Books like Red Country
12 books with a reading profile close to Red Country by Joe Abercrombie. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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Belgarath the Sorcerer
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative
This prequel memoir follows the life of Belgarath, the first disciple of the God Aldur, spanning seven thousand years of history in the world of the Belgariad.
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Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
When the Adversary conquers the fairytale homelands, a community of folklore figures flees to modern-day Manhattan to establish Fabletown.
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THE DUNGEON ANARCHIST'S COOKBOOK
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Carl and Princess Donut enter the third floor of the intergalactic crawl, navigating a lethal subterranean rail system known as the Iron Tangle.
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4
The Eyes of the Dragon
by Stephen King
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Set in the realm of Delain, this narrative follows the imprisonment of Prince Peter, who is framed for the murder of his father, King Roland.
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Murtagh
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, live as outcasts on the fringes of Alagaësia following the fall of King Galbatorix.
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Eragon & Eldest
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
On the farm lands of Palancar Valley, a teenager named Eragon discovers a polished blue stone that hatches into a dragon he names Saphira.
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New Spring (The Wheel of Time, Book 0)
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set twenty years before the main sequence begins, the narrative focuses on Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche as they transition from Accepted to full Aes Sedai in the White Tower.
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Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Arcanum Unbounded compiles stories and novellas set within the Cosmere, a shared universe where various planets host unique magical systems.
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Best Served Cold
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Monza Murcatto, a feared mercenary general known as the Snake of Talins, is betrayed and thrown from a mountain by her employer, Grand Duke Orso.
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Steel and snow
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Published as the first half of the third volume in the series, Steel and Snow follows the escalating civil war across Westeros after the Battle of the Blackwater.
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The Alloy of Law
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set three hundred years after the original Mistborn trilogy, this story follows Waxillium Ladrian, a lawman who leaves the frontier Roughs to manage his noble house in the industrializing city of Elendel.
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A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set nearly a century before the events of the Iron Throne succession struggle, this collection follows the travels of a towering, low-born hedge knight named Ser Duncan the Tall and his diminutive squire, Egg.
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