I am looking for high fantasy books with political intrigue and great world building
some of my favs: mistborn, throne of glass series, shadow and bone (idt that counts as high fantasy), i also liked the starting books of the blood and ash series, i did NOT like the stormlight archive so please do recommend some books!
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Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings series might be perfect for you – starts with Assassin’s Apprentice and has tons of political scheming plus amazing world building that spans multiple trilogies. The Goblin Emperor is another solid pick, more court intrigue focused but still fantasy
Also try The Poppy War trilogy if you can handle darker themes, the politics get really complex in later books. Since you liked Mistborn you might enjoy Brandon Sanderson’s other stuff but maybe skip Warbreaker since it’s bit slow like Stormlight
What specifically didn’t work for you with Stormlight? Might help narrow down what to avoid in other recommendations