r/Fantasy Book Bingo 2024 - hosted by bookswithgraceann

Bards
Read a book in which the primary protagonist is a bard, musician, poet, or storyteller.

Hard Mode: The character is explicitly called a bard.
All books added
The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

The Blacktongue Thief

The Blacktongue Thief #1

Christopher Buehlman

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark funny medium-paced
The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

The Hidden Oracle

The Trials of Apollo #1

Rick Riordan

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

295 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

A Curse for True Love

Once Upon a Broken Heart #3

Stephanie Garber

381 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark fast-paced
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Shadow of the Wind

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

512 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip

The Bards of Bone Plain

Patricia A. McKillip

329 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Reforged by Seth Haddon

Reforged

Seth Haddon

12 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Ascension by Brian K. Fuller

Ascension

The Trysmoon Saga #1

Brian K. Fuller

377 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Secret Projects #1

Brandon Sanderson

369 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced