What next after The Witcher?

[Tusia]

I have read The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski and was completely blown away. After finishing it I felt empty, like how to find another as good book as this one?

I chose Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. I finished the trilogy and moved on to the Six of Crows but got bored and left it unfinished.

I chose trilogy about Kociolek: Nie ma tego zlego, Glodna Puszcza, Przed wyruszeniem w droge by Marcin Mortka. I liked it as it was funny but not as deep as The Witcher.

I started Eragon Christopher Paolini . It's ok but he's too young for me (he's like what? 16 and Im 40 so his thoughts and feelings are below my level...). I am almost done with this book.

Anyone could recommend a good fantasy book? I loved the deep thoughts and inner lives and emotions of The Witcher's characters and I'd love a book similar to this one.

[Gabi]

I go for the obvious one, if you haven't read it already: Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson starting with The Way of Kings. His characters are deeply layered, he emphasises a lot on mental problems, but he avoids the pity party some authors celebrate with their moody characters. It is always about the how to be better, how to struggle through, how to not give up when there are throw backs.

[Tusia]

Thank you! Sounds really interesting! I'll give it a go :)

[Rebecca]

Agreed, anything by Sando will be a great place to start. I first picked up Mistborn and excited to ready Elantris (sp?) soon.

[Hans]

I can recommend the First Law books by Joe Abercrombie plus the three standalone novels in the same universe and the follow-up trilogy The Age of Madness. Just start with The Blade Itself and work your way up.

The series is dark and gritty but not without humour, it's full of memorable characters, there's a lot of intrigue, great battles but also fantastic dialogue. So, a lot of the stuff I really loved about The Witcher books.

For example, remember the Battle of Brenna from The Lady of the Lake? The Heroes, one of the three standalone novels that take place after the main trilogy is pretty similar to this in that it shows a largescale battle from different perspectives and while doing so exposes the senselessness of it all.

[Tusia]

Thank you for the tips
I'm gonna save them in my to-read list 😊

[Tusia]

Started with The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. I'm still at the very beginning but his way of describing events and characters is amazing. I can see exactly how Glotka limps and have pain here and there. So vivid descriptions :).

[Brandon]

If you end up loving all of The Blade Itself, then you might want to look at Merphy Napier's YouTube/BookTube channel. She is a big fan of his writing and mostly reads SF/F and literary fiction.

[DivaDiane]

I would recommend the Realms of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb, which starts with The Assassin’s Apprentice and goes from there 16 books/bricks long. It’s my absolute favorite fantasy series.