Next Book/Series Suggestion

Alright Howlers. I apologize as I know this has been posted/asked a million times, but I find myself in a unique situation here. I need something to hit as hard as Red Rising did. The only things that have come close is Name of the Wind, Dune, and Black Company, and I've taken a stab at all of the following:

  1. First Law
  2. Hyperion
  3. Lies of Locke Lamora
  4. Mistborn

Nothing has gripped me the same. I am considering some of these, and would love to hear and affirmations or outside suggestions in case there's something I missed:

  • Will of the Many
  • Discworld
  • Ender's Game
  • Malazan
  • City of Brass
  • Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Or I may just pivot to some older literature. If I had to summarize why those previous four series didn't quite grip me, I think I just felt disengaged from the characters. I'm just a slower reader and don't want to invest a lot more time in something I don't love.