All things Brandon Sanderson.
This, however, The Mistborn Trilogy is the only one(I believe) of his series that is fully completed. The rest are serialized and in progress. Not to dissuade, however we could easily find ourselves in another situation where we're just waiting for the next book for years.
That being said, big fan of his newest series,
The Way of Kings.The Malazan Book of the Fallen starts slow, gets really good, but then, for me, unravels a bit. Erikson is a good world builder but his world got a little to big for me to keep track of. So many characters and places, magic systems, politics, it gets a bit much. There are some absolute standout books and characters however.
Everyone raves about the
Kingkiller Chronicles, and the first book was excellent. The second book was...unsatisfying and now we've been waiting several years for the "conclusion" with no end in sight.
I'm torn about my feelings toward
The Iron Druid Chronicles. I've read the whole series and while I liked the Atticus initially, he constantly chooses the wrong path. While we, as the reader, question his decisions they bring him more and more sorrow. It almost reads like a Greek tragedy. I liked the series and read it through to the end, even read most of the shorts, but I'm conflicted as to whether I can honestly recommend it.
I've only ever read
Ender's Game, and not the succeeding books, because I heard middling reviews of them, but it's worth a read as a standalone.
In terms of non-series books, read
American Gods and
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, they're excellent. The nostalgia factor of
Ready Player One kept me interested, but I think it could have been a better book with a stronger third act.
Bear in mind, any criticism I have is tempered by the fact that I am not creative and cannot write worth a damn. These are my opinions and I would gladly listen to any counters you have as maybe I've missed something.
