What to read next?

[Adonalsium'sSpren Ardent]

I have read the entire cosmere available, along with the rithmatist, alcatraz, and, the reckoners series.

what should i read next?

[FantasyFanatic Lighteyes]

Well, I currently going through the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and that is phenomenal. The Riyria Revelations are another great read.  

[Honorless Lord Ruler]

Give Daniel Abraham, Victoria Schwab, Michael J Sullivan (like FF just mentioned), Robert Jordan, Ursula Le Guin, China Miéville or Patrick Ness a look.

[Ghanderflaffle Listener]

There's also a couple of Sanderson books you are missing. There's Stephen Leeds (which I haven’t gotten to yet) and Skyward.

[Experience Listener]

You should read Skyward. It's amazing.

[Frustration Sliver]

I recommenced anything by J. R. R. Tolkien or Brandon Mull. IMO(and I stopped on book 5) WoT isn't worth anything until book 4 and there is a content warning so do be mindful of that.

[Fezzik Soulcaster]

Content warning for wheel of time? What? It is not any more graphic than, say, Warbreaker. Admittedly, it has been a few years since I re-read it, but I don't remember anything objectionable in it.

[Frustration Sliver]

3 minutes ago, John203 said:

Content warning for wheel of time? What? It is not any more graphic than, say, Warbreaker. Admittedly, it has been a few years since I re-read it, but I don't remember anything objectionable in it.

Personally I would and do give warning for Warbreaker to.

[Boomerang Guy Dakhor Monk]

2 hours ago, Experience said:

You should read Skyward. It's amazing.

And Starsight! Both are Awesome.

[EddyJ Idrian Monk]

9 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Personally I would and do give warning for Warbreaker to.

Yep, Warbreaker and WoT get content warnings, though WoT's potentially objectionable content is much more...pervasive, let's say.

[Orlion Blight Voidbringer]

Content warnings without indications of what content you are warning against are pointless. I mean, what are you warning against? Fantasy swearing? Drinking? Sexual content? Violence described in terms of watermelon destruction? Dress smoothing? 

[Frustration Sliver]

3 minutes ago, Orlion the Platypus said:

 Sexual content?

This is the only thing I give warning for, maybe real swears, but only if there's a lot.

[Nameless* Steel Inquisitor]

5 hours ago, Adonalsium'sSpren said:

I have read the entire cosmere available, along with the rithmatist, alcatraz, and, the reckoners series.

Have you read Aether of Night?

[FantasyFanatic Lighteyes]

4 hours ago, Frustration said:

Personally I would and do give warning for Warbreaker to.

Yeah, I kinda read Warbreaker when I was 11, so yeah.

[Ammanas Rambleman]

I recommend reading the best kept secret in the fantasy genre: The Shadows of the Apt series by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Epic in scope but very easy to follow. 10 books and four short story collections so it should keep you busy for awhile.

[Adonalsium'sSpren Ardent]

21 hours ago, FantasyFanitic said:

Well, I currently going through the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and that is phenomenal. The Riyria Revelations are another great read.  

 

21 hours ago, Dreamer said:

Give Daniel Abraham, Victoria Schwab, Michael J Sullivan (like FF just mentioned), Robert Jordan, Ursula Le Guin, China Miéville or Patrick Ness a look.

 

19 hours ago, Ghanderflaffle said:

There's also a couple of Sanderson books you are missing. There's Stephen Leeds (which I haven’t gotten to yet) and Skyward.

 

19 hours ago, Experience said:

You should read Skyward. It's amazing.

 

17 hours ago, Frustration said:

I recommenced anything by J. R. R. Tolkien or Brandon Mull. IMO(and I stopped on book 5) WoT isn't worth anything until book 4 and there is a content warning so do be mindful of that.

 

17 hours ago, John203 said:

Content warning for wheel of time? What? It is not any more graphic than, say, Warbreaker. Admittedly, it has been a few years since I re-read it, but I don't remember anything objectionable in it.

 

17 hours ago, Frustration said:

Personally I would and do give warning for Warbreaker to.

 

17 hours ago, McWafy said:

And Starsight! Both are Awesome.

 

16 hours ago, EddyJ said:

Yep, Warbreaker and WoT get content warnings, though WoT's potentially objectionable content is much more...pervasive, let's say.

 

16 hours ago, Orlion the Platypus said:

Content warnings without indications of what content you are warning against are pointless. I mean, what are you warning against? Fantasy swearing? Drinking? Sexual content? Violence described in terms of watermelon destruction? Dress smoothing? 

 

16 hours ago, Frustration said:

This is the only thing I give warning for, maybe real swears, but only if there's a lot.

 

16 hours ago, Nameless said:

Have you read Aether of Night?

 

12 hours ago, FantasyFanitic said:

Yeah, I kinda read Warbreaker when I was 11, so yeah.

 

12 hours ago, Ammanas said:

I recommend reading the best kept secret in the fantasy genre: The Shadows of the Apt series by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Epic in scope but very easy to follow. 10 books and four short story collections so it should keep you busy for awhile.

Thank you everyone! I appreciate your answering 

[robust_jojo Spren]

You could always read Brandon Sanderson's unreleased content on his website. He also has short stories, book annotations (his notes), and deleted chapters. Congrats on reading pretty much all his work! 

[thebubblesarealie Bridgeman]

It is unfathomable to me that no one recommended Patrick Rothfuss’ Name of The Wind. Perhaps objectionable content, particularly in the second book, but truly a classic of epic fantasy. Really great magic system combined with beautiful prose makes it a thing to behold.

[Ammanas Rambleman]

1 hour ago, thebubblesarealie said:

 

It is unfathomable to me that no one recommended Patrick Rothfuss’ Name of The Wind.

 

In my opinion it’s perfectly fathomable because I have serious doubts if the third book of the trilogy will ever be released. These books are not stand alones either. I’m all about supporting authors that are not done with the series; so the publishers will want to continue the series and not cut it short. But the time lapse between books and his attitude are indefensible. 

Its hard to have tone come across in print, but would just like to offer my comments as a humble opinion and not meant to come across as combative.

[thebubblesarealie Bridgeman]

That’s a fair point. I do believe he intends to release it, but I understand his reasons for not releasing it. He doesn’t feel that it’s done. That’s okay. I’d rather read a completed book in 5 years than a so-so one now. And personally, I don’t feel the same longing to read the last one that others do. Oh, sure, I’d love to read it, and I’d buy it as soon as I could. However, personally I find both the books amazing enough as they are to be worth reading, as long as you can handle partial cliffhangers. There is an argument to be made that it is a testament to his success as an author that people still love his work as much as they do even though he has not released the last book. He’s a person too, and it’s unfair to him to say that he needs to release it now.

I agree with you that his attitude is a problem. I don’t see that as any reason to not read the books.

I definitely see the argument that if he hasn’t released the 3rd book, why read the first two. I don’t agree with that personally, but others may have other feelings.

Mods, if you think this is off topic, feel free to remove.

[Xaladin Seer]

Just finished WoT and it is Awesome (not in the Edgedancing way but there is plenty of magic too). That’s why I have been absent from 17thshard the last year and a half, lol.

Re WoT warnings (I just barely read it, so listen up):

”Will I enjoy it”: The biggest criticism for WoT is probably length. The series is very long. If you didn’t struggle with reading tWoK and enjoy the genre, you probably won’t mind the length of WoT. Are there flaws if you psycho-analyze it? Sure, but I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. There is a considerable amount of “chosen one”-driven plot too, so if you really don’t like that kind of story, you have been warned. 

Sexual content: Present, though most details are left to the imagination of the reader. I wouldn’t classify it as pornographic. It really is the same level as Warbreaker, but with more (due to length of the series). There are a lot of unorthodox relationships too, so if “open relationships”, sharing women/men etc. bothers you, you have been warned.

Nudity: Present. Details of genitalia? Not present.

Gender politics: If you get easily offended by political correctness/ incorrectness, be aware there are a lot of gender politics in the Wheel of Time. Indeed I would say that is a major theme of the series. Robert Jordan explores in detail a world where women play a much more prominent leadership role than in our present “real world”.

Swearwords: In-world swearing ftw! Exactly the same as in Brandon’s books I’d say.

Violence: Very frequent, and somewhat graphic. Blood, torn bodies, etc. present. Not maxed-out level graphic, but RJ was not shy here. Violence is also not promoted by RJ (any more than by Brandon, in my estimation), meaning that sympathetic characters do avoid violence wherever possible, sometimes even to endangering their mission, etc.

Disturbing imagery: Very much present. If “worse than dead” scenarios (eternal screaming) or psychological torment (like being forced to do something really Bad, or being inside the head of a character who thoroughly enjoys very graphic violence) freaks you out excessively, consider yourself warned. I would rate WoT’s disturbing scenes more disturbing than Brandon’s, though maybe not by a mile. If nothing bothered you in the Mistborn original trilogy, you’re probably OK.

Smoking/alcohol: Present, and not discouraged by the author.

Awesome level: 10/10 on my scale. Enjoy!

Edited April 28, 2020 by Xaladin

[Bookish Ocelot Ghostblood]

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. It's a stand-alone epic fantasy with DRAGONS!

[Ark1002 Lerasium Mistborn]

On 4/10/2020 at 10:39 AM, Frustration said:

Personally I would and do give warning for Warbreaker to.

because of the fact that there is mentions of sex? That's to be expected with an adult book.

[Frustration Sliver]

8 minutes ago, Arcc1002 said:

because of the fact that there is mentions of sex? That's to be expected with an adult book.

Your tastes are your own but yes.

[Ark1002 Lerasium Mistborn]

3 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Your tastes are your own but yes.

My tastes...?

It is fairly simple. Childrens books limit violence, graphic descriptions, etc. and have no mention of sex.

Young adults might make innuendos and can have more violence and graphics, along with swearing. 

Adult books swear, and can have at least references to sex, and some more extreme violence.

I'd say a content warning would be actual sex scenes, or incredibly extreme graphics. If you're reading adult novels though, you should expect references to sex.