Ross Steffy asked Nicholas Eames:

I enjoyed Kings of the Wyld a whole bunch and was wondering if you could recommend some books that may be similar to help with the wait for books 2 and 3?

Nicholas Eames Hi, Ross!

Thanks! I'm really happy you liked KotW! As for similar books...let's see...

I myself was directly inspired by both Joe Abercrombie and Scott Lynch when it came to writing something with elements of humour, though their books are decidedly more serious than mine. Terry Pratchett, on the flip side, is hilarious, but less serious, and infinitely more witty than me.

The book most responsible for Kings of the Wyld is Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline. In case you haven't read it, it's fast-paced, exciting, and essentially a love letter to all things 80's, sort of like KoTW is an homage of sorts to all the things I love about classic fantasy.

Sebastien de Castell is another great author to read. His 'Greatcoats' series (complete now at 4 books) is like a fantasy three musketeers. It's got wonderful pacing and characters, and is very, very witty.

Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen (actually Delilah S. Dawson) is fantastic. It's funny and gritty, with a great 'voice' and a varied array of monsters in a 'wild west' type setting.

Lastly, I've heard Patrick Weekes writes similar to me (or I to him, I should say, since he came first), and I recently bought Andrew Rowe's Sufficiently Advanced Magic which is supposed to be really fun.

Let me know if any of those work for you, Ross! And thank you again for the question!

Nick

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