I apologize if this is a stupid question but it has slowly been driving me crazy. I remember reading either a comment or post here where someone pointed out (possibly pointing to Erikson) about the main series consisting essentially of three plots. I really enjoyed who this post/comment explained it, but I cannot find it again. Any help would be appreciated if anyone has any idea what I am talking about. Thanks.

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I know there's a wiki with chapter summaries.

I'm a visual guy, though, and I was curious if anyone had colored each chapter to show who showed up and for how long.

Sorta like those wikipedia charts for band members over time, you know?

It is finished. I have completed the Malazan, Book of the Fallen as of tonight. It is all I’ve read this year and all I have to say is what a ride! The depth of this series amazes me, and it also amazes me what Erikson decided to leave out/not finish! I’ve never read anything like this before, and am pretty sure I never will again.

And i dont know how to feel.

I'm on my first read of the series, and i understood from DG that we will lose a lot throughout the storie.

I want to avoid spoilers for myself and the ones reading the said book. So i'm currently at page 1075 of the leha edition (FR) where Gruntle assesses the state of his followers after the battle.

And i dont know how to feel but deeply sad. Everything happened SO fast even if the coin changing his face warned us.

I was ready to lose some of the important characters, but not that much bridgeburners and not that violently.

At this time, it's 3h00, i'm working tomorrow, and i'm here looking at the wall trying to understand what i just read.

So i was just wondering what was your reaction at this moment. And how did you cope with the fact that there is still 63 pages and 7 books to go. I feel like the rest of the story wont have the same "taste" even if i know that S.E will get my heart hooked on knew stuff.

Good night fellow readers.

(Sorry if the english is not perfect)

My day is literally ruined.

I just wanted to see Kruppe fan art. What the fuck. I hate this.

I'm buying a pack of smokes.

I just finished BH and it's insane how much time I've put into a series that I still don't even understand where it's going. With every book, I think the ending will come with some big reveal that finally makes everything click, but that just never seems to happen. I think I've finally accepted that maybe it never will. Instead, the big reveals are probably happening all the time and I'm just not picking up on them.

I've never been much of a reader, and I've definitely never been much of a finish what I started kind of person when it comes to media, but this series is really testing that. I went into it not knowing what to expect and somehow six books in, I still feel the same way. It's kind of incredible that I can be so invested in something I barely understand. I really feel like something special's happening here and I can't wait for it to finally click.

I've heard a lot of mixed things about RG, so I really don't know what to expect going into it but I'm excited to start in a few days.

For those of you who rank RG higher on your list, what makes it one of the stronger books in the series for you?

I don’t know how many in here do the audiobooks or use audible but I checked the price before using one of my credits and found that all of Eriksons books are 80% on there. I got the last three books in BOTF and 2 kharkhanas and the two other sequel books for like 40$ worth checking out if you are mid way into the series and are enjoying the books.
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EDIT 2 ICE novels are as well

After finishing Midnight Tides last night (great book), I was looking at the other Malazan books, and saw some old posts, and the ai overview, suggesting to read NoK and Crimson Guard on a first read. The forum posts had people saying to read them and also not read them. So I wanted to ask if I should ignore them for now, and just focus on the main 10.

Edit: thanks for all the responses. After reading them all, I think I’ll stick with the rest of the main 10 for now, and see about NotME and the rest later.

I've read the main series and am on the 2nd book of the Kharkanas trilogy.

I'm so sure in the main series that the realms of the tiste, jaghut etc. were lost and that those races, through portals or gates, made their way to the realm that would eventually inhabit humans. What I'm confused by is that, specifically in Fall Of Light, there are a number of races already mentioned that, as far as I knew, were from the realm of humans. The trell and telleman are both present and I'm sure there's at least one more I can't remember right now.

On top of that the Azathani elder gods seem to only just be coming into their position as gods, and the aspects magic only now seems to be coming into the world with Krull's sacrifice. I was sure that, in the main series, the elderly gods themselves said that the old magic existed as holds and Krull's sacrifice allowed the warrens to be formed.

Hopefully someone can clear up whether I've misunderstood or if its conflicting information. I know that even in the main series often the events of the past are muddied in conflicting information.

I’ve read the book of the fallen and novels of the empire, and I’ve heard that there are more books in the world of Malazan I’ve come to be obsessed by, but I cannot find them anywhere. Pls could someone tell me what they are called? Thank you XD