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I love Brandon Sandersons books anyone have recommendations on books like his that are good?

[Treamayne]

4 hours ago, Heraldoflove said:

I love Brandon Sandersons books anyone have recommendations on books like his that are good?

We have a whole Recommended Reading thread that is populated by various users submitting their recommendations.

There is also the What are you reading? thread, and you can read the thread or search that thread for people's discussion on a specific book or series - for example, go to the link, and at the top the search bar should say "this topic" when you hover. Search "Lightbringer" for discussion of that series (by Brent Weeks - Five books total - complete) that has a magic system similar to how Sanderson developes them (Minor Spoilers):

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Lightbringer's magic is "Drafting" - which allows a Drafter to turn the color of light for which they have an affinity into matter. Each color of light has different properties and applications. Some (very few) Drafters are "Polychromes," meaning they can Draft more than one color. Since they must see/absorb their wavelength of light (a green drafter looking at plants to absorb green light) they have finally started to learn how to use glasses with colored lenses to expand their capability. . . 

. . . Oh, the magic is also Cast from Sanity. The more you draft the quicker your Iris fillls up with your color(s). If you get to the point you "break the halo" (this color extending into the sclera and breaking off) you go insane and need to be put down like a rabid dog. 

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Hope that helps

Edited January 29, 2025 by Treamayne
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[Keke They/he]

On 1/29/2025 at 5:54 AM, Heraldoflove said:

I love Brandon Sandersons books anyone have recommendations on books like his that are good?

Ok i dunno if it’s like per se but…. RANGERS APPRENTIE ITS SO GOOD ITSTHE BEST I CANT RLLY DESCRIBE IT BUT ITS SO GOOD

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

20 hours ago, Thee insane said:

Ok i dunno if it’s like per se but…. RANGERS APPRENTIE ITS SO GOOD ITSTHE BEST I CANT RLLY DESCRIBE IT BUT ITS SO GOOD

Ok I’ll check it out thanks

[Treamayne]

1 minute ago, Heraldoflove said:

Ok I’ll check it out thanks

Were you able to find anything in the links above, or do you only want direct recommendations here?

On 1/29/2025 at 7:54 AM, Heraldoflove said:

books like his

By this do you mean Cosmere? Non-Cosmere? Both?

Do you have a preference for SciFi, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and/or Sci-Fan?

Any age range or content preferences or limitations?

Data would help find appropriate recommendations. . .

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

6 hours ago, Treamayne said:

Were you able to find anything in the links above, or do you only want direct recommendations here?

By this do you mean Cosmere? Non-Cosmere? Both?

Do you have a preference for SciFi, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and/or Sci-Fan?

Any age range or content preferences or limitations?

Data would help find appropriate recommendations. . .

I would prefer direct recommendations here bc it’s easier to find

both it doesn’t even have to be Brandon Sanderson I’m just running out of books

I usually tend to enjoy fantasy more but I’m willing to try anything

errr I’d say YA

[Treamayne]

1 hour ago, Heraldoflove said:

I would prefer direct recommendations here bc it’s easier to find

both it doesn’t even have to be Brandon Sanderson I’m just running out of books

I usually tend to enjoy fantasy more but I’m willing to try anything

errr I’d say YA

Well, if you didn't look at the link, just know that it is indexed with summaries and other info.

My top recommendations for Fantasy and YA-adjacent (Nothing too explicit) would be:

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•  Codex Alera
  • Book one: Furies of Calderon
  • 6 Books - Complete
• Author: Jim Butcher
• Lost Roman Legion didn't disappear on Earth, they were somehow transported to the world of Carna where all "lost travellers of the universe" end up. Beset by enemies on all sides, they eventually developed the capacity for a symbiotic bond with the local "furies" (elementals) which gives them access to "Furycrafting" (possibly the best expression of elemental magic in SF - IMO). After over 1000 yrs of development, the former Romans have created the Aleran Kingdom spanning nearly the entire continent. As of book one, the Heir is dead and Alera begins it's steady march toward civil war as the High Lords begin to vie for power once the aging First Lord should retire or die (or be killed). Into this is born Tavi, a shepherd's apprentice who is the first known Alrean to possess no furycraft in centuries. (Note: Book titles are spoilers so beware of checking them out early)

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•  Seven Kennings
  • Book one: A Plague of Giants
  • Trilogy - Complete
• Author: Kevin Hearne
• In Teldwen, Kennings are a form of elemental magic open to anybody, if you are willing to risk your life for the chance to be blessed with a kenning (for example, you can dive into Bryn's Lung, a coastal corel well. Swim to the bottom and you will either be blessed with the Kenning of Water - or drown. There's about a 60% survival rate). The continent has been invaded. . . twice. Following a volcanic eruption at the site of the First Kenning (Fire), the survivors of that island escape to invade the west coast under the guise of refugees (with no intention of leaving - ever). A few months later, a previously unseen race of giants (nicknamed Bone Giants by the invaded) become the first to ever cross the ocean to the East (their west) and survive the krakens that fiercly guard those waters ad are searching for something. Can the denizens of the nations where the Five Kennings are found survive? Is the Sixth Kenning a myth, as long beleived? And what is the Seventh Kenning these Bone Giants are searching for?
• From the author's blog post:
  • And what, pray tell, is the Seven Kennings all about? Quite a bit. How we endure and rebuild when the world crashes around us. How a nation’s priorities are reflected in who prospers and who doesn’t, whose stories are told and whose aren’t. How we can coexist with nature and each other. But the kennings themselves are deep magical ties to elemental forces that anyone can tap into if they’re willing to risk their life for it. The first kenning is fire; the second is air; the third is earth; the fourth is water; and the fifth is plant life. When A Plague of Giants opens, the world knows of five kennings and assumes there is a sixth, an affinity with animals, that hasn’t been discovered yet. A seventh isn’t even dreamed of.

Both of those have some exceptional examples of Elemental Magic, and both are hard magics similar to Sanderson uses. 

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• Age of Fire 
  • Book 1   - Dragon Champion
  • Two Trilogies
• E. E. Knight 
• Epic Fantasy
  • The first trilogy has each book from the point of view of one of three surviving hatchling dragons who escape when their parents and siblings are killed. Dragon Champion follows AuRon (Auron), the youngest male and clutchwinner. After being separated from Wistala, he is captured and sold to humans buying dragon hatchlings. He escapes and sets forth to seek the dragon NooMoahk because of a rumor that the ancient black knows the secret of dragonkind's supposed fatal weakness. Along the way he encounters many friends and future allies, the Dawn Roarer wolf pack, the tradesdwarf Djer, Naf the mercenary and the girl-child Hieba.

The second trilogy is not bad, but not as good as the first and follows the Dragons as they attempt to rebuild their society after near-extinction.

Less Magic (some magic, but a bit soft), more Worldbuilding like Sanderson. The Dragon PoVs are very well done and the interactions between the separate book's storylines is spectacular. 

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• Grey Angelus  
  • Book 1  - The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey
  • One novel and one novella complete
• Shawn Speakman
• Future Sci-Fan 
  • In the far distant future, the last remnants of humanity fight for survival on what remains of Erth, when they are invaded – not by aliens, but by the descendants of humanity that fled a dying planet over a thousand years ago. The Imperium defeated Erth’s forces ten years ago through treachery, and now the last daughter of the disgraced former family must rise up to fight to regain freedom.

This is Sci-Fan, but an excellent start to a new series. Interesting fantasy elements in a soft-sci-fi setting of far future Earth. 

 

 

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

19 hours ago, Treamayne said:

Well, if you didn't look at the link, just know that it is indexed with summaries and other info.

My top recommendations for Fantasy and YA-adjacent (Nothing too explicit) would be:

Both of those have some exceptional examples of Elemental Magic, and both are hard magics similar to Sanderson uses. 

Less Magic (some magic, but a bit soft), more Worldbuilding like Sanderson. The Dragon PoVs are very well done and the interactions between the separate book's storylines is spectacular. 

This is Sci-Fan, but an excellent start to a new series. Interesting fantasy elements in a soft-sci-fi setting of far future Earth. 

 

 

Thanks so much I’ll check them out