Please recommend books to someone who loves Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty, which is a Middle Eastern/Islamic folktale take on the fantasy epic. Also fun is Naomi Novik's Temeraire novels, which are the Napoleonic Wars, but with dragons.

LOVE the Daevabad Trilogy - truly epic.

Np -- thanks, I'm excited about this!

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What about the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon. They are a very long sequence of stories based on the concept of time travel between the post war period in the UK and the 1570s in Scotland. A bit of a "bodice ripper" in places and very violent in others - which again, links back to the GOT books / stories.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband really likes the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

Yes! The Wheel of Time is kind of a bridge between LOTR and GOT. It's epic (and the first book intentionally follows the beats of LOTR) but becomes modern and it's own thing as the series progresses. It's 14 books, so it's long, but so worth it!

The audiobooks are fantastic.

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Jeff Wheeler - Kingfountain Series or Harbinger Series

GOT-intrigue, not overly sexual or violent.

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Anonymous wrote:What about the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon. They are a very long sequence of stories based on the concept of time travel between the post war period in the UK and the 1570s in Scotland. A bit of a "bodice ripper" in places and very violent in others - which again, links back to the GOT books / stories.

OP here. These are a good rec! Alas, I already read them several years ago during a major romance kick. They came highly recommended by a friend who knew I liked sci fi and time travel stories. But yes, they are just the sort of thing I'm looking for!

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+1 to Temeraire, Kingkiller Chronicles, and Mistborn series!

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Captive Prince trilogy, CS Pacat.

Book one is hard to get through. Absolutely wonderful payoff by the end of the series. Book two one of my favorites ever.

Content warnings abound, but if you are ok with Game of Thrones, should be ok.

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For Jemisin, while I know her later books were more critically acclaimed, I really love her first two series.

Ursula Le Guin: A Wizard of Earthsea

C.L. Polk: Witchmark -- this is the first of the series, and they are Victoriana steampunk rather than high fantasy, but still tons of fun.

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Speaking of Arthurian fantasy, there's The Once and Future King, by TH White. If you can get the first book, The Sword and the Stone, in the original separate edition, it's even better.

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+1 for Wheel of Time, it’s a classic series. Plus Shannara series by Terry Brooks

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The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. More of a fantasy series than the horror books he’s known for, really well done.