What are some good series for me?

Question

My favorite seriesies are listed in order of liking below:

The Edge Chronicles
Harry Potter
Artemis Fowl
The Chronicles of Narnia

I am a big fan of fanstasy and am thinking about trying Alex Rider.

Answer 1

You don't say how old you are so here goes:
My nine year old likes all of the above, plus he reads:

Eragon and Eldest
Series of Unfortunate Events
The Deltora Quest
Dragons of Deltora
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
Bailey School Kids

I also like many of the ones named and read the Forgotten Realms series from Wizards of the Coast. They also have a great series called DragonLance, but both are a little bit beyond my nine year old yet.

Another favorite author is R. A. Salvatore, he has written many Forgotten Realms novels about a drow elf named Drizzt who is not what people stereotypically expect from his race. He also has many books outside of the Forgotten Realms series.

Answer 2

For fantasy, you might take a look at Piers Anthony and his Xanth series. The stories take place in a magical land (that looks like Florida in many ways - the author's home state); there are plenty of colorful characters and it's filled with puns.

I also liked Piers Anthony's Adept series (more sci fi). A man is living in parallel worlds - on one side things are pretty good and the other, not so much. Incarnations of Immortality is another series by Anthony.

Katherine Kurtz is another - she wrote a series about the Deryni, a magical race that was almost wiped out. This is what happened and how they come to be.

Love Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. This was written many moons ago and follows a group of people that land on Pern. The planet is populated with dragons (and other odd creatures) and every so often Thread falls from the sky like rain and devours everything that's alive. The people of Pern learn to "impress" and train the dragons to fight Thread. I like her Crystal Singer series as well - more sci fi.

Scott Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy is a good one, too. At 16 you go from being an Ugly to a Pretty with an operation that alters you physically and, some expect, mentally. Once you're a Pretty, you get to party as much as you want, but is that the way to go?

Those are the only series I've got so far. Have fun!

Answer 3

Have you read any of the Cirque du Freak books by Darren Shan? He also has another series, Demonata. Cirque du Freak is finished (12 books long) but Demonata is only 3 books into the series so far, with the 4th book available for preorder on amazon.com.

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, since you're a Narnia fan...

The two published books in the Inheritance trilogy, Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini

I enjoy Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer, but they might be a little romance-heavy for you.

Have you read anything by Neal Gaiman? They're not series, but they're good: Coraline, Stardust, Neverwhere, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett), as well as short story collections.

The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper is good. The series starts with "Over Sea, Under Stone."

His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman - The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.

Hmmm... Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles - they start with "The Book of Three."

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

you might try Anne Mccafferty;s Dragonriders of Pern, and the Rowan series ( the Rowan, Damia, Damia's Children, Lyons Pride) Piers Anthony is also a good bet the Xanth novels are fun. there is also the Immortals series and the Mode series. Irene Radfors has some good Dragons and wizzard books. like The last battle mage, and the hidden dragon, the dragon touchstone. there is also Marion Zimmer Bradleys Darkover series. or Tamora Pierce she has several Quartets about her world called Tortall. or the Winding Path series.
i also would suggest Anthology's they are books with Short stories from several different authors, and it gives you an idea of their writing style to see how you like them. there are many out there some are
Wizard Fantastic
Cat Fantastic
Castle Fantastic
Elf Fantastic
( as you can see with these there is a bit of a pattern, each of the books have about 10 to 20 stories in them and they are all of the same theme, like in Cat Fantasic all the stories in one way or another are about cats. so if you like a type of theme you can get many short stories of that theme, and see if you like any of the authors. )
there are others out there i picked those to name to give you an idea of what to look for. if you go to borders or barnes and nobles, they have the anthologys near the end of the sci/fi Fantasy section
go play in the book store look around at all the wonderful books and select a few the call to you

have fun and i hope this helps

Answer 5

Seriously try The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. They are the best books I have ever read and seem to be right up your alley. Beware though, the series is long but very good. The first book in the series is The Eye of the World.

Answer 6

I really like Lemony Snicket's, A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Answer 7

You could try the Pendragon books by D.J. McHale, The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan or the young Merlin books by T.A. Barron.

Answer 8

Eragon is a good start. Alex Rider:Stormbreaker, was a great movie so the book should be great.

happy reading

Answer 9

Try Terry Pratchett's discworld series, it's one of my favorites and has over 30 books in it. You can read samples of his books on the harper collins website.

Answer 10

check out Terry Brooks. wrote several excellent series