Brandon Sanderson is the master of doorstop fantasy. Let's talk about which fantasy tome and the most rewarding long reading in the series.

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Doorstopper fantasies, sometimes called "big fantasies" or even just "big books", are large tomes that usually exceed 500 pages, and they are usually part of a series of similarly lengthy installments. It can be a challenge to hold them, and it's more challenging to bind them so they don't fall apart, but they are also very satisfying to read. One thing that occasionally makes doorstops easier to handle is that when they appear in paperback, they reduce the sheer weight of the novel, which means that Brandon Sanderson’s paperback version of "Rhythm of War" will be released in October. It was put on the bookstore on the 26th, and it was the right time to take advantage of the longer night time.

Few people would question the assertion that Sanderson is the master of doorstop fantasy. He has been a fan of big epics for a long time: "I grew up in Anne McCaffrey and Robert Jordan and these great and informative epic fantasy series. This is my first love," he said last year. Told Den of Geek in an interview. "I always wanted to do one of them myself."

Sanderson absolutely carried out this ambition. Rhythm of War is the fourth installment in The Stormlight Archives, an epic series about the world of Roshar, where humans and Parshendi, a native of the world, are at war. Each novel focuses on the arc of a central character. The "Road of Kings" series launched in 2010 introduced Kaladin Stormblessed, the soldier who has passed many trials and became the leader of the Knights of Radiance. Shallan Davar is a woman with dissociative identity disorder and a spy, the central character in the sequel Words of Radiance. Dalinar Kholin, a king who prefers to learn magic, leads the messenger of oath, and the rhythm of the war is centered on the Parsendi sisters Eshonai and Venli, because Venli plans to break free from human rule and the control of magical allies parshendi into submission.

Each hardcover novel in The Stormlight Archives is over a thousand pages; each paperback book is over 1,200. For lovers of doorstops and epic fantasy, this is great news, and Sanderson hasn't even finished it yet. The series is planned to consist of two five books, and each new work is planned to appear three years after the previous one. Although this means that the fifth book and the ending of the first arc will not be released until 2023, it provides ample time for new readers of the series to catch up. Readers who have just started using the paperback version can experience gorgeous new original art, commissioned for the reprint of the paperback version.

If you already know the Stormlight Archive but want the doorstop-like experience, Den of Geek brings together some classics and newcomers, they will not avoid the longer pages.

Sanderson's doorstop experience didn't start with the Stormlight Archive. He also helped ensure that Robert Jordan's Epic Wheel series was completed after Jordan's death. "Wheel of Time" is the latest doorstop series adapted to the screen. The episode will be broadcast on Amazon Prime starting from November 19th. Although some of the novels are close to the thousand-page mark, some only reach the 500th prequel novel "New Year" before breaking 300! ). However, more than fourteen volumes means that the entire series runs over ten thousand pages and nearly four to five million words.

Two other series that have both length and TV adaptations are Diana Gabarden’s "Outlander" and George RR Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire", the latter of which is well-known for the TV series "Game of Thrones." . These two series are still very strong. Gabaldon's ninth work "Go Tell the Bees I'm Going" will be released in November 2021, and Martin's sixth work "Winter Wind" is still not dating in the bar. Martin's novels currently exceed 4000 pages, while the first eight of Gabaldon's novels exceed 7,500 pages.

Suppose you have read "Wheel of Time" and you don't want to wait for a series to end. Fortunately, you have completed some powerful doorstop series. Although these series are short (only three or four books each), they still capture the feeling of a big book and the intricate world in which you can truly immerse yourself.

NK Jemisin's "Broken Earth" trilogy needs no introduction, and each volume wins the Hugo Award for Best Novel. In the novel, Jemisin delves into a world where the life and body of a magic user are subject to the whim of a corrupt government-the only way to lead a powerful magic user to decide to get rid of this system is to break the entire world. Although the series is The first novel "The Fifth Season" actually reached 500 pages (the other two reached more than 400 pages), but these landmark novels show that Jemisin is well-deserved as one of the best fantasy novelists at the moment. Reputation.

Sherwood Smith's Inda series begins with a novel of the same name and takes readers into the deeply developed world of Sartorias-deles, where war training has become a way of life. Even as a child, Yingda was a master of strategy, but when he was forced to flee his motherland into exile, he became the leader of a maritime mercenary-and planned to return to his family one day. Each of these books ranges from 580 to 780 pages.

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Like Jemisin's, L. Penelope's two Earthsinger Chronicles novels are less than 500 pages in length, but they are very close (and well worth reading) and it is worth sliding these pages. (The series also includes three novellas, so readers who like doorstops and short stories have the best of both worlds.) The series is centered on Jasminda, the world has more advanced technology (phones and early cars), an earth singer, she Elsiran’s mother was severed by a wealthy family for marrying a former prisoner of war in the enemy country of La Grima. Despised by the people of her hometown because of her skin color and her magic, Jasminda may be the only hope to prevent another war between the two countries-a war that will destroy Elsila. Including the novella, the entire series has reached nearly 2500 pages of fascinating world architecture and magic.

RF Kuang’s The Poppy War launched an epic military fantasy trilogy inspired by Chinese history. Rin is a dark-skinned peasant girl. With amazing wisdom, she entered the most elite military academy in the Nikara Empire. But Nikara is on the brink of war because foreign interests threaten to invade—as Rin develops the shaman power that connects her with the vengeful Phoenix, she will not only fight for the best interests of her people, but also God to protect her burned it all. With the second volume reaching nearly 700 pages, the series ran approximately 1800 pages in three novels-the scenes of free downloading of the first two novels increased the number of pages in different POVs.

Unlike the other games on this list, Fonda Lee's Green Bone Saga is set in a more modern world, where submachine guns and magic are equally dangerous. Kekonese jade can unlock amazing enhancement abilities for the person wearing it-but without training, jade addicts will quickly become exhausted. Kekonese wearing emeralds is divided into clans. They operate like an organized crime family, giving the series a mixed fantasy, crime and black feel. It is more than 1,800 pages and three novels, the last of which is "Emerald Legacy". On the bookshelf November 30, 2021.

The story of a certain boy wizard paved the way for longer intermediate novels, many of which can be enjoyed by young readers and adults. Fans of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and Olympians intermediate novels (in which a group of Greek demigods save the world from crazy Titans) must have noticed the first The two series are set in that world. The Heroes Quintet of Olympus contains all the novels over 500 pages. The series crosses the intermediate/YA line, from the first-person narrative of the young narrator to the third-person, multi-perspective, and older characters—all of these people are still involved in saving the world before the deadline. 

Riordan's truly outstanding "Rick Riordan Presents" mid-range mark also introduces some lengthy but not completely doorstop series, featuring young demigods and heroes from different world myths; among them, JC Cervantes' Stormrunner and sequel are the longest Yes, each book is up to 400 pages, while Kwame Mbalia's Tristan Strong Punches a Holes in the Sky reaches 499 pages, followed by a shorter sequel.

Christopher Paolini's "The Inheritance Cycle" draws on some classic doorstops (and health works from "Star Wars") as inspiration and introduces how a poor farm boy can protect a fledgling Dragon safety-and become a legendary dragon knight. Although the first novel, Eragon, has only 528 pages, the length of each book is increasing until the finale of "Inheritance", which has a total of 882 pages and a total of 2,900 pages.

Alison Goodman's Eon: The Dragon Reborn and Eona: The Last Dragoneye duo is YA rather than mid-level, and it may remind readers of Tamora Pierce's classic YA "Song of the Lioness" quartet. In both series, a girl pretends to be a boy in order to accept her chosen profession-in Eon's case, she is Longan, the apprentice of one of the twelve energy dragons, and a master of swordsmanship and magic. The full double reading is between 1100 and 1300 pages, depending on whether the reader chooses the hardcover or paperback edition.

For a longer, continuous intermediate series, Shannon Messenger's "Guardians of the Lost City" and the sequel already cover eight books, one of which is numbered 8.5, which includes multiple perspectives and bonus materials, and is expected to be in the series The ninth and tenth volumes will be published before the end. 12-year-old Sophie is a telepath, hidden among humans, but when the rebellious elves threaten her and her world, she has to trust the dark black swan organization to save her friends and herself. Although the first part started with less than 500 pages, the remaining part has been continuously added in volume 7 (878 pages), bringing the series to more than 6000 pages so far.

Of course, although some people prefer to watch crazy, others prefer to savor one series at a time, which is no more true for reading than streaming. If you are looking for doorstops that have not yet been paid in installments or have just started, these may be your best options.

Liu Ken's Dandelion Dynasty novel tells the story of the transformation of an empire, starting with the gorgeous writing of the kite rebels. This novel spans several decades — the first three are over 2,700 pages — tells the story of a stubborn hooligan who rises from poverty to become emperor and then faces his own struggle when the country may fall apart under his rule. The third novel in the series The Veiled Throne appeared on the bookshelf in November, and the fourth and final volume "Speaking Bones" is scheduled to be published in 2022.

Jenn Lyons' A Chorus of Dragons is also coming to an end. The fifth part of the series is about a royal illegitimate child whose destiny is not to save his kingdom, but to lead to its destruction. It will be launched in 2022. , The first four books in the series have more than 2,200 pages.

In Andrea Stewart's "The Drowning Empire" series, the daughter of a failed emperor seeks to inherit the throne, but a disease that stole her young memories prevented her father from being completely Trust her. In "Bone Shattered Girl" (less than 500 pages), she begins to take matters into her own hands-only to find that the situation in the empire is worse than she thought, and the enemies threatening their borders are by no means imagined. The sequel "Bone Broken Emperor" came out in November and added 561 pages to the series. The third part is expected to be released in 2022.

But suppose you want to get to the bottom through the series you just launched. You are lucky because the two epic trilogy started in 2021 and are expected to bring more adventures. Tasha Suri, known for the "Book of Amba" duet, has released a new epic fantasy trilogy featuring a 577-page Jasmine Throne. A powerful priestess eager to save her family and a princess in exile who want to seize the throne set out together to achieve their goals at all costs. CL Clark's "The Unbroken" is 544 pages in length, centered on Touraine, who returned to the land where she was born as a soldier to serve the country that now occupied her homeland. Luca is a princess seeking to regain the throne. She must quell the rising rebellion in Touraine's motherland-she thinks Touraine is the tool she needs. Both fantasies feature powerful women involved in national conspiracies (and healthy Safi romance), and readers can look forward to the second part of 2022.

Whether you are rereading your favorite (for example, snapping up a new paperback rhythm of war for a glorious new art) or starting a new series that is destined to become a favorite, this is the perfect season for doorstoppers. Dive into a series and immerse yourself in its world, using the power of imagination to fight against those longer periods of darkness.

The Rhythm of War was published in paperback on October 26. Learn more here.

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