Well I’m craving something in this genre but I’m a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. So many titles and yet I’m not sure what to read. Maybe you can help?
I’m looking for something in a high fantasy setting. I’m not too keen on heavy politics and war driven plots (though, I can read that ). What really gets me is interesting characters, good action and magical creatures.
I’ve loved anything Discworld and I’ve also enjoyed the First Law books by Abercrombie.
I’m finding that Tolkien, Sanderson and George RR Martin appear on every fantasy list I come across, so if you do recommend something I’d appreciate it be something other than that.
The Myth Books by Robert Aspirin.
They are like The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison, but fantasy. Both are pretty much unknown, sometimes dated, yet they can occupy one for thousands of pages with it’s humor and intense narrative.
Myth Inc gets stale near or after coming to Aaz’s New York planet, tho. But that’s 7 or 8 books deep, so doesn’t matter much.
I really liked audiobooks. I guess they were from Audible? I’m not a native speaker, yet it was easy to follow while doing manual labor and no author’s joke got spoiled. Voice acting for Aaz and Masha was super cool.