First of all, I'm not from an English-speaking country, so the pool of books translated into my language is obviously much smaller than the number of books published. I can read in English, but I much prefer reading in my own language.
I don't read only fantasy, but it's my favorite genre. I also like Sci-fi, thrillers, and historical fiction, but they make up less than 20-30% of what I read.
It stems from the fact that the demand for fantasy in my country has been on the decline since the 90s, and in recent years, the rise of romance and all its sub-genres literally threw everything else under the bus. I'm not against romantasy but I usually don't like it. I can only remember liking Anne Bishop's "The Others" series, and it surprised me that I liked it. i didn't like the popular ones by Holly Black or Sarah J. Maas, and other similar ones.
Inside the genre of fantasy, I like the most epic fantasy, and my favorite series:
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The Riftwar Saga
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The Wheel of Time
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The legend of Drizzt
And after those, I have some modern ones, like ones from Brandon Sanderson or Name of the Wind, and more.
It feels like they don't make them anymore, like the ones I like the most.
The thought that in a year or two I would read everything in the fantasy genre makes me sad. Also, it's the biggest library in my area, so going to another one isn't an option.
Also, I don't buy books very much since I read around a book per week, so it's not a sustainable expense for me, and storing them is also a big issue since my little library is full to the brim and the second hand market in my country for the books i have is non-existent, out of 100+ books (for kids, teens, YA, and adults) I've managed to sell only 3 over the past 3 years. And I don't want to just give those away too without any recompense, even $100 for all of them, and I would take the offer.
Just something that I wanted to let out and share, maybe others have gone through something similar
by Marvellover13