I'm looking for standalone epic fantasy books. I've recently finished Joe Abercrombie's first law trilogy and I really enjoyed the standalone books that were set in the same universe. I'm not ready to jump into a new long series yet, so I was wondering if anyone has some good recommendations for standalones (duology is also fine).
Some book series I really enjoyed are George R.R. Martin's song of ice and fire, Patrick Rothfuss' kingkiller series, Andrzej Sapkowski's witcher series and Joe Abercrombie's first law trilogy. Brandon Sanderson is on my TBR but I want something shorter before starting in the Cosmere universe.
I want to clarify that I'm not looking for romantasy or young adult, if the focus of the story is a romance I tend to check out really fast. Whenever I look up lists of standalone fantasy they are filled with romantasy, which is completely fine, but not my thing. Mostly looking for strong character writing and/or intricate worldbuilding.
Thank you in advance!
by Morimorr
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I don’t have a specific recommendation in mind, but you could check out the r/Fantasy list of best standalone novels (https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1agicpw/rfantasys_2024_top_standalone_novel_poll_results/?share_id=JOjJdp4aWYk1Gj7eCOTih&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1).