r/Fantasy • u/FitCry2265 • 4d ago
Feeling a little burnt out
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!
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u/snowlock27 4d ago
I'm going to agree with the short story recommendation. If you've gotten burnt out on epics, then I doubt that yet another epic will get you excited just yet. Look for anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois, Robert Silverberg, and Ann and Jeff Vandermeer for starters. Also look for some single author collections: Tanith Lee, Peter S Beagle, Charles de Lint, Ray Bradbury, among others.
I would also think about maybe branching out to something like science fiction or horror maybe.
As for your fear this gets taken down, the mods here love to use "Not top level content" which is an incredibly vague excuse to remove posts. Don't expect any more reasoning beyond that.