other book series similar to The Witcher
So, I was not really a huge bookworm in my life so far, to admit the Witcher books were the first real fantasy books I ever read and that was just some years ago.
Since then I learned a whole new world besides movies, tv series, animes, mangas and games, I guess I am getting older and wiser
A whole new world with hundreds of new worlds, but I am getting a bit lost in it.
Since The Witcher game series is more or less over and Sapkowski is taking his sweet time to give me a proper sequel, I want to delve into new worlds.
I have read The Farseerer by Robin Hobb, the first book and a bit of the second, but I really started to hate the protagonist, such a whiny brat. I looked in the internet how the story progresses and I really didn't like it, so I stopped that.
Then I started to read The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie and wow, there were days I wished I had to drive longer to the uni (not by car, with the train
) than just 15minutes. I was so curious about what was coming next, but I took my time and only read 30min a day and I loved it. Then I started to read the stand-alone books and I loved them, too. I saw that Abercrombie has more books, but they seem to be YA (Young Adult) material and that kinda scares me off a bit.
I want grown up adults with grownup problems and not 16year old teenager, who are saving the world. I am past that.
I know there are those classics like Tolkien, but 'high fantasy' and this good/evil like Tolkien isn't really my thing. I don't want an evil antagonist, who does evil things, because he is evil.
I also want to read complete series first, I started to read GRRM's books, but it's unfinished for a while.... There are so many series, no need to start more unfished ones.
So what else can I read, especially to satisfy my hunger for more The Witcher?
I thought about reading
The Broken Empire by
Mark Lawrence, because it is considered 'low fantasy', i think.
or those books by
Patrick Rothfuss, just read days ago that they are getting a movie, tv series and a videogame, but the series isn't finished yet...
I also heard good things about the
Coldfire series by
C.S.Friedman, however I can't really find them as ebook.
Brent Weeks'
Night Angel Trilogy and
Lightbringer, though I heard they aren't so good, especially the last books in the trilogies.
Scott Lynch,
Gentleman Bastards.
Or with what should I continue my journey? Any advice?
Oh, and I know there is this series by Moorcook, which has a protagonist quite similar to Geralt, even in appearance, is it worth it?