Another science fantasy request list

[moonlight1705]

I seem to have been through most of the science fantasy books that are suggested and need to expand my horizons further.

Things I've read and liked so you can see the type

Rivers of London
Trudy Canavan - all
Robin Hobb - all
Brandon Sanderson - all
The Name of the Wind & sequel (when is the third going to come out??)
Ursela le Guin - most
Neil Gaiman - most
Naomi Novik - all

I have not read any Terry Pratchett - which one might be worth starting if I go down that route? Should I try more science fiction although I'm not so keen on robots / space etc, I like magic worlds and mystery.

A friend if mine has just had her first book published, wizards, high fantasy etc.... Nit my cup of tea but gets good reviews on Amazon.

KC Julius - Portents of Chaos

I think my favourite author is Guy Gavriel Kay. He writes so very beautifully.

Yes I agree about Guy Gavriel Kay which reminds me to get more of those as I've not read them all.

The Void books by Peter F Hamilton are much more magic based.

Also the Greg Mandel by Peter F Hamilton ones could be worth a try. I do like his more techy ones as well as it's more about the people/interractions than the science for its own sake.

Sanctuary series by Robert J Crane is a fantastic fantasy magic series and is on Kindle unlimited. My favourite series by this author is Southern Cross (it's very dark) and I love Girl in the Box (meta humans) too.

SM Reine is another good author too.

I'll have a look through my Kindle and will report back.

Garth NIx's Abhorsen series - Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen and Goldenhand - are YA but very good.

Start Terry Pratchett's Discworld with either Guards! Guards! or Wyrd Sisters. He's pretty much got into his stride by then and the world's internally consistent. Don't bother with the ones after I Shall Wear Midnight, just remember what a wonderful writer he was before the Alzheimer's robbed him and the world of his humour and intellect.

The next Rivers of London, False Value, is supposed to be out on 20th February but the publication date's already slipped once. After publication date of The Hanging Tree got pushed by about two years I won't be pre-ordering.

Don't judge The Dark is Rising by the first book, Over Sea, Under Stone. It's just setting the scene for The Dark is Rising, a much better book IMO.

Agree with thatlibrarymiss the second book of Dark is Rising is really when the story lifts off. Its a bit like Narnia, in that you get the most from book 1 by reading book 2 first. Just a note of caution, I love it but as it has a real world setting I suspect it may feel dated to someone reading it now.

Agree about Guy Gavriel Kay, if you haven't read 'Tigana' do search it out, the central premise is wonderfully played out.

Emma Bull
Garth Nix
Rosemary Kirstein
Patricia McKillip
Robin McKinley
TA White
Jessie Mihalik
Kristen Britain
Jan Siegal
Amanda Hemingway
Martha Wells
Scott Lynch

Everything mentioned above, plus:
Stephen Donaldson, The Mirror of Her Dreams/Mordant's Need (two book series)
CS Friedman
CJ Cherryh Foreigner series (sci-fi political) and (if you can get them) the Rider pair of books (Cloud's Rider is one, can't remember the other title)

Becky Chambers - Wayfarers trilogy

I know you op said you weren't keen on robots or space but I agree with Vitty

The Long Way to a Small Angry Plant which I book #1 of Becky Chambers - Wayfarers trilogy. I'm about to re-read the first two again to get ready for the third book.

Oh yes, Becky Chambers is great. I have read all three. Not sure about the third, tbh, but the other two are fantastic.

Will check it out once I've got through some of the other suggestions

My parents were into Isaac Asimov which really didn't appeal to me so I've not tried much out of my comfort zone thus this thread.

I'd second Diana Wynn Jones, V E Schwab and Benedict Jacka. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo is also good, currently a standalone rather than a series - although I also like her YA series.

If you like fantasy with a non-eurocentric myth base then S A Chakraborty's City of Brass series and Tasha Suri's Empire of Sand are both very good. I also really liked The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. If you liked Naomi Novik's Uprooted/Spinning Silver books then check out Katharine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale series (based on Russian folk tales).

Tad Williams, start with The Dragonbone Chair
David Eddings, Belgariad series
Ian Irving, The view from the mirror series

I love Isaac Asimov.

Have you read White Silence and the follow-on, Dark Light, by Jodi Taylor - still her style but very different from St Mary's. I've just reread the two and was gripped all over again.
Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky - a touch of sentimentality but a good read.
The Book of Etta by Meg Ellison - leaves you thinking.
The Sudden Appearance of Hope - Claire North

If you enjoy Rivers of London then you may like the Crow Investigations series by Sarah Painter.

Agree with PP about Bear & Nightingale books

China Mieville - Perdido Street Station
Marie Brennan - A Natural History of Dragons series
Tade Thompson - Rosewater (Wormwood Trilogy)
And if you want a big chunky series Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.

Does no one else like terry goodkind?

Terry Pratchett satiric genius

Ursula le guin

Robin hobb

George rrr martin

Michael crichton

John wyndham

OP it looks like we’ve got really similar taste in authors, so here are some others I’d recommend:

Glenda Larke
Karen Miller
Brent Weeks
Peter V Brett
Anthony Ryan
Mark Lawrence
Stephen Aryan
Sarah J Maas
Tasha Suri
Scott Lynch
Melissa Caruso
Emily R King
James Islington
Janny Wurts
Jay Kristoff
James Maxwell

Benedict Jacka
Jim Butcher
Kate Elliott
Lois McMaster Bujold - writes both fantasy and SF

PrincessSarene thank you for reminding me about Glenda Larke, I read her 'Heart of the Mirage' series ages okay and was very impressed. I didn't realise she had written other things.

This thread is my reading list for thr next little while. I'm reading The Dark is Rising and really enjoying it so got a lot to get through now.