The Best Dark Fantasy Books with Peter V Brett

Peter V Brett is the New York Times bestselling author of the Demon Cycle, which has sold over 3 million copies and been translated into 24 languages worldwide. He has also written numerous novellas, a graphic novel, has a new book hovering on the horizon.

In this episode we talk about the best dark fantasy books getting around, how the right agent at the right time made Brett’s career, and how playing Dungeons and Dragons made him a much better writer.

Brett recommended a heap of incredible stories during the show. These included:

C.S. Friedman’s Magister and Coldfire Trilogies

R.F. Kuang’s Poppy War Series

Evan Winter’s The Rage of Dragons

Catherine Arden’s Winternight Books

Naomi Novik’s Temeraire Books

And

Brian McClellan’s Powder Mage Trilogy

We also chatted about some of the best graphic novels out there including:

Criminal

Planetary (Warren Ellis)

Sleeper

Fables

Finally, we also mentioned Jay Kristoff’s new series Empire of the Vampire, saying it has just been released. Actually, preorder sales have just kicked off. It will be available later this year, at a similar time to Brett’s next novel The Desert Prince.

To get in touch with Peter, you can find him on Twitter, Instagram, or at his Website.

For a list of Tim’s personal favourite dark fantasy books, you can also head to this list here.

Thanks for listening.