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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 07 (discuss.online)
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I am reading mangas these days. Read first 4 volumes of Attack on Titans, but since I am reading these through 3-in-1 omnibus, going to read till 6th volume at least. Will decide the next book after that.

What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive book 4, Rhythm of War. I opened Way of Kings for the first time 5 weeks ago and 3600ish pages later I'm still engrossed. I'd planned on waiting for the series to finish but I missed chewing through epic fantasy on this scale.

Once I'm caught up through book #5 I'm thinking its time for another go at Malazan.

Other than Martin, Rothfuss and Jordan are there any other works with similar scale/complexity/depth as Stormlight and Malazan?

[–] wizrad@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you read the witness stuff yet? I read the first butbhavnt started the second yet.

Its definitely not the same scale, but I got into Glenn Cooks black company from malazan and loved it!

[–] UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago

Who wrote The Witness? Not an easy title to search for 😅

I read Black Company yeaaars ago and the grimdark and gritty writing definitely primed me for Malazan. I'll definitely look into it again!

I partly want 1000+ page epics for the dollar to hour ratio; trying to support my local bookstore but paying $20-30+ for paperbacks stings. The look on bookstore lady's face when I showed up for #4 a week after buying #3 was definitely worth it, though!

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unconquerable Sun. It's a sort of Alexander the Great in space with gender norms thrown out the window. Super detailed. Super layered. Amazing writing. Kate Elliott is one of my favorite authors based on this book!

[–] UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you, added to the list!