Fantasy
The First Law
Joe Abercrombie
9 books
In a world at war where heroes are frauds and villains have excellent reasons, a crippled torturer, a cowardly nobleman, and a barbarian northman are thrown together on a doomed quest. Abercrombie is the master of grimdark fantasy — brutal, funny, and impossible to predict.
Reading Order
- 1.Buy
The Blade Itself
- 2.Buy
Before They Are Hanged
- 3.Buy
Last Argument of Kings
- 4.Buy
Best Served Cold
Standalone set in the same world — can be read after the trilogy.
- 5.Buy
The Heroes
Standalone — a single battle told over three days.
- 6.Buy
Red Country
Standalone — grimdark western.
- 7.Buy
A Little Hatred
The Age of Madness begins — set 30 years after the original trilogy.
- 8.Buy
The Trouble with Peace
- 9.Buy
The Wisdom of Crowds
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