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    Recently I have read Dune and then the His Dark Materials series and absolutely loved both. Looking forward to some similar type of stuff that has the following traits that I found to be present in both series:

    -deep and believable world building

    -complex characters with complex but followable motives

    -gripping sense of grand adventure

    -big themes that reflect on our humanity/society (religion, morality, power, search for meaning, etc)

    -when I read both of these I felt like I was reading something important and groundbreaking

    Any recs that aren’t necessarily sci fi / fantasy are welcome as long as they hit some of the above. Really just looking for something gripping that makes me think “wow this author is a genius, and I can’t put this down”

    by FUNKYOSELF

    3 Comments

    1. Nowordsofitsown on

      Patricia McKillip: Riddlemaster trilogy 

      And actually, Harry Potter fits your requirements perfectly. 

    2. Unfair_Solution_9260 on

      Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Scifi about a last ditch effort to save the species. Very well written and unique

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