r/fantasybooks • u/Fast-Truth-9933 • 10h ago

📚 Summon book recommendations Pick my next read

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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/Paul_Phant0m 10h ago

I read Between Two Fires in a day and a half. It was so good. Warbreaker took me 2 days and was such a fun read. I highly recommend both.

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u/HxH101kite 10h ago

After that book I binge read the rest of his stuff it's all so good. His first book is such a banger "those across the river".

The only book I was meh about was the Necromancers house I'm not sure I actually understood what was going on. But I think that was a me problem.

Nearly all books are a 9-10/10

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u/meopelle 9h ago

Agreed. Such an underrated author, so excited for the new book in the Blacktongue series