SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club discussion

I've read too many series lately and I'm looking for some good fantasy books that only span one binding, not 3+ - a tall order, these days.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be extremely grateful!
Preferably newer releases (I've been reading too much pre-80's fantasy lately ^^')

Brandon Sanderson has a couple: Warbreaker and Elantris were good.

A friend recommended Warbreaker just half an hour ago, so that's on my list, and she said there was another but she couldn't remember the name - I'm going to assume it's Elantris, so thank you for those!

Flames Over Frosthelm is standalone, a mix of heroic fantasy, buddy cop, and humor, kind of Princess Bride meets CSI.

I'll second Sanderson recommendations - I think Warbreaker is a good place to start! The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle. This was a fun read (it is a long title and says it is book #1 - I haven't seen a sequel, but it wraps up nicely) The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides.

I really recommend The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi if you want an amazing stand-alone fantasy. FMC is a supposedly retired older pirate who gets drawn back into the world with a price she can't refuse. The characters are fun, the world-building is phenomenal (and a really cool deep-dive into the history of piracy in the Indian Ocean), and the monsters are great.

That's a tough one. I've recently read Kings of Wyld by Nicholas Eames and spent most of it laughing out loud. It's fantasy, with some great characters and interesting world, where bands of heroes are treated like rock-star groups. I love the humour in it.

I loved Kings of the Wyld, too. It's one of my main inspirations.

I'd also suggest The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, and anything by Guy Gavriel Kay. His books are amazing. They're kind of loosely historical, so if you want hard Tolkienian fantasy they may be too much history. But most are shot through with magic, too.