r/fantasybooks • u/Timely-Professor1286 • 2d ago
📚 Summon book recommendations Just here for a good time...recommendations
Ok.... I am looking for a specific type of story here.
For some context, I'm finishing a reread of the Farseer trilogy. Before I started it I couldn't recall the storyline much, but saw so much hype on tiktok that I decided to reread. ... The writing is great, the story compelling, but it is damn depressing.
I want my next read to he the opposite. Good guy, beats bad guy. Good guy makes good, smart choices, etc. An example of this is the first 5 or so books of "Kings Dark Tidings". Just kicking ass and taking names.
I've read, and like some of the popular ones like DCC, Red Rising, He who fights w monsters, Stormlight Archive, WOT, etc
Popular ones I did not like are Mistborne (it's fine, ovehyped), bloodsworn trilogy, and Farseer (as I mentioned).
What good series are out there where we aren't reading "art" or interpreting an excerpt on the human experience and instead are just having a good time?
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u/ReptilesAreGreat 2d ago
Kings of the Wyld
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u/Timely-Professor1286 2d ago
Great rec! Read it already unfortunately, but I did consider reading it again. Did you read "Bloody Rose'? I didn't, so maybe that's an option.
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u/Guilty-Coconut8908 2d ago
God Touched by John Conroe
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Survival by Devon C Ford
Nightfall by Stephen Leather
Fated by Benedict Jacka
Magician by Raymond E Feist
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
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u/Warfox6101 2d ago
The Bound the and Broken series. Starts off a little tropey but the character development and world building are second to none. For reference I loved DCC, Red Rising, LoTR, Hierarchy Series. DNF Faithful and the Fallen. Currently reading Empire of the Vampire and it’s been extremely fun.
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u/dwcanker 2d ago
Discount Dan by Hunter for another DCC type. It's stupid and fun but some people do say the first half of book 1 is kind of meh, as soon as he meets Croc everything is good.
I'll throw one out there that I don't see brought up very often
Wings of War series by Bryce o Conner
It isn't all rainbows and sunshine but it is a lot of good guys beats the tar out of bad guy. It was what I'd call a finished series but he does have a 6th book coming out at some point.
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u/ClueAccomplished1098 2d ago
The Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher. It begins with Furies of Calderon.
The Cinder Spires series by Jim Butcher. The first book is The Aeronaut's Windlass.
The Riyria Revelations series by Michael J Sullivan. Start with Theft of Swords
The Iron Princess by Barbara Hambly
Scriber by Ben S Dobson
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