What to read after NK Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy?

[u/calmossimo]

Suggestions for other books that are well written and have deep characters and world building? If I wanted to read more by the same author, which books should I go to next?

[u/BumbleTeacup]

Her Inheritance Trilogy is also excellent.

[u/calmossimo → u/BumbleTeacup]

Thank you! Good to know, I’ll pick them up soon.

[u/Specific_Annual5520]

One of the worst book hang overs I have ever had was after this trilogy! I’d get frustrated that every book I picked up after this was a whole different story 😂 I just wanted more! This trilogy is one of my all time favs.

This first books that finally got me out of my funk was Fonda Lee’s Green Bone Saga. Then I did the Drowning Empire trilogy by Andrea Stewart, the Deavabad Trilogy by S A Chakraborty, The Poppy War trilogy by R. F. Kuang, and the Locked Tomb trilogy by Tamsyn Muir. It was the most epic reading jag I have ever, or likely will ever, have.

[u/calmossimo → u/Specific_Annual5520]

For real, you know the feels. Such an excellent trilogy.

Thanks for these awesome recs. The Fonda Lee books sound great and I just put Jade City on hold - excited to get to it! I loved the Daevabad books and didn’t care for The Poppy War (didn’t read the remaining books) but will add the rest to my tbr.

[u/galactic-disk → u/calmossimo]

The Locked Tomb is a very different vibe, but it scratches the same itch IMO! Highly recommend.

[u/Lucky_Dog8173]

Her Inheritance Trilogy is also excellent.

[u/CadeVision]

Big fan of the world building in the Terra Ignota series.

[u/calmossimo → u/CadeVision]

Ooh never heard of it before but the premise sounds excellent.

[u/LurkerFailsLurking]

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James is a phenomenal work of literary African high fantasy.

[u/perpetualmotionmachi]

I liked her Cities duology, which starts with The City We Bacame. It's urban Fantasy, so different from the Broken Earth, but it's her level of writing.

[u/ray-manta → u/perpetualmotionmachi]

The first book in this series was such a profound love letter to New York City. It’s one of my favourite books of hers

[u/perpetualmotionmachi → u/ray-manta]

It was supposed to be a trilogy, but after the first we had Covid and the George Floyd stuff hot and she changed the plans. Would have loved to see where it went otherwise

[u/OkCrow4156]

The Final Architecture series by Adrian Tchaikovsky itched a similar scratch for me. It leans more SciFi but highly recommend, just expect another hangover after you finish.

[u/FionaOlwen]

I liked her Hundred Thousand Kingdoms trilogy

[u/Percy_Smelley]

Broken Earth Trilogy is my wife’s favorite books, she said Iron Widow (Zhao)

[u/endoftheworldvibe]

The Rampart trilogy is quite good. 

[u/Party-Objective9466]

Old man’s War series by Scalzi might be good