"First, let me introduce you to yourself" (Beware RotE Spoilers)

[Mervi]

Hi nettletea and welcome!
I agree with joost that Farseer, Liveships and Tawny Man is a good reading order. I know it's a huge amount of books to include the Rain Wild Chronicles as well, but it does seem that Fool's Assassin is going to return to the world after the events of those (instead of, say, simultaneously with them) so that is the chronological order if you want to follow it. I'd say any of the trilogies/series works as a standalone and then you can skip back and forth between them because there's just enough referencing material in each to explain the connections... The only thing is that if you read them out of order you'll miss out on the joy of discovery and connecting the dots yourself.
I had entertained the idea of rereading everything through once more before August but it's starting to look a bit challenging... Maybe we can form a schedule and a support group....