The First Law by Joe Abercrombie

Thinking man’s barbarian Logen Ninefingers struggles to escape his bloody past, war hero turned torturer Inquisitor Glokta struggles to control the treacherous present, and self-obsessed young nobleman Jezal dan Luthar struggles to snatch a golden future without doing any work at all.

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

“Warbreaker is the story of two sisters who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago.”