Sell me on a good fantasy novel

[Olive]

I've been struggling to enjoy 'traditional' fantasy for a few years now but perhaps because my D&D game is going well, it's an itch I'd like to scratch again. What's good?

I'm probably looking for more recent things here as I have read most older series - I've read GoT, Black Company, Mazalan etc. and some more recent things (Mistborn, Abecrombie, Rothfuss etc).

What does EN World recommend?

 

[Blue]

Originally had Rothfuss, missed you read him. Then Scott Lynch's "The Lies of Locke Lamora".

 

[Olive]

Originally had Rothfuss, missed you read him. Then Scott Lynch's "The Lies of Locke Lamora".

Thanks! I've read Lynch too... I love that series. I loved The Name of the Wind too but was seriously let down but book 2 and since book 3 appears to be lost forever I don't usually recommend that. I think I'm mostly looking for things from the last 2-3 years or so.

 

[Jhaelen]

I'd recommend Lois McMaster Bujold's 'Curse of Chalion' (and the other novels set in the same universe/setting, if you liked the first).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Harry Turtledove's Darkness novels- a fantasy world version of WW2, written by a man who teaches history.

 

[Olive]

I'd recommend Lois McMaster Bujold's 'Curse of Chalion' (and the other novels set in the same universe/setting, if you liked the first).

Read those as well


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[Kramodlog]

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville. It mixes genres, and plays with tropes and expectations. The city of New Crobuzon is a very inspirational setting for D&D games and Dragon mag had an issue based on that novel.

 

[Olive]

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville. It mixes genres, and plays with tropes and expectations. The city of New Crobuzon is a very inspirational setting for D&D games and Dragon mag had an issue based on that novel.

Yup, read everything he's written


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[Kramodlog]

I imagine everything written by Brandon Sanderson, not just Mistborn, has been read?

Sabriel?

The BRoken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin?

 

[Olive]

I imagine everything written by Brandon Sanderson, not just Mistborn, has been read?

No, but I didn't love Mistborn

Sabriel?

I'll check it out

The BRoken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin?

I read the The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and half of The Broken Kingdoms and got a bit frustrated


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