I 100% support this
Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson is a must read if you are into the high fantasy genre. its got magic, assassins, blood and gore, detailed political structure riddled with corruption, a pile of goo and bones that becomes very interesting, dudes with steel spikes shoved in their eyes. If you want to story to be more complicated then it is Mistborn is set in its own world, but the world is set within the Cosmere which is the universe several other of his books are set.
Malazon Books of the fallen - Steven Erikson - this is not for a 1st time reader it’s about
empires, war, gods, and the cost of power. there is no main character. you dont get any explanation of how anything work (political system, magic, how/why gods are involved) your just throw in and expected to pick things up. it's pure chaos so much so i had to get AI to give a summary
Rather than following one main hero or a single quest, the series follows
many overlapping stories across
multiple continents and cultures, including:
- Soldiers fighting brutal imperial wars
- Immortal beings and gods manipulating events behind the scenes
- Ancient races dealing with the aftermath of past atrocities
- Ordinary people caught in world‑shaping conflicts
A common way readers describe it: It feels like stepping into a world that existed long before you arrived—and that won’t stop to explain itself.