My current list is pretty straightforward.
ASOIAF
The Library at Mount Char
Mistborn
Dragonlance
Myst trilogy
Honorable mentions: Stormlight Archive, Harry Potter
+1 for Gavilar. There’s been a ton of build-up through other POV’s who interacted with him. It’s time we learned how he got those spheres, how he met the Heralds etc.
Whipped up a 1,000 word flash fiction, just having some fun.
This is about a man who molts for three days to ascend as the new king. No swearing. No gore per se, but maybe some yucky descriptions of blood and dead skin.