Books like A Song of Ice and Fire

[Jonah]

This must be a very familiar problem to all of you: I've read the books multiple times and the new season of GoT has just ended. So what now? How can I best get my ASOIAF fix? Any books you can recommend with the same mood and feel? I've already bought several novels by Robin Hobb as Martin recommended them. Any other books you guys can recommend?

Thanks in advance

[Amber]

Same thing I tell everyone who asks this question, Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss is the closest thing I've read. Not quite as "gritty" but the world building is just as amazing and interesting.

[Kenneth]

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson = EPIC

[Bill]

You should finish the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. I see you left off after book 2. The scale is even larger then ASOIAF as Erikson brings ascendents and gods into the mix.

[Nermin]

The First Law Trilogy, Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set and I'm currently reading this series called The Broken Empire and loving it. But i wouldn't say any of these are like Martin's books but they are quite enjoyable.

[Kenneth]

Oh and The Night Angel Trilogy Is Awesome and it's finshed so no waiting for the next book.

[Arby]

The Godless World Trilogy (Winterbirth, Bloodheir, Fall of Thanes) by Brian Ruckley.
It's really great. Like ASoIaF, it's not afraid to kill off characters for the story, we can sympathize with the 'villains', there's more than one thing happening at once (there's a war down south and up north, and there's an even bigger threat in the horizon). The main character is flawed. The chaos is just... Okay, fair warning, the story is really grim and dark even to the point of being depressing. And the first book may start of a bit slow, but I loved it. Heh.
Also, there are other races aside from human, though they're not the usual elves or dwarves or whatever. And there's some sort of magic going on also (mostly just telepathic stuff).

[Jonah]

Bill wrote: "You should finish the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. I see you left off after book 2. The scale is even larger then ASOIAF as Erikson brings ascendents and gods into the mix."

Oops! Uh...actually I'm currently reading book 6: The Bonehunters and loving it to bits. I just forgot to rate all the books after Deadhouse Gates. I probabaly should've mentioned that as well as there are indeed quite a few similarities. Sorry.

[Jonah]

Thanks for all the recommendations! The Way of Kings and The Godless World trilogy sound terrific and really up my alley. The First Law Trilogy has been on my to read list for quite some time but it got a bit sidetracked when I started reading the comic based on it. Mistborn sounds a bit less like something for me but I've heard so much about it I'll probably give it a go. Broken Empire sounds pretty dark and for me that's definitely a plus. Night Angel I'm not so conviced about. But I might just give that a go as well. After all it's still a really long wait till The Winds of Winter.

So thanks guys. And if you've got any more keep em coming!

[Jonah]

Oh sorry completely missed the first reply: Kingkiller Chronicles doesn't really sound like something I'd enjoy. Mostly because of its (at least seemingly) linear narative and heavy emphasis on magic. But I'll probably give it a go as well at some point.

[Jon]

Hi Jonah,
Have you read this blog post by the man himself?
http://grrm.livejournal.com/316785.html

[Jonah]

Jon wrote: "Hi Jonah,
Have you read this blog post by the man himself?
http://grrm.livejournal.com/316785.html"

No I hadn't. Thanks! Odd though. I do follow his Not a Blog.

[Karen]

Can I suggest The Silk & Steel Saga? An epic medieval fantasy inspired by Game of Thrones, but with more female characters. The Steel Queen

[Jonah]

OMG those summaries sound fantastic! I'll definitely pick them up.

[Robert]

I recommend Raymond Feist's multi-series The Riftwar Universe. Pug is one of my all-time favorite characters.

[Dustin]

Robert wrote: "I recommend Raymond Feist's multi-series The Riftwar Universe. Pug is one of my all-time favorite characters."

Yes, Pug is awesome!!

[Jonah]

Robert wrote: "I recommend Raymond Feist's multi-series The Riftwar Universe. Pug is one of my all-time favorite characters."

I read one of his novels and I didn't really like it. I thought he spend far to much time explaining magic systems and to little time developing his characters. I later read an interview with him where he explained that to him the characters are storytelling tools and that he didn't really care about them so I guess I was right there. I suppose if you're into Dungeons & Dragons and all that his books are really great but I'm more looking for a good story with well developed characters and for me his books just didn't meet those criteria.

Still thanks for taking the time to reply. Hopefully you don't feel like I talked down the books you love. I just felt if I'm going to turn down your recommendation it's no more than decent to also explain why. But please bear in mind that all said above (except for the interview part) is my opinion and my opinion only.

[Jonah]

Also I feel I should mention I don't like fantasy with a heavy reliance on the use of magic so Riftwar was never for me from the start.

[Karen]

Hi Jonah,
The Silk & Steel saga is written so that each chapter is from the point-of-view of one of the main characters, so hopefully it is your type of saga.

[Jonah]

Karen wrote: "Hi Jonah,
The Silk & Steel saga is written so that each chapter is from the point-of-view of one of the main characters, so hopefully it is your type of saga."

Definitely sounds like it. Problem is I can't seem to find them anywhere. I'm sure Amazon has them but I don't have a credit card. This always seems odd to foreigners but I'm Dutch and here in the Netherlands very few people have credit cards. We use debit cards (mostly Maestro) for just about everything. Which doesn't mean I'm going to give up on them. It just means it'll probably take some time before I can find them.

[Ruth]

If you guys do Facebook, you can also leave your recommendations on the page "What to read while waiting for the next installment of Game of Thrones":

https://www.facebook.com/WhattoReadAf...

There are also quite a few recommendations on the pages as well.

[Karen]

Thanks Ruth!

[Karen]

Jonah wrote: "Karen wrote: "Hi Jonah,
The Silk & Steel saga is written so that each chapter is from the point-of-view of one of the main characters, so hopefully it is your type of saga."

Definitely sounds like..."

Hi Jonah, My Silk & Steel Saga is available through Amazon and Barnes&Noble. If you don't have access to a Barnes&Noble store, then I'm not sure how you can get them without a credit card. I know US and UK libraries will order them, but I have fans in Europe who say the libraries will not order them since they are not (yet) translated. Sorry about that. I'm an independent author, so I don't have access to as many sales points as the big publishers...yet! But hopefully some day.