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30 fantasy books to read after Sleeping Late For Judgment Day, by Williams, Tad, the closest match first.

  1. Dirty Streets Of Heaven

    Bobby Dollar book 1 Start here

    1. Dirty Streets Of Heaven

    by Williams, Tad

    • Same series
    • Same author

    This one by Tad Williams, a master at writing well plotted, rich fantasy tales.This is his second foray into urban fantasy territory (first being War of the Flowers - another...

  2. Happy Hour In Hell

    Bobby Dollar book 2

    2. Happy Hour In Hell

    by Williams, Tad

    • Same series
    • Same author

    I’ve been told to go to Hell more times than I can count. But this time I’m actually going. My name’s Bobby Dollar, sometimes known as Doloriel, and of course,...

  3. God Rest Ye Merry  Gentlepig

    3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlepig

    by Williams, Tad

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Bobby Dollar is an angel who speaks for the souls of the newly dead as they await judgement. On Christmas Eve, he has a client who is ready to give...

  4. Sleeping Late For Judgment Day

    Bobby Dollar book 3

    4. Sleeping Late For Judgment Day

    by Williams, Tad

    • Same series
    • Same author

    “My heart is bursting with homage as I / head off to a hostile eternity,” writes Jane Mayhall, now eighty-five, who wrote most of these poems in an urgent outpouring...

  5. Tower Lord

    A Raven Shadow book 2

    5. Tower Lord

    by Ryan, Anthony

    • On the same lists

    A huge disappointment. Doing everything wrong that The Bone Song did right. The Tower Lord wasn't a bad book by any means and I'm sure many of you will still...

  6. Magician's Land

    6. Magician's Land

    by Grossman, Lev

    • On the same lists

    When The Magicians (the first in the trilogy) was released a few years ago, it received wide critical acclaim from magazines, newspapers and high-brow critics, but was (somewhat) panned by...

  7. The Waking Engine

    7. The Waking Engine

    by Edison, David

    • On the same lists

    One of those books that takes you with the sheer imagination of it all. If you want something different that blends together a number of genres (though if I had...

  8. Fool's Assassin

    The Farseer Books book 14

    8. Fool's Assassin

    by Hobb, Robin

    • On the same lists

    This is one of those books you didn't know you needed until you actually start reading it. Kind of like that old friend you don't realize how much you really...

  9. The Shotgun Arcana

    Golgotha book 2

    9. The Shotgun Arcana

    by Belcher, R. S.

    • On the same lists

    The first book, Six Gun Tarot, was an impressive debut fantasy and a must read if you like an ambitiously dark novel that pushes the boundaries. It's wasn't an interesting...

  10. The Shadow Throne

    10. The Shadow Throne

    by Wexler, Django

    • On the same lists

    This was a pretty good follow up to his amazing first The Thousand Names which set a new standard for colonial military fantasy. It was a compelling read and had...

  11. The Splintered Sun

    11. The Splintered Sun

    by Williams, Tad

    • Same author

    Three hundred years before The Dragonbone Chair, the old king of Hernystir is dying, warlords are seizing land and factions are fighting over the succession. Flann Alderwood, a bandit leader,...

  12. The Witchwood Crown

    12. The Witchwood Crown

    by Williams, Tad

    • Same author

    New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams’ ground-breaking epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! • Volume One of The Last King of Osten ArdThe Dragonbone Chair, the...

  13. The Lightbringer

    13. The Lightbringer

    by Weeks, Brent

    • On the same lists

    Series where the magic system is based on color.

    The Lightbringer is Brent Weeks best series so far. I was never that impressed with his Night Angel trilogy which was all action and setting but of little substance. However,...

  14. The Stormlight Archive

    14. The Stormlight Archive

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • On the same lists

    If you like your epic fantasy big in the style of Wheel of Time, the closest you'll find to that style is The Storm Light Archive -- written by the...

  15. Tale Of The Kin

    15. Tale Of The Kin

    by Hulick, Douglas

    • On the same lists

    This series (2 books so far) is an awesome read if you like gritty fantasy about the underside life of a city. We're talking about thieves, crooks, spies, gangs, pimps,...

  16. A Land Fit For Heroes

    16. A Land Fit For Heroes

    by Morgan, Richard K.

    • On the same lists

    Subversion gone over the edge is how you can describe Richard Morgan's anti-fantasy series A Land Fit For Heroes. Morgan writes some of the blackest grimdark you'll ever read and...

  17. Bloodsounder's Arc

    17. Bloodsounder's Arc

    by Salyards, Jeff

    • On the same lists

    I read the fist in the series, Scourge of the Betrayer, late 2014 and was blown away with how good Salyards' tale was. A sort of a cross between The...

  18. Half A King

    Shattered Sea book 1 Start here

    18. Half A King

    by Abercrombie, Joe

    • On the same lists

    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...

  19. The Erebus Sequence

    19. The Erebus Sequence

    by Patrick, Den

    • On the same lists

    I was quite impressed with the first book, The Boy with a Porcelain Blade which told an awesome coming of age tale set in a dark, twisted Italian Renaissance world...

  20. Alex Verus

    20. Alex Verus

    by Jacka, Benedict

    • On the same lists

    If Harry Dresden has a doppelganger in the genre, it's probably Alex Verus. Take all the elements of Harry Dresden, then make the hero less powerful and lot more ruthless...

  21. The Goblin Emperor

    21. The Goblin Emperor

    by Addison, Katherine

    • On the same lists

    A powerful coming of age tale about a rejected half-goblin, half-elven prince who comes unexpectedly to power when an accident kills his father, the emperor, and half brothers. It's a...

  22. Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn

    Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn book 1 Start here

    22. Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn

    by Williams, Tad

    • Same author

    Epic fantasy with attention to characters and details.

    Tad Williams' series was the source of inspiration for many of the titles on the listand some outside of it. Authors like R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, and more all cite...

  23. Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn

    Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn book 2

    23. Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn

    by Williams, Tad

    • Same author

    There are writers who like to write pulp and there are some writers who like to write fiction. Williams is the latter. Memory, Sorrow, Thorn. This series has made pretty...

  24. The Traitor Son Cycle

    24. The Traitor Son Cycle

    by Cameron, Miles

    • On the same lists

    Epic fantasy meets medieval historical fiction.And about fucking time.No more cutting off heads with butter knives, riding days in full plate armor without feeling a scratch of discomfort, fighting for...

  25. Prince Of Fools

    The Red Queen's War book 1 Start here

    25. Prince Of Fools

    by Lawrence, Mark

    • On the same lists

    Mark Lawrence's newest 2014 release in his new The Red Queen's War trilogy, set in the same world as his Broken Empire trilogy. This time around he focuses his efforts...

  26. The Dagger And The Coin

    26. The Dagger And The Coin

    by Abraham, Daniel

    • On the same lists

    Five books in now, this series is turning out to be one of the best in the genre. If you are expecting another sort of Wheel of Time or Stormlight...

  27. City Of Stairs

    The Divine Cities book 1 Start here

    27. City Of Stairs

    by Bennett, Robert Jackson

    • On the same lists

    Robert Jackson Bennett is one of the most talented writers in the genre but who has, for whatever reason, been mostly overlooked by the average reader. His best book (in...

  28. Chronicle Of The Unhewn Throne

    28. Chronicle Of The Unhewn Throne

    by Staveley, Brian

    • On the same lists

    The emperor is dead and the empire in turmoil. With these dark scenes, Stavely’s series opens, and things don’t let up from there. A son and heir, Valyn is training...

  29. The Mirror Empire

    Worldbreaker Saga book 1 Start here

    29. The Mirror Empire

    by Hurley, Kameron

    • On the same lists

    This first installment in the Worldbreaker Saga (the second came out last October) is an epic fantasy with intriguing world(s), an engaging plot, and complex characters. Throughout the 500 plus...

  30. The Black Company

    The Chronicles Of The Black Company book 1 Start here

    30. The Black Company

    by Cook, Glen

    • On the same lists

    An elite mercenary unit is the focus of this series. It is a mix of fantasy, gritty realism, and military fiction. It is often cited as an inspiration for the Grimdark sub-genre.

    In an era when fantasy was about honorable farm boys with magic swords and a noble destiny, Glen Cook said 'fuck that mess; let's have some amoral pricks doing bad...

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