The First Law

First law is great. Love his usage of little sayings that each character repeats. “A body floating by the docks”

>My TBR pile is about 140 books long at this point, so I don't think I'll run out of things to read. :) Haha, my main list of books to read is 748 books long... :| I highly recommend First Law, one of the better fantasy series I've ever read.

See https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/wiki/lists My recommendations, in no particular order: * The Riyria Revelations by Michael Sullivan * Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams * To Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts * Worm by Wildbow * Cradle by Will Wight (think anime like Naruto in book form, but without fillers/fan-service) * Farseer by Robin Hobb * Powder Mage by Brian McClellan * The First Law by Joe Abercrombie * The Dagger and the Coin by Daniel Abraham

I’ve read most Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett 3 or more times. Finite and Infinite Games, by James P. Carse is another philosophical favourite when it comes to getting something new each read through. Book of Mirdad, which is like a modern take on the Abramelin, don’t recall the author’s name, but it’s very much into the symbolic/mystic/esoteric ways and very revealing to that side without explicitly stating any “secrets” First Law trilogy, by Abercrombie. This is what Gritty Fantasy should read like. It’s got scenes in them that I want to reread the books just to get to. Really hope these would be made into a series or films, as the cinematography in them is already perfect. Without spoiling the first book as it’s revealed early on; Logan Ninefingers is essentially a Barbarian, but throughout you get the feeling he’s deeply afraid of that side. (If you’ve watched how Mike Tyson talked about his fear of that side in him on his podcast, this is essentially it...) There’s been other books as well, but these are the biggest reread-able ones for me.

Right now: The Poet by Michael Connelly. Very interesting crime novel. Before that: Best served cold by Joe Abercrombie. A great fantasy novel, the fourth after the First Law trilogy. I recommend it to fantasy lovers! It is standalone but I recommend reading The First Law first to have more info about characters and the universe of this novel.