I‘m very picky and I need new books! Please help a desperate reader out😵💫😭
Comics, manga, graphic novels are also wanted, tho I primarily am looking for books.
**here are my requirements**
– little to no sex and romance. Romance as a side plot is ok, but I don’t want it to be the focus.
– as far removed from our real world is possible. Alternate earth is great too, but nothing set primarily in our real world. (Things like the never ending story are ok, since it’s still mostly set in a fantasy setting)
– good writing. Doesn’t need to be extremely complex, but I do enjoy a bit of poetic writing in my book. Not necessary if the plot/worldbuilding carries the book
– either great character development or great world building, at least one has to be present
– I enjoy big worlds with lots of fantasy species. Bonus points if it’s NOT just basic elves, dwarfs, humans, orcs etc.
– bonus points for exploring how the different species live, their social struggles etc.
– bonus points if it explores every day live, society etc. and not just war. War and battles are ok, but I would prefer it not to be the entire book.
– adult characters or children/teens that are written like children/teens with all behaviours and flaws and not mini adults
– bonus point: non-Western fantasy/mythology (idk if I will like this, but I want to expand my horizons)
**here are books I read and loved, I probably forgot a lot**
– Warrior cats (and related books) was my first ever fantasy series as a kid
– the hobbit + LOTR + everything related I could get my hands on (short stories, simillarion)
– the Witcher series
– Song of Ice and Fire
– the neverending story
– The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe
– the golden compass
– the entire Zamonia series (love, love, love)
– some of Brandon Sandersons work, tho it’s not my favourite I still liked it
– the wizard of Earthsea
– the entire Discworld series (and Terry Pratchett in general, again, love him)
– all of Brothers Grimms fairy tales
– six of crows and the sequels
– Gideon the Ninth (debatably not fantasy, but sci-fi with fantasy/magic elements is great too)
– most Star Wars books (same as my last point)
– the wizard of Oz (honestly didn’t like it that munch, but I found the world intriguing)
– Howls moving Castle
– Percy Jackson + almost all sequels (kind of breaking my non real world rule here)
– The dwarves and Elves series by Markus Heitz (didn’t love, love it, but it was ok)
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**manga, comic, graphic novels I liked**
– attack on titan
– one piece (yes, I do consider it fantasy. It’s on a non-earth planet, there are super powers and fantasy creatures. It’s fantasy)
– Fairy Tale
– Soul Eater
– the fox maidens
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Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera. Maybe Dresden Files as well but it’s urban fantasy set in the real world.
I don’t have a specific book recommendation but you should go to a small local bookstore and ask about sci-fi and fantasy written before about 1950. Publishable SFF got kind of standardized after that point due to a sudden jump in popularity, the really off the wall, unpredictable stuff was written before then.
As an added bonus they’ll be really cheap. You can probably get 10 or 20 old fantasy paperbacks for the cost of one new novel lol
Read books based in the forgotten realms. Start with R.A. Salvatore and read the cleric quintet or the Drizzit series starting with Homeland. I have spent hundreds of hours reading and truly deeply loving the characters in the forgotten realms. Goodluck!
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams
Most of the trilogies written by Robin Hobb have fantasy elements (but to varying degrees)
Although, technically classified as Sci-fi, you might enjoy the Red Rising series as well