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No Heroes, Just Consequences

Books where being good at something does not make you good.

a list by Gareth8 books

  1. The Way of Shadows

    “The blueprint.”

    Brent Weeks

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    1
  2. Shadow's Edge

    Brent Weeks

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    2
  3. The Night Angel Trilogy

    “If you are in, be in for all three.”

    Brent Weeks

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    3
  4. Night Angel

    Brent Weeks

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    4
  5. Nineteen Eighty-four

    “Not fantasy. Still belongs.”

    George Orwell

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    5
  6. The Blade Itself

    “The obvious one. Glokta earns his place.”

    Joe Abercrombie

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    6
  7. Blood Meridian

    “Not fantasy either. Belongs more than most of the list.”

    Cormac McCarthy

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    7
  8. The Fifth Season

    N. K. Jemisin

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    8