I think Elantris should be read toward the beginning of your Cosmere journey, since it is Brandon’s first published book and shows signs of being his earlier work - but still good! After Elantris, read the short story The Hope of Elantris and the Hugo Award-winning novella The Emperor’s Soul, set on the same planet. The premise is a foil of Warbreaker’s and it is also currently a stand-alone.
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Best of all, you can read it for free on Brandon’s website. It’s currently a stand-alone novel, short for epic fantasy, and has strong character development and just enough romance to give it that somethin’ somethin’. All very good writers.I think newcomers to the Cosmere should start with Warbreaker. Other author pals of mine who write clean YA sf/f: Shannon Hale, James Dasnher, Jessica Day George. His books do feel a tad out dated these days, though. Same goes for Terry Brooks, who has a strong personal rule that he will never write, or cover blurb, something that is not clean. I find his books to be quite good, but they’re not for everyone. writes epic fantasy after the older style–more slow-paced, lots of description. Very little tends to happen at the start of one of his novels, as it’s all set-up.) (I happen to like how long-winded he is, but I should warn that is his style. Tad Williams is wonderful, but very long-winded. But something might come up that I didn’t remember being there from a read last decade. I’m in a re-read right now, and it is as delightful as I remember it being. I can’t remember if there are content issues. Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep is one of my all-time favorite SF books. Mary Robinette Kowal writes regency-style fantasy novels. If you haven’t tried Sabriel, I suggest it. What are some clean fantasy books that you would recommend? This past year I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and enjoyed that. To keep track of what the field is doing nowdays I would recommend at least one book each from the following: Steven Erikson, George R. (I loved NAME OF THE WIND)īarbara Hambly (DRAGONSBANE was one of the books that got me into Fantasy)Īnything by Robin Hobb, but particularly the Fitz books. Melanie Rawn (I especially like her epic fantasy, I haven’t read her urban fantasy but DRAGON PRINCE is one of my favorite books of all time.)Īnd, of course, Pat Rothfuss–who is a genius. Guy Gavriel Kay (TIGANA is a wonderful work.) Slight content warning. You need to go and read hers immediately!) Jemisin (Slight content warning.)ĭragon Prince by Melanie Rawn is one of my favorite books of all time.Īnne Mcaffery (If you haven’t read her books I don’t know why you’re reading mine. His later books are pure genius!)Īnything by Daniel Abraham under any of his various pen names. (start with the books in the middle of his career, like Guards Guards, not the beginning because his books get better and better as he goes along. (If you read him, don’t start with the first book. Terry Pratchett (Going Postal is my favorite Pratchett right now). But I had a smart teacher who knew that I needed something more than what others had been giving me-I was bored of stories about people like me, and wanted one about someone unlike me.Ĭurrent “Brandon Suggests” list: (Sept 25, 2012): So it’s not a book that normally would have been given to someone like I was.
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Everyone likes to give teens books about teenagers-but this book is about a middle-aged woman. It’s interesting, because this is a book that should not have worked for me. A teen should search out the books that fit them, fall in love with reading, and then see where that takes them. This is the importance of having good teachers and librarians. Not every pair of shoes is going to fit you, and not every book is going to be right for every person. I hesitate to say there is “one” novel that every teen should read-as I feel books are a lot like shoes. I think that the best thing a teen can do is read widely, and search out what interests them specifically. Which book do you think every teenager should read?