Reddit mentions of Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen (1))

I would recommend:

Patrick Rothfuss's Name of the Wind


Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, or his newest series The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive).

If you made it all the way through Sword of Truth series, you probably will enjoy Jordan's Wheel of Time.

Scott Lynch's Lies of Locke Lamora is also very enjoyable.

If you are looking for another big one, enjoy the gritty and dark elements from Martin, Stephen Erikson's Malazan series might be up your alley. The first book is a little difficult to get through, but it picks up after that.

Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Fantastic stuff. The final book is scheduled for next March. Starts with Gardens of the Moon

Steven Erikson - Malazan Book of the Fallen

Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn

Brandon Sanderson - The Stormlight Archive

Peter Brett - The Demon Cycle

R. Scott Bakker - The Second Apocalypse

Joe Abercrombie - The First Law

Scott Lynch - The Gentleman Bastard

Patrick Rothfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicle

All excellent. Some slightly more excellent than others.

If you liked Song of Ice and fire you might really like Erikson:

Malazan Book of the Fallen is a 10 book series, might take you a bit to get into in the beginning but once it gets going I was not able to put it down. It's extremely gritty and has a lot of characters and plot lines, but they are all done extremely well, it gets to a point that you just start following the bigger picture of what is happening even as you read the events that each character is involved in. (I highly recommend this series to anyone that likes fantasy in shades of gray)

Another great book I read recently was Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay

Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson is a very good page turner, had a couple of late nights not being able to put it down. The "magic" (don't know what else to call it really) in the books is really creatively done, his writing style keeps you reading late into the night.

And off the top of my head I also liked Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. This one is a fun read, not as involved as the others mentioned above.

Try the Malazan Book of the Fallen. First book is Gardens of the Moon The best fantasy series I've ever read.

EDIT: I feel I should say more...coming from ASOIAF, it'll be an adjustment. You have to be halfway through the 2nd book before you're hooked. The first book isn't like any others in the series. It was written a decade before book 2, and you can tell the difference. Good rule of thumb, if you finish Deadhouse Gates, and you're not absolutely hooked, you can safely put the series down. Anyway, the adjustment is that ASOIAF is politically inclined low fantasy, MBotF is dark high fantasy. There are some EXTREMELY powerful beings in the books. Gods can (and sometimes are) viewpoint characters. It has just as large (actually probably a bit larger) of a cast as ASOIAF, and "main" characters also die in it, but it is the overall power level that is such a huge adjustment. I hope you give it a try. If you do, feel free to join us over in r/malazan.

Also, Steven Erikson gave an awesome AMA just a couple weeks ago.

Amazon lists Gardens at an average of 3.7 and GoT at 4.3. Goodreads lists GoT at 4.4 and Gardens at 3.8. Are you saying only fanboys use two of the biggest book sites on the internet?

I admit I have judged Erikson purely on the first book in the Malazan series. IMO anybody who finishes that book and wants to read another book from him is likely to be overly charitable regarding the sequels. The numbers back you up though, Memories of Ice clocks at 4.4 on Goodreads, which is higher than Feast's 4 or Dance's 4.1, but a hair lower than the score for Storm of Swords.

Well, if you are planning to do so and those are the prices you see there I would seriously consider getting a VPN to a US IP to do your ebook shopping. What price do you see if you go to https://www.beatfiltering.com/ and then type in http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765322889 to go to that same book?

Book six? You're stronger than me - I got through the first three before giving up. I've not heard anything that makes me want to go back and try again. A couple of other fantasy series suggestions (with links to the first books):

• The Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson
  
• The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss

If you're looking for a "massive big world" you should read Gardens of the Moon (Malazan).
It's not for everyone, but I liked it a lot.

Malazan, Book of the Fallen

Give This series a try. Great stuff.

Also, Dune. It's got magic, daggers, and a very deep storyline. If the first one is too boring, have her try the prequels. Best to try reading dune first, though.

Also, The Name of the Wind is a great one.