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10 Fantasy Books to Read When You're Fed Up With Sword & Sorcery

Some fantasy books (stand-alone or first books in series) that you should read when you feel you're fed up with the typical sword & sorcery stuff set in a medieval based world.
From the post-apocalyptic Earth's of Prince of Thorns and Wolf in Shadow to the gunpowder age of Promise of Blood via the near-contemporary analogue Jade City and the ever evolving world of the Mistborn saga, you'll also find fantastical imaginings of our own world in the past and the present when you meet Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and Chicago's Wizard PI Harry Dresden.
These are ten books that prove that fantasy is more than The Lord of the Rings template.
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The Final Empire (Brandon Sanderson)
The Final Empire (Brandon Sanderson)
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Guns of the Dawn (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Guns of the Dawn (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
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Jade City (Fonda Lee)
Jade City (Fonda Lee)
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
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Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
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Prince of Thorns (Mark Lawrence)
Prince of Thorns (Mark Lawrence)
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Promise of Blood (Brian McClellan)
Promise of Blood (Brian McClellan)
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Running With the Demon (Terry Brooks)
Running With the Demon (Terry Brooks)
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Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
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Wolf in Shadow (David Gemmell)
Wolf in Shadow (David Gemmell)
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