Books like Steel and snow
12 books with a reading profile close to Steel and snow by George R. R. Martin. Outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.
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Warbreaker
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Princess Siri is sent to the city of Hallandren to marry the God King, a silent deity who rules through the possession of thousands of Breath units.
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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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Fool
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Pocket, the foul-mouthed court jester to King Lear, attempts to prevent the kingdom of Britain from collapsing into bloody chaos.
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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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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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Red Country
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Shy South lives a quiet life on a frontier farm until raiders burn her home and kidnap her younger siblings.
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Legends. Volume I
by Robert Silverberg, Stephen King
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Legends: Volume I is an anthology of original short stories set within established literary universes.
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Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this third collection, the exiled community of Fabletown faces internal scandals and external threats.
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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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Eldest
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Following the destruction of the Urgal army at Farthen Dûr, Eragon travels to the elven forest of Ellesméra to begin formal instruction with Oromis, a hidden Dragon Rider.
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Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
Also clear-cut and escapist · 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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