i read all them.
2007-10-31 12:15:24 · 12 answers · asked by SuperDak 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
1 Twilight
2 New Moon
3 Eclipse
4 Breaking Dawn (coming August '08)
Vampire novels with a good strong romance, in fact, I would say more romance than vampire novels, but still good strong plots and amazingly strong characters.
The Bitterbynde trilogy by Cecelia Dart-Thornton
1 the illmade mute
2 the lady of the sorrows
3 the battle of evernight
These books are harder to read, not because they aren't interesting, but because the language is harder. Very much an epic fantasy romance. If you love the England folktales of selkies and brownies and other creatures, these books are chock full of them. They are my favorite series of all time.
Crown Duel (sometimes published as two books- crown duel and court duel) by Sherwood Smith
Title says it all... Some definite romance in the second half, but I bet you won't guess who...
The Sevenwaters Trilogy by Juliet Marillier
1 daughter of the forest
2 son of the shadows
3 child of the prophecy
Real strong leaning towards Irish legends but with a very strong hand in romance as well. Beautifully written, but some violence and implied sex.
Chronicles of Bridei- by Juliet Marillier
1 The dark mirror
2 the blade of Fortriu
3 the well of shades
Same as above, except that it's Scottish, not Irish this time.
Attolia Trilogy- Megan Whalen Turner
The Thief
Queen of Attolia
King of Attolia
Beautifully written. Lots of romance and court intrigue and spying and thievery. A great lot of fun.
Spindle's End- Robin McKinley
a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, with all the twists you could ask for. This is not the same story you grew up with.
Rose Daughter- Robin McKinley
a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, also with some really good plot twists.
The Hero and The Crown
The Blue Sword- Robin McKinley
The first is about a princess who is not loved, and she goes out to fight dragons to win the love of her people and finds that she has bitten off more than she can chew. The second is someone who is living while the first is a legend. Not dragons, but something just as dangerous, perhaps more...
The Dalemark Quartet by Dianna Wynne Jones
1 Cart and Cwidder
2 Drowned Ammet
3 the Spellcoats
4 the Crown of Dalemark
I don't even know how to describe this series, except for wonderful. Just make sure you have book 4 right after 3. 3 ends on a cliffhanger, and you find out the ending in the middlish of 4.
"Poison Study" and "Magic Study" by Maria V. Snyder (and still more yet to come)
The grammar can be a little aggravating, but otherwise wonderful books.
Here's my list of absolute favorites, under sub-genres, too. I listed some of them up above, but here they are listed by style, so you can pick what you do and don't like.
Fairytale-fantasy
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Goosegirl- Shannon Hale (followed by "Enna Burning" and "River of Secrets")
The Sevenwaters Trilogy by Juliet Marillier (Daughter of the Forest, Son of the Shadows, Child of the Prophecy)
The Chronicles of Bridei by Juliet Marillier (The dark mirror, the blade of fortriu, the well of shades)
Epic Fantasy
Crown Duel (sometimes seperated into Crown Duel and Court Duel) by Sherwood Smith
The Dalemark Quartet by Dianna Wynne Jones
1 Cart and Cwidder
2 Drowned Ammet
3 the Spellcoats
4 the Crown of Dalemark
Vampire novels
Sunshine- Robin McKinley
Twilight- Stephenie Meyer
New Moon- Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse- Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn (coming soon)- Stephenie Meyer
Urban Fantasy
The Blue Girl- Charles De Lint
Valient- Holly Black
Slightly Science Fiction fantasy
The Green and the Gray- Timothy Zahn
Not really anything but still good fantasy
Sharon Shinn's "Safekeeper's Secret", "Truth-teller's Tale", and "Dreammaker's Magic"
" Poison Study" and "Magic Study" by Maria V. Snyder (and still more yet to come)
The Time Quartet by Madeleine L'engle
Also something you might want to consider-
Firebird Fantasy is a publishing company that republishes books for teens. It's an offshoot of Penguin. Almost every book that I've read from them I have loved. Look for the red and black firebird symbol at the top of the spine when you go to the library/bookstore.
www.firebirdbooks.com
2007-10-31 12:22:28 · answer #1 · answered by Angeliss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many great fantasy novels out there that it is difficult to narrow them down... Here are a few of my favorites:
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
(this goes without saying...)
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
(and the rest of the Song of Ice and Fire series by Martin)
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
The Earthsea Series by Ursula LeGuin
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
You can read reviews on each of these (and several more) at the link below.
2007-10-31 12:34:29 · answer #2 · answered by amsmith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before JK Rowling there was Dianna Wynne Jones,
She wrote Howls Moving Castle, (made into a wonderful animation film by Hayao Miyazaki!!
The Chrestomanci series of books are fun and just have outstanding characters!!!
I enjoyed these so far!!
The Time of the Ghost
Power of Three
The Lives of Christopher Chant
The Magicians of Caprona
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci
Check out her site for more
2007-10-31 13:18:39 · answer #3 · answered by luvyureyze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wheel of time by robert jordan...
seriously, im not into fantasy novels but this takes the cake. pretty long though, there are currently 11 books and a prologue in the series. waiting for the 12th and final book to come out. =)
2007-10-31 20:45:55 · answer #4 · answered by litsugasss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your looking for teen literature then Philip Pullman is great.
Clive Barker Abarat.
Anything by Garth Nix.
Terry Pratchet; Robert Rankin - humour.
Stephen Donaldson
JV Jones
Neil Gaimon
2007-10-31 12:25:33 · answer #5 · answered by C S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anthony Horowitz-Alex Rider Series
C.S Lewis-Chronicles of Narnia
J.R.R Tolkien-Lord of the Rings
William Goldberg-Lord of the Flies
There are a lot of good fantasy novels.
It really depends what kind of fantasy you like.
2007-10-31 12:23:11 · answer #6 · answered by she_wants_a_fairytale_ending 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis. You'll espeically enjoy "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" and "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader."
2007-10-31 12:28:11 · answer #7 · answered by Sharon Newman (YR) Must Die 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Xanth series by Piers Anthony (great if you like puns)
Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Wizard of Earthsea series by Ursula Leguin
2007-10-31 12:21:59 · answer #8 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly.
2007-10-31 12:18:39 · answer #9 · answered by Ravenclaw Alumni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eragon and eldest are extremly good books, also magic,physik and flyte are a good series. cornelia funke writes great books such as dragon rider, the thief lord and the inkworld trilogy.
2007-10-31 14:12:54 · answer #10 · answered by ME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋