As far as the best books in that list go, I'd agree with MSM that Butcher and Sullivan are the best probably, but I'd put Will Wight up there with them. Those three would be the top tier for me personally.

I'd actually suggest you mix in the Dresden Files books in with other book series, as they are very quick reads and fun books. I know you were saying how the second book of Greatcoats was brutal for you (it's definitely a gritty series for sure), I think stuff like Dresden would make a good change of pace, though you'll probably get sucked in and binge them at some point. Just be aware that the first couple books are not nearly as good as the rest (not that they are terrible, just kinda average by comparison).

Anyway, I'm gonna kinda list books based on how much I enjoyed them as well as time considerations and I'll throw in a few people I hadn't read at the time I made that list:

1. Butcher-Dresden files
2. Sullivan-Riyria
3. Will Wight-Cradle series
4. Peter Flannery-Battle Mage (placing it a little higher due to the fact it's a single self contained book)
5. Alec Hutson- Crimson queen (great series and advantage of being a finished trilogy)
6.ML Wang-Sword of Kaigen (once again single book self contained story)
6. Stover-Acts of Caine (might be tough since you don't do kindle, simply because there is some weird copyright thing with the second book and it's out of print I think, I had to order it off ebay back in the day. I think it's on audible/audiobook though)
7.Miles Cameron-Traitor son cycle (his Masters and mages trilogy is a good gunpowder fantasy series too)
8. Chris Wooding-Ketty Jay
9. Brian Staveley-Unhewn Throne
10.Rob J Hayes (Abercrombie light, not meaning that as an insult, he's great in his own right).
11.Craig Schaefer-Daniel Faust, and later Harmony Black as spin offs from that series. Great author for people looking for something similar to Dresden that is high quality.
12. Kevin Hearne- Iron Druid. I guess I'll put him here, I have a hard time placing him because this series is kinda like the GOT TV show in that it nosedives at the end. For books 1-8 its a great series for Dresden/urban fantasy fans, but the final book is a stinker, it ends terribly. I have a hard time even recommending the series due to the last book, even though the rest of the series would have him top tier.
13. Paul Kearney
14. Mike Shel-Iconoclasts
15 Bryce O'Connor-Wings of War
16. David Wells Seven Isles
17. Phil Tucker-Chronicles of the black gate
18. John Hornor Jacobs-Incorruptibles

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Posted by Sneaky__Sally

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Posted on 6/18/20 at 5:54 pm to auyushu

It was really just the greatcoats lament portion - that was so brutal it like made me depressed a little bit haha.

Almost done with book 4 of greatcoats - about 1/3 of the way through I was thinking i was ready to be done with this series, just sort of more of the same but really have enjoyed the middle section a ton.

Got Lord of Light lined and another standalone for this weekend and I guess I'll pick up the first few books of riyria and dresden and see which first chapter gets me most excited.

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6. Stover-Acts of Caine (might be tough since you don't do kindle, simply because there is some weird copyright thing with the second book and it's out of print I think, I had to order it off ebay back in the day. I think it's on audible/audiobook though)

I'm seeing that I will probably have to bail on that here at some point soon. Self publishing and all that means there will be some really good stuff that will only be available as an e-book

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