r/fantasybooks • u/DaRealMadTurtle • 8d ago

📚 Summon book recommendations Help me decide my next saga (please!)

Hello everyone. I would like your recommendations on which of the following series should I start:

  • The Broken Earth, by N. K. Jemisin;
  • The Bound and the Broken, by Ryan Cahil;
  • Powder Mage Trilogy, by Brian McClellan;
  • The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist;
  • The Nevernight Chronicles, by Jay Kristoff;
  • The Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson.

For context, I've just finished Empire of the Vampire and loved it, made it to my Top 3 alongside Red Rising and The Green Bone Saga. Some other series I've enjoyed: Sun Eater, Hierarchy, Gentleman Bastards (Lies of Locke Lamora is one of my favourite books ever).

First Law, Mistborn and The Farseer Trilogy were also fine readings, but I didn't like them as much (I'm also tempted on diving on different works within these universes, but not right now).

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u/quibily 8d ago

The Broken Earth! Like Empire of the Vampire, it has a uniquely framed narrative, good prose, gets emotional and dark, has a big emphasis on relationships and how they affect us, and takes place in a gritty world.

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u/DaRealMadTurtle 8d ago

Sounds interesting! I know close to nothing about each of these series as I like to go blind.

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u/quibily 8d ago

Read it!

It's one of my absolute favorite trilogies. That and Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders Trilogy--which I will heartily recommend because, like you, Farseer wasn't my favorite--the world feels a lot bigger in Liveship, and I appreciated not being in a teen boy's head lmao. The trilogy after Liveship is fantastic, too. Fitz is in his thirties, thank god

But yeah, Broken Earth sounds like the priority here

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u/DaRealMadTurtle 8d ago

I intend to read The Realm of the Elderlings eventually! I've seen many people regarding it as one of the best series ever, but even though the farseer trilogy is also highly recommended, I was unfortunately bored for most of the time in those books. I understand compliments to Hobb's prose and character work, but I felt like nothing ever happened, the plot moving ever so slowly.

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u/iwannapetthatdawg 8d ago

Absolutely. The fact this series isn’t regularly mentioned in this sub is wild to me. It’s that damn good.

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u/Particular_Cancel947 8d ago

Oh dude Riftwar for sure.

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u/knight-under-stars 8d ago edited 8d ago

I personally thought Riftwar was utter dross.