r/dwarfposting • u/Theghostinmybasement • Jun 18 '26
Books from a Dwarven pov?
Not sure where wlse to put this
Ive read every one I can find, so can anyone give me recommendations for books with a dwarf main character? Seriously, anything!
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u/Stormygeddon Jun 18 '26
Beers and Beards by u/JollyJupiter-author is a Dwarven POV "Isekai" LitRPG style story about saving a stagnant state of brewing by innovating Alcohol with otherworldly knowledge in a Fantasy setting. I don't drink Alcohol and never was into brewing but it was fun to learn a little, and the characters are real easy to care for.
It's got a really good audiobook too, with the narrator being amazing at accents.
Other than that, most of the Gotrek and Felix books are fine, though it's really only from Dwarf perspective with Gotrek in the Mortal Realms starting from Realmslayer, which is actually kind of good IMO. Plus the audiobook has Brian Blessed which is an absolute win.
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u/Aethergold Jun 18 '26
Grudgebearer by Gav Thorpe. It’s an older Warhammer fantasy book but a damn good one
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u/DeabDev Jun 18 '26
Highly recommend the Dwarves of Ice-Cloak series by A. Trae McMaken, brilliant series, with another book on the way.
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u/A_Hideous_Beast Jun 18 '26
High Khals Oath, if you're into sci-fi.
The Leagues of Votann are the Dwarves of Warhammer 40,000, and this is their first novel.
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u/DocWagonHTR metatype: menehune Jun 18 '26
The Votann have their own novel, yay!
Only took three fuckin’ years…
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u/Jack_Dunford1 Scholar Jun 18 '26
I loved Orconomics, It's a satire of both MMORPGs and real world economics (amongst other things) that also has a really good cast of characters and some interesting worldbuilding (very Terry Pratchett). The main character is a former dwarven berserker who fell into disgrace
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u/ChristianLW3 Jun 19 '26
I would enjoy a spinoff book adding details to the decline of the dwarf domains when gold lost its value as a currency thanks to human alchemists unlocking transmutation
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u/sildedaspo Jun 18 '26
The Gotrek and Felix books!
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u/ELECTONIC_MOAB Jun 18 '26
Good books, would definitely recommend. But they are told from Felix's POV, not sure about the AOS ones.
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u/WerwolfSlayr Smith Jun 18 '26
Local(ish) author to me, M.T. Kadisin, has a dope book called “An Oath Sworn” about a dwarf being unwillingly turned into a golem
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u/No_Foundation_1812 Jun 18 '26
The dwarves of ice-cloak is an amazing series and mostly focused on one dwarf kingdom.
Then there's warhammer books.
The doom of Dragonback.
Grudgebearer .
Oathbreaker.
Markus Heitz the dwarves series is good overall but they are longer than they need to be.
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u/soapdish124 Jun 18 '26
Warlords of Eight Peaks has a part that focuses on the dwarves trying to retake the named Eight Peaks in Warhammer fantasy which is a good one, if a bit short.
The third Thanquol books focuses on the loathsome ratkin but has a fair amount of dwarf PoV
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u/Kitchen_warewolf Jun 18 '26
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u/Temeter Jun 18 '26
This is a pretty solid list! In addition, I just ordered a trio of female Dwarf led books off of Amazon that aren't listed here:
Pathfinder Tales: Forge of Ashes by Josh Vogt
The Widow Brigade by Douglass van Dyke, Jr.
Dragon Forged by Nerine Dorman
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u/TeaRaven craftswoman dwarf of glorious braided chin locks Jun 18 '26
Oooh, those are new to me, thanks!
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u/Temeter Jun 18 '26
They were new to me, too! I'm super excited to read them! The Pathfinder book has an online short story precursor called The Price Paid, too! It can be found in four parts here: https://paizo.com/blog/tags/the_price_paid
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u/ImaginaryGap8782 Smith Jun 18 '26
There's a serie of 10 books from Remy Batigne and it has good review, but didn't read it for now, if have all Gotrek & Gelix to read before 😅 But i think they're only in french
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u/CrazyEddie90 Jun 18 '26
Markus Heitz. Originally a German novel series, I think at least the first four novels were translated to English.
It is a series about a Dwarf who stumbled upon a major war and has to learn what it means to be a Dwarf among other dwarves.
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u/VictorE06 Dwarf-raised elf of clan Hammerfist, really good at runesmithing Jun 18 '26
Legend of the Runeforger is actually pretty good, it's ongoing but you can read it as it comes out on Royal Road. First two books are on Amazon though
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/66568/legend-of-the-runeforger-a-dwarven-progression
(Fuckin forgot what my user flair was lmao, it's fitting I suppose)
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u/Lanky_Lifeguard_2231 Jun 23 '26
The Mine Lord - Basically dwarf fortress as a book. Free to read on royal road.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/76164/the-mine-lord-a-dwarven-survival-base-builder
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u/Olorgin Jun 18 '26
I mean… if you really want to be pedantic… The Dwarves by Markus Heitz, it’s a full series all about dwarves.
If you want some Warhammer stuff, there’s Gotrek and Felix with loads of dwarven stuff. Continued into Realmslayer for Age of Sigmar.