the Wind.

China Mievelle has a middlegrade novel that would fit. It's enjoyable (I am also an adult who loves middlegrade books) Un Lun Dun