If you loved
Books like A Storm of Swords
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin: what to read next, and why.
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The Blade Itself
A grim, funny, character-first fantasy in which nobody is quite what they seem and violence has real cost.
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Wolf Hall
Real court intrigue with the same pleasure in watching a clever person survive dangerous power games, minus the magic.
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The Poppy War
Matches the war-and-politics focus but turns the brutality up considerably as it follows one young soldier.