Recs if you like Elric of Melniboné...
Adult Epic Fantasy ⚔️ with Little to No Romance
I've noticed most fantasy lists are saturated with YA and romantasy books, but some of us crave adult high-stakes adventures. If you enjoy epic stakes, deep characters, and majestic world-building (without the distraction of romance) this list is for you. For series, I've only added the first book. 📖
Badge Gremlins
Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.
shadow daddies of history
the history of shadow daddies is a storied one 🙂↕️ how did we get here? where did they come from? where will they go? where did they come from cotton eye joe?
so get ready for shadow daddy history class! here, we will explore the history of shadow daddies: from the predecessors, the addition of powers, and the future 🤓
Oathkeeper and Other Named Swords 🗡️🏷️
pact or no pact? (warlock)
fiction books with a main character or prominent side character that fits the D&D Warlock class! here for the making pacts with eldrich beings, the selling your soul for power, the "how do i get out of this?"! recs and input welcome!
Fantasy Classics
Non-exhaustive list of foundational reading for the fantasy genre; either foundational texts or classics that influenced the development of the genre and its conventions. Also some key modern texts + criticism.
Roll for adventure
A fun collection of D&D like adventure books or after adventure stories
History of Modern Western Fantasy
This is a not quite exhaustive list of notable fantasy works from the Tolkien era to pretty much today. In the case of series I have only included the first book. I know there are books I am missing so if you can see any let me know and I will add them. (Not necessarily in order of release date)
Sword and Laser Podcast
A list of books selected for the Sword and Laser Podcast
Books that add to the lore of Asoiaf
a list for books that inspired/can help with theory's about a song of ice and fire, David light bringer style. it is a massive work in progress and books are included if there are scarce inspirations that's why it might seem wild without the context of how it's connected to game of thrones, I'm really into the deep of the theories so it's a lot.
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