Books like The Lightbringer
30 fantasy books to read after The Lightbringer, by Weeks, Brent, the closest match first.
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Lightbringer book 5
1. The Burning White
by Weeks, Brent
- Same series
- Same author
It's unimaginable today, even for a generation that saw the Twin Towers fall and the Pentagon attacked. It's unimaginable because in 1814 enemies didn't fly overhead, they marched through the...
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2. The Lightbringer
by Weeks, Brent
- Same series
- Same author
The Lightbringer series holds one of the best magic systems in fantasy, straight from the mind of Brent Weeks. It manages to be simple in concept, yet holds tons of...
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Lightbringer book 2
3. The Blinding Knife
by Weeks, Brent
- Same series
- Same author
Gavin's powers are fading and his end draws near as war rages across the satrapies in the second novel novel of the NYT bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Week. Gavin...
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Lightbringer book 3
4. The Broken Eye
by Weeks, Brent
- Same series
- Same author
As the old gods awaken and satrapies splinter, the Chromeria races to find the only man who can still end a civil war before it engulfs the known world in...
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5. Lightbringer Series
by Weeks, Brent
- Same series
- Same author
Brent Week’s Lightbringer series has everything going for it. Complex and unique characters, a fantastic magic system, and hundreds of actions scenes. It’s epic in length and in execution, and...
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6. 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...
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7. 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,...
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8. A Land Fit For Heroes
by Morgan, Richard K.
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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...
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9. Bloodsounder's Arc
by Salyards, Jeff
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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...
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10. The Erebus Sequence
by Patrick, Den
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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...
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11. Alex Verus
by Jacka, Benedict
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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...
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12. 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...
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13. 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...
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14. The Lightbringer Trilogy
by Weeks, Brent
- Same author
A recent epic fantasy trilogy, but one of the most exciting epic fantasy series the past decade. The Lightbringer has probably the most unique magic system I've seen yet in...
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Night Angel book 1 Start here
15. The Way Of Shadows
by Weeks, Brent
- Same author
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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Worldbreaker Saga book 1 Start here
16. 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...
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17. The Gentleman Bastards
by Lynch, Scott
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One of the best fantasy series in the genre. Clever, sharply written, with some seriously awesome characters, this is a series that you MUST read. The first book was awesome,...
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18. Acts Of Caine
by Stover, Matthew Woodring
- On the same lists
Not an epic fantasy in your traditional sense, but one of the most underrated series out there starring the brutal amoral assassin, Caine. This is a series that holds nothing...
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19. Red Queen's War
by Lawrence, Mark
- On the same lists
Mark Lawrence's newest anti-hero fantasy, with the first book out so far (2015 as of this writing). It's not as good or genre pushing as his first trilogy The Broken...
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20. The Mythago Cycle
by Holdstock, Robert
- On the same lists
A wonderfully beautiful novel that explores the ideas of myth and reality and the connection between the two. You'll find here a hauntingly story about a primeval forest somewhere undefined...
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Mistborn book 1 Start here
21. Mistborn
by Sanderson, Brandon
- On the same lists
A magnificent series of adventure, magic, and revenge with one of the most unique magic systems in the fantasy genre. Mistborn is the story of a band of wizards fighting...
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22. Riftwar Saga
by Feist, Raymond
- On the same lists
Feist has quite a few Midkemia books, but his Riftwar books (starting with Magican: Master and Magician Apprentice) are by far the best of the bunch (with the exception of...
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23. Powder Mage Trilogy
by Mcclellan, Brian
- On the same lists
Trilogy where people called Powder Mages whose magical ability is manipulating gunpowder.
A series of pure awesomeness. If you love the action, magic, and adventure of a Sanderson novel, you'll love the Powder Mage trilogy. The magic system is one of the...
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24. A Raven's Shadow
by Ryan, Anthony
- On the same lists
The first book in the series (The Blood Song) was a remarkable work and hailed as a successor to Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind -- both books had...
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25. Chathrand Voyage
by Redick, Robert V. S.
- On the same lists
This “naval” epic fantasy series is a “boatload” of fun. It’s one of the more refreshing grand epic fantasy tales released in the past couple of years with a motley...
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26. New Crobuzon
by Miéville, China
- On the same lists
This is a different sort of fantasy and helped solidify the New Weird / Slipstream movement. The New Crobuzon novels are loosely connected (set in the same world), with the...
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27. Deverry Series
by Kerr, Katherine
- On the same lists
A series retells over and over the tale of two lovers (and the characters important to them) who meet and fall in love again and again over the course of...
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28. A Song Of Ice And Fire
by Martin, George R. R.
- On the same lists
This series tops the Top 25 Best Fantasy Books, and with good reason and it's my pick for the best fantasy series. Martin shattered the fantasy mold and created something...
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29. Tales Of The Dying Earth
by Vance, Jack
- On the same lists
A series, and the reason there is a Dying Earth sub-genre.
Tale of the Dying Earth truly stands as one of the greatest works ever penned. Everything that's good and bad about the human condition is eloquently expressed within this tale....
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30. The Seventh Sword
by Duncan, Dave
- On the same lists
Generally regarded, along with A Man of His Word, as Duncan’s best work. This is some of the best sword and sorcery fantasy you’ll read, period.The premise is that a...
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