/lit/ - Literature

>>22326400
>>22326661
Forgotten Realms book list.
if there's a book that's not listed is because i didn't like it or haven't read it yet (probably the latter) and obviously you should read the Drizzt series even thought there's a 7 books slog but then it goes back to being good with Companion's Codex
>Trilogies/Series:
Kino
Moonshaes Trilogy
The Finder's Stone Trilogy
Cleric Quintet
Song & Swords
Starlight & Shadows
Counselors & Kings
Druidhome trilogy (sequel to Moonshae)
Prince of Lies and Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad (sequel to the Avatar trilogy)
Twilight Giants trilogy
The Threat from the Sea (and the Realms of the Deep anthology which is set between 2 and 3)
Erevis Cale Trilogy (sequel to shadow witness)
War of the Spider Queen
Year of Rogue Dragons
The Last Mythal
The Twilight War
The Empyrean Odyssey
Blades of the Moonsea
Abolethic Sovereignty (Cosmic horror fantasy)
Chosen of Nendawen (set a hundred years after Frostfell)
Unbroken Chain
Sword of the Gods
Brimstone Angels

>Good
The Empires trilogy
The Avatar Trilogy
Shadow of the Avatar trilogy (spinoff written 6 years after the original avatar trilogy this one is set during the events of tthe original trilogy)
Cormyr Trilogy
Sembia: Gateway to the Realms
Return of the Archwizards
Scions of Arrabar
House of Serpents
Watercourse Trilogy
The Lady Penitent (sequel to war of the spider queen)
The Haunted Lands
Shadowbane
The Sundering
Brotherhood of the Griffon (spinoff series about some characters from the Haunted Lands trilogy)

>Kino Standalone
Masquerades (spinoff sequel of the Finder's Stone trilogy)
Cormyr: A Novel (the book sold well so it was expanded into a trilogy but the first book is standalone.)
Night Parade
Stormlight
The Simbul's Gift
Evermeet: Island of Elves
Thornhold
The Shadow Stone
Halls of Stormweather
The Nether Scroll
Shadow Witness
City of Ravens
The Jewel of Turmish (quarterstaff wielding druid mc!)
Lady of Poison
Queen of the Depths
Son of Thunder
Bladesinger
Frostfell
Dawnbringer

>Good Standalone
The Lost Library of Cormanthyr
The Glass Prison
The Black Bouquet
The Crimson Gold
The City of Splendors
Master of Chains
Ghostwalker
Bloodwalk
Darkvision and Stardeep
The God Catcher
Sandstorm
The Gilded Rune

>Fun books (fun! remember when you read books for fun?)
King Pinch
Crypt of the Shadowking and Curse of the Shadowmage
War in Tethyr (Orc Paladin!)
The Pools trilogy
The Netheril Trilogy
The Council of Blades
Temple Hill
Crypt of the Moaning Diamond
The Citadels series (four stand alone books)
Mistshore
i highly reccomend that if you find an author you like you should read their non-D&D books.

>>21727748
>Soulless AI fantasy image that looks unnatural
I just don’t get the appeal. Old art from actual artists from the past are inherently better, some of which you can find only using a few minutes, yet you went with dogshit.

>>21727769
If you don’t care then why did you even make the thread

>>21717939
https://www.worldswithoutend.com/books.asp
https://www.isfdb.org/
https://www.literature-map.com/
The "Visitors also looked at these books..." section from https://www.fantasticfiction.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Fantasy:_The_100_Best_Novels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction:_The_100_Best_Novels
The Fantasy and SF Masterworks collection by Gollancz
Goodreads, believe or not, the key is looking for specific things, don't check the goodreads list about "super cool EPIC fantasy that'll make you say Whoah mama!" because it's just going to be Robert Jordan, Sanderson, and the rest of the usual suspects. look for something more niche like "Fantasy from 80s" or "underrated scifi from X year to Y year"
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1117.Best_Fantasy_of_the_80s
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/80066.Popular_Fantasy_on_Goodreads_with_between_1000_and_9999_ratings
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/115805.Best_Forgotten_Fantasy_of_the_20th_Century
In my personal experience is best to stay way from any kind of "Top10" or "Top 20", anyone can name 10 or 20 SFF books from the top of their head, 50 or 100plus books list is where the real stuff is at.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/55-essential-space-operas-last-70-years/