Can anyone reccomend good fantasy books?

Question

I began reading scifi/fantasy 2 years ago and I know I've missed a lot of good ones. I have MS and read A LOT! I've read and enjoyed George RR Martin, Melanie Rawn, LE Modesitt Jr., Robert Jordan (i've read all wheel of time but only liked the first 5-6), and Terry Goodkind. I didn't care for Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, and David Eddings. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

I have to agree with the Ender series, it's fantastic... but for a good fantasy series that is hysterical and gets better the further you get into it... try the Diskworld series by Terry Pratchett. The first couple of books in it aren't great (he was still learning to write), but the parody humour is spit-take hysterical.

Answer 2

I read alot of fantasy and here are some of the authors that I really liked( not including those you listed above)..

Raymond E Feist(Magician etc)- Loved these except the later Krondor books

Raymond E Feist and Janny Wurts(Daughter of the Empire Trilogy) Read these after the above ones-I've read them at least twice(sad I know...)

Anne Bishop(Black Jewels Trilogy)-I loved these I thought the magic system very original

Robin Hobb(Farseer Trilogy, Liveship Trilogy, etc)

JV Jones(Book of Words Trilogy)

Tad Williams(Memory Sorrow and Thorn)

Steven Erikson(The Malazan Book of the Fallen)-These are my favourite(along with George R. R. Martin and Terry Goodkind)The series is not finished yet and is up to bout 5/6 books at moment. Highly recommend them though.

Too many others to mention - theres a handy site that lists lots of books that I look at when not sure what to read next. You'll find it at http://www.sff.net/people/Amy.Sheldon

Answer 3

Second on Neil Gaiman. Quite possibly the best writer alive in any genre. If you've gone through that much fantasy, you are definitely in the area to appreciate Terry Pratchett's Discworld books...

If you've ever been a classics reader, especially if you liked, say, Jane Austen and Ann Radcliffe, try Susannah Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Very witty and dry, one of my favorite books, about two magicians in England in the early 1800's. (Be forewarned that if you're not used to the style of 19th century authors, it'll be a bit rough going at first--Clarke wrote it entirely in the style of the time period. If you can get through that, amazing, amazing read.)

ETA: If you're not averse to reading YA lit (and there's hordes of excellent YA fantasy out there), try Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy--absolutely excellent. The final book came out this year, so it's complete. Another, though it's often shelved in both the YA and adult sections, is Philip Pullma's His Dark Materials trilogy. Strong fantasy and deeply philosophical.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Serious not trying to push any thing on you. Try reading the bible it really is a good book to read it has a lot of plot and theme. Skip over the cronicles and kings books. Just about each book has a different story and plot, with some things that are undescribable in the natural world. It's a great sci-fi. Check it out.

Answer 6

Try the books by these authors:
Garth Nix
Bran Jaques
Jonathan Stroud
Christopher Paolini
Philip Pullman

I have read some of their books, and I found them quite interesting

Answer 7

Try Jane Lindskold, Dennis McKiernan, Raymond Feist, David Weber, Eric Flint, Lois Bujold, H. Rider Haggard(if you can find), H. Beam Piper(if you can find), more later.

Answer 8

Hipcat, you have good taste, Terry Pratchett is awesome, you also want to check out Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman. Speaking of... Gaiman has some good book too, American Gods, and Neverwhere are good ones to start with.
CyberNara

Answer 9

Missing one of the best in that genre on your list there Terry Brooks is one of the best. Any of his KIngdom for sale sold series or any fantasy series pick your poison the man is good.

Answer 10

My suggestions are the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis. They are the absolute best! And also the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. I know it's not sci-fi/fantasy, but it is a really good series.