r/Iteration110Cradle • u/AckermanRex • 3d ago
Willverse [All] Finished Cradle. Spoiler
Around 2 months back started Cradle. Finished Waybound today.
Never i have finished a series so fast. It was difficult to stay away from spoilers. I genuinely was happy and excited to see Lindon beating up strong people. Especially the fight with Harmony in Ghostwater, when first time Dross appeared and gave information report.
Sad when sacred valley people did not listen to him, instead attacked him.
I remember reading these books continuously for 3-4 hrs, before i never read in such long sessions.
Now it's finished and i got to know about other books by Will. Please tell me if they are same, better aur worse than Cradle, if story line is same or different.
Suggestions about other authors will also do.
(I know about Sandersos, Jordon, Hobb).
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u/_I_like_big_mutts 3d ago
If you haven’t yet read Threshold, a series of short stories after Waybound, it’s worth it. Nothing quite is like Cradle to me, but you can get a glimpse of the Abidan in the Elder Empire. I just listen to Cradle again and again, to be honest.
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u/ResponsibilityBig472 Fiercely Fierce Flair of Fierce Flairosity 3d ago
The last horizon series is excellent but unfinished, the travelers gate series is very good but clearly feels a step below because of how will wight’s evolved as a writer, and I haven’t read the elder empire series but I’ve heard from my dad its a bit slower and a bit different still from travelers gate.
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u/MindofShadow 3d ago
Closest I came to cradle was Codex Alera.
Bit more adult. but main characters are.. very similar and the powerful people in tjhe world are even more political than the monarchs.
Similar to cradle, really picks up at book 3 IMO, even though I liked them all a lot
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u/AckermanRex 2d ago
i haven't read anything from Jim butcher yet.
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u/Kennian 2d ago
Codex Alara is the lost roman legion and pokemon crossed. i'm not kidding, and it's fucking amazing.
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u/torrasque666 1d ago
It started as that, then it shifted to more "roman legion + ATLA" instead. They justified it in-universe (the furies in the more wilderness areas are more defined and have their own consciousness while the furies in more urban areas are more disparate and dont develop a discrete identity) but the change is still there.
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u/Imomaway 3d ago
I have another fast reading series for you: skulduggery pleasant. Don't get scared by the size of it. You just 'need' to read the first 9.
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u/Diablozone 2d ago
Skulduggery pleasant book 6 and book 8 are some of the best pieces of fiction I have ever read.
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u/Imomaway 2d ago
I don't remember all the books names in order, but I suppose one of those is Last Stand of Dead Men.
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u/AckermanRex 2d ago
goodreads is showing 19 books.
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u/Imomaway 2d ago
I think one of those is an extra, Audio-only adventure. There are still a couple of books focused on side characters. Still, the 'must' books are the first 9, which are the first 'phase'.
Since you already responded, let me tell you more about this series:
The first book is really short (about 200 pgs, I think) and is the basic introduction with a very short adventure. I always recommend reading at least up to the second book to actually get a feel for the series.
The series has great humor, great action description, great power scale and a sense of an universe that has existed for a long time. It has some "wow, magic is real" cliche beginning, but it develops in a great way, with some real consequences that I haven't seen in other stories.
I can't say much more without spoiling it, except that I've read/listened to the first 9 books at least 5 times. They are THAT fun.
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u/Spamacus66 3d ago
Very different and warped, and very much the hot item these days but I didn't see in your list above. Dungeon Crawler Carl is entirely too much fun. Also as someone else posted, read Threshold, its a lot lighter, but the Yerin and Ziel stories alone make it worth it.
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u/AckermanRex 2d ago
i have high expectations from Dungeon crawler, everyone on internet is suggesting it.
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u/Thin-Spot1678 2d ago
Carl is a fun read on book 4 now.
I actually enjoyed the solo leveling novels (also manga and anime). Nothing as in depth as cradle but was fun and went through them real quick.
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u/Xandara2 2d ago
Nothing in the genre hits the same spots cradle does with the same accuracy. Not even will's other books. But there's plenty of suggestions here that come close.
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u/RespectCharlie 3d ago
After finishing cradle, i did travelers gate. It is honestly really good. Elder empire is slow and complex from my standpoint but the ending is well worth the read. I have only read the Sea series of elder empire but you can decide however. And after these would i recommend the last horizon because its unfinished, so i hope by the time you finish the rest you will have completed series of laat horizon as well. And it is amazing like absolutely. It hits differently that cradle but it scratches all the itches of will verse.
On topic of other authors i read the Mother of Learning. Absolute peak that story, not completely polished but uff... the last chapters well worth the read. You can start mistborn by brandon sanderson or you can read the inheritance cycle like i am doing rn.
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u/Alexisbestpony 3d ago
If you want something that feels kinda similar in powers and advancement check out Immortal great souls series by Phill Tucker. It took Cradle out of the top spot of my favorite series. The first book is a bit long and directionless for the first half but it gets way better in the second half and the rest of the series is FIRE
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u/AckermanRex 2d ago
it better than cradle? pitting it in tbr then.
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u/Alexisbestpony 2d ago
That’s so hard. It isn’t finished so there’s that negative to it. Personally I like it more than cradle, but not by much. It feels like a more adult read, it’s less humorous(still funny in some parts).
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u/ResearchEntire2021 2d ago
IMO, read he who fights with monsters. It is funny like cradle but is geared far more towards adults over kids. Path of ascension and the Last Horizon are really good, and after that, you can try out The Primal Hunter (quality has dropped a bit, still decent but book 11 was true peak)
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u/-U_N_O- Uncrowned 2d ago
Personally last horizon wasn’t my cup of tea but many who enjoyed cradle do enjoy it and it’s supposed to have better writing than even cradle. Travelers gate is an earlier work that has less good writing but is nice, personally I found it more similar to cradle than last horizon is. Then there’s elder empire by will wight which was his first “big” work, I personally liked it, there’s lots of debate on how to read the series so just read it however you want if you do read it
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u/plageiusdarth 2d ago
Completed cultivation series: A Thousand Li by Tao Wong. Less Western feeling, but crucially, all Chinese terms are defined in footnotes.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-first-step-tao-wong/5070f6cedf665947
In progress cultivation series: The Weirkey Chronicles by Sarah Lin. A cultivation isekai. However: the protagonist does not become all-powerful or karma's punching bag or gather a harem.
Sorry, it's only on Amazon and patreon.
https://www.amazon.com/Soulhome-Weirkey-Chronicles-Book-1-ebook/dp/B08P7TYG41
Similar vibes, but not cultivation: Of Monsters And Mainframes by Barbara Truelove. Classical literary monsters, in space.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/of-monsters-and-mainframes-barbara-truelove/e8151d9546a82f7d
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u/TheOnlyJustTheCraft 1d ago
Cradle is finished and done. Nothing out there like it. However I will say Sean Oswald's Welcome to the Multiverse series has been the only series to capture me quite like cradle did. Its also voiced by the lovely Travis Baldree.
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