Books like Midnight Sun
30 fantasy books to read after Midnight Sun, by Wagner, Karl Edward, 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. A Cavern Of Black Ice
by Jones, J. V.
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The first in the Sword of Shadows series (which is still not yet complete with over 5 years since Jones published the last book) and a gritty, epic fantasy. Jones...
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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. Gods In Darkness: The Complete Novels Of Kane
by Wagner, Karl Edward
- Same author
Kane is a bloodthirsty warrior and cunning thinker, one of the first anti-heroes of sword-and-sorcery.
Kane is the original anti-hero, both a bloodthirsty warrior and a cunning intellectual, and in his stories he's more often than not one of the bad guys, but with a...
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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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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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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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26. 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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27. 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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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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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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