13 Top fantasy books like The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1) by R. Scott Bakker

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The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)

By: R. Scott Bakker

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a world from whole cloth-its l…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1) by R. Scott Bakker , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

By: Glen Cook

3.93

Format: 319 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some f… read more

Similar categories in Glen Cook's The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Okay, Croaker. What the hell happened?"

-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

"One endured with humble dignity the consequences of youthful folly."

-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

"Nevertheless, four hours after dawn they began dying for their cause."

-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

"Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger."

-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

Cover of The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1) by R. Scott Bakker

2. The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)

By: R. Scott Bakker

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a world from whole cloth-its l… read more

Similar categories in R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • epic
  • fantasy
Cover of Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2) by Steven Erikson, Gabriel Stoian

3. Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)

By: Steven Erikson , Gabriel Stoian

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha'ik and her followers … read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • epic
  • fantasy

4. Memories of Ice (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)

By: Steven Erikson

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The ravaged continent of Genabackis is a terrifying new empire, the Pannion Domin, that devours all… read more

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5. Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)

By: Steven Erikson

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting, an… read more

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6. House of Chains (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)

By: Steven Erikson

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In Northern Genabackis, tribal mountain warriors raid southern flatlands. Years later, Tavore, Adju… read more

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7. Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Faith shapes the landscape, defines the laws of physics, and makes a mockery of truth. Common knowl… read more

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8. The Mirror’s Truth (Manifest Delusions, #2)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

3.40

Format: None pages, ebook

This is the Advance Reader Copy edition. The final published edition can be found  Bedeckt defined… read more

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9. Midnight Tides (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #5)

By: Steven Erikson

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

After decades of warfare, the five tribes of the Tiste Edur are united under the implacable rule of… read more

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10. The Crippled God (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #10)

By: Steven Erikson

3.55

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Bonehunters march for Kolanse, led by Adjunct Tavore. This woman with no gifts of magic, deemed… read more

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11. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Three Witches and The Master book and R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • epic
  • fantasy
"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

Cover of Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven by William Kely McClung

12. Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

By: William Kely McClung

4.37

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

Heroes, Like Swords, Are Forged In Blood! From the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia, to the n… read more

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"Afraid to live, too cowardly to die."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"And supernatural? Only science not yet understood."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"Yeah, nerdship could be inherited as surely as any knighthood"

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"Of course it didn’t make sense… knowledge was finite, imagination was not."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

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13. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6) by Christopher Ruocchio

14. Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.62

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

The sixth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • fiction
  • epic
  • fantasy
"Your road will not be easy, nor your burden light." "That does not matter," I said. "It must be."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

"I was nothing at all. The barest drop in a limitless ocean. One photon against the infinite Dark."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

"You're a good man Albee. None of us is good lord. Edward said. It's for us to do good, despite ourselves."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

Cover of Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2) by Christopher Ruocchio

15. Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.39

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The second novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fa… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Ruocchio's Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)

  • epic
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3) by Christopher Ruocchio

16. Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.63

Format: 784 pages, Paperback

The third novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Great is Truth, and mighty above all things."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3)

Cover of Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater, #4) by Christopher Ruocchio

17. Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater, #4)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.47

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

The fourth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fa… read more

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  • epic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Ashes of Man (Sun Eater, #5) by Christopher Ruocchio

18. Ashes of Man (Sun Eater, #5)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.54

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fifth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • epic
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of We Are the Dead (The Last War, #1) by Mike Shackle

19. We Are the Dead (The Last War, #1)

By: Mike Shackle

4.09

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

The war is over. The enemy won. Now it's time to fight back. For generations, the people of Jia … read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of In the Shadow of Their Dying by Michael R. Fletcher

20. In the Shadow of Their Dying

By: Michael R. Fletcher

3.79

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

The third best assassin. A second rate mercenary crew. One terrifying demon. As Sharaam crumbles un… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
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13 Best fiction books like The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1) by R. Scott Bakker

Transform Your Habits

The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

Glen Cook

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)

R. Scott Bakker

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)

Steven Erikson , Gabriel Stoian

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Three Witches and The Master

Max Nowaz

4.30

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19 Best fiction books like Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6) by Christopher Ruocchio

Transform Your Habits

The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

Mark Lawrence

4.10

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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

James Islington

4.63

Transform Your Habits

The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

James Logan

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

Richard Swan

4.11

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