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Loved The Gunslinger by Stephen King? If its fantasy, series and male lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Empire of the Vampire, All the Pretty Horses and The Gate Of The Feral Gods. 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 Gunslinger: Fantasy · Series · Male Lead · Series Starter · Atmospheric
Jay Kristoff
Anti-Hero · Morally Gray Character · Quest Narrative · Post-Apocalyptic · Adventure
Cormac McCarthy
Desert · Bleak · Atmospheric · Quest Narrative · Adventure
Matt Dinniman
Quest Narrative · Morally Gray Character · Bleak · Anti-Hero · Dark
Rebecca Roanhorse
Morally Gray Character · Desert · Anti-Hero · Post-Apocalyptic · Fantasy
China Mieville
Bleak · Atmospheric · Quest Narrative · Fantasy · Dark
Christopher Paolini
Morally Gray Character · Quest Narrative · Anti-Hero · Atmospheric · Fantasy
Herman Melville
Quest Narrative · Bleak · Anti-Hero · Atmospheric · Dark
Neil Gaiman
Quest Narrative · Atmospheric · Bleak · Fantasy · Anti-Hero
Joe Abercrombie
Anti-Hero · Quest Narrative · Bleak · Morally Gray Character · Adventure
C. Robert Cargill
Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Desert · Morally Gray Character · Bleak · Post-Apocalyptic
Christopher Buehlman
Quest Narrative · Bleak · Anti-Hero · Atmospheric · Adventure
Julie Kagawa
Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Morally Gray Character · Anti-Hero · Post-Apocalyptic · Dark
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Anti-Hero · Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Bleak · Atmospheric · Dark
Mark Lawrence
Bleak · Anti-Hero · Post-Apocalyptic · Morally Gray Character · Fantasy
Dmitry Glukhovsky
Bleak · Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Quest Narrative · Atmospheric · Post-Apocalyptic
Moira Young
Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Desert · Post-Apocalyptic · Quest Narrative · Dark
Robert V.S. Redick
Desert · Quest Narrative · Atmospheric · Fantasy · Adventure
Philip K. Dick
Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Post-Apocalyptic · Bleak · Anti-Hero · Atmospheric
Chelsea Abdullah
Desert · Quest Narrative · Morally Gray Character · Atmospheric · Fantasy
Scott Lynch
Morally Gray Character · Anti-Hero · Fantasy · Adventure · Dark
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