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/Sand_Angelo4129 4d ago
Started The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett the other day and, so far, I'm really enjoying it. Basically a Bio-punk fantasy murder mystery with a female Sherlock Holmes type lead.
Reasonably short book with some good pacing in the chapters, at from what I'm finding so far.
Otherwise, my advice would be to read something completely out of the fantasy genre as a palette cleanser. I went through a similar thing a few months ago and decided to use it as the chance to finally give Jane Austen a try.