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Standalone Grimdark recommendations (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by Tiuku@sopuli.xyz to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Looking for some self-contained grimdark books to read. Most of the genre seems to be the form of trilogies or even longer series, but I'm not looking to start a long project right now. Just a single story within one book, and then move on to other stuff (unless I get hooked..)

The internet didn't come up completely short on this topic. This article contains some recommendations already.

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[–] Cyth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know it's a trilogy, which is not what you're looking for, but since there is not much here I thought I'd throw it in anyway. Prince of Thorns is great grimdark. Sadly I think a lot of fantasy fiction is trilogies, so might be hard to find. Somehow a different Mark Lawrence book is on that article you linked, but not this one? That's insanity. Lawrence is one of my favorite authors.

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the recommendation.

Reading suggestions from all over the place, it seems like Lawrence is a staple of the genre.