5 books tagged with world building, sorted by rating.
by Frank Herbert
by Ursula K. Le Guin
by Brandon Sanderson
by Scott Lynch
by Robert Jordan
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides — who would become known as Muad'Dib — and of a great family's ambition to bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
A lone human envoy is sent to the ice-bound planet of Gethen to convince its inhabitants to join a galactic confederation. But on Gethen, the people are ambisexual — shifting between male and female — and the envoy must navigate a world where gender as he knows it doesn't exist.
On the shattered plains of Roshar, a war rages for gemhearts that power magical fabrials. Kaladin, a former soldier turned slave, struggles to survive and protect his men. Meanwhile, scholar Shallan seeks an apprenticeship with the heretic Jasnah Kholin, and highprince Dalinar is haunted by visions of an ancient past.
In a fantasy world inspired by Renaissance Venice, orphan Locke Lamora grows up to become the leader of the Gentleman Bastards — a band of con artists who swindle the nobility out of their fortunes. But when a mysterious figure called the Grey King threatens everything Locke holds dear, the stakes become deadly.
In a world where the Dark One stirs in his prison, five young villagers from the Two Rivers are forced to flee their home when monstrous Trollocs attack. Led by the mysterious Aes Sedai Moiraine, they embark on a journey that will determine the fate of the world — and reveal that one of them is the Dragon Reborn.
