I have taken almost a year long break from reading fiction to focus on non-fiction. I am ready to start reading fiction again, but after such a long break I have no idea where to start.

Here are some books I have enjoyed in the past:

  • Dragon’s Egg (Robert L. Forward)
  • The Damned Trilogy (Alan Dean Foster)
  • Mage Errant series (John Bierce)
  • Cradle series (Will Wight)
  • Gods of Blood and Powder (Brian Mckellan)
  • The Spiral Wars (Joel Shepard)
  • Basically everything Brandon Sanderson has written
  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings series. It’s right up there with Sanderson IMO.

    Reading order is the Farseer trilogy, Liveship Traders trilogy, Tawny Man trilogy, the Rain Wild Chronicles and finally the Fitz and the Fool trilogy. IMO they’re all absolute page turners from start to finish. I’ve read the whole lot twice, some of them more.

    It’s not quite as daunting as it looks as the Liveship Traders trilogy and the Rain Wild Chronicles follow a different cast of characters from the other 3 trilogies albeit set in the same world and with some crossover.

    The one thing that sets it above Sanderson’s work for me is that it’s complete with no loose threads. Hopefully he gets there one day too!

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      Came to rec RotE myself, it’s a series I wish I could read again for the first time more than any other. I’m doing a listen of WoT with a friend, and I’m going to convince him hey, you did 14* books, why not do it again, but a lot sadder.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      Finishing up the Assassin’s Apprentice today and I just love the writing style. It’s so refreshing how easily the author can cycle between telling of the Macro and Micro.

      Very refreshing read and I am excited to read the rest.

      Great recommendation! Thank you.

      • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Fantastic, glad you’re enjoying it!

        As far as the rest goes, you ain’t seen nothing yet xD

        No other book series has made me so emotional.

        Enjoy!

        • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
          2·
          1 month ago

          Finished the Assassin’s trilogy, now I am on the first book of the ship series.

          Not as much of a fan of a lot of the characters in the ship series. I kind of hate them all, with maybe the exception of Althea and the serpents. I am rooting for the serpents in this trilogy.

          • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            Awesome :D

            I can’t really say much without spoilers but yeah, I feel you. Some of them will grow on you probably and the world building is an absolute necessity for the rest of the books (kinda like ARR in FF14 if you’ve played that).

                • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
                  2·
                  1 month ago

                  I am hoping I missed something and this isn’t just a glaring plot hole… But do you know how the Rain Wild Traders originally got to the rain wild lands? Supposedly the only way is up the river with a live ship, but live ships only existed because of the logs from the Rain Wilds. Seems like a chicken and the egg situation.

                  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zipEnglish
                    2·
                    1 month ago

                    I have no idea if this is a spoiler or not…

                    spoiler

                    but I’m pretty sure people were living in The Rain Wilds before the river turned acidic.

                    It has been a while since I read them though. I will say I don’t remember feeling perturbed about any plot holes when I finished so I assume it is explained at some point.

    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      I think you have it backwards. Where Sanderson is good, Hobb is great.

      Either way you rank them, they’re both well worth reading.