Red Rising (series 1-6)
Blake Crouch – Dark Matter, Recursion, Upgrade, Run, Wayward Pines (series 1-3)
Dennis E. Taylor – We are Legion, We are Bob: Bobiverse (series 1-4)
Patrick Rothfuss – The Name of the Wind, The Wise Man's Fear
James SA Corey – The Expanse (series 1-9)
William R. Forstchen – One Second After (series 1-4)
Andy Weir – The Martian, Artemis, Project Hail Mary
Ernest Cline – Ready Player 1 (series 1-2)
Max Brooks – World War Z
Alexander Freed – Battlefront (Star Wars series 1-2)
Don Winslow – The Power of the Dog (series 1-3)
Bill Buford – Among The Thugs
Lee Child – Killing Floor (Jack Reacher series 1-17)
Jeremy Robinson – Infinite 1/2
Paul Dixon -Carpathians
by rooneyskywalker
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You have a lot of the same likes as my list. Loved Name of the Wind (but can’t bring myself to read WMF as it never finishes!). Andy Weir is so good. Lee Child and Blake Crouch, yes.
Your next one should be Dungeon Crawler Carl. And if you like audiobooks, I would highly recommend the listen. Very good quality.
The First Law by Joe Abercrombie, starting with The Blade Itself. Dark, violent, funny, character-driven fantasy. Endlessly quotable, and the audiobooks are amazing as well. 10 books in total. Give the first book a bit of time to come together with the overarching ‘plot’ (it’s a trilogy and just drops you in with some disconnected characters, but it’s a lot of fun and the ‘plot’ really comes into play later on).
Riyria Revelations by Michael J Sullivan, starting with Theft of Swords (The Crown Conspiracy/Avempartha). A ‘rogues-for-hire’ duo takes on a job and gets pulled into something bigger than they were expecting. Great characters, lots of fun banter/dialogue, plenty of interesting twists and ‘revelations’ as you might expect. If you enjoy Revelations, the author has written a few other excellent prequel series you can check out afterwards, set in the same world (Legends of the First Empire, Riyria Chronicles). Starts fairly light and low stakes, but soon gets surprisingly epic.
For a unique, off-the-rails, urban fantasy/horror standalone, check out The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. Dark, weird, fast-paced, and often funny, it’s got a lot of great characters, mystery, and fun world building.