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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Well that's certainly one opinion. But I've talked to many fans who suggested the ten-installment Book of the Fallen series could be read as one complete arc. I don't pretend to know myself, of course. Double-digit novel-length installments is waaaay beyond what I'm willing to endure in the name of story-telling.
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You could only read the 10 Erikson books and get the majority of the story. But in any mega series you could probably skip a book here and there and still manage to catch up. You'll just be saying "huh, I guess that happened" quite a bit. There is no way to get around reading Assail though. It's the conclusion of the story. It's even advertised as the finale of the Malazan series.
That being said, I liked Malazan enough to keep reading all the books, but I would really only recommend it to someone who goes " A 16 book series, each book 1000 pages, and a nearly incomprehensible plot without a glossary? Sold!"