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Loved The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett? If its series, fantasy and demons hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Blade Itself, The Pillars of Creation and The Black Prism. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.
What’s inside The Desert Spear: Series · Fantasy · Demons · Multiple POV · Violent
Joe Abercrombie
Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Magic System · Political Intrigue
Terry Goodkind
Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue
Brent Weeks
Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Dark Fantasy · Magic System · Soldiers and Warfare
Stephen King
Dark Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Magic System · Multiple POV
George R.R. Martin
Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Sprawling Epic · Fantasy
Brandon Sanderson
Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue · Magic System · Dark Fantasy
Steven Erikson
Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue
Anne Bishop
Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Political Intrigue · Dark
Jim Butcher
Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue · Soldiers and Warfare
Christopher Paolini
Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Fantasy
Stephen R. Donaldson
Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Magic System · Soldiers and Warfare
R. Scott Bakker
Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Demons
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Political Intrigue · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare
Robert Jordan
Epic Fantasy · Desert · Magic System · Political Intrigue · Sprawling Epic
China Mieville
Dark Fantasy · Magic System · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue · Multiple POV
Raymond E. Feist
Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Demons · Political Intrigue · Soldiers and Warfare
Anthony Ryan
Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Magic System · Fantasy
David Eddings
Sprawling Epic · Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Soldiers and Warfare · Multiple POV
Sarah J. Maas
Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Demons · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue
Erika Johansen
Epic Fantasy · Magic System · Political Intrigue · Fantasy · Dark
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