(Part 3) Best epic fantasy books according to redditors
We found 5,415 Reddit comments discussing the best epic fantasy books. We ranked the 1,244 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
Hello everyone!
On the Shoulders of Titans, the sequel to Sufficiently Advanced Magic, is finally completed and available on Kindle!
You can find it here.
The paperback edition is almost completed. I expect it’ll only be about another week or two.
The audio book edition will take considerably longer. This is because the audio narrator will need to find time in their schedule to record it now that the book is finished. This could take a number of months; it depends on the narrator’s availability, as well as the amount of time it takes in post-production, etc.
I’m extremely excited to hear what everyone thinks of the new book. Thank you all for the support!
Best,
-Andrew Rowe
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Old Kingdom/Abhorsen Trilogy
Hey, this sounds like me! I'm writing a science-fantasy series, and the first book is Zeroth Law, over here. Always appreciate honest feedback, and thanks for doing this in the past for other indie authors and again today.
I enjoyed Zeroth Law very much! For any other Redditors reading this, I encourage you to buy a copy, it's a very good read.
Note also that this book, along with many others in the comments here, is part of Kindle Unlimited so if you're a member of that program you can read them for free. As I understand it, the authors still get paid for KU titles that are read so that's a good thing too.
Some of my favorite books available on Kindle Unlimited:
They Mostly Come Out At Night and Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict Patrick
Paternus by Dyrk Ashton
Danse Macabre by Laura M. Hughes
The Half Killed by Quenby Olson
A Star Reckoners Lot by Darrell Drake
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
Jaeth's Eye by K. S. Villoso
Here are some that I haven't read, but have heard mostly positive things about:
The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes
Revenant Winds by Mitchell Hogan
Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R Fletcher
A Warrior's Path by Davis Ashura
Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher
Faithless by Graham Austin-King. He also has another series, The Riven Wyrde Saga, beginning with Fae - The Wild Hunt
Ours is the Storm by D. Thourson Palmer
Path of Man by Matt Moss
Threat of Madness by D.K. Holmberg
To Whatever End by Claire Frank
House of Blades by Will Wight
Path of Flames by Phil Tucker
The Woven Ring by M. D. Presley
Awaken Online: Catharsis by Travis Bagwell
Wolf of the North by Duncan M. Hamilton
Free the Darkness by Kel Kade
The Cycle of Arawn Trilogy by Edward W. Robinson
Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw
Benjamim Ashwood by AC Cobble
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
The Queens Poinsoner by Jeff Wheeler
Stiger's Tigers by Marc Alan Edelheit
Rise of the Ranger by Philip C. Quaintrell
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Devil's Night Dawning by Damien Black
Here are some older fantasy and sci-fi books that I enjoyed:
Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany - African inspired S&S by an extremely talented writer.
Witch World as well as other good books by Andre Norton
Swords and Deviltry The first volume of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber - Many of the tropes of the rogue/thief came from this legendary duo created by Leiber. And it's worth noting that Leiber actually coined the term Sword & Sorcery. This collection contains 3 stories, two average origin stories for each character and the final story is the Hugo and Nebula winning novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar" detailing the first meeting of Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser.
Swords Against Darkness - A '70s S&S anthology. It has few stinkers, a few mediocre stories, and a some really good ones. Poul Anderson and Ramsey Campbell both have awesome stories in this anthology that are well worth checking out. For some reason, there were quite a few typos in this book, it was slightly distracting, but may have been fixed since I read it.
The Best of C. L. Moore by C. L. Moore. I read this earlier this year and I absolutely loved it. The collection is all sci-fi and one Jirel of Joiry story, which is her famous female Sword & Sorcery character. I was suprised by how well her sci-fi stories held up, often times pulp sci-fi doesn't age well, but this collection was great. Moore was married to the writer Henry Kuttner, and up until his death they wrote a bunch of great stories together. Both of their collections are basically collaborations, although I'm sure a few stories were done solo. His collection The Best of Henry Kuttner features the short story that the movie The Last Mimzy was based on. And, if you are into the original Twilight Zone TV series there is a story that was adapted into a memorable season 1 episode entitled "What You Need". Kuttner and Moore are two of my favorite pulp authors and I'm not even that into science fiction, but I really enjoy their work.
The Demon Cycle books by Peter V. Brett might fit that criteria. Though it's closer to "Humanity fucked up and forgot how to kill demons with magic."
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Steven Erikson - Malazan Book of the Fallen
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson - The Stormlight Archive
Peter Brett - The Demon Cycle
R. Scott Bakker - The Second Apocalypse
Joe Abercrombie - The First Law
Scott Lynch - The Gentleman Bastard
Patrick Rothfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicle
All excellent. Some slightly more excellent than others.
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I'm going to suggest Beyond Redemption. It's currently on sale for a $1 and is getting a lot of end of year buzz. I just bought it yesterday and it seems great so far.
As for violent fantasy, try The Red Knight by Miles Cameron ($10) and The Emperor's Blades which is on sale for $5. Both are fantastic.
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My thanks to ‘wishforagiraffe’ for advice on making this post.
This is Michael R. Miller, author of the Dragon’s Blade Trilogy. I’ve just released my boxset of the entire series and it will be 99c/p for the whole of September.
To celebrate I’ve also gathered enough Audible promo codes for one hell of a giveaway!
Over 100 US codes are up for grabs and over 40 in the UK!
If you’d like a code to try out my first book in audio, just reply with a comment answering the question below and tell me which country code you need.
The dragons in my series are not your usual flying lizards but the classic dragon is undeniably a huge reason why so many of us love or first fell in love with this genre. What’s your favourite dragon from fantasy? Could be a type, a character, historical myth, whatever you like – from Skyrim to Smaug there’s no restrictions.
Looking forward to hearing what people like best.
Thanks,
Michael
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i'll just read something else until it comes out, like The Painted Man / The Warded Man (same book) and the follow-ups.
Ok, this isn't a movie, so it's not precisely on topic, but if you're interested in that sort of thing you should read the mongoliad series by Neal Stephenson and others.
It's a collaborative work of "speculative fiction" (i.e. science fiction/fantasy) but one of the interesting things about it is the books is the depiction of swordplay.
Stephenson himself is an avid swordsman hobbyist he gathered a group of experts/martial artists in medieval swordplay and worked with them extensively when writing the book.
The result is that many of the fight scenes are described in great detail with specific movements, steps and sword movements.
Thanks so much for this, /u/barb4yr1; it really made my day. Seriously, I got shivers when reading it.
And to any/everyone who sees this, I'm doing the kindle giveaway Sept 13-15th (tomorrow through end of the week), so please grab yourself a copy. Then tell your friends to do the same.
The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C Wrede is engaging, witty, and sex-free.
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak is wonderful for everyone of any age. It has lyrical writing, a story that sticks with you, and moving imagery. I can't recommend it enough.
Tamora Pierce's Tortall novels are great (I'd recommend starting with the Protector of the Small series or The Immortals series). There is some sex in them, but it's not graphic and it's far from the focus of the books.
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathon Stroud is witty, well-paced, and engaging.
The Sabriel series by Garth Nix is pretty dark, but no more so than the ones you listed.
Let us know what you end up getting her!
the second book is out by the way, A wise man's fear it's just as good as the first book, can't wait for day 3!
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Some old favorites have updated!
Changeling Space Program is a My Little Pony story about the changelings in a space race against the other species to be the first ones to reach the moon. There is a sequel crossover with the Martian, The Maretian, which is about the Equestrian crew crash landing on Mars and sharing in Mark's challenges and woes. Heavy on the sciencing one's way into space with some political drama/comedy.
Break Them All is about exploring what happens when modern science is applied to a magic system which resembles magic used in stories like Harry Potter and similar systems with quirks like gold being hard to conjure, old artifacts/spells are stronger than modern day magic, and other fairy tale like qualities. Fairly slice of life while exploring magical consequences.
The sixth book in a series I follow, Nightlord, has just came out. It's about a guy who gets turned into a vampire and then tossed into another world with magic set in a medieval era where he spends time wandering around as a hero before sorta accidentally-on-purpose becoming the king of a newly founded kingdom.
Despite the cliche wish fulfillment sounding summary, he acts very much like someone from this community where he spends time investigating his powers as a vampire and as a wizard (plus the magic to cross alternate worlds), puts serious thought into the ethics of a modern person as a king in a dark ages society, and has genuine relationships with one woman at a time instead of the standard harem.
One issue that might put off readers is that the books are very long and the plot...sort of meanders around a little. Very often the protagonist sets out to do one thing in a subplot and ends up starting another entirely different subplot. The story always gets back to the old plots, but it's evocative of real life where events are messy and don't ever have a neat, self-contained arc or episode. I liked it, but I know it's not to everyone's taste. The books are also very long. As in each book is as long as a trilogy for any other series. A short one, but still.
Preorders for Uncrowned is now out for anyone who is a fan of the Cradle series.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X8ZH6BS/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=will+wight+uncrowned&qid=1567652144&s=digital-text&sr=1-2
Think that's it. No October 1st release? curious
The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen) by Garth Nix! It's a fantasy with teenaged girls (Sabriel and Lirael) as the protagonists (and their adorable and bizarre and not-what-they-seem cat and dog, respectively, companions). I loved, loved, loved these books when I was in middle school.
For graphic novels, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Guy Delisle's travelogues (Pyongyang, Shenzhen, and others) are great introductions to unfamiliar countries and cultures. And they are non-fiction!
Also:
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
Coraline (Neil Gaiman) [also: The Graveyard Book, Stardust, and Odd and the Frost Giants, as well as anything else age-appropriate written by Gaiman]
Dracula (Bram Stoker) [...I loved it when I read it in middle school!]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
Well since you've read the Night Angel Trilogy you should definately read Brent Weeks next book 'The Black Prism'. I Absolutely loved it! Its the first book in the Lightbringer Series, only catch is he's only written one so far.
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Prism-Lightbringer-Brent-Weeks/dp/0316068136/ref=pd_sim_b_3
Another awesome series is Peter Bretts Demon Cycle series, check out book 1 'The Warded Man' again awesome read.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Warded-Man-Peter-Brett/dp/0345518705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331693550&sr=8-1
And lastly since
both the series ive suggested so far are incomplete thought id at least suggest a completed trilogy for you to check out, Joe Abercrombie's First Law series are an excellent read as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Blade-Itself-First-Law-Book/dp/159102594X/ref=pd_sim_b_5
hope that helps
Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (they're parts 1 and 2 of a trilogy, respectively).
Rothfuss writes an incredibly engaging story. The trilogy is about the rise and fall of one of the greatest heroes in a fantasy world, and it couldn't be more personable or interesting.
Also, everybody needs to read some Diana Wynne Jones in their life. She's an amazing fantasy author who's often dismissed as a children's author. Think JK Rowling if JK Rowling studied under Tolkien and were a much, MUCH better storyteller. Howl's Moving Castle is probably her most famous novel (it was turned into a Studio Ghibli movie a few years ago), but the Chrestomanci series is great too.
I am a fan of this style also.
The Novice: Summoner: Book One (The Summoner Trilogy 1)
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Opening Moves (The Gam3 Book 1) This series takes place in a school like environment.
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The Hound of Rowan: Book One of The Tapestry Very YA, but Fun.
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The Emperor's Blades: Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, Book I A lot of the book takes place in a "school"
So hopefully you read the Night Watch / Day Watch / Twilight Watch books? There's supposedly two more books out there in the series now, Last Watch and New Watch, which I haven't read.
The Markhat series by Frank Tuttle is brilliant fun.
9 Goblins is short but totally worth it. by T. A. Kingfisher
The Night Circus is a whimsical book full of beautiful things, tends to be a bit melancholy.
Most things by Elizabeth Bear are worth reading, as are most things by Connie Willis.
Charlie Stross' Laundry Files are excellent fun with the single, sole, sad exception of the second book which I hated but which other people loved.
The Enterprise of Death is - well. Um, let's just say the woodcut engraving on the cover? Not a metaphor in this book. Does not pull punches.I found it more horrific than a dozen other books labeled specifically as horror, but also more brilliant and more beautiful.
If you haven't got around to reading Ben Aaronovitch's stuff you're in for some good London fun. He's an excellent writer.
The Felix Castor series by Mike Carey is brilliant too.
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I should really write a bot for this, lol.
Recommendations with amazing world, amazing MC, amazing challenges. These are not 100% pure litrpg
Good MC and challenges. Good world. 100% litrpg
Ok-ish MC. Good challenges a bit undermined by OP MC. Good world. 100% litrpg
Sci Fi, ok cool. Here are a few very entertaining Sci-Fi audiobooks (you can actually find some of these free).
Infected by Scott Sigler, with a sequel titled 'Contagious'. If you search for Scott Sigler online, you will be directed to his website, and can go through itunes to get the free podiocast.
http://www.amazon.com/Infected-Novel-Scott-Sigler/dp/030740630X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1311807514&sr=8-3
Robopocalypse
http://www.amazon.com/Robopocalypse-Novel-Daniel-H-Wilson/dp/0385533853/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311807626&sr=1-1
For fantasy, I highly recommend 'The Name of the Wind' by patrick Rothfuss
http://www.amazon.com/Name-Wind-Kingkiller-Chronicles-Day/dp/0756405890/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311807743&sr=1-1
The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
http://www.amazon.com/Warded-Man-Peter-V-Brett/dp/0345518705/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311807801&sr=1-1
For Horror I recommend
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
http://www.amazon.com/Darkly-Dreaming-Dexter-Vintage-Lizard/dp/0307473708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311807869&sr=1-1
Serial Uncut
http://www.amazon.com/Serial-Uncut-J-Konrath/dp/1456401580/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311808020&sr=1-1
For the taste of apocalyptic greatness I recommend
World War Z
http://www.amazon.com/World-War-Oral-History-Zombie/dp/0307346617/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311808107&sr=1-1
One Second After
http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/dp/0765356864/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311808128&sr=1-1
I have other audiobooks that touches multiple categories. For a nice series, there are two I really love. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King, and The Dresden Files series.
Haven't been reading as much as I should, however, I did recently read Nine Goblins which was a terrific little novella. This is a one sitting read that really manages to passively build a rich world and tell a great story.
Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw, Book 1 of The Wakening.
https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Wonder-Wakening-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00VV63K22/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542522277&sr=8-1&keywords=dawn+of+wonder
PR does some really awesome stuff with dialogue, and he knows how to turn a phrase. The sheer volume of theory posts here tells you how deep one can fall down the lore rabbit hole. Every re-read shows something new.
However, wait until the date for book 3 is announced. You're not going to get updates, and you likely will end up salty and frustrated (like many others). You can only re-read a book so many times before you need a break.
Think about how bad it's been with GRRM. Think about how bad it was with Jordan. We love these worlds and works, but there's tons of authors out there who are publishing regularly and have completed series. There's no need to put yourself through the pain. Check out one of the completed series (I recommend Sullivan's Riyria Revelations or Wight's Traveler's Gate ), and keep out an eye for Book 3!
I'm familiar with almost everything you've commented on. Sounds like you enjoy the world and the setting almost as much as the story itself.
For compelling narratives with incredibly cool settings, I'd point you at:
A Practical Guide to Evil - completely free online webserial, one of the best things I've read in ages. Storybook Heroes and Villains are carefully defined roles with power behind them that constantly clash over the ages in endless conflict, and a young woman decides that if the Heroes of Good can't deliver on justice and freedom for her people, she'll find another way to get it.
The Traveler's Gate Trilogy by Will Wight - a fun, light read with an incredibly cool setting and a novel, well-fleshed out magic system. The characters start out in the first book fairly on-trope, but in the next two books they grow and develop into something better.
The Book of Jhereg - the trials and tribulations of a low level crime lord living life in a medieval world of sorcery and magic. Fun, light, and with a really interesting world behind it.
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On name of the wind: Personally, I loved how cocky and over the top Kvothe was - it made his character unique. You can tell he's over-embellishing his story, adding in a lot of grand exaggerated details, and that makes the whole thing more human.
Its kind of a reaction to the typical fantasy protagonist who can do no wrong and is always firmly on the side of justice - you're fully aware Kvothe is not always the good guy and in fact he's kind of a jackass a lot of the time, without Rothfuss having to slap you in the face with it. He does some horribly stupid shit at points, and fucks up a lot of important things beyond all recognition. That being said, if it grinds your gears, that's perfectly fine, don't force yourself to read it.
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Cameron Milan - Towers of Heaven
L M Kerr - Reborn: Apocalypse (vol 1, vol 2)
Reincarnator
Planetary Brawl
Guild Wars - inspired by RSSG
The Perks of Immortality
Mother of Learning is semi-adjacent (month-long groundhogs day) but super
RE: Trailer Trash is just regular life (no magic, scifi, stock picks, etc) but is popular on Royal Road
Reborn: Apocalypse webnovel now self-published on Amazon
I loved to read. I started reading the BoxCar Children on the bus every day. Then I found the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and some other obscure mystery books in the basement of the same caliber (e.g. bad). I kept reading everything I could find, until Highschool.
I too went to a "demanding" school. I stopped reading for fun, and would occasionally skip books for english class, too. Luckily, only one of my teachers in 4 years was a very pro-feminist (she was actually bi) , and then off to college... I pretty much stopped reading entirely, but unlike you I wasn't dissuaded by feminist nazi's.
Then I got a concussion. Let me tell you about concussions: They manage to turn the most basic thing like telling time into a chore, while other more complex things like driving remain unaffected. Anyway, I got a concussion, and the mental effort to read an hour for class would send me to bed exhausted.
The best books would take me a week or more to read through, and this is without school or work to slow me down.
What I found worked for me was to find something simple that I remember liking, and I would try to get through that. My goal was to re-teach my brain how to read.
Your goal is to sit down and enjoy it in 1, maybe 2 settings. Find a free weekend, ask your girlfriend not to disturb you, and start reading. When I tried to start reading again, my routine included an energy drink to keep me awake and focused.
Your goals are 3-fold:
If you can read a news article about your favorite video game, you can read, and this is probably more mental than anything else. If that's the case, remember it can take up to 3 months to break a habit because it takes 3 months for your brain to "re-arrange itself" (lets not get into neuroscience right now!). Likewise, even if you start reading now, it may take 3 months before you notice any change, because it'll take your brain that long to "re-arrange itself" to enjoy reading. So try to read a book a week, for 3 months, until you can get somewhere.
Also, it doesn't matter if you miss a sentence, or even an entire paragraph. You're not trying to read everything, you just want to have fun!
It's back to school season. Go into your local Barnes & Noble, and ask for someone that works in the kids department. They can recommend good books, or just see what the local schools have for required reading. Generally, there's some good books on their lists (Gary Paulsen, Louis Sachar, etc)
Lastly, some good books I would look at reading, in order of difficulty:
If you haven't already read his works, Will Wight will make all his ebooks free on July 4th on Amazon.
Source
I've seen plenty of recommendations for some of his books on here due to having xianxia elements and I'll definitely take advantage to finally read his books.
Note: you have to be logged in to your Amazon account to "purchase" the ebooks.
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"Sale" is now live, to facilitate buying I'll link Will Wight's list of books on his site with a direct link to Amazon and the first book of each series below.
Will Wight
Amazon
And oddly enough his website doesn't actually include the links. So to make it easier i've included the Amazon links for both below.
Of Sea and Shadow
[Of Shadow and Sea] (http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Sea-Elder-Empire-Book-ebook/dp/B00RE68P8C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1419952365&sr=8-3&keywords=will+wight)
I have read a bunch of free books/series through Unlimited.
Ones I recommend (that jump to my head right now):
Yup, it does look like it is available now in Oz:
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07X8ZH6BS
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X8ZH6BS
The Abhorsen Trilogy was really great. A pretty wild fantasy ride with a really cool twist on necromancy.
The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix might get you hooked.
Chronicles of the Black Company - Only a 30 pages into it But it's good so far, written sort of Journal like. Not much Fluff, which i like.
Just Finished The Wise Man's Fear Really enjoying that series, but not looking forward to wait times on the next novel....
Might be a good time to get into audio books as well? You can get a free audiobook on audible with a membership that you can then just cancel.... a pretty cheeky discovery. My recommendations:
1- The Era of the Crusades - By The Great Courses - Narrated by Professor Kenneth W. Harl from Tulane Univ. Louisiana(woot! home state baby)
2- The Medieval World - By The Great Courses - Narrated by Professor Dorsey Armstrong from Purdue Univ.
I loved both of these audio books and they both give a very clear view of the world back then. The Era of the Crusades focuses on of course the crusades but it goes into the whole background as well. You hear all about the different Byzantine emperors such as Alexios Komneus and Manuel I. It's pretty cool. The medieval world though is a very detailed look at the people, architecture, culture, political, and economic standpoints. It even goes into detail about medieval diet.
Edit: ------ The Mongoliad is pretty cool. The fighting techniques are spot on.
https://www.amazon.com/Mongoliad-Cycle-Neal-Stephenson/dp/1612182364/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500647832&sr=8-1&keywords=the+mongoliad
The Galactic Mage by John Daulton is what first sprang to mind, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would, pretty light-hearted as well.
Charles Stross's Laundry Files are really good, although they take place in the modern era.
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber was also fairly good, more political than scifi or magic, although it has elements of both.
You mentioned dragons, so u/JDHallowell's Dragon Fate and Dragon Blade immediately spring to mind.
Some of the most enjoyable traditional-style modern fantasy you're likely to run across comes from u/MichaelJSullivan - the Riyiria books.
U/BrianStaveley's work, while not exactly "stereotypical fantasy", has a lot of what makes those old books great reads. Worth checking out.
I read Harry Connolly's The Great Way series. It was decent but not super memorable. Probably going to try this series (Brian Staveley) next for no reason other than good Amazon reviews.
Some other suggestions:
There's a lot of good ones, but I'll mention two I haven't seen in here yet,
Dawn of Wonder by Johnathon Renshaw
Contractor by Andrew Ball.
There is a novel called The Woven Ring which has been described as pretty much this in the review I read. It's still on my to-read list so I can't comment on how accurate this description is.
Well, one of my favourite self-published novels - The Woven RIng by MD Presley is free on Amazon until tomorrow. COnsider grabbing it till it lasts :)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shoulders-Titans-Arcane-Ascension-Book-ebook/dp/B07D3C3RX4/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3FZUV739L81E0&keywords=sufficiently+advanced+magic&qid=1564756957&s=gateway&sprefix=suffi%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-2
Book two is free in the UK if you have Prime. Two book series for the price of a can of coke. Can't go wrong with that
If you like Savage Divinity and don't like MMO-ish rulesets, you might considering checking out Xianxia. I'd consider it kind of a LitRPG-adjacent genre, I guess? Clear stages of power progression without any sort of Game Mechanics or blue boxes at all. There a quite a few web novels translated from Chinese you might like, but the starting point I recommend is Coiling Dragon (on the web here or on KU here), and if you like it you have a TON of web-based reading material ahead of you my friend. If you want an English-native take on the genre /u/Will_Wight is doing a great job with his Cradle series.
After the novel was fully translated, wuxiaworld had an agreement with the author where the books were published on amazon (Volume 1 for example).
My bingo suggestions would be:
Xianxia/wuxia: Any novel or webnovel that has an English translation. Full novels tend to be very long so maybe we could just do one book of the full novel for a monthly read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia
> Wuxia (武俠 [ù.ɕjǎ]), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of fantasy literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms such as Chinese opera, mànhuà, films, television series and video games. It forms part of popular culture in many Chinese-speaking communities around the world.
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> The word "wǔxiá" is a compound composed of the elements wǔ (武, literally "martial", "military", or "armed") and xiá (俠, literally "chivalrous", "vigilante" or "hero"). A martial artist who follows the code of xia is often referred to as a xiákè (俠客, literally "follower of xia") or yóuxiá (遊俠, literally "wandering xia"). In some translations, the martial artist is referred to as a "swordsman" or "swordswoman" even though he or she may not necessarily wield a sword.
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> The heroes in wuxia fiction typically do not serve a lord, wield military power, or belong to the aristocratic class. They often originate from the lower social classes of ancient Chinese society. A code of chivalry usually requires wuxia heroes to right and redress wrongs, fight for righteousness, remove oppressors, and bring retribution for past misdeeds. Chinese xia traditions can be compared to martial codes from other cultures such as the Japanese samurai bushidō.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianxia_novel
>Xianxia (simplified Chinese: 仙侠小说; traditional Chinese: 仙俠小說), is a type of Chinese martial arts novel genre developed from the wuxia genre that is heavily influenced by Taoism and Buddhism. It was first introduced in the Republic of China and became popular worldwide in the 21st century. Protagonists (usually) attempt to attain immortality, seeking eternal life and the pinnacle of strength. Contrary to the wuxia genre, xianxia novels have more elements of fantasy and Daoist tradition, complete with magic, demons, ghosts and immortals.[1] The characters forming xianxia are xian (仙) and xia (侠), which literally means 'immortal hero'. In many xianxia novels, those referred to as immortals are people who have cultivated to a certain realm that provides them with extended lifespans, sometimes true eternal life, and have powers that those below the "immortal" level usually cannot match.
To put it super simply, wuxia is more realistic, low fantasy. Xianxia would be more high fantasy, with people literally flying through space and living for hundreds of thousands of years and casting spells. I know I'm not the only person who is into this subgenre of Asian fantasy, and I shill it every chance I get, so it'd be cool to give it more exposure. On the Wuxia front, A Hero Born just released on Kindle in the USA, which makes it very accessible.
For xianxia, Wuxiaworld is free to read on, though you can also make an account and purchase a subscription starting at $5 a month to fund purchasing more rights and translation efforts. I know that eventually, completed novels are going to cease being free to read (novels being translated will remain free) in order to raise more revenue. There are also plans to publish Kindle editions of completed titles. A good gateway drug for this genre is Coiling Dragon.
My second suggestion: Evil/villain main character. They are certainly rare, but there are books out there in which the protagonist isn't just morally grey, but does objectively horrible stuff in pursuit of selfish goals. Examples could be Warlock of the Magus World, Reverend Insanity, Oath of Empire, Enemy Glory. Options could be expanded by allowing titles in which the main character turns from good to evil over the course of the story.
I didn't see my books in that list.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Eye-Land-Dreams-Book-ebook/dp/B07GH9KXVW
Have you read the Apocalypse: Reborn book 1 yet? I liked it a lot. So much so that I went to Royal Road and read his in progress book 2 there.
https://www.amazon.com/Reborn-Apocalypse-LitRPG-Story-1-ebook/dp/B07RNNJB8K
It's one of those go back in time to save everybody stories, but the system and world is really interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/Abhorsen-Trilogy-Box-Set/dp/0060734191/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323633496&sr=1-3
Not bad.
1.) These postcards are mostly grey. And black and white. And they are also good for grey days. :)
2.) This is The Dead Weather's debut album. A good one. (jack white <3 <3 <3)
3.) As you will see on the track listing, the eponymous The White Stripes album has TWO songs on it that relate to food: "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" and "One More Cup of Coffee". Plus, the cover has the traditional swirly mints of The White Stripes. (Also, this one reminded me that I don't have Neutral Milk Hotel's first album on my list! So thanks for that.)
4.) The postcard books are for my friends. I send postcards to them. This TOTALLY counts. Especially the David Choe ones since David Choe is amazing. And I know that my friends like his art.
5.) If there is ANY chance that you have not read Sabriel, you need too. Really, really, really.
6.) This was on my list, but was removed after the lovely /u/scrumtrelescent sent it to me! And heads are definitely not related to hair, because heads can be bald. And the biggest annoyance about these things is that they sometimes get stuck in your hair. So it's really an advantage if you have no hair. :)
7.) This postcard book is actually titled "Wicked Witches and Creepy Cats", so there are lots of cats in it. If you look inside, you will see a cat dancing with an owl, an awesome dress covered in cat faces, and a very cute cat in a pumpkin. Also some truly scary cartoonish cats. Avoid the one in the bowtie. shudder
8.) I really don't need another dress, but this one is so cute!
9.) So...I don't have movies on my list that I have seen before. I actually only have this one. BUT. I can save this. This is a Studio Ghibli film. And Studio Ghibli films are awesome. (Spirited Away is my favorite movie <3) So...my argument is, everyone should watch every Studio Ghibli movie at least once in their life because they're so great. Which is why I want it! :)
10.) When zombies attack, it is important to be able to run quickly. No one could run faster than someone wearing SUPERMAN SNEAKERS!! I mean, he's faster than a speeding bullet!
11.) My biggest current goal is to make new friends, since I'm moving to a new city (eek! yay!). Board games always help with friends! This would definitely help me out.
12.) I'm going to interpret "pesky Add-On items" as anything that a company encourages you to purchase after an initial purchase of an item. Instead of what you really meant. So you should probably just ignore this one. BUT. An expansion to Munchkin would be so fun! Even if you don't really need it at all... <3
13.) I wouldn't call this my dream item, but it is the most expensive item on my list. This NES game for a number of reasons. First, it's a GREAT game. Second, I think it's funny having an amazingly expensive item on my list. Thirdly, what if someone actually bought me the "new" one? That would be Amazing.
14.) (I love the edit-I always just knew what size a breadbox was from playing 20 questions with my mom...) So. I don't really have large items on this list so much. BUT. [Fabric] (http://www.amazon.com/Aviary-Sparrows-Cavern-Black-Fabric/dp/B004VNVE7A/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&amp;colid=NO029QAH2C2U&amp;coliid=IEEZTV09MV12V), while perhaps being able to fold up into something smaller than a bread box, could also wrap around the bread box. This must count for something. It's already 42" across, so that's wider than a bread box...Plus, what if you just purchased 100 yards of it? Then it wouldn't fit inside...
15.) My dad has one of these and it is so useful. I want one too! I'm pretty sure it's smaller than a golfball. It's possible that it's longer than one, but if you smushed it into little pieces, the total volume would definitely be less than that of a golfball. :P
16.) If I ordered this now, it would be brand new when I recieved it in September, and new books just smell SO GOOD!
17.) I love Rio Grande games, so I really want to try Power Grid. Plus, if you worked at an electrical company, your boss might even think you were just hard at work on some new electrical line, soooo it's definitely safe for work. (hehehe)
18.) Since I'm starting grad school this year in a new city, far from my undergrad friends, I need chocolate to help me when I'm sad and lonely! (Another good way to make friends, too!)
19.) This summer, the only thing I've been doing is making things. I really want to get into making hats (for some reason), so I've been rather obsessed with finding sinamay-it would be so useful to have the forms already made too...
20.) Purchasing this item gives you TWELVE Toblerone bars (you get two of the beautiful 6-pack boxes that you see pictured. That's ELEVEN MORE than usual!!! I can't explain the amazingness of this any better.
BONUS ITEMS
Anything that has my real name on it: Hm. Will have to do more research. :)
Made in Oregon: While perhaps not recorded or manufactured in Oregon, as The Decemberists are from Portland, OR, these songs were certainly composed there!
fear cuts deeper than swords
I remember really enjoying the Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix. Very fun series, set in an interesting world. The first book is called Sabriel
Here is a the first bit on Google Books
The Warded Man(Demon Trilogy) -Brett
By the way, I'm currently reading this book after absolutely devouring the first.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. One of the better fantasy books to come out for a while in my opinion.
http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Mans-Fear-Kingkiller-Chronicles/dp/0756404738
EDIT: also recommend the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Shadows-Night-Angel-Trilogy/dp/0316033677/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c
I'm currently reading The Mongoliad
Edited to say that (k) means I read it on my kindle
You can get it as a bound volume on Amazon. It loses a lot, though; it was initially released as a "multimedia experience" in the form of an app. I've been trying to find an APK or something for years, but it seems to be lost.
The Mongoliad
Edit: The Amazon page has a better description:
Ebook for the soul? Thanks for the contest!
photo taken by me from whidbey island facing port townsend. it had been really stormy most of the day. this was this january. i was visiting my best friend, so it makes me think of her, and it's really beautiful with muted colors, which i'm a huge fan of.
my all time favorite book is probably the lions of al rassan.
i'd like to have the emperor's blades because it's a debut fantasy novel that has been getting really solid reviews that i haven't gotten a chance to read yet!
T. Kingfisher's Nine Goblins - the capacity to use magic is a disorder and the wizards are recruited and handled by the military if they have a useful power. It's not often in focus but it is an important part of the story.
Have fun on the canal!
If you like the tone and want to go for something in the Fantasy genre, try out T. Kingfisher's Nine Goblins. She's got a practical, world-wise sensibility and a lighthearted sense of humor. It's an adorable light read.
http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Goblins-T-Kingfisher-ebook/dp/B00G9GSEXO
I was lucky enough to be a beta reader for these. He released two books at the same time.
Of Sea and Shadow.
[Of Shadow and Sea](http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Sea-The-Elder-Empire-ebook/dp/B00RE68P8C/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_mfw?&amp;linkCode=wey&amp;tag=wilwig-20
).
They are parallel stories, and honestly, I enjoyed these twice as much as I enjoyed his traveler gate series. Let me know what you all think too.
I started with Shera's side of the story Of Shadow and Sea and immediately switched to Calder's perspective Of Sea and Shadow. I kept alternating between the two points of view to get the whole story before moving forward. Enjoy reading them! They are worth every penny!
Legend tells of other books by Will Wight, but those might just be crazy myths.
For real, if you don't mind translated web fiction, check out WuxiaWorld. I wrote Cradle because I was too impatient for new chapters to come out.
Recommendations off the top of my head: A Will Eternal, Desolate Era, Martial World, Coiling Dragon.
I fucking loved those books. I also really liked the short story collections that he put out. He just came out with a new series, or I guess two series in parallel.
Boop
One of my favorites this year, and a revelation, was Dawn of Wonder
From the OP's list, I only read The Three Body Problem, which I thought was incredible!
Amazon Link because OP literally posted the worst possible link he could find... Change my mind.
Came out few days ago. Currently reading it and loving it as much as the first one.
it's live
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D3C3RX4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526401946&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=On+the+shoulders+of+titans
Most of the traditional fantasy That I've read on unlimited is in your list. Ive lost most of my time recently on LitRPG and Urban Fantasy. Some of my Unlimited reads not in your list:
Urban:
LitRPG:
Random Wuxia (What The Cradle Series Is based on I Think?) (Side note, I went down a rabbit hole with these and others like it. Soooo many hours lost reading.):
I would definitely recommend the Coiling Dragon series;
Coiling Dragon: Book 1 of the Coiling Dragon Saga https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FRGNGMJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_1t9NDbZYB965G
It's quite good overall and the MC really focuses on improving himself.
Not sure if it's just a mobile thing, but that didn't work for me without the .com on the mobile, so:
Amazon Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07GYVQQBX
I know that one of my favorite authors, Will Wight, does get most of the money from the audiobooks. More than the ebooks, in fact, because the audiobooks cost more.
It's probably because he made his own publishing company, though, that purely publishes his books. Which makes sense, then, in line with what you're saying, with the publishers being the people to make the money.
(Also his next book comes out this Wednesday and it's going to be great. They recently even got some deal to make it so that the audiobook and the ebook release at the same time, though I don't know how this might change their payout.)
I've read most of those and LOVED them. I'll just say you're looking for fictional "good books" and go from there. I recommend:
Sure! I know exactly what you mean. So, I will say that a lot of the most interesting stuff in Fantasy is (and has for a while) being done in YA fantasy, and I don't mean stuff like Twilight.
Garth Nix's Abhorsen series (starting with Sabriel) is excellent. Melina Marchetta's Finnikin of the Rock is kind of along the lines of what you're talking about, but is really well done.
Just about anything by Dianna Wynne Jones is great, I will call out specifically Howl's Moving Castle (the inspiration for the Miyazaki film of the same name) and also her 6 part [Chronicles of Chrestomanci] (http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Chrestomanci-Charmed-Lives-Christopher/dp/006447268X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1417629757&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=chronicles+of+chrestomanci).
If you're in the mood for something more adult, I really enjoyed Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series, starting with Kushiel's Dart, but that gets into some S&M stuff, which, YMMV.
And then Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Which is just fantastic.
The Abhorsen trilogy is some great YA fiction that I'm sure your son would enjoy. The books are about a decade old, and are available as a cheaper box set - but admittedly the covers on these might not be as intruiging to a 7th grader.
The Mistborn Trilogy is also great, but might be a little difficult for a 7th grader to get through. Regardless, I'd get him these if you feel that he's up to the challenge.
Sabriel, by Garth Nix. Technically YA, but really good. Trilogy.
Green Rider by Kristen Britain. Series isn't finished yet. Four books.
Any Redwall book. Not a series, but all in the same universe. Don't read more than five in a row - they start to feel formulaic.
The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory. First book of the Obsidian Trilogy, and then there's another trilogy set in the same world.
Also, pretty much anything by Mercedes Lackey is bound to be diverting. Just know anything published after 2010 starts to get bland. I guess you run out of steam after 50+ books.
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I second this. It was released as The Warded Man in the US. Very good series so far.
The Demon cycle
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0345518705?pc_redir=1409138339&amp;robot_redir=1
Okay, thank you for not inducing twitches purposefully. Hopefully I will recover, on a positive note, The Wise Man's Fear comes out tomorrow, I can't stay depressed for long.
The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
The Pale King - David Foster Wallace
The Informationist - Taylor Stevens. This last one is my friend's first novel. She's already getting excellent blurbs from some writers in the genre, and I'm immensely proud of her.
I'm finishing up book 1 of "The Mongoliad" right now and I'm pretty happy with it. Not certain I'd classify it as non-western as most of the story follows knights of Christendom, but they are continually journeying further and further into the east. There are also many non-European viewpoint characters. The book does a great job of depicting the Mongol empire at its height.
I've also heard Guy Gavriel Kay's works are worth a gander. I'll be reading his ["Under Heaven"]
(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7139892-under-heaven) next.
Lastly, gotta throw out a plug for the amazing Deborah A. Wolf whose book, "The Dragon's Legacy," is due out soon. I've heard it described as epic fantasy in the style of Arabian Nights.
The Mongolaid Series
Pretty good fantasy about resistance to the Mongol invasion during the 13th C
I didn't mind 'The Blacksmiths Son'. I would definately class it as a light read but engrossing all the same, and for a ridiculously low price if you own a Kindle.
http://www.amazon.com/Mageborn-The-Blacksmiths-Son-Book-ebook/dp/B005A1JBB8
The Blacksmiths Son, Mageborn book 1.
The Blacksmith's Son wasn't too bad, and is a 5 book series.
The Mageborn series by Michael Manning is actually really good. The first was a bit rough around the edges but they keep getting better and better.
http://www.amazon.com/Mageborn-The-Blacksmiths-Book-ebook/dp/B005A1JBB8
I've only read the first book, The Crown Conspiracy, and have been meaning to get on with the rest. I really liked it but now my memories of it are fuzzy.
I think that the Gentlemen Bastards series is similar but it had more moving pieces. I don't know if the plots get more complex as the series progresses.
If I remember correctly some of the various First Law subplots had similar flavor, especially with Glokta.
I'm really dying for more in this genre because it's so awesome. Ocean's 11 meets fantasy. It's a smaller genre than I'd like.
There's also the Night Angel Trilogy and Lightbringer from Brent Weeks. Night angel was a bit more assassin than confidence but it was pretty good and dealt with thieves. Lightbringer has that plots upon plots feel.
Speaking of those, it made me think of Farseer Trilogy and Tawny Man from Robin Hobb which are both pretty good if more concerned with assassination.
I also rather enjoyed The Blacksmith's Son which I got for free or cheap on Amazon and am planning on, eventually, getting to the second book in the series. This seemed very similar, in tone, to The Crown Consipracy.
That's about all I've got. I'll get to Avempartha after Best Served Cold and The Heroes are done. My reading list is so long. I got a kindle and a bunch of gift certificates for Christmas and the money was gone before the close of February. Not counting free books either.
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Well, there's The Galactic Mage Series by John Daulton.
And you can also try The Two Space War by Dave Grossman and Leo Frankowski.
Just make a clear contrast and distinction between magic and science should do you just fine. Galactic Mage is a good example of that imo.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Galactic-Mage-Series-ebook/dp/B006VCZMVS was a fun read
The Galactic Mage was ok but the rest of the series gets weird.
Definitely second The Starhip's Mage.
The Pillars of Reality series mixes steampunk and magic.
I haven't read it, but the two brothers and a sister made me think of The Emperor's Blades: https://www.amazon.com/Emperors-Blades-Chronicle-Unhewn-Throne-ebook/dp/B00FCQQCX6/
Scriber by Ben S. Dobson. It's an indie book, probably the first I ever read. Good fantasy storytelling. Excellent treatment of female characters.
Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher (aka Digger author Ursula Vernon.) Also an indie book. A quirky novella where the main characters are troop of goblins and an elf who mucks out the stalls and treats the sores of the not-so-cutesy woodland creatures.
T. Kingfisher's Nine Goblins.
Seconding Asprin's Myth Adventures series. If you can get ahold of the editions with Phil Foglio illustrations, I recommend those.
Craig Shaw Gardner's Ebeneezum books.
Not really pirates, but alot of the story centers around sailing. He wrote this series as a duo. Of Shadow and Sea (the first book in the other series) shows an alternate viewpoint in the same story and centers around assassins.
https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Shadow-Elder-Empire-Book-ebook/dp/B00RE55XXS
I really liked Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw. Unfortunately, the author seems to be taking years to publish the continuation. Still, I would recommend it.
Check out Dawn of Wonder by Johnathan Renshaw
It's basically about the resurgence of the golden age, book 2 isn't out yet but should be soon. It's awesome and plenty to theory craft on.
Book 1 is also free:
https://www.amazon.com/Zeroth-Law-Digitesque-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01GT90JB0/ref=pd_sbs_351_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=PWXQQWCFNZ696S5CKJYG
>Update 2: Obligatory "Thanks for the Reddit gold, kind stranger!" It's my first, I'm honored, truly.
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>I highly (HIGHLY) encourage other folks on the sub here to make this same kind of post, the idea is certainly not "mine" by any means. For around $20 or so you can read some great fiction, help encourage people to participate in the sub, and make a real, tangible difference in the creative lives of your fellow fantasy fans. Reading through the comments here you can see what a difference it makes to authors to have their words read and acknowledged. And REVIEWED!
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>Even if you're not up for a public outing like this, I hope you'll take a moment to go back to a couple of novels you've loved recently and leave a review for them somewhere, it's the single biggest thing you can do to help support authors (other than buying their books of course).
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>Many thanks to u/ErDiCooper and u/Esmerelda-Weatherwax for coming through down-thread and agreeing to do the same thing for the authors I couldn't get to. You're the best!
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>Update:
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>Many thanks to the authors who volunteered their work, I know that's not an easy thing for writers to do. I've now got the first five purchased and in my queue; I'll be updating this post with a link to each review as I post them online. It may be a bit, there are a lot of chapters to savor!
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>The five, in the order I'll be reading them, are:
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>1. Zeroth Law (Digitesque Book 1), Guerric Haché, Keezy Young
>2. The Woven Ring (Sol's Harvest Book 1), M.D. Presley
>3. Klondaeg Omnibus, Steve Thomas
>4. Ravinor (The Ravinor Saga Book 1), Travis Peck
>5. Below, Lee Gaiteri
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>I encourage everyone here in r/fantasy to purchase some or all of these as well to help our community's active authors get the word out about their work.
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>Off to read! Unless you're my boss, in which case I'm getting back to work, I promise.
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>I've done this twice before and ended up with some new series I really enjoyed following, so I thought I would try it again. You can check the threads (first and second) to see I'm good for the review.
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>I want to try some new independently published authors but I never know how to pick. So, I will buy one book from the first five different authors who comment here with a link to that work in the Kindle store (assuming I don't already own it) and, if it has less than ten reviews on Amazon, I will read it, and I will review it.
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>I'll be honest in the review but as kind as possible; I'm not in this to tear people down, I just want to find some good new books to read and to help out new authors since getting feedback online seems to be a key part of generating more sales.
>Update 2: Obligatory "Thanks for the Reddit gold, kind stranger!" It's my first, I'm honored, truly.
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>I highly (HIGHLY) encourage other folks on the sub here to make this same kind of post, the idea is certainly not "mine" by any means. For around $20 or so you can read some great fiction, help encourage people to participate in the sub, and make a real, tangible difference in the creative lives of your fellow fantasy fans. Reading through the comments here you can see what a difference it makes to authors to have their words read and acknowledged. And REVIEWED!
>
>Even if you're not up for a public outing like this, I hope you'll take a moment to go back to a couple of novels you've loved recently and leave a review for them somewhere, it's the single biggest thing you can do to help support authors (other than buying their books of course).
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>Many thanks to u/ErDiCooper and u/Esmerelda-Weatherwax for coming through down-thread and agreeing to do the same thing for the authors I couldn't get to. You're the best!
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>Update:
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>Many thanks to the authors who volunteered their work, I know that's not an easy thing for writers to do. I've now got the first five purchased and in my queue; I'll be updating this post with a link to each review as I post them online. It may be a bit, there are a lot of chapters to savor!
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>The five, in the order I'll be reading them, are:
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>1. Zeroth Law (Digitesque Book 1), Guerric Haché, Keezy Young
>2. The Woven Ring (Sol's Harvest Book 1), M.D. Presley
>3. Klondaeg Omnibus, Steve Thomas
>4. Ravinor (The Ravinor Saga Book 1), Travis Peck
>5. Below, Lee Gaiteri
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>I encourage everyone here in r/fantasy to purchase some or all of these as well to help our community's active authors get the word out about their work.
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>Off to read! Unless you're my boss, in which case I'm getting back to work, I promise.
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>I've done this twice before and ended up with some new series I really enjoyed following, so I thought I would try it again. You can check the threads (first and second) to see I'm good for the review.
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>I want to try some new independently published authors but I never know how to pick. So, I will buy one book from the first five different authors who comment here with a link to that work in the Kindle store (assuming I don't already own it) and, if it has less than ten reviews on Amazon, I will read it, and I will review it.
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>I'll be honest in the review but as kind as possible; I'm not in this to tear people down, I just want to find some good new books to read and to help out new authors since getting feedback online seems to be a key part of generating more sales.
>Update 2: Obligatory "Thanks for the Reddit gold, kind stranger!" It's my first, I'm honored, truly.
>
>I highly (HIGHLY) encourage other folks on the sub here to make this same kind of post, the idea is certainly not "mine" by any means. For around $20 or so you can read some great fiction, help encourage people to participate in the sub, and make a real, tangible difference in the creative lives of your fellow fantasy fans. Reading through the comments here you can see what a difference it makes to authors to have their words read and acknowledged. And REVIEWED!
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>Even if you're not up for a public outing like this, I hope you'll take a moment to go back to a couple of novels you've loved recently and leave a review for them somewhere, it's the single biggest thing you can do to help support authors (other than buying their books of course).
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>Many thanks to u/ErDiCooper and u/Esmerelda-Weatherwax for coming through down-thread and agreeing to do the same thing for the authors I couldn't get to. You're the best!
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>Update:
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>Many thanks to the authors who volunteered their work, I know that's not an easy thing for writers to do. I've now got the first five purchased and in my queue; I'll be updating this post with a link to each review as I post them online. It may be a bit, there are a lot of chapters to savor!
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>The five, in the order I'll be reading them, are:
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>1. Zeroth Law (Digitesque Book 1), Guerric Haché, Keezy Young
>2. The Woven Ring (Sol's Harvest Book 1), M.D. Presley
>3. Klondaeg Omnibus, Steve Thomas
>4. Ravinor (The Ravinor Saga Book 1), Travis Peck
>5. Below, Lee Gaiteri
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>I encourage everyone here in r/fantasy to purchase some or all of these as well to help our community's active authors get the word out about their work.
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>Off to read! Unless you're my boss, in which case I'm getting back to work, I promise.
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>I've done this twice before and ended up with some new series I really enjoyed following, so I thought I would try it again. You can check the threads (first and second) to see I'm good for the review.
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>I want to try some new independently published authors but I never know how to pick. So, I will buy one book from the first five different authors who comment here with a link to that work in the Kindle store (assuming I don't already own it) and, if it has less than ten reviews on Amazon, I will read it, and I will review it.
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>I'll be honest in the review but as kind as possible; I'm not in this to tear people down, I just want to find some good new books to read and to help out new authors since getting feedback online seems to be a key part of generating more sales.
Well, the sequel to Sufficiently Advanced Magic released a couple days ago, so there's that.
On the Shoulders of Titans
Other than that, I can also recommend Mother of Learning, which has a similar feel. Past that, maybe check out some LitRPGs? My personal favorites are:
Everybody Loves Large Chests (occasionally NSFW, though hilarious)
Worth the Candle
The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound
It was available in the UK first, I was the one who alerted Solaris it was downloadable at all, and i'm from the UK.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shoulders-Titans-Arcane-Ascension-Book-ebook/dp/B07D3C3RX4/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8
[Mushoku Tensei]
[Worm]
[Coiling Dragon]
If you want spoilers for how the novel goes don't hesitate to ask and I'll send out how the story ACTUALLY ends. However there are SOOOOO many differences between the novel and the manhua that I don't think I could fit all the changes in a PM without basically writing the novel itself.
My real recommendation though is to read the novel starting from chapter 1 all the way to the epilogue. You can find it here as e-books published by the translator and the original author and also at www.wuxiaworld.com under the novels -> completed tab though only a preview is up for now until it gets reuploaded.
It's an excellent story and deserves to be read in it's proper form. Please don't hesitate to binge it if you get the chance!
Amazon Mexico https://www.amazon.com.mx/Dragons-Blade-Trilogy-Complete-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B07GYVQQBX/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537408493&sr=8-1&keywords=dragon%27s+blade
Huh, the link sent me somewhere else. Guessing this is the correct link based off the Author and description: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RNNJB8K
Reborn Apocalypse, sorry gave the wrong name.
And here's the link to Azyl Academy if you want to read it.
Uncrowned - Amazon US
Uncrowned - Amazon UK
Uncrowned - Amazon Australia
Uncrowned - Amazon Canada
Uncrowned - Amazon Mexico
Uncrowned - Amazon Germany
Uncrowned - Amazon Japan
Uncrowned - Amazon Spain
Uncrowned - Amazon Italy
Uncrowned - Amazon France
Uncrowned - Amazon India
Uncrowned - Amazon Brazil
Not sure which one, but it sounds like one of the Abhorsen Trilogy books. Maybe Sabriel? She has a talking dog friend?
http://www.amazon.com/Abhorsen-Trilogy-Box-Set/dp/0060734191/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1425998900&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=garth+nix
I hate lines, that's why I preordered from Amazon.
I'd sugguest The Galactic Mage by John Daulton. It's a perfect mixture of pure fantasy (magic, dragons, and orcs) with Sci-Fi (space expeditions and exploration). It's an amazing series, and I think it'll be right up your alley!
Last week, Ethria, Soulship, Hollow Core, Dungeons of the Crooked Mountains, The Messenger, and of course Uncrowned.
I'm currently taking a break from new content and re-reading Challenger's Call, before I move on to God of Gnomes and beyond.