re: Malazan Book of the Fallen

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Are they all grouped in some fashion or is it a bunch of stand-alone books as well.

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The first ones he wrote aren't grouped per say, but you'd probably want to read the 2nd through 6th books of Esslemont (that occur concurrently with the malazan books) in publication order, mainly because a few of the characters will pop up in each books after having done something in a book or two previously. I think Return of the Crimson guard is probably Esslemont's weakest book, but I'd read it first in that sequence just because the story of the characters in that book continues in his book Blood and Bone.

His most recent two books that I mentioned are part of a trilogy though, so you'd want to read them together (and those two would be my suggestion to read first).

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Any particular order i should go about? Are they all grouped in some fashion or is it a bunch of stand-alone books as well.

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From the authors themselves: Erikson and Esslemont's Recommended Read Order

ETA: I'd recommend reading Assail as the last book instead of before DoD/TCG since it actually happens just after TCG. Odd that the authors would place it where they did in the read order.

I mentioned this on a previous thread but there is a great website that has some insights and discussions on each book, including Esslemont’s.

Go to LINK and check it out. I followed their posts and comments and I caught some pretty big things I missed while reading.

Great series I liked them on audiobook as well.