If what gripped you was the razor-focus of the quest—Frodo and Sam’s march to Mount Doom while Aragorn draws Sauron’s eye with the march to the Black Gate—then you’ll love how Mistborn: The Final Empire rallies an unlikely crew around a single, audacious objective: overthrow the immortal Lord Ruler. Like Gandalf’s careful gambits in Minas Tirith and Aragorn’s bold feints, Kelsier and Vin orchestrate infiltrations, decoys, and desperate stands that turn on courage and timing. The mission-driven momentum never lets up, and when the plan finally ignites, it delivers that same breathless, against-the-night triumph.

If you loved how The Return of the King braided many threads—Gandalf holding the line in Minas Tirith, Éowyn and Merry’s ride and the Witch-king’s fall, Aragorn’s path through the Dead—The Priory of the Orange Tree offers a similarly rich tapestry. Across continents, Ead, Sabran, and Tané pursue intersecting destinies, their stories locking together the way Rohan, Gondor, and the Dúnedain did before the Pelennor. When the great threat finally rises, the convergence hits with the same thrilling, many-voiced swell as the Rohirrim’s charge.

If Pelennor Fields gave you chills and Aragorn’s return to claim the throne stirred your blood, The Way of Kings delivers that panoramic grandeur on a new canvas. Kaladin’s desperate stands on the Shattered Plains echo the grit of the White City’s siege, while Dalinar’s visions and oaths carry the mythic weight of the Paths of the Dead. When armies clash and ancient powers awaken, the scale feels as world-shaping as the march to the Black Gate and the crowning in Minas Tirith.

If you savored Tolkien’s deep roots—the lineages of Gondor, the songs of Rohan, athelas in the Houses of Healing, and the appendices’ rich backstory—The Eye of the World offers that same sense of an age-layered world. From the Two Rivers’ customs to Aes Sedai politics and old tongue phrases, every village and ruin feels as storied as Minas Tirith’s white walls and the beacons of Gondor. The journey hums with the texture of real legend beneath every step.

If what stayed with you was the eucatastrophe—the Rohirrim’s horns at dawn, Sam carrying Frodo up the mountain, Éowyn’s "I am no man," and the tearful farewell at the Grey Havens—Tigana aims straight for that ache. Its rebels fight to restore a name and a soul to their homeland, and the final revelations land with the same mix of wonder, sorrow, and rightness that makes the end of The Return of the King so profoundly moving.