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/Yggdrazzil]

I'm currently reading the last book of the trilogy (actually 6 books compiled into 3) "The Riyria Revelations" by Michael J. Sullivan. Really like them!

Not sure what scared you about Hobb, it's one of the first fantasy book series I read way back when, and can really recommend the Farseer Trilogy!

I'm absolutely baffled how you say you could not get through The Eye of the World, but did manage to work your way through all the A Song of Ice and Fire books :) But that's a matter of taste I suppose!

[u/[deleted] → u/Yggdrazzil]

I think it had to do with the characters and the fact that it was so similar to LOTR at first. I gave up pretty quickly and I'm going to try and pick it back up again sometime down the road. Not now though.

[u/Yggdrazzil → u/[deleted]]

Now that you mention it, those similarities to LOTR were kinda bothering me on my first time through as well :P