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    Looking to expand my library with books I’ve not read, what do you all suggest based on some of my faves in the following categories?

    SciFi: Children of Time and sequels, Dune 1-3, Pretty much all of Andy Weir, Jack McDevitt’s Percilla Hutcheons saga, Hyperion tetralogy, The Ferryman

    Fantasy: Lord of the Rings and all associated writings, Sword of Shannara trilogies, Wheel of Time (even the “slog”), Bartimaeus Trilogy

    Nonfiction: The Wager, Flowers of the Killer Moon, Empire of Pain

    by cazdan255

    5 Comments

    1. For non-fiction try Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire or Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy McLean

      Sci-Fi

      Starships Mage by Glynn Stewart

      Scattered Stars by Glynn Stewart

      Lost Fleet Saga by Jack Campbell

      Honor Harrington by David Weber

      Troy Rising by John Ringo

      Fantasy

      Riftwar Saga by Raymond Fiest

      Elenium by David Eddings

      Chivalry by Christian Cameron

      Iron Druid by Kevin Hearne

    2. Artistic-Frosting-88 on

      For sci-fi, I suggest Becky Chambers’s Wayfarer series (starting with The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet).

    3. unlovelyladybartleby on

      Fantasy, try Magic Kingdom for Sale, Sold! by Terry Brooks. It’s not as well known as Shannara, but it was always my favorite Brooks series. Incredible world building. It’s also cute now, because in 1980, a million dollars would be a fair price for a fairytale kingdom

    4. If you liked wheel of time and were happy getting the whole was through it , could try the Malzan books starting with gardens of the moon.
      They are kind of wheel of time meets game of thrones.

    5. Oh, you like the big big series. So, it’s polarizing, but Way of Kings is that type of extended world-building expanded-universe type thing.

      But I highly recommend The Dark Tower for you. King does great, it’s got bones like Shannaras dnd style adventure group.

      Tbh, your type of scifi is not my type, so I’m sorry I don’t have good recs there! Go to for a large solid series is The Expanse

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