Fantasy/ scifi with really tough worlds, where everything is stacked against the main character?Answer

No YA, pls, I'm too old for this sh... stuff! :) Some examples of what I mean: Baru Cormorant, Book of the New Sun, Broken Earth, Winter Road, Blood Song, Witcher, Xenogenesis, Th1rte3n, Priest of Bones, Left Hand of Darkness.

The Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind
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The Way of Kings

The Way of Kings
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 2,429 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6