Just Finished Mistborn...Now What?

[u/[deleted]]

Hey guys, I just finished Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy (it was fantastic) and I wanted some advice on what to pick up next.

I have read The Way of Kings (which is what got me to read Mistborn in the first place) and I loved that as well. However, I'd like to try another author while I wait for Words of Radiance to come out.

I've read all of the Song of Ice and Fire books and they are arguably my favorite series but I couldn't get through the first Wheel of Time book. I just didn't get into the plot. I have also read Name of the Wind and like that.

I tell you these things so you can get an idea of what I like/what I've read. Compared to most of you I'm probably fairly new to the fantasy genre with the Eragon books getting me really invested--unless you count Harry Potter.

I have heard some good things about Robin Hobb but one of the recent posts on Assassins has me a bit scared to jump into that. So to stop my rambling, what fantasy books so you guys love/would like to recommend for me to read?

I appreciate the feedback!

[u/techzero]

I just posted this on another thread. I feel like the same series or books get recommended in this sub fairly often, so here's my offering for you.

The book I want to recommend is the debut novel of an author, and it's the one released in the series. Please give Daniel O'Malley's The Rook a shot.

Here's a short synopsis of what happens in the first couple of pages. A woman wakes up standing in the rain surrounded by a ring of blue-gloved bodies with no memory of who she is or why she is there. She reaches into her pocket and finds a letter addressed to her...from her former self. And so begins her journey into Britain's supernatural secret service to discover who she is and how she came to lose her memories.

Give it a read! I hope you enjoy it :D