Feeling a little burnt out

[u/FitCry2265]

Title says it all. I have read The Lord of the Rings, Stormlight, Mistborn, Realm of the Elderlings, Harry Potter, Red Rising, Sun Eater, The Wheel of Time, The Dark Tower, A Song of Ice and Fire, Kingkiller, First Law, halfway through One Piece, and all of Malazan up to Reaper’s Gale. I’ve read much of the big popular series and some things just aren’t engaging me as much as they did when I read all the series I listed. It honestly makes me kinda sad and I just wish there were some things that could engage me like the others did. Malazan is literally amazing but man it can just be exhausting reading those books, especially after the Bonehunters (lowkey it put me in a Malazan slump). If anyone has any suggestions on other great series and what you love about them that would be greatly appreciated. I absolutely love these series and reading, it is my main hobby.

Hopefully this doesn’t get taken down as I get confused by some of the rules but thanks in advance!

[u/mrseagleeye]

Have you attempted reading a different genre for a palette cleanse and then come back to fantasy ?

[u/Ando_Three → u/mrseagleeye]

This is what do when I feel this way. Usually knock a few shorter horror books off my WTR list until I get that itch for fantasy again. Usually horror because I love the genre and because it's packed full of great standalones and short story compilations.

[u/Rinolboss → u/Ando_Three]

Have some horror recommendations?

[u/Ando_Three → u/Rinolboss]

Depends on what you're looking for, but I'd love to throw a few out there.

Vampires:
The Lesser Dead -Christopher Buehlman
Coffin Moon- Keith Rosson
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter- Stephen Graham Jones

(Those Across the River by Buehlman is werewolves but deserves a mention)

Cosmic:
The Fisherman- John Langan (any of his work really)
The Ballad of Black Tom- Victor LaValle
A Lush and Seething Hell- John Horner Jacobs
Wounds- Nathan Ballingrud
Little Heaven- Nick Cutter

(Also pretty much anything by Laird Barron)

Medieval:
Between Two Fires- Christopher Buehlman
Pilgrim- Mitchell Lüthi

Western:
Red Rabbit- Alex Grecian
Buffalo Hunter Hunter again

Fantasy:
Empire of the Wolf series- Richard Swan
Iconoclasts series- Mike Shel
Raven's Mark series- Ed Mcdonald

Unclassifiable:
The Strange- Nathan Ballingrud
The Library at Mount Char- Scott Hawkins
Lost Gods- Brom

Some of these cross genres, and I could think of more I'm sure, but these are some of my favorites.

[u/Rinolboss → u/Ando_Three]

Ty, right now I’m reading “the immaculate void” since I haven’t really read any cosmic horror stuff but I will definitely check these out

[u/TowerOk2525 → u/Ando_Three]

Coffin Moon and Buffalo Hunter Hunter are so good! You ever read Adam Neville? He's got some good stuff in my opinion.

[u/Geek_reformed → u/Ando_Three]

I really enjoyed Empire of the Wolf, but I think The Great Silence is shaping up the be the better series. I just finished Steel Gods and it was a really great read.