i am a grat harry potter fan and lord of the rings kind of person...
2007-04-11 10:39:12 · 16 answers · asked by clara_vbuch 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Okay, I have not been a very avid reader of HP or LOTR but I will try to help you out. ;)
Uglies- Great sci-fi story!
http://www.amazon.com/Uglies-Scott-Westerfeld/dp/1416911049/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1696063-3027113?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176330941&sr=8-1
The Lovely Bones- great book though not related to HP or LOTR in any way but whatever.
http://www.amazon.com/Lovely-Bones-Alice-Sebold/dp/0316166685/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-1696063-3027113?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176331080&sr=1-2
2007-04-11 11:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by Breinn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG! Finally! A sensible question! Seriously, I love to see other readers always looking 4 more. I suggest books by Tamora Pierce (especially her book Terrier). Ur a Harry Potter fan, so I think u might like these. Altho they're more medieval based. Fantasy seems ur hot fave, so try Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. Her books r the best!!! Oh, also there's the Cirque Du Freak series (I think that's how ya spell it) by Darren Shan (I think...I may have spelled it wrong). A friend of mine suggested to read it, I've only read the 1st book so far, but it's exciting!
2007-04-11 12:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robin McKinley is a great author, two of my faves are The Hero and the Crown and it's sequel, The Blue Sword. She also has a book out called Beauty; it's a retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series is also pretty good, although it's not one my absolute favorites. There's over twenty books in it, starting with Arrows of the Queen.
Right now I really love Lynn Flewellings Nightrunner series, starting with Luck in the Shadows, and the Tamir Triad, starting with The Bone Doll's Twin. They're both a bit dark, especially the Tamir Triad, and some people might think her books objectionable, but keep an open mind and you'll enjoy them.
And of course there's the late and great Andre Norton. Buy or check out any and every book with her name on it. She wrote a mix of sci fi and fantasy.
Anne McCaffrey's Pern series, starting with Dragonflight, is also pretty good, although I didn't much care for the one non-Pern novel of hers I did read.
The Bartimeus Trilogy by I-forgot-the-author and The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind--ick. I'm telling you about them just to be fair, because they're very popular, but those two authors just don't do anything for me.
Happy reading.
2007-04-11 11:33:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A friend of mine likes both harry potter and Lord of the rings and she really liked A Great and Terrible Beauty , and Rebel Angels By: Libba Bray.
2007-04-11 10:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by gdkgirl55 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Circle of Magic,
If you can find the Piers Anthony series on the Incarnations of Immortality they were the bomb. They are based on Father Time, Clothos, Mars etc... There were a total of either 7 or 8. One was called Being the Green Mother another was With a Tangled Skein. If you can find these you may enjoy them.
2007-04-12 03:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The Bartuminous Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Cofler
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Eragon, Eldest by Chris Paolini
2007-04-11 11:34:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Jane Eyre (if you're a girl--they're kind of... chick-flicky). But if you're not much of one for classics, go with Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card, His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman, Dark Elf Trilogy by RA Salvatore, Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley, Inkheart by.... someone.... Cornelia Funke, I think, Theif Lord, by the same person who wrote Inkheart, Shogun by James Clavell, and the Princess Bride by William Goldman. Most of those are fantasy. Ender's Game is science fiction, and Shogun is historical fiction, but they're all action-sort of books. Artemis Fowl, Seer and the Sword, Inkheart, and Theif Lord are all young adult fiction, and the rest are adult fiction.
2007-04-11 11:37:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sabriel (first in series) by Garth Nix
Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik
2007-04-11 11:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by H_A_V_0_C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, there's Mercedes Lackey, Katherine Kurtz, David Eddings (stick with the Belgariad & Mallorean), & Tanith Lee to name a few. My boyfriend read both of the series you mentioned & he also liked Elizabeth Moon (Paksenarrian [sp?]).
For a less fantasy approach, but nice meaty novels with a touch of supernatural about them, try Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series (time travel).
A little more sci-fi, perhaps, but there's also Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern) & Christopher Stasheff (Warlock in Spite of Himself). You might also enjoy the Excalibur Alternative, set in David Weber's Honor Harrington universe
2007-04-11 10:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by Lady Lilac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
serious fantasy: Shannara series by Terry Brooks, Eragon series by Christopher Paolini, Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin; humorous fantasy: Magic Kingdom of Landover series by Terry Brooks, Spell for Chameleon (beginning of Xanth series) by Piers Anthony; inspirational fantasy: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. For more book recommendations by a variety of people, check out www.nancysbooknook.com and www.librarything.com.
2007-04-11 11:33:00 · answer #10 · answered by Rella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King was a good fantasy book written by King for his daughter when she was in junior high; it isn't as graphic as his other books.
2007-04-11 11:09:22 · answer #11 · answered by Molly R. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋