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- Oct 19, 2019
I knew I would regret looking at this thread--now I have so many more books on my list. Also books to go back and re-read. Fantasy is hard, because there are so many types of fantasy stories too (quests, urban, alternate history, etc).
I have recently read "flintlock fantasy"--about fantasy empires and wars with quasi-historic weapons and battle tactics. The battles are extensive and move the plot and characters forward. Perhaps not to everyone's taste, but different and interesting. The Thousand Names by Django Wexler is a good examples--excellent characters, action, mystery & magic).
I would read anything by Naomi Novik. I love Uprooted--dark, romantic. Her Temeraire series is excellent, I love the dragons (now that I think about it, it is also about empires and wars... hmm, maybe I am a more bloodthirsty person than I thought, if these are my recommendations).
I also recommend The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison (not about war, it's a lovely, intense, quiet book about a young goblin who suddenly finds himself on the throne).
I have recently read "flintlock fantasy"--about fantasy empires and wars with quasi-historic weapons and battle tactics. The battles are extensive and move the plot and characters forward. Perhaps not to everyone's taste, but different and interesting. The Thousand Names by Django Wexler is a good examples--excellent characters, action, mystery & magic).
I would read anything by Naomi Novik. I love Uprooted--dark, romantic. Her Temeraire series is excellent, I love the dragons (now that I think about it, it is also about empires and wars... hmm, maybe I am a more bloodthirsty person than I thought, if these are my recommendations).
I also recommend The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison (not about war, it's a lovely, intense, quiet book about a young goblin who suddenly finds himself on the throne).