Top 5 Wednesday is a GoodReads group where people discuss a different bookish topic each week.

September 13th: Favorite Genre(s)

I think almost every reader has a certain genre they gravitate towards and super enjoy. For today’s prompt, share five books that reflect the genre (or genres if it’s hard to narrow it down to one!) you absolutely love reading and can’t get enough of!

It is hard to choose the genre I enjoy the most. But today I chose fantasy in all the various subgenres.

1, Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

The Toby Daye series is set in modern day San Fransisco was well as in the faerie realm. Toby is a half-blooded fae. She’s also a knight in the service of Duke Sylvester Torquill of Shadowed Hills and in the human world she’s private detective. The series starts with Toby at her most lowest.

2, The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

Irene Winters is a junior Librarian in the Library which exists between alternate worlds. Her mission is to save books from various worlds. To do that, she often has to use cover identities and get into places where she shouldn’t be.

3, Jhereg by Steven Brust

Vlad Taltos is a human in a world where humans are second-class citizens. The Dragaerans, the elves of this world, are the rules. Vlad’s father managed to buy them a seat in one of the noble houses of the Dragaerans. That house, the Jhereg, are the quivalent of mafia. So, Vlad is a crime books and occationally an asassin.

4, City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

Bulikov and Saypur: two cities which inhabitants hate each other with passion but which are linked by the past, present, and mostly likely by the future as well. Shara Thivani from Saypur arrives to Bulikov to find out who has murdered her dear and respected friend Dr. Efrem Pangyui. Shara is also a spy to the Saypur government.

5, Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

I enjoy almost all of Pratchett’s humorous fantasy books, but the Witches are my favorites. This one is a riff on Hamlet. Our trio of witches are Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and the young Magrat Garlick. Nanny has a large family and is rather easygoing while Granny is one of the most experienced witches alive and the “most highly regarded of the leaders, of [whom the witches] don’t have”. Magrat is a new witch who is trying very hard to impress the others.