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D. asked this question about The Crippled God (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #10):
Could anyone recommend to me a book or series as complex and amazing as the Malazan (excluding the Kharkanas trilogy of course)?Because everything after reading the it just seems on a lower level.
Akiva I haven't read it yet, but I have heard Steven Erikson and many other fantasy authors speak in glowing terms about Glen Cook's Black Company series (a…moreI haven't read it yet, but I have heard Steven Erikson and many other fantasy authors speak in glowing terms about Glen Cook's Black Company series (as of yet unfinished).

You've probably heard of A Song of Ice and Fire, but I prefer MBotF....

Yanno, I'm kind of wondering the same thing. I suspect we may have to look in other genres. Hild by Nicola Griffith was really well-realized: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I've heard good things about Mary Renault's Alexander the Great series: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

And many authors I admire swear by Dorothy Dunnett: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

But alas, most of these are on my To Read list.... I'd love to know if you find that any of them stack up.

For crazy world-building (but weaker character development) there's always Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun tetralogy.(less)
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