Books like A Cavern Of Black Ice
30 fantasy books to read after A Cavern Of Black Ice, by Jones, J. V., the closest match first.
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1. The Incorruptibles
by Jacobs, John Horner
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This book is an odd mix of Western, Ancient Roman, steampunk, demons, elves and dwarves. It's a one of a kind book primarily just about the fates of a small...
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2. The Witcher
by Sapkowski, Andrzej
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Polish fantasy has come to North America and, judging from how awesome it is, here to stay.If you've played the fabulous 'Witcher' video games, you'll have some idea what this...
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The Dark Tower book 1 Start here
3. The Gunslinger
by King, Stephen
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For a fantasy-ish recommendation, which features a whole many worlds concept.
Roland, the world's last gunslinger, tracks an enigmatic Man in Black toward a forbidding dark tower, fighting forces both mortal and other-worldly on his quest
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4. Midnight Sun
by Wagner, Karl Edward
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Welcome to the world of Kane, perhaps the most complex characters in early Sword and Sorcery pulp. Wagner with his Kane stores together with Howard's Conan helped shaped the Sword...
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Instrumentalities Of The Night book 1 Start here
5. The Tyranny Of The Night
by Cook, Glen
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Another entry from the always awesome Glen Cook, a new almost mystical figure in the fantasy world with his genre defining work The Black Company which pretty much helped birth...
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Aeons' Gate book 1 Start here
6. Tome Of The Undergates
by Sykes, Sam
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Another one of those grimdarks that borrows heavily from the Joe Abercrombie style of it. But, perhaps a bit much of it. If you like your world bleak and dirty...
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7. Son Of The Morning
by Alder, Mark
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Wow, what a ride this novel was. Highly ambitious and imaginative, Son of Morning proves itself a player in the genre. The book is a blend of alternative history blended...
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8. Red Tide
by Turner, Marc
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Marc Turner stepped into the fantasy genre in 2015 with his first book, When the Heavens Fall, which was a good combination of high fantasy and grimdark. His second release,...
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9. The Forgetting Moon
by Durfee, Brian Lee
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The Forgetting Moon is the first book in The Five Warrior Angels by newcomer Brian Lee Durfee, and boy is it a fun ride. We all know the classic fantasy...
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10. Snakewood
by Selby, Adrian
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This book is about the retired members of a legendary band of mercenaries called 'Kailen's Twenty' being hunted down and murdered for reasons unknown. As such, the surviving members must...
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11. The Dragon's Legacy
by Wolf, Deborah A.
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This is a brand-new novel from a debut author, and is a great addition to the grimdark roster. The world is slowly dying, with fewer babies born every year, and...
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12. Sword Of Shadows
by Jones, J. V.
- Same author
I can't say enough good things about this amazing fantasy series except that the author has gone completely AWOL and, as of 2015, looks like she's pretty much abandoned writing...
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Low Town book 1 Start here
13. Low Town
by Polansky, Daniel
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Low Town (titled the Straight-Razor Cure in the UK), is the first instalment in the Low Town series, and is a noir detective mystery transplanted to a fantasy setting. The...
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14. Conan The Barbarian
by Howard, Robert E.
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When someone mentions Sword and Sorcery, what comes to mind is Conan the Barbarian, arguably the greatest representation of the genre. It’s true that the story of Conan has been...
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The Vagrant book 1 Start here
15. The Vagrant
by Newman, Peter
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This book is about the titular vagrant, who is a mute, and his journey across a desolate, demon-ravaged world with a baby and a goat. It sounds pretty weird and...
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16. The Barrow
by Smylie, Mark
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The Barrow was a 2014 release of pure, unadulterated grimdark with a cast of antiheroes. Vicious, action-packed, brutal with more bad language throne in than Eminem song. And did I...
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17. The Godless World
by Ruckley, Brian
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I would categorize this as the bastard child of Tolkien and Martin: it has some of the ancient lore and world-building mythos present in Tolkien crossed with the dark grittiness...
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18. Herald Of The Storm
by Ford, Richard
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A new author who pays some serious tribute to Abercrombie with his style of grimdark. Do read if you like depressing, action ridden fantasy with a cast of troubled heroes....
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19. The Left Hand Of God
by Hoffman, Paul
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One of the more interesting series. The author takes the classic young prodigy destined to change the world conceit and plays around with it in some new ways. For one,...
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Shattered Sea book 1 Start here
20. Half A King
by Abercrombie, Joe
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Reading a new Abercrombie book is just like going to a fancy restaurant, it doesn't happen very often, but when it does, you relish every moment of the experience. Half...
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Sword Of Shadows book 1 Start here
21. A Cavern Of Black Ice
by Jones, J. V.
- Same author
Set in the same world as her bestselling The Book of Words trilogy, A Cavern of Black Ice is the first book in the separate Sword of Shadows series. This...
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Sword Of Shadows book 2
22. A Fortress Of Gray Ice
by Jones, J. V.
- Same author
Sixteen years have passed since the dramatic events of Fortress of Dragons, and Cefwyn, king at last, must rebuild his devastated kingdom. The embattled ruler is aided by his powerful...
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Sword Of Shadows book 3
23. A Sword From Red Ice
by Jones, J. V.
- Same author
Master storyteller J. V. Jones (called "a striking writer" by Robert Jordan) weaves an unforgettable tale of ambition, dangerous, arrogant clan chiefs a young woman whose mystical destiny is shrouded...
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Sword Of Shadows book 2
24. A Fortress Of Grey Ice
by Jones, J. V.
- Same author
Ash March joins the last of the mysterious, mythological Sull to help prepare them for the coming war, while Raif, an outlaw and outcast, continues the journey to find the...
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Book Of Words book 1 Start here
25. The Baker's Boy
by Jones, J. V.
- Same author
The first novel in a brilliantly crafted trilogy. As the King of the Four Kingdoms lays dying, traitorous conspirators prepare a political marriage to ensure their control of the crown....
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Book Of Words book 2
26. A Man Betrayed
by Jones, J. V.
- Same author
Volume 2 of the Book of Words series, is a fantasy adventure where the lethal conspiracies and deadly intrigues of the mighty can be countered only by the power of...
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Book Of Words book 3
27. Master And Fool
by Jones, J. V.
- Same author
The Known Lands are teetering on the brink of war. Desperate to avert worldwide catastrophe, Jack, the baker's boy, must learn to harness the full strength of his magic to...
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28. Skullsworn
by Staveley, Brian
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Most magic systems have a single source. In Earthsea, it’s words, Mistborn has metals, and so on. With his worldseries, Stavely does things a little differently. Magic users, known as...
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The Red Queen's War book 1 Start here
29. Prince Of Fools
by Lawrence, Mark
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This first entry into the Red Queen's War trilogy is about a layabout, womanizing, alcoholic prince. He's also just funny enough not to think he's an utter bastard. Okay, he's...
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Manifest Delusions book 1 Start here
30. Beyond Redemption
by Fletcher, Michael R.
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In a world where belief defines reality, the world could be a paradise, right? Not in Fletcher's world of Manifest Delusions, where corpses line the streets and narcissists spawn false...
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