Book recommendations like Game of Thrones? Over the last couple years I've read Broken Empire, Red Queens War, Traitors Son Cycle, Kingkiller Chronicles. Enjoyed them all.

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Gardens of the moon is hard to get into. Might try the second first then move back to first. Helps get acclimated to Malazan world. Also, first five books are really good and last 6-7 are meh

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Read Joe Abercrombies first law series. I also like pierce Browns red rising trilogy as a fast paced series

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Agree with ZS1, Dresden files and his other series, Codex Alera, are both good reads

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Slightly next door, genre-wise. Neal Stephenson, Snowcrash. Neil Gaimon - American Gods. Anything by Christopher Moore - like Coyote Blue. And Terry Pratchett's entire Discworld series

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Rothfuss, author of Kingkiller Chronicles, loves The Dresden Files. They are great.

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The warlord chronicals by Bernard Cornwell

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I'm also reading Dune currently, which is shaping up rather nicely

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Need my next fix for those endless Thursday evening flights

Are you looking strictly for historical/fantasy? I just finished The Cartel, which was a fast-paced and engrossing book, but falls outside the genre of books you've been reading. Give the Amazon reviews a read!

The man in the high castle? Cannot wait for the show

Sword of truth series

Garden of the Moon is the first book to the series, forget the series name though (something about the Malazan Empire?). That ones a real long one though

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Malazan empire is good but takes foooooever.

Not sure if it is longer than the Wheel of Time (on of my all time favorites, but a bit lighter than GoT and some of these other series)

NK Jemison. Amazing and I read mainly fantasy and sf

@a2 second the joe Abercrombie. Did not care for his ya series but everything else was stellar.

Awesome! Great recommendations guys. I'll check these out

I'd sincerely recommend Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Not as gritty as ASOIAF or even kingkiller, but excellent magic system and worldbuilding.

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