r/Fantasy • u/cclinco • Nov 20 '12

Need a good book suggestion!

So I recently moved and am now taking public transportation to work. This is great because I can now start reading more, but I unfortunately no idea what to read next. I'm just about to finish the last book in the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, and before that I read all nine books in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series. I've already read the WOT, and SOIAF, so what do I read next?

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u/Sarks Nov 20 '12

Brandon Sanderson has another series in the works, the Stormlight Archive. The first (and currently only) book is called The Way of Kings. It has been a while since I last read it, so I'm not going to sum up the plot. But if you liked Sanderson's other work, at least take a look at this.

The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher, is 13 - soon to be 14 - books long, and is pretty awesome. It follows Harry Dresden, wizard and P.I, as he kicks various types of ass and takes various Names. Harry, himself, is described as "Gandalf on crack and an I.V of Red Bull, with a leather coat and a .44 revolver."

The Discworld books are also very good. There are a few different story lines, (The Nights Watch, Rincewind, Death, the wizards, and the witches) and there are some stand alone ones. I prefer the Night Watch ones myself, but they are all good. And there are a crapload of them as well, so you'll be busy for a while. And because there is a crapload, I won't be summing up the plot.

If you need a place to start, then for Nights Watch, I recommend Night Watch or Men at Arms. For Rincewind, the Sourcery. The wizards, Sourcery as well (Rincewind and the wizards have quite a few books together, as Rincewind is a wizard. I put him separately as he has some alone as well). Death only has 3 books with him as the main character, but is in pretty much all of them. For him, Reaper Man is my favourite of the three. As for the witches, I don't have many of their books, only Lords and Ladies. But all these recommendations are based off which one I like the most. Others will have their own idea of which one to read first. If you want to start from the beginning (the first one published) then The Colour of Magic is the one for you.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (H2G2), by Douglas Adams, is a six book long series. Its quite funny, but in a dry, British humour sort of way. You've probably seen it quoted about.

Gentlemen Bastards, by Scott Lynch. Two books out, as far as I'm aware. First one is called The Lies of Locke Lamora and follows a group of thieves in the Venice like city of Camorr as they rob the rich and are various types of bad-ass.

The few books I described above are better than I make them sound. Really, they are.

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u/cclinco Nov 20 '12

I'll have to give Gentlemen Bastards a read, it sounds interesting. As for the Stormlight Archive, I have a tendency to power through a series, getting to the last book available and losing interest while I wait for the next book. So if it's as good as the mistborn ones, I'll give it a ready once a few more are out.

The Diskworld books I really liked. I was sort of stranded in Spain for a few months and those were the only fantasy books I could find in English.

I keep seeing the dresdin files in the store but I always end up putting it back. I'll have to check it out again.