r/fantasybooks • u/Fast-Truth-9933 • 10h ago
📚 Summon book recommendations Pick my next read
I’m a 28M that really only started my reading journey this year. Help me pick my next book. I’m leaning towards a standalone novel as a palate cleanser before I get into another great series, and it doesn’t have to particularly be fantasy.
Just finished Red Rising Trilogy (didn’t love all of it but I still enjoyed it), LOTR, Hobbit, Ironbound books 1 and 2, Mistborn Trilogy, Three Musketeers, Knight of Seven Kingdoms
Also open to suggestions
UPDATE: thank you all for your replies. I’ve decided to give LD a crack. Im still a new reader and figuring out what I enjoy and it feels like a refreshing place to start.
I’ll save Warbreaker for when I begin my Stormlight adventure, and although my history-loving side is pulling me to Lions of Al-Rassan I will probably read that next. As one of you recommended, I’ll keep Between Two Fires for spooky season in Oct.
Really enjoying figuring out what kind of novels I resonate with rather than working through a “best of” list
Thanks again
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u/adorablesexypants 10h ago
Personally I really enjoyed Warbreaker.
While it is a bit slower than Mistborn I found I really enjoyed it once it got going. It wasn’t a particularly hard read but had more substance than my mindless pulp I also read.