Suggest some good fantasy books for young adults(like LOTR and Harry Potter)?

Answer 1

Eragon-Eldest ~ Christopher Paolini
Artemis Fowl series ~ Eoin Colfer
The Bartimeaus Trilogy (lot like Harry-even set in London) ~ Jonathan Stroud
Inkheart-Inkspell ~ Cornelia Funke
Dragon Rider ~ " "
Chronicles of Narnia ~ C.S Lewis
Spiderwick Chronicles ~?
Magyk-Flyte ~ Angie Sage

Answer 2

The Harry Potter series
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The chronicles of Narnia
The Inheritance trilogy
The Secrets of Droon
The Seventh Tower

Answer 3

I can't believe only one person has mentioned Discworld! The Discworld books, by Terry Pratchett, are a fantasy/comedy series about a coin-shaped planet called, well, Discworld. There are several different storylines throughout the series, each following a different set of characters. For example, there are several books that follow The Watch, Discworld's police force, or Death, the grim reaper. Sometimes characters will have cameo appearances in books that aren't their storyline (like, some members of the watch appear in "Going Postal," even though they're not the primary focus of the book). There are also several books that are independent stories on their own, whose characters only appear in one book (such as "Pyramids" or "Small Gods"). The books deal with subjects that, while they're obviously fantasy, are almost eerily similar to real life. They're amazing books, and I recommend them to everyone, even people who don't like fantasy.

Answer 4

The Chronicles of Prydain is a five-volume series of children's fantasy novels by Lloyd Alexander. The stories follow the adventures of a young man named Taran, who has been awarded the honorific of Assistant Pig-Keeper but dreams of being a great hero, and his companions Princess Eilonwy, Fflewddur Fflam the wandering bard and king, and a creature called Gurgi.

The novels are inspired by Welsh mythology, particularly stories of the Mabinogion. Indeed, Prydain is Welsh for Britain. The stories are not, however, simple retellings of those myths — a point Alexander himself makes in an author's note — various characters have been changed, and stories conflated, so a student of Welsh culture should be prepared for surprises as Arawn is made into an enemy, and Gwydion loses all of his negative characteristics. The Horned King has his roots in Herne the Hunter and Cernunnos, although the Horned King is thoroughly evil and Arawn's champion.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicles_of_Prydain

Answer 5

The Inheritance Trilogy
His Dark Materials
the Narnia books

Answer 6

There are a lot of good ones out there. The best one I've found was King Fortis the Brave by LaMontagne and Snyder. It's about a pair of twins that are pulled into a magical land where they find themselves caught in the middle of a battle for control of the realm. The boy twin, Rodney, is mistaken for King Fortis, a King Arthur-like figure that is to someday return in the time of the land's greatest need. It's really a great book full of humor and adventure. I recommend it to my students all the time and have had students that really hate to read come back and tell me how much they love it.

Answer 7

The Chonicles of Narnia, The Vampire Plagues, Eragon

Answer 8

Any of Tamora Pierce's books.
The Circle of Magic Quartet
The Circle Opens Quartet
The Protector of the Small series
and many others. All are soooo much fun to read.

Answer 9

Here are some very good ones that I really enjoyed! I hope this helps! :)

Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series:
-The Golden Compass (or "Northern Lights", in the UK)
-The Subtle Knife
-The Amber Spyglass

Garth Nix's "Sabriel" series:
-Sabriel
-Lirael
-Abhorsen

Eoin Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" series:
-(Too many, search for them on Google or Amazon) :)

Christopher Paolini's "Eragon" series:
-Eragon
-Eldest

Cornelia Funke's:
-The Thief Lord
-Inkheart (maybe more for girls)
-Inkspell (the sequel to Inkheart)

Sherwood Smith's:
-Court Duel
-Crown Duel
(These are sometimes combined into a single book by the name of "Crown Duel", and they might be a bit more for girls).


Although this is more mystery:
-Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express"

Although this is more action/adventure/thriller:
-Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code"

Although this is more science-fiction-comedy:
-Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Although these are collections of short stories:
-Roald Dahl's "Tales of the Unexpected"
-Firebird (by various authors, put together by Firebird publishing company)

Answer 10

The Belgariad Series by David Eddings