What's next after wheel of time ?!

[Abhishek]

read 'the name of the wind' by patrick rothfuss. It's fantastic, hero centric just like the wheel of time. I consider myself the biggest fan of wheel of time so do give it a try. Also no one beats Lord of the morning- Rand al thor.

[DeAnn]

Tad Williams is an amazing author and worth your time to read. The Shadowmarch Series and The War of the Flowers are both wonderful!

[Lyndl]

The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, both amazing books. I can't recommend them enough

[Justinm]

Falconxnet wrote: "Malice from faithful & fallen is just the thing .. I finished the book yesterday and was taken by the story. Trully a breathtaking novel.
The style of the auther feels like a combination between th..."

I gave Malice a chance a real chance. To me it felt like instead of getting to the story it was too much frenetic energy spent on introducing character after character. Then once that stopped, the story wasn't really pulling me in. I was almost 200 pages in and gave up, completely. Malice was not a page turner. The writing style is like reading old authors like Dickens. It takes three pages to tell you that a glass of wine spilled, for example. I just couldn't deal with the story spinning it's wheels.

[Justinm]

Rich wrote: "It took me a year and a half to finish the entire wheel of time series (slow reader :P ). Since then i've read the lies of locke lamora, red seas under red skies, the first law trilogy, the riddle ..."

I've been down the same path, Name of the Wind helped out a lot.

Mark Lawrence has been the only author since trying a few to get my through. Check out his books. Prince of Thorns series, and Prince of Fools. Good stuff.

[falconxnet]

Justinm wrote: "I gave Malice a chance a real chance. To me it felt like instead of getting to the story it was too much frenetic energy spent on introducing character after character."


I am a fast reader .. I can finish what amounts to 1200 pages in a day (the size of a handbook of course) without even breaking sweat .. and to be truthfull i may have read the books i mentioned after a lengthy break (due to exams or something like that) so..yes in such circumstances i tend to be a little bit generous ~;~ if there is enough action packed in the story.
Anyway, I ll see about giving it another try to make sure
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In another note, the series The Reckoners + Lightbringer + The red queen's war + The first law are certainly a good choice for escaping the shackles of the earth and discovering new worlds full of treatchery, intrigue, heroism, and such

To a lesser degree The secrets of the immortal Nicholas flamel for those who love stories about twins (like me) ^^

[Abhishek]

a great series by Mark Lawrence - prince of thorns. However this isn't everyone's cup of tea. A little info. - the protagonist is a bad-ass and not your typical 'mat cauthon' type bad-ass. He is the real deal- evil at core. But still you will root for this guy because he has his reasons. And yeah I know mat wasn't really a bad-ass rather a trickster but right now I can't think of any other character....

[Joel]

I recommend Terry Goodkind's sword of truth series... Skim through books books 6-8 it's just a philosophy rant on his opinion on idealism but the core of the first arc is decent.

[Zach]

I'm having the same issue. Nothing tops WoT for me. It's almost all I can think of anymore.

[Peter]

The Lord of the Rings?

Gemmell's Drenai series'? Or anything else by him, for that matter.

Thomas Covenant?

Just a few off the top of my head

[James]

E. R. Eddison's "The Worm Ouroboros" introduces his Zimiamvia trilogy - 4 books, and a total of 1428 pages of text. That should take a while to read, especially as the books are written in Spenserian English.

WoT isn't long enough - it's a great pity the novels intended to follow "New Spring" were never written :(

When I finish WoT I hope to read "Voyage to Arcturus" by David Lindsay, and after that, a ton of Michael Moorcock - if at all possible, the Elric books. Talking of which:

"That morning in the Burger Chef, I could hear the book calling to me, whispering like the sword Stormbringer seducing Elric, promising that if I were to lose myself in it I would become—in the phrase leveled at Joyce by his ever-skeptical brother, Stanislaus—“a super-clever superman.”"

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archi...

- Michael Chabon in the New York Times, on "Finnegans Wake" (one of the funniest books ever written) in an hilarious review.

[Peter]

You haven't read Elric? For shame.

Don't forget Corum and Hawkmoon

[K.W.]

The first fantasy books I ever read were the Dragon Lance books. After I finished I was hooked. I read the Fiest books and loved them. Then a friend told me about the Drizzt books by R.A. Salvatore. He is my hero! I absolutely love his style with the exception of when Drizzt has his inner moral struggles. I get that you can't please everyone but for me, you can't go wrong with anything Salvatore. I read the Swordof Truth books and loved those as well. There were a couple books in there where I was like, "WTF were you thinking Goodkind?" but as a whole they were great. Then I read the WoT books. Loved the story but wasn't too big on the style. Again, I know some people need to know what color socks the people on the street are wearing, but I do not. I also didn't care for all the Man vrs Woman crap he gets into. But I read and enjoyed the complete series. Sanderson finished it up and he did so well with it I bought a few of his books. Mistborn series was great as well. Right now I am reading the last book of the Gods Within by J.L. Doty. Not only do I enjoy the story, but I have had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Doty via e-mail and he is a great guy for what that's worth.

[Solemn]

The best fantasy series too date in order regardless of completion.


1. The King Killer Chronicle - Patrick Rothfuss
2. The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
3. The Blood Song - Anthony Ryan
4. Gentleman Bastards - Scott Lynch
5. A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R Martin
6. The Broken Empire - Mark Lawrence
7. Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb
8. The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
9. Codex Alera - Jim Butcher
10. Mageborn - Michael G. Manning

I know that a lot of you guys are in love with the Wheel of time but in truth the series was extremely drawn out. I remember reading 3 books about Rand and the others trying to do something that should have been done in 1. A wheel of time doesn't make top five because a lot of the books in the series were like pulling teeth, and after reading sanderson's ending to the series a lot of people have forgotten that fact. The Wheel of time started out great, became a stuggle and was great again. The publishing company trying to squeeze out every possible penny along the way. I'll tell you this, there is now way that I would ever consider re-reading the Wheel of Time. It would take way to long. But these other books listed ahead of it are books that you can reread 3-4 times within a span of 2 years and still enjoy. The Name of the wind, Stormlight, Blood Song, those are the books that got me hooked to the genre and if you give them a shot they'll do the same for you.


Sci-fi Books worth reading
1. The Red Rising Trilogy - Pierce Brown
2. The Martian - Andy Weir
3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
4. Reckoners - Brandon Sanderson

[Robert]

I did a bunch of Stephen King books, like Carrie, Salem's Lot, Apt Pupil and the Shawshank. Then I did the First Law Trilogy, Blood Song, and Brandson Sanderson's Steelheart and Firefight

[Andrew]

A bit late to the party, but I actually have read all of the (current) Green Rider books, and that definitely helped my lull I ran into after Wheel of Time.

[Cadfael]

I suggest anything from Jim Butcher, and most of Brandon Sanderson's works. Salvatore also has some very good books especially the Demon Wars series and the Highwayman series.

[Abhishek]

do try 'epic of ahiram' by Michael munuro.It's heroic epic fantasy, perfect for those who love powerful protagonist.Great fighting scenes and plot development as well as character development.

[wendellmva]

Harry wrote: "After reading The Wheel of Time series in about 3 months, I went through what can only be described as Wheel of Time withdrawal symptoms where all I did was think about the wheel of time, I even co..."

Wheel of time is my favourite series too , I enjoyed it more than Song of fire and Ice. I read Brent Weeks, Robbs which are all excellent but they cannot hold a candle to Jim Butcher's Codex Alera which is so very WOT that it could easily have been written by Jordan too so please try it and let me know what you think.

[Philip]

I would defiantly read the King Killer Chronicles, great series, third should be about ready to come out. Also, the Belgariad and its follow up series, The Malorian are great reads. And while I know its not as well written as some of these other series, The Inheritance series (Eragon) are still some of my favorite books, very fun and easy read.

[Victoria]

Have you read Ursula le Guin? She wrote the Left Hand of Darkness and the Wizard of Earthsea series. And what about the Dragon riders of Pern by Mary McCaffrey.

[Kimberly]

I think next to WoT my favorite is probably thr Demon Child Trilogy by Jennifer Fallon. C.S. Friedman's magister trilogy was also really good.

[Jasprit]

The thing that really kept me intrigued with WOT even when I had to push through some sections of certain books was the massive world building. Since I've finished WOT I've always been on the look out for similar series. I think that whenever I pick up a book I tend to compare it to WOT too much, which in turn does cheapen the experience. That's why I've decided, instead, to look for books that have an expansive world and enjoy it for what it is.

Here are a few series that I have enjoyed.

Demon Cycle by Peter V Brett.
The fear of the people when night came was extremely well portrayed. The whole world seemed extremely frightful. It was an amazing read.

Mageborn by Michael G Manning
I'm almost done with the 2nd book. I've got to admit that level of the writing could be better but like I said before, the world is intriguing and is keeping me interested.

Play to Live by D Rus
I've read the first four books. I enjoyed the fact that the world changes and it affects everyone. How, why and what changes arise are really interesting and engaging.

Hellequin Chronicles by Steve McHugh
This was an amazing read. The main character was so much fun that I read through the books like a starving man. The world building was not as great as WOT but like I said a lot of Fun.

Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia
This has to be one of my favorite reads for 2016. Great world, looking forward to the next books.

The Shadow of What was Lost by James Islington
Hidden Gem!!!! I can't emphasize how much I loved this one. Looking forward to the next books.

[Yaseen]

Guys, I cant believe you guys havent mentioned Brent Weeks , The ligtbringer series. Starts of slow but it really hits it's stride. really good. Nothing compared to WoT of course but there are moments especially in the second and third books that have me spellbound. oh and you have got to try the Malazan Empire books. Not as easy to read as WoT but if you manage to get past the second book you will be an avid fad. Breath Taking in Scope. it would leave even Jordan speechless

[Owen]

I really enjoyed The Belgariad By David Eddings

[Robert]

I just want to throw out two more books for hardcore fantasy readers:

Red Rising trilogy- all I will say is that it is amazing. All 3 books are great, and the last two might even be better than the first.

The Cavalier trilogy- Awesome story, awesome battles, and a little bit more similar to the Wheel of Time.

Some other really good reads- the night angel trilogy, stormlight archives ( not finished), first law trilogy, the name of the wind.

I would recommend both of these series to any fantasy reader, but I would go with the first two first.

[Daniel]

Looks like this thread is sort of still going, so...

The Second Apocalypse by R. Scott Bakker is one incredible fantasy epic. It is MUCH darker than the WoT, and it isn't complete yet, but I can't recommend it enough.

While WoT changes up the "Middle Ages with magic" cliche of fantasy settings by giving us more of a Renaissance-era-type society, The Second Apocalypse goes the other way, depicting cultures with technology about on par with the Middle East around the time of the birth of Jesus.

The volumes that are currently available are:

The Prince of Nothing
The Darkness That Comes Before
The Warrior Prophet
The Thousandfold Thought

The Aspect Emperor
The Judging Eye
The White Luck Warrior
The Great Ordeal

Forthcoming is the final volume in The Aspect Emperor series, The Unholy consult, and the overall series will conclude with what is planned to be a duology (I say "planned to be" because The Aspect Emperor was supposed to be a trilogy, but the last book got split into two volumes), at some point in the future.

[John]

The DragonCrown War Cycle

[Carly]

The Sanctuary Series by Robert J. Crane is great. The first 3 kindle editions are frequently free on Amazon.

[Peter]

Seeing how this thread is still going -

Pretty much anything by David Gemmell, especially the Drenai ones

[Elise]

The obernewton series ...amazing
The farseer trilogy robin Hobbs
Shiptraders series robin hobb

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[Ricardo]

I've read "The Farseer Trilogy", I really liked it. Now reading "The Liveships Traders" and so far awesome. The "Demon Cycle" also very good, and different.
Now what really have satisfied me equally at least as the "The Wheel of Time" is "The Malazan Book of the Fallen"; awesome epic series. Not for everyone, it is definitively for more mature audience than WoT but I guess we all need to grow up :).
I ended up with a real thirst for fantasy after finishing WoT so I started this little project:

https://multifantasyreads.000webhosta...

I'd love to hear more suggestions.

[Beth]

The way of kings
By Brandon Sanderson

[Caroline J.]

Sanderson's Stormlight trilogy is the best one yet. Also Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince. It's an old one but really good.

[Emma]

I started the Lord of the Rings after. I have always wanted to read it and since I already know the characters and the overall story from the movies its kind of softened the blow of finishing the Wheel of Time. Plus, was kinda curious to see why people compare the two, and now I've nearly finished it I can say..... LotR has nothing on WoT and its not even similar... :)

[Barry Vandergriff]

Old string with lot's of great suggestions, as I'm going through withdrawals having just finished the WoT again. Another sweeping epic is The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Also the Bronze Canticles by Tracy was good too, even if unfinished. Finally, The Sovereign Stone Trilogy is another favorite. All with the high fantasy feel, and a smorgasbord of characters.

[Peter]

Emma wrote: "I started the Lord of the Rings after. I have always wanted to read it and since I already know the characters and the overall story from the movies its kind of softened the blow of finishing the W..."

Try reading the first 200 pages of 'The Eye of the World' again, while LOTR is fresh in your mind.

[Emma]

Peter wrote: "Emma wrote: "I started the Lord of the Rings after. I have always wanted to read it and since I already know the characters and the overall story from the movies its kind of softened the blow of fi..."

Funny you say that, because I just picked up TEOTW again and am 240 pages in. I picked up on how Tam and Bilbo both left their sheltered village and went out and had adventures and came back *big gasp*. My opinion still stands.

[Peter]

Bilbo wasn't in the Lord of the Rings, except marginally.

I was referring to the similarity of names, and having to flee an unknown malific being.

[Emma]

Peter wrote: "Bilbo wasn't in the Lord of the Rings, except marginally.

I was referring to the similarity of names, and having to flee an unknown malific being."

Bilbo was in the lord of the rings. Who’s names exactly?

[Peter]

Emma wrote: "Peter wrote: "Bilbo wasn't in the Lord of the Rings, except marginally.

I was referring to the similarity of names, and having to flee an unknown malific being."

Bilbo was in the lord of the ring..."

Bilbo was at the Party, then he went to Rivendell. Frodo was the main hobbit in LOTR