Here are some of our top recommendations to get through your impendingGame of Throneshangover.

They are powerful, mysterious, clever, dangerous and above all, beautiful.Order it here.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms,N.K.

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HBO

Order it here.OrderThe Color of Magichere.

The Sword of Shannara,Terry Brooks

Like Martin, Brooks was heavily influenced by J.R.R.

TolkiensThe Lord of the Rings.

Ursula Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

Orion

His saga of the fantastic Four Lands is one of the touchstones of modern fantasy.

Thanks to its successful adaptation, Shannara has joinedGame of Throneson the TV fantasy landscape as well.Order it here.

The Silmarillion,J.R.R.

Maurice Druon, The Iron King

HarperCollins

The fusion of British history, fantasy, and anti-war philosophy should be familiar toThronesfans.Order it here.

She too eventually becomes one of the greatest warriors in her land.Order it here.

Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

Random House

Victoria Aveyard, The Red Queen

HarperCollins

Philippa Gregory, The White Queen

Simon & Schuster

NK Jemisin, Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Orbit

Ken Follett, Pillars of the Earth

HarperCollins

Terry Pratchett, Discworld

HarperCollins

Terry Brooks, Sword of Shannara

Del Rey

Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight

Random House

Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Bloomsbury

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Harper

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

HarperCollins

Gene Wolfe, Shadow and Claw

Millennium

Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

Knopf Doubleday

China Mieville, The Iron Council

Random House

John Scalzi, The Collapsing Empire

Tom Doherty Associates

Tamora Pierce, Alanna

Scholastic

Patrick Rothfuss, The Kingkiller Chronicles

DAW

Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

Orbit

Tad Williams, Shadowmarch

DAW Books

Stuart W. Mirsky,The King of Vinland’s Saga

Xlibris Corporation

Sharon K. Penman, Lionheart

Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks

R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before

The Overlook Press

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HarperCollins

Morgan Llewellyn, Lion of Ireland

Macmillan

Mary Renault, The King Must Die

Open Road Media

John Gwynne, Malice

Orbit

Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

Orbit

Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

Tom Doherty Associates