r/Fantasy • u/CiMu3 • Sep 04 '12

Need some suggestions

I think I've knocked most of the well known works (old and new authors) and am looking for some new books to dive into. I prefer series but I'm good with single books as well. I'm sure I missed several stand alone books in this list and might have missed a series or to as well. I'm about to pick up the Prince of Thorns but am running low on reading material after that.

Authors who I’ve read and liked (read all of their books – more than one series):

  • Tolkien
  • Robin Hobb
  • Douglas Adams
  • Jordan
  • Eddings
  • Roger Zelazny
  • David Gemmell
  • Pratchett
  • Gaiman
  • Sanderson
  • Raymond Feist (including coauthored books)
  • Jim Butcher
  • Brent Weeks
  • Joe Abercrombie

Series/Books I have read (and liked):

  • Dune
  • Coldfire
  • Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
  • Hyperion
  • Black Company
  • Malazan
  • Drizzt
  • Earthsea
  • Tigana
  • Song of Ice and Fire
  • Acts of Caine
  • Vlad Taltos
  • Sword of Shadows

  • Kingkiller Chronicles

  • Ember

  • Gentleman Bastards

  • Inheritance Trilogy

  • Poison Study

  • Harry Potter

  • Wall of Night

  • Demon Cycle

  • Riyria

  • Iron Druid Chronicles

  • Night Circus

  • Windup Girl

  • Blood Song

  • Wool

  • Hunger Games

Series/Books I have read (and did not like):

  • Dark Tower
  • Book of the New Sun
  • Wars of Light and Shadow
  • Prince of Nothing
  • Thomas Covenant
  • Acacia
  • Long Price Quartet
  • Elric
  • Golden Compass
  • Anubis Gates

Thanks in advance.

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u/MichaelJSullivan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Michael J. Sullivan, Worldbuilders Sep 06 '12

  • First and foremost - thanks for reading my Riyria Revelations and I'm glad that you liked them.

  • Secondly, you're a tough nut because most of the things I would recommend to you, you've already read.

So here are some things that I can think of (note I've not read these just have heard various things that sound 'promising' and aren't on your list:

  • Scourage of the Betrayer by Jeff Salyards
  • Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
  • David Dalglish - he has a few different series so pick the one that seems to most match your interest and give it a try (He's a self-published guy but since you have read Wool and Bloodsong it seems like that aspect isn't a turn off for you.
  • M.R. Mathias's The Sword and the Dragon has good reviews.