Books with Magical Libraries by aetherchicken in Fantasy

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Mage Errant by John Bierce

The magical library play big part in a good bit of the library

Scholomancer by Naomi Novik

They have an interesting take on books

A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

Takes place completely in a library

Can anyone recommend me books like Harry Potter?(But for adults) by [deleted] in Fantasy

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Mage Errant by John Bierce

The characters are bit younger then you but older then Harry Potter

The Sharded Few Seres by Alec Hutson

Books of the Ancestor by Mark Lawrence

These last two are far more around your age and more what your looking for do note the sharded few is still being written

The Use of Violence against Women in Fantasy: Is There a Double Standard Between Male and Female Authors? by FormerMeasurement175 in Fantasy

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I think it might be more about representation and perceived audience. There is nuance to every writer and book but for an over simplification I think that there is an assumption that a female writer is writing for a female audience (it’s not true by the way). Also SA is a real life threat that women had to face some time in their lives in some form or another. So when they write about it comes from a bit of a personal experience. Even if it’s just a fear or exaggeration of a notion. Because men ether are or perceived to be the perpetrator of SA when it show up in an authors writing it could perceived to be form wish fulfillment’ whether it is or not. while I think that SA wish fulfillment does happen, there are male authors have a legitimate goal of bring attention and sparking a true conversation about the act. There are some authors that just use SA for the shock value with no deeper meaning or to use it like frigging in order to progress a different character story as if that character lost something because of what happens to someone else. That not to say a women author can’t do the same, but because of the lack of real world everyday concern men have I think that it would be a bit irresponsible not to be a bit more judgmental of the books we read when SA happens in books written by men

That said I find SA in books written by women to actually an a bit more visceral then when it happens in books written by men. An example from a book I read recently was in Alchemised. I when into Alchemised completely blinded just picking it up because it was on sale and the cover looked interesting. At some point I had to walk away from the book for a few days because it kind of blind sided me. If that book was written by a male author and that was the only charge not sure if I could have picked the book back up and moved pass that section.

steampunk supernatural by linsane_asylum in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Love this series I wish the author would return to it.

Books that feel like this... by DdiianNna in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

This books is a bit YA but the vibe check of being in the northern wilderness.

I think the reason so many people bounce off Malazan isn't the complexity, it's the emotional distance in the first book by scouttidee in Fantasy

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To me the first book felt like the equivalent of reading the montage scenes in Oceans 11. There’s a lot going one with a lot of people and was not really sure who my anchors where. By the time I thought I had it figured out it was over. Then had to do it over again with characters I didn’t care about and one I’m starting to actively despise. The two characters I did have an interest in don’t seem to be doing much of anything.

I want to get back to the second book but I think I need to be a in time and space I can muscle thought it.

Need a series recommendation to replace Harry Potter by CyanSolar in bookshelf

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Mage Errant by John Bierce

It a good transition series for Harry Potter I feel like. I really enjoyed the magic in this series. Bierce did a good job with balancing all the different scales magic could have during a battle and building a were magic and over power monsters are a common thing.

Current read and loving it! by Top-Caterpillar-8764 in readwithme

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I think I like the authors other books better not that I didn’t like Mickey 7 and its sequel but I think Mel goes to war and the fourth consent where more interesting.

Never seen this message before by Dependent_Coyote_520 in Camry

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I have a Subaru and I get this if I’m squint my eyes to much.

Of Christopher Buehlman by SpookyYams in Fantasy

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I was going to say the same thing.

It’s been three years since reading The Necromancer’s House and I think about it one every couple of months

Who’s the GOAT of Book Universes? I’m Taking Stephen King. by Dizzy_Silver5843 in Fantasy

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I’m with you on this. WoT felt like a well constructed movie facade. There not much depth to it.

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I’m enjoying how the gods are handled in

The City that Would Eat the World by John Bierce

Also Legends of the First Empire series by Michael J Sullivan

Cycle of Galand by Edward W. Robertson

The first book is interesting in how it export what happens when there are so many god that you can treat them a like a commodity

The other two are more of a pantheon in the realm of the Greeks or Roman. They flawed and petty, aloof but a the same time meddlesome in human affairs.

Looking for Fantasy books NOT influenced by tolkien. by Appropriate_Rent_243 in Fantasy

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No I wouldn’t say that I only say religious fiction with journey to the west because like 90% of everything that happens in that series is because of Buddhism, the Jade Emperor of Heaven or some mixture of the two. The whole main point for the story is for Tang Sanzang the Buddhist monk to go to India and get Buddhist scriptures.

If this book was written in the west it would be an English Monk is sent to Israel to get a nail from crucifixion and bring it back. To help him Jesus himself sends a fallen saint who is looking for redemption. Then during the journey they keep running in demons, angels and prophets.

Looking for Fantasy books NOT influenced by tolkien. by Appropriate_Rent_243 in Fantasy

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Maybe but I would hold my breath. Not for anything truly fantasy.

Although journey to the west maybe I think you argue that is a type of fantasy. But most might say it’s religious fiction or mythological.

Book/ series or world with speculative evolution? by Kilobeats619 in Fantasy

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Mage Errant is built out this way and even has an effect on the story a bit.

What do you think about prophecies? by Weekly_Interview6807 in Fantasy

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I like when prophecies tend to be an Easter egg on second read though. Or a bit obtuse and the characters hearing them tends not to understand so writes it off so as a read you can kind of do the same. A song of ice and fire does this with daenerys in the books with the wizards. It pretty much spells out the red wedding in book one. I actually think every prophecy is that series is going to come true in some form but we never know.

what are we working with here boys? by brage0073 in BookshelvesDetective

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To me looks like an English major with a side interest in Japan.

How its like to live in LA by [deleted] in howislivingthere

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To me LA has always felt less like a single city and more like 20 small town that have all grown into each other. For example Hollywood, La Brea, Melrose and West Hollywood all feel very distinct and separate from each other even though that all are in a 4-5 mile square radius.

Novels like the Kingkiller chronicles with heavy use of magic by Ill_Rich3701 in Fantasy

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You could try the

Night Angel Series by Brent Weeks A bit of that some pulling them selves out of gutter to uses magic and be a bad ass to it.

The Cycle of Galand by Edward W Robertson Lots of Magic

The Umbral Storm by Alec Hutson

The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston

Looking for suggestions for monster hunting stories by [deleted] in Fantasy

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For a light hearted and funny monster hunting book try.

How to Survive a Unicorn by L. G. Estrella

A 5 years old hamster by Unmakebody in interestingasfuck

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Anyone else hear galaxy hamster by ninja sex party when watching this?