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I had been listening to Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series, and enjoying it much more than expected. In many respects it's boilerplate sword-and-sorcery, but Butcher's characters are compelling and many of the specifics of his world do set it apart from Tolkien knock-off fare. There are numerous non-human races, but they aren't dwarves or elves, and the magic, while not perfectly consistent, does feel decently grounded (despite often consisting of flitting about in the air).
I took a break after the second Alera book to listen to Scott Lynch's second Gentlemen Bastards book, Red Seas Under Red Skies, but it's feeling like a bit of a slog. It has its charms, but much of the prose comes off stiff when it's trying to be clever and I'm just not feeling the stakes. I'm tempted to set it aside and go back to the Codex Alera.
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