Recs if you like The Warrior's Apprentice...

Self-contained SFF books that belong to a series, offering a complete story without a multi-book commitment. A perfect way to sample immersive worlds while limiting potential disappointment – yet still leaving more to explore if you liked it.

The MC either subverts the "protagonist" tropes, follows them in a spectacular way, or is reluctant, but the tropes pull her, him or them into "protagonism" anyway

Any book that made me laugh out loud, giggle or just entertain me

The complete list of the Lois McMaster Bujold’s save opera, the Vorkosigan Saga

Good science fiction that hasn't caught on yet, used to be big but is fading from popular consciousness, or never got the recognition it deserved. Limit 1-2 books to represent each author.

All the books in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan saga!