PLEASE HELP!!!!!Need some fantasy series to read???!!!!!?

Question

I would like some series as many as you can list...OTHER then harry potter,inkheart,inkspell.Give a short summary of what the book(s) are about.I like fantasy/romance, and anything like hp(harry potter),thats it.thanks
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Answer 1

the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

(from Amazon)Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. With two trusty sidekicks in tow, he hatches a cunning plot to divest the fairyfolk of their pot of gold. Of course, he isn't foolish enough to believe in all that "gold at the end of the rainbow" nonsense. Rather, he knows that the only way to separate the little people from their stash is to kidnap one of them and wait for the ransom to arrive. But when the time comes to put his plan into action, he doesn't count on the appearance of the extrasmall, pointy-eared Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaisance) Unit--and her senior officer, Commander Root, a man (sorry, elf) who will stop at nothing to get her back.


Keys to the Kingdom Series by Garth Nix (starts with Mister Monday): (from Amazon) Grade 5-8-Arthur Penhaligon's school year is not off to a good start. On his first day, he suffers an asthma attack while running cross country and dreams that a mysterious figure hands him a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock. However, when he wakes up, he still has the key. That's when strange things begin to happen. Mister Monday dispatches terrifying, dog-faced Fetchers to retrieve it, a bizarre sleeping illness sweeps the city, and only Arthur can see the weird new house that appears in his neighborhood. The seventh grader knows it all has something to do with the key, one of seven elusive fragments of the Will to which he has become heir apparent, and a mysterious atlas. When he ventures inside the house, he meets more strange characters than he could have imagined, none of whom are what they seem. And, of course, he must battle Monday, who will do anything to get the key back. With the help of the key, Arthur must fight his way out


No romance in either. For something a little bit older but with romance you can check out the Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan (starts with the Magicians Guild) (info from Amazon)
This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables. Cloaked in the protection of their sorcery, they move with no fear of the vagrants and miscreants who despise them and their work -- until one enraged girl, barely more than a child, hurls a stone at the hated invaders . . . and effortlessly penetrates their magical shield.

What the Magicians' Guild has long dreaded has finally come to pass. There is someone outside their ranks who possesses a raw power beyond imagining, an untrained mage who must be found and schooled before she destroys herself and her city with a force she cannot yet control.

Answer 2

I suggest Tamora Pierces series. Like the Lioness Quartet, The Immortals Quartet, The Protector of the Small Quartet, and the Tricksters Choice and Tricksters Queen.
The Lioness Quartet is about a girl who wants to become a knight...she changes places with her twin brother to train as a page. She hides her identity and makes her dream come true with many many obstacles.
Daine the Wildmage and more magic. We are back in the land of Tortall and again a girl goes through many obstacles to get to where it is safe.
In the Protector of the Small Quartet Keladry is the first female to try to become a knight since Alanna the Lioness. She doesn't have much help and doesn't have much welcome. She doesn't have to hide her identity like Alanna did but now she faces more bullies than ever. She has to go the many hardships to reach her goal and number one dream.
In the Tricksters series Alanna's daughter is trying to live her life based in the shadow of her famous mothers, not to mention the kings spymaster. She gets kidnapped and sold as a slave. Forced or tricked by a god she is put to work to help a family in another country.
All of these books have some love/romance interest and lots of adventure. If you like these books i would try any other novles by Pierce, she is a great author.

Answer 3

There are two fantasy books (which are the first two of a trilogy) called Aragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini:

"In wunderkind (he's 18) Christopher Paolini's impressive epic fantasy, eragon, the titular hero (who's 15) and Saphira, the dragon he's raised from a baby, set out to avenge the murder of Eragon's uncle and soon find themselves pursued by the fanatical king Galbatroix. The fantasy bildungsroman has the brave youngster learning about exile, magic, love and his own destiny, and Paolini promises his saga will continue in two more volumes of the planned Inheritance series. (Amazon.com)"


Those in my family say they are some of the best books they have ever read.

Answer 4

Christopher Paolini's Eragon and Eldest (the first two of the Inheritence Trilogy)! I absolutely could not put it down. I don't agree at all with Looney Dude-- he is definitely in the minority of people that did not like the book. And, if you don't believe me, believe a great writer:

"Full praise to Eragon, and I want more! A winner...tip of the hat to young master Paolini." (Anne McCaffrey, author of the Dragonriders of Pern series).

"Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire."

Eldest:
"Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…

Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust.

Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle–one that might put Eragon in even graver danger.

Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . ."

Answer 5

I'd recommend Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series. It has seven books in all. It's sort of a scientific/fantasy world. I mean it is like our world (it is set on Earth) but they also have magic in addition to science, and religion is very prominent (Satan has ads and billboards advertising the wonders of Hell!). In each book a new Incarnation (i.e. Death in the first book) is chosen and they have to figure out how to do their job and not screw things up while Satan is trying to trick them and there is usually something that Satan is trying to get done, and the Incarnation must stop him. While it is Satan of the Christian religion, it is not a "Christian book series".

All of the books are very good, and many elements begin to tie together by the third book, but it not completed, of course, till the seventh.

Initially, Piers Anthony was only going to do 5 in the series, but then realized that it wasn't finished, and still had the stories of 2 more Incarnations to finish.

Answer 6

I must second LeGuin's Earthsea series. Very top quality.

On the other hand, I have to recommend against Christopher Paolini (Eragon, etc.) I found it horribly overwritten and plodding.

David Farland's Runelords series is different and interesting.

David Eddings Belgariad is good for one reading, though a little dry.

Tad Williams Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is very good, but requires a little more commitment. It may not be what you're looking for, but I like it quite well.

If you like romance as well, perhaps Elizabeth Haydon's (pen name) Rhapsody series would suit you.

Answer 7

If you want fantasy, you must read the Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K. LeGuin. MUST!!!!!

Also look for the Belgariad and the Mallorean by David Eddings, the "Arrows of the Queen" trilogy and the "Last Herald-Mage" trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, and anything by Elizabeth Moon.

If you want a little more modern with your fantasy, look for stuff by Diane Duane (1st book is "So you Want to Be a Wizard), and the book _War for the Oaks_ by Emma Bull. The latter is nothing short of awesome.

Answer 8

If you like Harry Potter, you'll love King Fortis the Brave. It's about a pair of twins that are brought to a magical realm where they find themselves caught in a battle for control of the land. It's full of humor and action that readers of all ages will love.

Answer 9

Uglies, Prettis,and Specials by Scott Westerfeld
They have the sci-fi aspect and the romance too. They are about a futuristic world where all the people have surgery at 16 to make them beautiful. There are lots of things that unfold because of people running away from their homes because they don't want the surgery. They are great books.

Answer 10

Susan Cooper has a really fantastic series, *The Dark is Rising* series (which is also the name of the first book in the series). The protagonist is a young British kid named Will Stanton, who on his birthday one year wakes up to discover that he's not who he thought he was, and that he has an important mission to fulfill in the world. Cooper weaves in a lot of cool Arthurian legend and medieval British lore, and her storytelling is top-notch. The books are very readable, and while they're meant to appeal to kids, I usually go back and re-read them myself every couple of years (I'm almost 30)!