Hey! I really want to read something where the main character gets the call to adventure and has to travel far away and the journey is the story. I’d love long descriptions of nature, weather, food, and the people they meet along the way.
I’m not looking for big battles, tons of action, or a complicated magic system.
What I want is the slow, medieval life of a traveler who takes on little side quests during the journey, maybe killing a local bad guy in a village, or saving a woman from thieves.
Books that fit:
- 'The Tales of Dunk and Egg' by George R. R. Martin
- Some parts of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by Martin also fit well
- World of Warcraft style traveling -moving from one zone to another, picking up fun side quests along the way
- 'The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings' – the perfect embodiment of this
- 'Poison by Chris Wooding' – also a great fit
- ' Eragon by Christopher Paolini' – maybe, though I remember it being faster-paced with fewer descriptions
All genres are fine, middle grade books included! Just not too much action or overly complicated magic systems.
Thank you!!!
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The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
*The Walking Drum* [12th-century Europe] by Louis L’Amour.
The Queen’s Man series by Sharon Kay Penman.
The Sharing Knife series by Lois McMaster Bujold has a lot of what you are looking for.
It was a little slow for me, but sounds like you’d enjoy The Buried Giant
Noah Gordon – The Physician
The Long Ships by Franz Bengtsson.
*The Wheel of Time* is exactly this.
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers is not medieval BUT it is cozy and set in a future where society has gone back to more primitive / non-techy ways so it might give you similar vibes 🙂
I haven’t read it yet, but I think The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong has this.