15 must-read fantasy books like The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1) by R. Scott Bakker

Cover of The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1) by R. Scott Bakker

The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

By: R. Scott Bakker

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1) by R. Scott Bakker , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1) by Janny Wurts

1. The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)

By: Janny Wurts

3.77

Format: 830 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The world of Athera lives in eternal fog, its skies obscured by the malevolent Mistwraith. Only the… read more

Similar categories in Janny Wurts's The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Show me a hero and I'll show you a man enslaved by his competence."

-Janny Wurts, The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)

"Mage-taught wisdom reproached him: any gift of power was two-edged."

-Janny Wurts, The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)

"An illusion threatens no one with harm. Neither can it be dispelled by armed force."

-Janny Wurts, The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)

"A bad king revels in his importance. A good one hates his office. He spends himself into infirmity quashing deadly little plots to make power the tool of the greedy."

-Janny Wurts, The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)

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

2. 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 Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #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 Bleak Seasons (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6) by Glen Cook

3. Bleak Seasons (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6)

By: Glen Cook

3.94

Format: 316 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive....I am Murgen, Standard… read more

Similar categories in Glen Cook's Bleak Seasons (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, #1) by Anna Smith Spark

4. The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, #1)

By: Anna Smith Spark

2.57

Format: 210 pages,

They've finally looked at the graveyard of our Empire with open eyes. They're fools and madmen and … read more

Similar categories in Anna Smith Spark's The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, #1) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

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

5. 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

Similar categories in Steven Erikson's Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1) by R. Scott Bakker

6. The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

By: R. Scott Bakker

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

read more

Similar categories in R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

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

7. 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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8. 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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9. She is the Darkness (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #7)

By: Glen Cook

4.09

Format: 349 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The wind whines and howls with bitter breath. Lightning snarls and barks. Rage is an animate force … read more

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10. 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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11. Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)

By: Matthew Woodring Stover

3.44

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Renowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of mon… read more

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12. Forge of Darkness (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #1)

By: Steven Erikson

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Now is the time to tell the story of an ancient realm, a tragic tale that sets the stage for all th… read more

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Cover of The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) by Mark  Lawrence

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

By: Mark Lawrence

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following The Book That Woul… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lawrence's The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) by Richard  Swan

14. 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

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

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

15. 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

Similar categories in Christopher Ruocchio's Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • 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 Forge of the High Mage (Path to Ascendancy, #4) by Ian C. Esslemont

16. Forge of the High Mage (Path to Ascendancy, #4)

By: Ian C. Esslemont

4.35

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

After decades of warfare, Malazan forces are now close to consolidating the Quon Talian mainland. Y… read more

Similar categories in Ian C. Esslemont's Forge of the High Mage (Path to Ascendancy, #4) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

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

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

18. 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 A Fool's Hope (The Last War, #2) by Mike Shackle

19. A Fool's Hope (The Last War, #2)

By: Mike Shackle

4.38

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

War takes everything.From Tinnstra, it took her family and thrust her into a conflict she wanted on… read more

Similar categories in Mike Shackle's A Fool's Hope (The Last War, #2) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1) by Michael R. Fletcher

20. Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

A broken man, Khraen awakens alone and lost. His stone heart has been shattered, littered across th… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of She Dreams in Blood (The Obsidian Path, #2) by Michael R. Fletcher

21. She Dreams in Blood (The Obsidian Path, #2)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

4.14

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Drawn by the shards of his obsidian heart, Khraen follows the path south. The islands, largely igno… read more

Similar categories in Michael R. Fletcher's She Dreams in Blood (The Obsidian Path, #2) book and R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1)

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

15 Best fiction books like The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor, #1) by R. Scott Bakker

Transform Your Habits

The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)

Janny Wurts

3.77

Transform Your Habits

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

Glen Cook

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Bleak Seasons (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6)

Glen Cook

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, #1)

Anna Smith Spark

2.57

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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

Transform Your Habits

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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