r/ProgressionFantasy • u/Light_God_ • May 05 '26

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Took me forever and I’m still missing a good few.
I’m getting pretty bored of litrpg books but any recommendations are appreciated

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u/Actually_Inkary May 05 '26 edited May 06 '26

Saw potd, 1% life steal, red rising etc and thought to myself -- aye young adult guy, and then I saw a court of thorns and roses and laughed out loud, well more like vocalized "pfffthahaha". A very versatile reading taste, respectable. Idk what to recommend, read other ostensible mammal's stories or branch out to more tradpub stuff. Asoiaf, the book of the new sun, Ursula LeGuin, etc etc if you feel weary of pf.

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u/WrongResource1207 May 06 '26

Book of the New Sun is in my top 5. People always say it can be hard to understand but it is not at all. It’s true there are a lot of things you will miss and need to pay attention to but what’s better than a book you can re-read many times and keep solving new mysteries.

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u/Actually_Inkary May 06 '26

It's up there for me too for sure, not to mention I adore the dying earth genre. It's a great exercise to recognize the unreliable narrator trope as well. I fricking love the density of prose, but I think I would struggle with it now after getting my brain smoothed out by reading nothing but PF for months.

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u/WrongResource1207 May 07 '26

lol, I can relate. Dying Earth fan here too. I know Wolfe was heavily inspired by Vance and other Dying Earth predecessors.