Here is a list of Mark Lawrence’s 10 Best Books, According to Goodreads.
Grey Sister
Goodreads rating: 4.37
From the blurb:
In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often, knowing the truth just makes our choices harder. Before she leaves the Convent of Sweet Mercy, Nona must choose her path and take the red of a Martial Sister, the grey of a Sister of Discretion, the blue of a Mystic Sister or the simple black of a Bride of the Ancestor, entailing a life of prayer and service.…
The Wheel of Osheim
Goodreads rating: 4.32
From the blurb:
All the horrors of Hell stand between Snorri Ver Snagason and the rescue of his family, if indeed the dead can be rescued.
For Jalan Kendeth getting back out alive and with Loki’s Key is all that matters. Loki’s creation can open any lock, any door, and it may also be the key to Jal’s fortune back in the living world….
Holy Sister
Goodreads rating: 4.32
From the blurb:
THEY CAME AGAINST HER AS A CHILD.
NOW THEY FACE THE WOMAN.
THEY CAME AGAINST HER AS A CHILD. NOW THEY FACE THE WOMAN.
The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere, the emperor’s armies are in retreat….
Road Brothers
Goodreads rating: 4.27
From the blurb:
This is a collection of fourteen stories of murder, mayhem, pathos, and philosophy, all set in the world of the Broken Empire.…
The Girl and the Moon
Goodreads rating: 4.26
From the blurb:
The green world overwhelms all of Yaz’s expectations. Everything seems different but some things remain the same: her old enemies are still bent on her destruction.…
The Liar’s Key
Goodreads rating: 4.24
From the blurb:
The Red Queen has set her players on the board…
Winter is keeping Prince Jalan Kendeth far from the luxuries of his southern palace. And although the North may be home to his companion, the warrior Snorri ver Snagason, he is just as eager to leave….
Emperor of Thorns
Goodreads rating: 4.24
From the blurb:
The world is cracked and time has run through, leaving us clutching at the end days. These are the days that have waited for us all our lives. These are my days. I will stand before the Hundred and they will listen. I will take the throne no matter who stands against me, living or dead, and if I must be the last emperor then I will make of it such an ending.…
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
Goodreads rating: 4.22
From the blurb:
All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written.
The greatest story can reach the stars . . .
King of Thorns
Goodreads rating: 4.19
From the blurb:
To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. I’ve walked from pawn to player and I’ll win this game of ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in blood…
Red Sister
Goodreads rating: 4.17
From the blurb:
“I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin.”
At the Convent of Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices’ skills to deadly effect: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist.…
