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Hey everyone,
I know there are a ton of these threads asking for suggestions but I figured one more wouldn't hurt right? Lol. Anyways I'm a huge fantasy book fan. I've read the big names like Terry Brooks, George R. R. Martin, the first three and a half books of HP, Dragonlance series and my favorite R. A. Salvatore. I was wondering if anyone out there had some good suggestions for more novels I should read? I'm mostly into either epic or heroic fantasy if that helps.
Thanks in advance,
Jess
Well not all of these are heroic or epoch necessarily, but in no particular order my favorite fantassy authors are Jim Butcher, Tamora pierce, and Mercedes Lackey. Also L. E. Modisitt Jr. has some good stuff. Anne McCaffree's pern series is another famous one out there. Hope that gives you some ideas, and let me know if you want details on any of these.
well, you could always try robert geordons the wheel of time, and then tarry goodkinds sword of truth. Haven't read the sword of truth, but try the first book of the wheel of time
I'll second the reccomendations of MCCaffrey, Lackey and Pierce. You might also enjoy Andre Norton's Witch World series, which is both epic and absolutely huge. (unfortunately, only some of it is on bookshare.) Some recent reads of mine that aren't so well-known are the Artifacts of Power quartet by Maggie Furey and the Firekeeper Saga by Jane Lindskold. Happy reading!
Hmmm. Generally my pick of fantasy tend to the weird urban/mythical/magic realism, rather than high fantasy. Neil Gaiman is my god, etc. But of the classic genre, as much as there is one...
Diana Wynne Jones. Young Adult, but wonderful. Christopher Chant series especially. All kids should have this forced upon them.
Naomi Novik's series, called Temerair in the US and His Majesty's Dragon in the UK. Basically.... you know Patrick O'brian's Master and Commander books? Like them. But with dragons. It makes me so very, very happy.
Oh okay. Just one Neil Gaiman. Stardust. Yes, like the movie, but the book was first, and different, and better. More fairytale than fantasy, but so, so stunning! There are no words!
Try the first two parts of the Inheritance trilogy by christopher Paolini. The first book is entitled eragon, and the second is Eldest. The third installment should be out , I think, by the end of the year. that's what I heard, anyway.
Agreed both with the Temerair series, and with erogan.
the lords of the isles is a good series by david drake. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find it in audio format.
okay terry goodkind is the best one i've found so far. I like the wheel of time series and anne mccaffrey series to.
The demonwars series by r.a. salvatore was good to. The golden compass by philip pullman was neat to.
Hope these help.
Favorite fantasy series of mine, not all hugely adult, but still worth reading:
C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. First books of note I ever read, still charming whether you're 7 or 27.
Brian Jacques' Redwall Series. He's up to 19 books as of October 4, some are wonderful, some miss the mark. Generally the first twelve are fantastic. If you're a fan of Watership Down, Farthing Wood, and other anamorphic stuff, these are for you.
I'll second the Stardust recommendation. Even for those, like me, who don't like Gaeman usually, this is an absolutely cute book.
ah. The redwall series is a very good one. Speaking of anamorphic series', Dianne Duane (forgive me if I misspelled that please), has written a wonderful universe with a couple series in i. I'm feeling like a slight idiot at the moment because I can't remember the name of the 2 series', but I do highly recommend it.
Anne McCaffrey's Acorna series is a good one that I have read.
I just wanted to thank everyone for all the good choices you gave. Looks like I'll be reading a lot over the holidays.
No prob. And if you run out, just let us know. I'm sure we'll have dug up more by that time. Also, one thing I try to do, (though it's sometimes a losing battle) is if I come across a book I like, I try to keep a list of authors that I've read that I liked, so that I can either tell people which authors I've liked, for further suggestions, or so I can go looking for more books by them.
Lol! another HP fan, eh? Me too, but you know I grown with it. I also found myself liking a very old series by J. R. R. Tolkien, which you have probably heard of. Lord Of the Rings. The first prebook being The Hobbit, then Fellowship Of The Rings, Two Towers, and Return Of The King. There is prebooks such as the silmarillion, and other books as such. There's also another old classic fantasy called the odyssey, and this is by Homer.