If you enjoy "A Song of Ice and Fire", you would probably enjoy...

[Dust253]

Malazan: Book of the Fallen (9.2/10)
Monarchies of God (9.4/10)
Lord of the Rings (9.6/10)

Fantasy in epic proportion with armies, siege, war, magic, empire. Lot of battles.

Any other?

 

[Aniri]

Oooh...good thread...I'll be watching this one...

How about David Eddings? The Belgariad, is it? (it's been years...but I remember falling in love with it)

 

[Adasunshine]

I'm not sure a lot of Martin's readers would enjoy Eddings' Belgariad or Mallorean or Tamuli or Elenium, for some reason (probably the repetitiveness), Eddings is somewhat frowned upon by most Chron members although I love the books no matter how repetitive they are... they're like a warm comfy blanket...

Not sure what I'd recommend other than Malazan... maybe Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy, that has enough political intrigue for the Martin fans.

xx

 

[Aniri]

Eddings? Frowned upon?

 

[Anomander]

I would suggest Feast of Souls (The Magister Trilogy, Celia Freidman), the sword of shadows series by JV Jones, and The kingdom of Thorn and Bone series by Gregory Keyes.

 

[JDP]

I'd second JV Jones for sure...

 

[Rane Longfox]

Oooh...good thread...I'll be watching this one...

How about David Eddings? The Belgariad, is it? (it's been years...but I remember falling in love with it)

Hardly up with the quality of writing, imagination or plot of aSoIaF though, is it.

 

[Aniri]

Hardly up with the quality of writing, imagination or plot of aSoIaF though, is it.

No, it isn't.

 

[TK-421]

I am just finishing Gardens of the Moon and as a devout, bordering on fanatical GRRM fan, I truly am enjoying it. The first part of the book was a little hard to follow but when it picks up after the first 1/3, it gets really intriguing. Although, Erickson uses ALOT more magic than GRRM.

 

[Connavar]

I'm not sure a lot of Martin's readers would enjoy Eddings' Belgariad or Mallorean or Tamuli or Elenium, for some reason (probably the repetitiveness), Eddings is somewhat frowned upon by most Chron members although I love the books no matter how repetitive they are... they're like a warm comfy blanket...

Not sure what I'd recommend other than Malazan... maybe Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy, that has enough political intrigue for the Martin fans.

xx

Could you describe First Law series like a synopis what its like?

I liked Malazan book 1 but didnt like GRRM series so im not sure right now if i should try other fantasy of the same type.

 

[Max the Mediocre]

Given how many people on the ASOIAF boards dislike Erikson, I don't think it's safe to say 'you like Martin, ergo you'll like Erikson'. Though I should add that I rather like both authors.

Bakker's probably a safer recommendation -- Prince of Nothing gets more love on the Westeros boards than Erikson does. Though it's hardly universal.

 

[Rane Longfox]

Bakker's probably a safer recommendation -- Prince of Nothing gets more love on the Westeros boards than Erikson does. Though it's hardly universal.

Not necessarily. It's pretty much split 50-50 over on malazan about whether Prince of Nothing is a masterpiece or a piece of trash

 

[scalem X]

It depends why you like Martin in the first place. I personally love that at least with Martin, magic doesn't dominate the world. I don't dislike Eddings' writing, but I stopped reading when the magic got too powerful.
If you like Martin for his historical finesse, you might like Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose.

All depends.

 

[Connavar]

I usually dont like a fantasy with too much magic but i liked Malazan cause of the interesting way they used magic,the gods and everything. So im starting rethink what i think of fantasy of this type.


I dont want very historical like fantasy either cause i want fantasy fantasy ala Erikson when its about this type of fantasy.

I have read so many historical fiction lately cause of having trouble knowing which fantasy series to try.

More recommendations in this thread wouldnt hurt.

How is The Briar King (The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone) Any good?

 

[murphy]

I would suggest Feast of Souls (The Magister Trilogy, Celia Freidman), the sword of shadows series by JV Jones, and The kingdom of Thorn and Bone series by Gregory Keyes.

Also The Coldfire trilogy by Friedman. Over here the books are published under the name of C. S. Friedman. Didn't even realize that her first name was Celia. Agree with the J. V. Jones and Greg Keyes books.

Could you describe First Law series like a synopis what its like?

I liked Malazan book 1 but didnt like GRRM series so im not sure right now if i should try other fantasy of the same type.

It's more like the Malazan books than GRRM. Look here for a synopsis.

 

[Connavar]

Feast of Souls sounds to me more interesting than Black Sun Rising.


I ordered from the library The Briar King and The Blade Itself hope they are good.

 

[murphy]

Feast of Souls sounds to me more interesting than Black Sun Rising.


I ordered from the library The Briar King and The Blade Itself hope they are good.

Of the two, I preferred The Blade Itself. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

 

[zedlav]

It really depends on what was that people liked about Martin's series.

For grittiness and relatively little magic use, the first 3 or 4 books of Glen Cook's Black Company series seems to be a correct answer.

I couldn't help, but draw some parallels between Tad William's Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series and A Song of Ice and Fire either, although MST is much much more cliched and practically is stereotypical dragon-slaying, magical sword wielding, hero coming of age fantasy series.

 

[shadow9d9]

Prince of Nothing- imo the best series out there.

 

[cape_royds]

In terms of epic length, exotic setting, gritty action, shifting points of view, massive wars, and complicated politics, one novel to consider is James Clavell's Shogun.

Of course Shogun is not a fantasy work, but a historical novel. But ASOIAF is loosely historical as well, and it doesn't have all that many supernatural elements. So if you enjoy ASOIAF, you won't find yourself too out of place with a book like Shogun.