re: Book recommendations for non-ASOIAF medieval fantasy?

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Blood Song is great. One of the best books in the genre I've read in years. The two sequels...ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. They are ok.

The First Law Trilogy by Abercrombie is a very obvious inclusion. Much more similar to Martin, but even bleaker (WAY bleaker actually) than ASOIAF, if you can beleive it.

Does Rothfuss' Name of the Wind, etc count as "medieval"? Its not knights and shite but its pretty agrarian/medieval, I guess you could say.

Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards series is actually one of my favorites, but I'd say its more Renaissance Era fantasy than medieval. Highly recommend.


For those recommending Wheel of Time, its the first series I ever read, so it will always have a special place. It was THE most popular series on the planet until the GoT TV series came out and ASOIAF killed it. However, those books are very, very different than GoT. Much more innocent, and if you think Martin wastes time, jesus. There's like 15 books in the series and literally 8-9 of them could be excised and the story would have been fine.

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Are you me?

I was about to write these exact reviews. Whoa.

I definitely recommend The Name of the Wind. But dammit, I'm ready for him to release the 3rd booK!