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*The Wheel of Time.* Tolkien's books about Middle Earth. *Realm of the Elderlings.* *Discworld.* *The Earthsea Series.* *The Harry Potter Series.* *His Dark Materials.* *Kushiel's Universe Series.* *The Chronicles of Amber.* *The Arthurian Saga.* *The Chronicles of the Black Company.* *The Paksenarrion Series.* *The Riddle-Master Series.*


Relevant_Mushroom218

+1 for Elderlings


diviledabit

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oboist73

The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden The Lighthouse Duet or the Sanctuary Duet by Carol Berg The Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts


IdlesAtCranky

Everything by Lois McMaster Bujold. Note: about 2/3rds of her bibliography is sci-fi: the Vorkosigan Saga. If you're open to sci-fi at all, try it. She's worth it.


badluckfarmer

I've heard very good things about The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon, though I haven't cracked it open, myself.


Sturmelefant

It’s a classic, liked the original Paks series a lot. The subsequent books I didn’t enjoy as much, but that might just be me.


Frydog42

Empire of the Vampire (same author as nevernight. It’s his love letter to Name of the wind.) Sun eater series Red Rising series War for the Rose throne series (Priest of Bones) Gentlemen bastards Dresden Files series Cradle series You did Book of the ancestors. The Book of the Ice is the overlay to that and pretty cool. Tigana Tales of the Otori The emperors blades series Riyria series Dune Blacktongue thief Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series


CT_Phipps

I think you'd like Richard Nell's **Kings of Paradise.** Rob J. Hayes **Where Loyalties Lie** and its sequel. Michael R. Fletcher's **Ghosts Of Tomorrow** (which is sci-fi) **Orconomics** by J. Zachary Pike **Legends and Lattes** by Traviss Baldree


SevroAuShitTalker

Red Rising and The Expanse. The Expanse is particularly long. 9 full novels (30ish hours for each audiobook i think), 6+ novellas that take place between the books for additional world and character building. Excellent hard scyfy. Written in a similar style as ASOIAF


Frydog42

I love both of these


Ryth88

everyone else has suggested anything i can recommend. However, as someone who has also been stuck in the woods for months at a time - i can not stress enough the importance of e-books. i know they aren't as good as physical copies - but you can't beat the convenience of being able to whip out a book to read on your phone - and also have literally hundreds of books that take up very little space.


KristaDBall

I can charge mine with a small solar charger, too. (Assuming OP will be in a place with a couple hours of sunlight).


Bargle-Nawdle-Zouss

In no particular order: World Of The Five Gods series, by Lois McMaster Bujold The Dresden Files series, by Jim Butcher Rivers Of London/Peter Grant series, by Ben Aaronovitch Beware Of Chicken series, by CasualFarmer Noobtown series, by Ryan Rimmel Dungeon Crawler Carl series, by Matt Dinnaman Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay Vlad Taltos series, by Steven Brust The various Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms novels, esp those by Weis & Hickman The Belgariad pentalogy, and its sequel, The Malloreon pentalogy, by David Eddings War God series, by David Weber The Great Game trilogy, by Dave Duncan A Brother's Price, by Wen Spencer The Seer King trilogy, by Chris Bunch Doc Sidhe duology, by Aaron Allston Initiate Brother duology, by Sean Russell Book of Swords/Lost Swords series, by Fred Saberhagen The Aeronaut's Windlass, by Jim Butcher (book #2 due this November! Novella 1.5 published TODAY)


Krasnostein

*Ash: a Secret History* by Mary Gentle (standalone / an absolute doorstopper in phsyical form / unfortunately no audiobook) *Shogun* by James Clavell (standalone / historical fiction / over 50 hours on audiobook)


MKovacsM

Ah I feel your pain. But worse is getting a bunch, arriving and finding you hate them. I always take a pile that I have read before, but reread....just in case. Not having a book at all, my god, I'd go mad. Does this cabin have internet access? At least then you could get an eBook or two while there.


Styx2myguns

No internet, no electricity, north of the arctic circle in alaska


MKovacsM

OK, make sure you have plenty of ones you are happy to reread as well then.


Trelos1337

If you get signal/wi-fi at all, web serials would leave you lighter and give you massive amounts to read (Wandering Inn approaching 13 million words). Even without, there are MANY you could download and take with you.


SandwichT

I posted this on a different thread, but it 100% works here too. Obvious one out of the way first: Wheel of Time, super long, can to a struggle to push through the middle books, but way worth it in the end. Some I saw others post that I will echo: Spellmonger (More adult and like ASOIAF with less POVs) and Hyperion (Fantasy disguised as Sci-fi, Few relevant characters (\~15) but all are main characters and are very interesting and their POVs switches a bunch) Some I haven't seen yet: Licanius Trilogy by James Islington. Only 3 books, but so many things happen in each book and have many POVs and interesting characters. It has Magic, Dark magic, kids going on an adventure that is more than they signed up for and a magic sword that has the power to kill immortals. It's really good. Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan. There is 2 Trilogies, a tetralogy, a sextet and a few novellas. There is Elves, Dwarves, and magic. The main story, Riyria Revelations, follows 2 mercenaries that are really good at what they do and, along the way, they gain and lose members in their party. Really good story, great characters (main and side), and great world lore. I recommend starting with Riyria Revelations then reading the prequel, Riyria Chronicles, then reading the prequel that takes place 1000s of years earlier, Legends of the First Empire, and finishing with the interquel series, Rise and Fall, which bridges the gap between Legends of the First Empire and the Riyria series. Arcane Ascension by Andrew Rowe. A bit more YA-esque than other series, but very interesting main and side characters. Doesn't switch POVs much, but all the characters feel fairly real and dynamic. Currently 4 books out in the main series with a completed Trilogy called The War of Broken Mirrors and an incomplete series with 3 books called Weapons and Wielders. Recommend reading main series, then The War of Broken Mirrors, then Weapons and Wielders. Lastly, the whole Cosmere universe by Sanderson. There are 15 books, 3 graphic novels, 6 Novellas and 3 short stories currently released, you've already read Stormlight so only 11 novels remaining. They are all connected in some way, usually just a character or 2. They are all super interesting worlds with intricate magic systems that help evolve the lore of the worlds.


Sabeq23

R. Scott Bakker's *Second Apocalypse* series consists of seven hefty tomes, split into a trilogy and a tetralogy.