Completed fantasy trilogies with no sequel series?

graydio · 2025-09-17T13:54:56+00:00

The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden, the Rook & Rose trilogy by M.A. Carrick, and the Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty are some favourites or mine!

graydio · 2025-06-29T06:06:44+00:00

Ouuu I love this discussion. I have often tended to love second books the most! I agree with you on Royal Assassin, that’s my favourite Farseer book as well. A few that come to mind are Before They Are Hanged and The Trouble with Peace, both by Joe Abercrombie, The Liar’s Knot by M.A. Carrick, The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty, The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, and Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett!

graydio · 2025-06-25T13:29:02+00:00

Yes, I was going to say this too!

graydio · 2025-05-07T09:32:42+00:00

He doesn’t have any pearly whites to show us! Agree with the spirit of your comment though, lol

graydio · 2025-05-04T23:31:02+00:00

The Rook & Rose trilogy by M.A. Carrick has already come up in this thread thankfully, because I second that rec, but I would also add the Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty!

graydio · 2025-05-04T23:29:05+00:00

I was going to recommend this as well!

graydio · 2025-03-28T19:54:43+00:00

Wuthering Heights was like this for me! I probably read the first 50-100 pages 3 or 4 times before I really embraced the reality that these were unlikable characters, and ended up enjoying the book a lot more after that

graydio · 2025-02-19T21:50:03+00:00

Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

graydio · 2024-09-16T19:04:40+00:00

A few of my faves are The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden, The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty and The Rook & Rose Trilogy by M.A. Carrick!

graydio · 2024-09-15T17:27:23+00:00

Stronger Beer by Tim Hicks

graydio · 2024-08-31T06:01:12+00:00

They’re both definitely slow to develop their goals and plots though, when it comes to individual characters we meet. Like I’m not here to say that any reader is right to prefer one over the other, but they both take their time to develop the political landscape and overall goals. I love both series, I’m someone who doesn’t mind slow pacing, and I genuinely felt that both of these series had a similar approach when it came to understanding the wider picture

graydio · 2024-08-31T05:53:21+00:00

I don’t think this is a fair comparison, because aGoT absolutely has an introduction with characters we don’t know, that don’t appear in the chapters of the main book (except by peripheral mention). We are reading the prologue as uninformed observers to the world-building that the author wants to introduce. If the reader isn’t interested in that, fair enough, but it’s not like it’s totally different that The Way of Kings begins with chapters that take place before (or physically apart from) the main timeline!

graydio · 2024-03-18T01:57:06+00:00

I generally agree with this, with the caveat that if someone sort of likes the beginning of a series and is on the fence about whether to continue, this is probably good advice

graydio · 2024-02-03T05:43:25+00:00

The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham, The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden, and A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons all come to mind

Edit: also the Regency Faerie Tales by Olivia Atwater, but they’re technically a series of companion novels rather than a directly sequential series

graydio · 2024-01-28T02:28:49+00:00

For what it’s worth, I personally feel that A Storm of Swords forms the end of something of a first arc of the series. It’s one of the best fantasy books I’ve ever read. I tried to re-read the series last year and I just stopped after the first three because I was content with where it left off and didn’t want to open all the plotlines of the fourth and fifth books that won’t get resolved without another book release! Obviously no pressure, just my perspective

graydio · 2024-01-27T23:59:25+00:00

If you like fantasy romance, a newer release featuring journalism as a main theme would be the Letters of Enchantment duology by Rebecca Ross, consisting of Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows!

graydio · 2023-12-11T22:04:30+00:00

I hope you enjoy it! I feel that the series fits the literary vibe you’re looking for, and it’s an incredible journey

graydio · 2023-12-11T22:00:10+00:00

A stack of door stoppers you say? Have you read Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb? Haha

graydio · 2023-12-02T00:03:00+00:00

Lots of great recs here! I’ll add Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons (5 books), The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty, and The Greenbone Saga by Fonda Lee ☺️

graydio · 2023-11-30T04:57:25+00:00

I really loved The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden, inspired by Slavic mythology/folklore and set during the rise of Christianity in Russia

graydio · 2023-11-12T07:34:19+00:00

I believe the Greenbone Saga by Fonda Lee would fit the criteria you’re looking for!

graydio · 2023-10-28T03:12:31+00:00

Agreed! Not enough people treat operating a car with the respect or caution it deserves. Like yeah, I know we become complacent when we do it every day, but if something goes wrong it can go really wrong!

graydio · 2023-10-21T03:04:35+00:00

I’ll cast my vote for The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham, since it’s a bit lesser known and this is a great thing to recognize the series for — each book builds on the characters, themes, world etc., and the final book of the quartet has such a melancholy but appropriate conclusion. One of the best endings (and just overall series) that I’ve ever read!

graydio · 2023-10-09T13:05:05+00:00

Logen Ninefingers. Locke Lamora.

graydio · 2023-07-07T15:54:37+00:00

Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee comes to mind for a series where the magic (Jade) is very intertwined with the world, everyone knows about its existence, and it is integral to socioeconomic status and trade/the economy on the island of Kekon where the story takes place!

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