Gods In Darkness: The Complete Novels Of Kane
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30 fantasy books to read after Gods In Darkness: The Complete Novels Of Kane, by Wagner, Karl Edward, the closest match first.
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Low Town book 1 Start here
1. 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 gritty noir crime story that just happens to be...
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2. The Spook's Apprentice
by Delaney, Joseph
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This book (and the rest of the Wardstone Chronicles) genuinely scared the absolute shit out of me when I first read it. It's the story of a young boy being...
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3. Neverwhere
by Gaiman, Neil
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Gaiman's work is perfect for anyone who's after stories with 'mundane' protagonists from the real world who are pulled into worlds of unsettling dark fantasy. His stories have worth not...
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4. Midnight Sun
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
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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Elric book 1 Start here
5. Elric Of Melniboné
by Moorcock, Michael
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Elric is the famed albino sorcerer and wielder of Stormbringer, a sentient sword that confers power upon its wielder. All for the totally-reasonable price of being fed souls. Needless to...
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The Demonata book 1 Start here
6. Lord Loss
by Shan, Darren
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This is the opening to a 10-book series for young adults, and holy shit is it heavy for something supposedly aimed at young people. It's urban dark fantasy rather than...
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The Vagrant book 1 Start here
7. 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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8. Night Winds
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
First standalone hardcover, illustrated edition of Karl Edward Wagner's Night Winds, a collection of stories with the anti-hero, Kane.
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9. Bloodstone
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
Fifteen-year-old Amelina Scott lives in Cambridge with her dysfunctional family, a mysterious black cat, and an unusual girl who is imprisoned within the mirrors located in her house. When an...
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10. Kane
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
One of the original anti-heroes in the fantasy genre; together with the Conan stories by Howard, Wagner's Kane helped shape (even start) the Sword and Sorcery genre.Kane is arguably one...
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11. Dark Crusade
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
First standalone hardcover, illustrated edition of Karl Edward Wagner's Dark Crusade, a novel about his great anti-hero, Kane.
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12. Death Angel's Shadow
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
The first collection of tales of Kane, an immortal wanderer, a Cain-like murderer, sorcerer and swordsman who has been cursed to walk the world through the ages. It collects the...
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13. Darkness Weaves
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
The first novel in the Kane series, Wagner is often credited with reenergizing the sub-genre.
First standalone hardcover, illustrated edition of Karl Edward Wagner's Darkness Weaves, a novel about his great anti-hero, Kane.
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14. Night Winds
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
From goodreads: "KANE - The Mystic Swordsman ranges Earth and Time to confront the demons of darkness Where once the mighty Kane has passed, no one who lives forgets. Now,...
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The Red Queen's War book 1 Start here
15. 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
16. 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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The Crimson Empire book 1 Start here
17. A Crown For Cold Silver
by Marshall, Alex
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The Crimson Empire trilogy, of which there are two instalments published at the time of writing, is one of the best additions to darker fantasy in recent years. It's the...
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American Gods book 1 Start here
18. American Gods
by Gaiman, Neil
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In his novel, American Gods, Neil Gaiman ventures into the heart of contemporary America, juxtaposing the decline of America's 'Old Gods' with the rise of new 'deities' (e.g. technology, mass...
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First Law World book 1 Start here
19. The Blade Itself
by Abercrombie, Joe
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Abercrombie's work has become synonymous with the growing sub-genre of grimdark fantasy Naturally there's a lot of crossover between grimdark fantasy (which subverts the tropes of traditional heroic fantasy) and...
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Night Angel book 1 Start here
20. The Way Of Shadows
by Weeks, Brent
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With magically enhanced assassins, intrigue, and a conflicted protagonist, this trilogy is epic and personal.
The Night Angel trilogy is the story of a young, abused street-thief's transformation into a badass, magically-enhanced assassin. As one might expect from a story about learning to kill people...
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The Dark Tower book 1 Start here
21. The Gunslinger
by King, Stephen
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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen Kings greatest literary achievement...
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The Acts Of Caine book 1 Start here
22. Heroes Die
by Stover, Matthew Woodring
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A novel about two worlds that blends Science Fiction and Fantasy. An action packed adventure filled with real danger, sorcery, and a complex social system.
The Acts of Caine series takes adventure fantasy and drags it sixteen miles through the mud, and then tortures what's left. In a dystopian future, humanity has discovered a way...
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Abhorsen book 1 Start here
23. Sabriel
by Nix, Garth
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Garth Nix's Sabriel is marketed to the young adult audience but easily appeals to a wider readership. Fantastic world-building paints both the realm of Ancelstierre, and The Old Kingdom, where...
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Watch book 1 Start here
24. Night Watch
by Lukyanenko, Sergei
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The unusual Moscow setting of Night Watch is echoed by its magic system. Lukyanenko’s contemporary world is inhabited by both humans and ‘Others’, supernatural beings who can attune to Dark...
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25. Malazan Book Of The Fallen
by Erikson, Steven
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A grand and epic series with a huge cast of characters with epic battles, sieges, mages, and carnage.
Steven Eriksen has been both lauded and criticized for his extreme detail, and that extends to his magic system. In Malazan, magic comes from warrens, a realm from which mages...
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The Prince Of Nothing book 1 Start here
26. The Darkness That Comes Before
by Bakker, R. Scott
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This book and the Prince of Nothing trilogy, as well as the other books that follow, are so dark that you'll need a shower after reading them. And therapy. This...
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A Song Of Ice And Fire book 1 Start here
27. A Game Of Thrones
by Martin, George R. R.
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While Martin's epic contains a lot of brutality towards women, it also shows how women, surviving in a man's world, can use their cunning, charm, and looks to run the...
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28. The Demon Cycle
by Brett, Peter V.
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At night, Peter V. Brett’s world changes. Demons rise from the planet’s core, infused with supernatural powers and with a hunger for human flesh.Constant bombardment has knocked humans back into...
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29. Broken Empire / Red Queens War
by Lawrence, Mark
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The first in The Broken Empire series, this gritty and violent novel focuses on a single character, who is an anti-hero, with a very dark past.
Mark Lawrence doesn’t use an abundance of technical explanations and diagrams, but that doesn’t make his magic system any less interesting. In fact, it lets him focus on his astonishing...
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The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever book 1 Start here
30. Lord Foul's Bane
by Donaldson, Stephen R.
- On the same lists
Epic Fantasy that's also very High Fantasy. Features an antihero hero.
Lord Foul's Bane begins the epic Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, a series in which a leprosy-stricken man in the real world is transported to a stereotypical fantasy world....
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