are there any books like lord of the rings?

Question

lord of the rings are the only books i read and i would like to try a new one similar to them

Answer 1

Terry Brooks' Shannara series is similar in style and scope, though not as "epic" persay.

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series is an epic on a larger scale than Lord of the Rings. It's longer too (if you can believe that anyone could write a longer book than Lord of the Rings.)

In the general fantasy vein but with a different flavor, you might also want to look at Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series or Mary Stewart's Crystal Cave sequence or even The Chronicles of Thomas the Unbeliever by Steven Donaldson.

I'm unsure of how well you can read, if you're still honing your skills, Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence might be right up your alley. It's written for young adults and is very well done.

Answer 2

I enjoyed the Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis. Lewis and Tolkein were contemporaries and good friends.

You may have seen the recent Disney movie, but as usual; the book is better. There are 7 in the series starting with The Magicians Nephew, which is the prequeal to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; then followed by The Horse and His Boy.

Answer 3

Try some of Terry Brooks books. The Shannara series is a similar style to lord of the rings.

Answer 4

The Hobbit became written first and is extra of an journey tale. The Lord of the rings, even notwithstanding nevertheless an journey, is an epic and has extra storyline, emotion and which means in the back of it. The Hobbit is in simple terms an 'a lot less complicated-going' set-up for the Lord of the rings.

Answer 5

The "Memory, Sorrow & Thorn" series by Tad Williams is similar to "Lord of the Rings." It consists of three parts: "The Dragonbone Chair", "The Stone of Farewell", and "To Green Angel Tower (part 1&2)".

Also by Tad Williams, the "Otherland" series is fantastic. It has both science fiction and fantasy elements - the setting is very different from LotR, but the genre is very similar.

Another really good book is "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman. It's set in a secret world under modern-day London. In my opinion, one of the best fantasy novels ever.

Answer 6

I've rated each series/book with a star rating before them. * = good, *****= awesome!


****Elizabeth Moon - The Deed of Paksenarrion series (starting with Sheepfarmer's Daughter)

These stories are set in a very similar realm to the Lord of the Rings series. It follows the legend of Paksenarrion - a girl raised as a sheepfarmer who moved on to bigger and better things when she enlisted in a local mercenary militia group. It's a nice long read, and keeps you involved and believing. I loved it. And when the character was happy, I was happy. When she was sad, I was sad. Great work.


**CS Lewis - The Narnia series (starting with Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe)

Lewis' books are about a magic wardrobe in an old house that leads to a mystical world full of talking animals, terrible villains, mythical beasts, and lots of adventure. There is also a movie series in the works, with The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe already released. Great books, and quite an original plot.


*****Leo Frankowski - The Adventures of Conrad Stargard series (starting with The Cross-Time Engineer)

This series is about a Polish engineer, Conrad Schwartz, who's cousin - along with some assosciates - discoveres the secret to time travel. They set up outposts allthroughout time and space for their luxurious lives. Unfortunately, Conrad stumbles across one of these outposts at a local pub and is transported through time back into the dark ages. Here he must adapt to a medeival lifestyle, becoming a powerful warlord from his modern intellect and womanizing ideals. A great read, very entertaining. Frankowski tells it very realistically. Awesome.

****Michael Chrichton - Timeline

This book is again about time travel, but this time the particpants are willing. A group of archeologists is excavating a site in France, an ancient castle ruin when they discover their professor's glasses there, they run a carbon dating check and discover the glasses to be hundres of years old, but they are definately modern glasses. When a large private company approaches them and explains that the professor has been sent to the dark ages, they go in search of him themselves. Little do they know the dangers that await them when they arrive. Awesome work from one of my favourite authors, highly recommended!


I'm out of time, so I'll make a list of other authors you might like along with their main genre of writing in case you want to expand your reading a little more.

Elizabeth Moon - Sci Fi / Fantasy
Kenneth Oppel - Fantasy
Douglas Adams - Sci Fi / Comedy
Christopher Tolkien - Fantasy
Michael Chrichton - Sci Fi / Thriller
Thomas Harris - Thriller / Horror
Isaac Asimov - Sci Fi
Arthur Conan Doyle - Fantasy
Robert A Heinlain - Sci Fi
Harry Harrison - Sci Fi
Leo Frankowski - Sci Fi / Fantasy

Answer 7

There's actually quite a few out there. Some to consider would be:

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (first in The Sword of Truth series)
The Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (first in A Song of Ice and Fire series)
The Dark Glory War by Michael A. Stackpole (first in a series)
Dragon's Winter by Elizabeth A. Lynn (first in a duology)
Weapon of Flesh by Chris A. Jackson
Dragon Champion by E.E. Knight (first in a series)
Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (first in the Wheel of Time series)
The Dragon King saga by Stephen Lawhead
Dragon Weather by Lawrence Watt-Evans (first in a trilogy)
Lord of Snow and Shadows by Sarah Ash (first in a series)
Transformation by Carol Berg (first in a trilogy)

Answer 8

These are all series:

Chronicals of Narnia - C.S. Lewis

Eragon - Christopher Paolini

Song of the Lioness - Tamora Pierce

Black Magician Trilogy - Trudi Canavan

Answer 9

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind and The Song of Fire and Ice by George RR Martin are the two best fantasy series out there today.

Answer 10

Check out Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Tolstoy did have more on Middle Earth other than The Hobbit and the trilogy.