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Anything by
Tamora Pierce is pretty good, and all fantasy. Some series of hers interconnect but its not too confusing to read anyway. I read some series out of order and if anything I was a little confused in some of the later books but it was along the lines of - oh cool this character has reached their endgame and is coming in here to help out or is now coming in to play another part here.
You do get brief explanations but it more or less feels like a high level DnD character from another campaign in the same universe comes over to help / joins this one. They don't ever feel as if they're taking away the story from the main character tho!! They're just another side character for them to work with. If you read some of her later books and then her earlier books you can definitely tell she gets better but her earlier books are still pretty solid. Her novels are all fantasy.
- Beka Cooper: A Tortall Legend - This one is how I found her so it's decently recent and set before the Song of the Lioness, however this one is really just written in the same universe. It doesn't really connect with the other book series.
- The Song of the Lioness - ya girl Alanna wants to be a knight, but unfortunately ladies can't be knights. Her dad is like lol nah ur gonna be a healer and ya TWIN BROTHER is gonna be a knight cause magic is a ladies pursuit (or something). Twin bro wants to be a magician, but healers and magicians go to the same place to learn magic (i think, it's not super important) so they switch places, ENTER THE PLOT.
-Tricksters - Spoilers to Alanna if you read this series! You'll know the end of the series (kinda) and get some knowledge/spoilers of other series but you won't know HOW it happens. I still love it tho. I read this series before I read any other series from this universe but it was pretty easy to just go, cool, this character is connected to them and explanations are given that are pertinent if you know them but not really to THIS plot. It's really just adds background and weight if you care about them but I was able to just go "neat" and move on lol.
- The Circle Universe - The first book is Circle of Magic and all throughout the series it's very strong with it's main characters. This series is in it's own universe and I enjoyed every single book.
Anyway, Brandon Sandersons
The Final Empire (first book in the Mistborn series) is pretty good. Some people say he's overhyped but his first book is pretty good. There were definitely some things I did not expect to happen that happened and the pace was pretty fast. Fantasy also.
Sabriel by Garth Nix is also good. It's a little slow to start but that just because it has to do it's fair share of world building. It definitely makes an interesting world tho. This one's fantasy.
Six of Crows- You've probably heard of this one, but just incase you haven't, here it is. Basically, Kaz needs to recruit some interesting people to help him pull off a dangerous heist. It's set in an interesting world and each of the main characters feels pretty fleshed out with their own thing going on. Also, the Youtuber Empty Feet has a DANG good, spoiler free
animatic for it. Fantasy thats a bit more modern but not actually modern.
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley is an older one but still good! Orphan girl Harry learns how to kick butt and take names in her unique desert setting with plenty of plot and interesting world elements. Fantasy.