Been working my way through the Malazan books again (1, 3, 2, 4) and so far House of Chains (4) could possibly be a starting point. The character knows little of the rest of the world and the action is in parallel to the first three. I’m not even certain how it connects together with the overall take yet.
I do plan on reading book 6 before 5, since I know that one takes place before any of them.
@deinol@Mayobrot@kensanata I would definitely recommend Midnight Tides before Bonehunters. Technically MT does take place like a few year before Gardens of the Moon (but after the prologue of GotM), but there’s a reason it is placed 5 in the normal reading order, it belongs best there and reading Bonehunters before it will throw things off for sure.