Anne Bishop Black Jewels series (trigger warning), & Tir Alainn series,
Jane Lindskold Firekeeper series,
Barb Hendee Noble Dead series,
PC Hodgell Kencyrath series,
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**The Blizzard** by Vladimir Sorokin. I never see it on Reddit.
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**Standalone**
***The Empress of Mars***, by Kage Baker. Fast paced, funny, follows the adventures of the first beer brewer on Mars. Doesn’t take itself too seriously, but has some delightful details (e.g. solving the problem of pollinating crops)
***The Hakawati***, by Rabih Alemmedine. intertwined Arabian-nights style stories with contemporary Syrian family. Takes a lot of twists and turns but I loved that.
***The Island of Eternal Love***, by Daina Chaviano. Cuban American author writing about Cubans in Miami in contemporary times as well as the history of one family, from a magical realism lens
**Series**
The Company Series by Kage Baker (starting with ***In the Garden of Iden***). The main characters are people, but not standard humans. There is a sort of time-travel element, but the books mostly take place in the past.
***Fire Logic*** first in a series by Laurie Marks. Epic fantasy, four books, main character is a survivor of genocide (indigenous person in a fictional world), and F/F romance. The magic system was unique and the characterization very vivid.
***Queen of the Tearling*****,** by Erika Johansen (first in a trilogy). Feels a bit like if ASOIAF / Game of Thrones books were shorter, more condensed, and had some interesting things to say about power, etc. Underdog main character unexpectedly becomes queen and must defend her small country. There is a really interesting twist at the end, too.
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The Saga of Recluse by L.E. Modesitt Jr. The entire series centers around the balance between chaos and order as represented through mages. The first book in particular really shaped my early fantasy reading experience.
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Butterfly and hellflower by Eluki Bes Shahar
Michelle Sagara West Chronicles of Elantra,
Anne Bishop Black Jewels series (trigger warning), & Tir Alainn series,
Jane Lindskold Firekeeper series,
Barb Hendee Noble Dead series,
PC Hodgell Kencyrath series,
**The Blizzard** by Vladimir Sorokin. I never see it on Reddit.
**Standalone**
***The Empress of Mars***, by Kage Baker. Fast paced, funny, follows the adventures of the first beer brewer on Mars. Doesn’t take itself too seriously, but has some delightful details (e.g. solving the problem of pollinating crops)
***The Hakawati***, by Rabih Alemmedine. intertwined Arabian-nights style stories with contemporary Syrian family. Takes a lot of twists and turns but I loved that.
***The Island of Eternal Love***, by Daina Chaviano. Cuban American author writing about Cubans in Miami in contemporary times as well as the history of one family, from a magical realism lens
**Series**
The Company Series by Kage Baker (starting with ***In the Garden of Iden***). The main characters are people, but not standard humans. There is a sort of time-travel element, but the books mostly take place in the past.
***Fire Logic*** first in a series by Laurie Marks. Epic fantasy, four books, main character is a survivor of genocide (indigenous person in a fictional world), and F/F romance. The magic system was unique and the characterization very vivid.
***Queen of the Tearling*****,** by Erika Johansen (first in a trilogy). Feels a bit like if ASOIAF / Game of Thrones books were shorter, more condensed, and had some interesting things to say about power, etc. Underdog main character unexpectedly becomes queen and must defend her small country. There is a really interesting twist at the end, too.
The Saga of Recluse by L.E. Modesitt Jr. The entire series centers around the balance between chaos and order as represented through mages. The first book in particular really shaped my early fantasy reading experience.