24/female here
2006-06-23 05:41:53 · 35 answers · asked by AFwife 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
not lord of the rings though please
2006-06-23 05:44:54 · update #1
Lord of the Rings.
2006-06-23 05:44:09 · answer #1 · answered by silvs 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi there. I'm the author of a new medieval fantasy book that you might like. It's a coming of age story about a young Scot and his Irish love interest, but it's also a terrific fantasy adventure. It has received excellent reviews in the national media and is being considered for a movie deal.
The title is THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY. It's 445 pages of action, adventure, magic, mystery and mayhem. If you like Conan style books and you're not afraid of a little blood being spilled, you'll like this book. If you're looking for a Harry Potter clone, this may not be for you. It's rated PG-13 by most libraries.
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Good luck, whatever you decide to read!
Jon Baxley
Author, THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY
(A new medieval fantasy epic from Thomson Gale and Five Star Publishing--available now in hard cover and eBook)
2006-06-23 07:25:52 · answer #2 · answered by FiveStarAuthor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never been one for sword & sorcery books (which is weird honestly, I would imagine I would be) but you could try the Sword Dancer series by Jennifer Roberson.
While her later books got a little smutty, I really enjoyed the early novels by Laurel K Hamilton about Anita Blake (I forget what the first one is called but my favorite was Obsidian Butterfly) which is a modern day "vampire romance" series. There are a ton in this genre if you like it. OH Hamilton also wrote a book called (I think) Nighteyes or Night something that might be up your alley about a sorceress in that sort of time period.
I've heard fantastic things about George RR Hamilton's "A game of thrones" series but it isn't very heavy on the romance but it is supposed to be a great fantasy setting.
2006-06-23 05:48:07 · answer #3 · answered by QuestionWyrm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're only looking for fantasy I can't help; but if you are OK with SF too, check out Steve Miller and Sharon Lee's Liad Universe.
There are several books:
1) An arc of five books that stand together (they sort of define "current time" for the series)
2) Two that link in the previous generation
3) One that goes back a couple of hundred years before for backstory
4) Assorted short stories that fill in beautifully
-and-
5) Two more that really clear up questions about the colonization of Liad
There wasn't a single book set in this universe that I haven't re-read multiple times.
2006-06-23 08:36:33 · answer #4 · answered by O Caçador 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Drizzt books by R. A. Salvatore. Some of the best fantasy books I've read. Starts out with the Dark Elf trilogy, not a whole lot of romance in those. Drizzt, a dark elf eventually falls in love with Catti-Brie, a human who at one time is also in love a man. Very good stuff. Great fantasy series, one of the best I've ever read. Below link provides listing of the books in the series in order.
2006-06-23 06:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by Carlito Sway 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter (especially book 5 and 6), Madeleine L'Engle's Time trilogy (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet)
2006-07-04 05:43:56 · answer #6 · answered by boomchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Amazing books, a combo Lord of the Rings and American Western all in one. These are not horror books and there is romance, but it adds to the story and is not cheesy. You can get all the books in paperback as a set for cheap. The first one is the slowest read but you will not regret reading them.
2006-06-23 05:47:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try a great series by Diana Gabaldon, I think there's about 5 books now, the series starts with "Dragonfly in Amber". Lots of romance, well written, fantasy...they have it all. You will fall in love with the 2 main characters...especially him!!!!! These are long books, but well worth the read, all of them bestsellers, too! I got all the girls at work hooked! You should know by about half way thru the 1st one if they're for you, that's when most people know. Hope this helps!
2006-07-06 00:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by Lynn D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joan D. Vinge's The Snow Queen and the Summer Queen. Psion, Catspaw.
Anne McCaffrey's Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, The White Dragon.
Stephen King's The Stand
2006-06-30 08:43:26 · answer #9 · answered by Karan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragonjousters series(joust,alta,sanctuary) by Mercedes Lackey.The setting is ancient Egypt.Hunger, anger, and hatred are constants for young Vetch, rendered a brutally mistreated and overworked serf by the Tian conquest of his homeland. But everything improves when a Tian jouster requisitions Vetch to become the first serf ever to be a dragon boy. His training is intense, and his duty clear-cut: to tend his jouster, Ari, and his dragon, Kashet. He discovers that, because Ari himself had hatched Kashet, the dragon is different from others that have been captured live in the wild and must be drugged to be made tractable. Vetch finds he really likes and understands dragons, and soon he becomes the best dragon boy of all. He still harbors anger, however, toward the Tian invasion. Could he, perhaps, hatch a dragon, and then escape to help his people?
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.
Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the Mars novels and the tarzan novels.There are 11 novels in the mars series beginning with 'a princess of mars'.Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant four-armed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure. The later books are about his son Carthoris,daughter Tara etc.John carter is a recurring character in all these books as martians live for 1000 years.
Another good series is the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.The books provide an alternate take on vampires.People who are unjustly murdered call upon Artemis(Greek goddess) and she grants them a day to avenge themselves.After that they are recruited to her army to fight against evil.This series is romance based.Best of the series are 'Dance with the devil' and 'Seize the night'.
2006-06-24 01:04:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Mary Stewart's Arthurian romance epic: a trilogy. Marion Zimmer Bradley's 'Mists of Avalon' and other books. Peter S. Beagle's 'The Last Unicorn' and 'A Fine and Private Place'.
Enjoy.
2006-06-23 05:56:25 · answer #11 · answered by ekelks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋