Welcome back to another Friday Favorites! This week the topic is Epic Journeys! I am particularly enamored with a good adventure story, so narrowing down my favorite journeys was a bit difficult. So, without any further ado and in no particular order, here are my favorite books with epic journeys:
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Well, isn’t this a timely choice from me! But Netflix deals aside, Six of Crows is not only a damn amazing book (see my recent review here), but it has a journey of some epic damn proportions.
Kingdom of Ruins by D. C. Marino
I mean, this book has an archaeologist who travels to another world where nature communicates with people. There is much journeying and adventuring in this awesome story!
The Martian by Andy Weir
Okay, not a traditional journey, but there is definitely some epic traipsing around Mars. I have only ever read this book via audiobook and let me just say it is AWESOME! Mark Watney is the space pirate of my heart.
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
Look, I’m going to be honest here: I had to ask a friend if this book counted as an epic journey book because it has been so long since I’ve read it. I had vague memories of journeying, but was unsure if it was epic in nature. I’m not sure why I doubted the epicness in this book. It’s written by Brandon Sanderson, of course it’s epic!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
I loved, loved, LOVED the journey of the Golden Trio in this book. It was such a deviation from the past books and just talking about it makes me want to start my HP reread right damn now!
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
What? Did you think I was going to leave this one off? I mean, is there any journey more epic than the ones in these books? No, I think not.
So that’s it for my favorites this week! I can’t wait to see what all of your favorite epic journeys are. Remember to drop the links to your posts in a comment and I’ll add them to a post list here! Happy Friday book people!
Friday Favorites posts from around the bookish community:
Something of the Book 
I haven’t read a lot of epic journeys, but out of the 5 or 10 that I have read my favorites are two: Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes and A hundred year of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. LOVE THEM!
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I need to read both of those! I’ve always heard good things about both
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One Hundred Years of Solitude have in mind that you’ll need to have a family tree by your side. Don Quixote you need a really good imagination and patience. But, yes you should try to read them, if you do I hope I get to see a review or something like that so I’ll know your thoughts.
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I can’t wait to read The Martian, it’s been on my shelf for Eons now! I too had to include LOTR and The Hobbit, they are the most epic of journeys!
link to my Friday Favourites: https://jestandhearts.wordpress.com/2019/01/11/friday-favourites-epic-journeys/
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I can’t remember, do you listen to audiobooks? If you do, I 100% recommend doing the audiobook for this one. It’s be a few years since I listened to it but I remember loving it. The narrator captures the snark pretty damn well
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I really, really need to read The Martian this year… I’ve seen the movie and LOVED it, but I’ve heard the book is (of course) better.
Here is my F.F. list: https://booksandprosecco.wordpress.com/2019/01/11/friday-favourites-epic-journeys/
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The Martian is one of the few books where I like the book and movie equally. I read it via audio so I was able to get all the snark factor of Mark Watney from the narrator which made me very happy 🙂
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Ooo I’ve never tried an audiobook before! Maybe this needs to be my first one…
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This is a great list! And some that I’ve read and didn’t think of! Heres my Friday Favorites: https://bookishlybrittknee628.wordpress.com/2019/01/11/friday-favorites-epic-journeys/
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Thanks! I’m excited to check out your list to see if there are any that I didn’t think of 🙂
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I was tempted to include SoC in my list! So excited to see where the netflix show takes the grishaverse. Here’s my post! https://tintedprosereviews.com/2019/01/11/friday-favorites-epic-journeys/
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I couldn’t not include it! I love the journey to the Ice Court!
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