Just finished Fourth Wing. I have read most Sanderson books, Lies of Locke Lamora, Ardor Benn, Six of Crows, and Red Rising. Really want a good book or series that I can binge, any Suggestions are appreciated!
Will of the Many by James Islington is really fast-paced and was my favorite fantasy book last year. I’ll add as a disclaimer, it’s newer and the first in a series so it doesn’t have a bunch of books to binge yet. I know some people don’t like to start series that aren’t finished so just throwing that out there.
I’d also recommend Jade City by Fonda Lee. It’s a fantasy trilogy about a crime family. If you liked Lies of Locke Lamora, I think you’d enjoy it.
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*Rook & Rose* trilogy by M.A. Carrick
*Daevabad* trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
*The Shepherd King* duology by Rachel Gillig
Anything by T. Kingfisher
*The Broken Earth* trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
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If you like urban fantasy, then start The Hollows series by Kim Harrison!
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Recent excellent fantasy series I’ve read in the last couple years:
– Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (and its two sequels in the Siege series) by KJ Parker. Low fantasy book about a wry, intelligent, resourceful engineer trying his best to save a city under siege by an army intent on killing everyone inside. It’s definitely an adult fantasy book but the tone is much more lighthearted than you’d expect given the subject matter.
– The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee starting with Jade City. This is a multi-generational, multi-POV fantasy of astounding scope set in a 1930s-1940s analogue of an Asian island nation which is the only source in the world of bioactive jade, a substance which offers practiced users the ability to perform superhuman feats (essentially, magic). The book follows a mafia-esque gang war between two large rival gangs hoping to control the future of the country.
– The Black Company series (esp the first three books) by Glen Cook. Originally published in the 1980s, this is grimdark fantasy from before the word “grimdark” was coined. It follows a mercenary band filled with characters of morally gray (often dark gray) fiber who are working for The Lady, a mysterious figure widely held to be very evil and very powerful, who is the surviving consort of a now-buried monster akin to Sauron.
– The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson and its two sequels. Full disclosure: I’ve only read the first so far and actually finished it last night. It follows a political savant as she battles for control of a nation occupied by The Masquerade, a country with more advanced weaponry and technology than its rivals which is systematically invading and taking over the countries of the world one by one. Absolutely jaw-dropping and full of political intrigue. –
– The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem. This is the first in a series, but the only book published so far. It follows the long-thought-dead heir to a destroyed magical nation (Jasad) in a world in which which it is now a crime to even be Jasadi. She is living in exile, thinking only of her own survival, until events push her to fight for her friends, and eventually her countrymen. The author has said she wrote the book based on the question: what do you owe a people and place you’ve barely known, but without whom you would not exist? It is excellent and I can’t wait for the rest of the series to come out.
– Gideon the Ninth and its sequels by Tamsyn Muir: a unique series that straddles the line between fantasy and sci-fi, this series follows far-future necromancers in space.
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Macunaima by Mario de Andrade, a Brazilian classic based on Amazonian mythology
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Take a peek at Guy Gavriel Kay. He has a number of great stand-alone books like Tigana or The Lions of Al-Rassan, but my favourites are the three-book Fionavar Tapestry (TW: SA). He has PLENTY more to explore if you decide you like him! Intrigue, magic, politics, derring-do…
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If you’re open to middle grade, I’m a very big fan of Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend!
I’ve read most of these and this is **definitely** my favorite! On top of that they are the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to. The narrator Stephen Pacey does all 9 books!
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The Mirror Visitor is excellent in my opinion
Will of the Many by James Islington is really fast-paced and was my favorite fantasy book last year. I’ll add as a disclaimer, it’s newer and the first in a series so it doesn’t have a bunch of books to binge yet. I know some people don’t like to start series that aren’t finished so just throwing that out there.
I’d also recommend Jade City by Fonda Lee. It’s a fantasy trilogy about a crime family. If you liked Lies of Locke Lamora, I think you’d enjoy it.
*Rook & Rose* trilogy by M.A. Carrick
*Daevabad* trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
*The Shepherd King* duology by Rachel Gillig
Anything by T. Kingfisher
*The Broken Earth* trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
If you like urban fantasy, then start The Hollows series by Kim Harrison!
Recent excellent fantasy series I’ve read in the last couple years:
– Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (and its two sequels in the Siege series) by KJ Parker. Low fantasy book about a wry, intelligent, resourceful engineer trying his best to save a city under siege by an army intent on killing everyone inside. It’s definitely an adult fantasy book but the tone is much more lighthearted than you’d expect given the subject matter.
– The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee starting with Jade City. This is a multi-generational, multi-POV fantasy of astounding scope set in a 1930s-1940s analogue of an Asian island nation which is the only source in the world of bioactive jade, a substance which offers practiced users the ability to perform superhuman feats (essentially, magic). The book follows a mafia-esque gang war between two large rival gangs hoping to control the future of the country.
– The Black Company series (esp the first three books) by Glen Cook. Originally published in the 1980s, this is grimdark fantasy from before the word “grimdark” was coined. It follows a mercenary band filled with characters of morally gray (often dark gray) fiber who are working for The Lady, a mysterious figure widely held to be very evil and very powerful, who is the surviving consort of a now-buried monster akin to Sauron.
– The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson and its two sequels. Full disclosure: I’ve only read the first so far and actually finished it last night. It follows a political savant as she battles for control of a nation occupied by The Masquerade, a country with more advanced weaponry and technology than its rivals which is systematically invading and taking over the countries of the world one by one. Absolutely jaw-dropping and full of political intrigue. –
– The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem. This is the first in a series, but the only book published so far. It follows the long-thought-dead heir to a destroyed magical nation (Jasad) in a world in which which it is now a crime to even be Jasadi. She is living in exile, thinking only of her own survival, until events push her to fight for her friends, and eventually her countrymen. The author has said she wrote the book based on the question: what do you owe a people and place you’ve barely known, but without whom you would not exist? It is excellent and I can’t wait for the rest of the series to come out.
– Gideon the Ninth and its sequels by Tamsyn Muir: a unique series that straddles the line between fantasy and sci-fi, this series follows far-future necromancers in space.
Macunaima by Mario de Andrade, a Brazilian classic based on Amazonian mythology
Take a peek at Guy Gavriel Kay. He has a number of great stand-alone books like Tigana or The Lions of Al-Rassan, but my favourites are the three-book Fionavar Tapestry (TW: SA). He has PLENTY more to explore if you decide you like him! Intrigue, magic, politics, derring-do…
If you’re open to middle grade, I’m a very big fan of Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend!
[First Law Series](https://www.goodreads.com/series/43644-the-first-law) by Joe Abercrombie
I’ve read most of these and this is **definitely** my favorite! On top of that they are the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to. The narrator Stephen Pacey does all 9 books!
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