Standalone, non-tolkien fantasy books

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Fantasy books that are not so similar to what Tolkien wrote. Plus, you can read one book, and you are done.

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Drayfus

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The 10 books on this stack

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  • Clive Barker 1989

    Why it's on the stack

    A world to get lost in · properly strange

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    In the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are amassing; forces shaped from the hearts and souls of America.

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  • Stephen King 2022

    Why it's on the stack

    You can't put it down · moving between parallel worlds

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student.

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  • Shaun Hamill 2024

    Why it's on the stack

    You'll finish it in two nights

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    "You can never go home again," the saying goes—but Hal, Athena, and Erin have to.

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  • Naomi Novik 2015 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    The truth comes out bit by bit · a myth or a classic told anew

    But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life.

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  • Brandon Sanderson 2023 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Odd and endearing · it makes you laugh

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to…

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  • Christopher Buehlman 2012

    Why it's on the stack

    It ties your stomach in a knot · a long road where every step counts

    It shares this with 2 more books on this stack

    In 1348, after a young girl left orphaned by the Black Death predicts a coming apocalypse, Thomas, a disgraced knight, finds himself in the middle of a second war on heaven as angels fight demon.

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  • Joe Abercrombie 2025 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    An adventure with plenty of laughs · it tells it with no filter

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds. Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Holy City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him.

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  • Joe Hill 2025

    Why it's on the stack

    It stirs you up inside · no clean hands here

    It shares this with 2 more books on this stack

    But his idyll—and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot—is shattered when a local drug dealer and her partner corner him into one of the worst crimes he can imagine: stealing rare books from the…

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