Different direction but John Connollys books (Charlie Parker series) are excellent, crime, horror, some paranormal.
Flann o Brien the third policeman is fantastic as are all his books , would not describe them as science fiction , more satirical humourous post modernism
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Different direction but John Connollys books (Charlie Parker series) are excellent, crime, horror, some paranormal.
This is an interesting thread. I have been trying to think of non-fantasy/sci-fi authors to recommend to someone who enjoyed LOTR, but I am coming up short.
Maybe The Great Railway Bazaar and Riding the Iron Rooster both by Paul Theroux because of the journeys he takes into strange lands? There must be better suggestions.
Here is Marc Maron’s recent podcast interview with Neil Gaiman:
https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1353-neil-gaiman
It is worth listening to even if you have not read or watched his stuff.
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I could recommend dozens, but these are good mix of history and fantasy-lite..
Bernard Cornwell - Grail quest trilogy
Glyn Iliffe -Adventures of Odysseus series
Robyn Young - Brethren, crusaders trilogy
If LOTR did it for you then those books finished by Tolkien's son will too 0)
Children Of Hurin
The Fall of Gondolin
Beren and Lutherien
Have to recommend The Fourth Realm Trilogy. The Traveler, The Dark River and The Golden City. By John Twelve Hawks. Which may be a pseudonym. And may lead you to want to live 'off grid'......
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I am currently 164hrs 47mins into The Malazan and I'm determined to finish it.
I applaud anyone who has read it, it's absolutely fantastic at times but also soul destroying at others. I really don't think I could of stuck at reading it, however as an audio book it's all about the narrator, 2 different one's so far which I usually hate" but both of them have been excellent.
I'd definitely recommend to anyone who likes listening to fantasy audio books.
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Pretty much anything by Conn Igulden
I have read a lot of the books mentioned and I t has been mentioned before but The Magician by Raymond E Feist is one of my favourite books of all time, first one of a series but just brilliant!
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