The Fantasy/Sci-Fi Books Thread Book • Page 25

Hell yeah another Malazan fan! That book is probably top 3 in the series for me

 

That climax, the whole last act or so, is one of my all time favorite action scenes. One of my favorite moment of the series for sure.

 

Yeah it took some convincing to continue after book 1 as I was just super confused haha. But moving forward I slowed down my pace and read some guides and chapter summaries etc and have been really enjoying it. Glad I didn't quit.

 

This is basically the standard for getting into the series lol

 

I have a few free audiobook downloads I can use. So far I've got The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin and Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir on my wishlist. What non Wheel of Time/Stormlight/Malazan/ASoIaF series does everyone recommend?

 

I would say either the Shades of Magic trilogy from VE Schwab or her 2 Villains books. That or Chorus of Dragons series from Jenn Lyons if you haven't done that one yet.

 

Mary Robinette Kowal - The Calculating Stars
Sylvain Neuvel - Sleeping Giants

 

The Daevabad Trilogy. It finished recently and it is really good and creative.

 

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

 

Lots of stuff for me to look into, thanks friends

 

Dark Tower on audiobook is a great listen. I read it so i can't speak to the audiobook versions but Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy.

 

Okay so what should I read first, priory of the orange tree or the ruin of kings?

 

I'm reading Priory right now as recommended by this thread. Pretty good read so far, and it's standalone if that matters.

 

I recently finished Priory and it was a damn good read. Haven't read Ruin of Kings so can't really comment.

 

Well that's 2 votes for priory then haha so I'm starting that today.

 

Ruin of Kings was pretty good. I need to re-read it, though, before I read the second and third (comes out soon).

between depression and 2020, a lot of things aren’t quite sticking to my brain these days.

 

Just finished my re-read of The Name of the Wind.

What an absolute delight. I’ll run through Wise Man’s Fear and then...I’m not sure.

I’m thinking either A memory called empire, the raven tower, or assassin’s apprentice.

 

Starting Dune for the first time.

 

Had a couple audible credits to burn so i bought Wheel of Time #11 and 12. No idea when I'll get to them but i'm determined to finish this stupid series haha (it's not stupid but man the last couple books have been a slog). Since i'm WFH and no longer commuting it's going to take me forever to get through these.

 

Anyone read Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo?

 

I have!

 

Downloaded the Lies of Locke Lamora and Ruin of Kings audiobooks, just in time for our 3200 mile move this weekend!

 

Ooooh got Lies of Locke Lamora to read and its universally recognised as being great but let me know what you think of Ruin of Kings, haven't really seen much about that.

 

Haha thoughts? It's 5 bucks on Chirp right now

 

I really enjoyed it, though it's nothing like her YA stuff.