"Can't miss?"
So I would say Steven Ericsons "Malazan Book of the Fallen" as a series is one of them. I don't know much, that is alike this series in Fantasy. But it is not for anybody. The first book in particular is maybe not the best introduction. So I will give a link to the second book too, which in itself is one of the best fantasy books I've read.
Gardens of the Moon
Deadhouse Gates
And there is a fun
reread going on.