I've read all of Tolkien's work (LOTR, Lost Tales etc), Rowling (Harry Potter Series), Feist (Talon of the Silver Hawk Series), Paolini (Eragon and Eldest) and I just finished Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'
I'd really like to find another good series to get lost in, but I'm skeptical of the plethora of fantasy books available today. Additionally, my experience in picking up random fantasy books off the shelf has not been encouraging; most of the fantasy books I pick up I put down almost as quickly because they are simply awful.
Has anyone read a good fantasy series that can compete with the ones I've mentioned? I'd like to avoid another unpleasant encounter.
2007-12-31 03:55:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
TwiligHt!!! its the best book ever written and its a thriller romance/fantasy(i think)
2007-12-31 04:00:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I have answered this question so many times, I decided to dedicate a web site to answer this question. Here it is:
http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, a short review of each book along with a brief summary of adult content. There is also a "Readers' Choice" list of favorite books, and a list of heroine sorcery fantasy books.
I hope this helps.
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-12-31 17:52:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lloyd Alexander's The Prydain Chronicles.
2007-12-31 09:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Check out The Knight Parade by DH Mince, here is the site: www.theknightparade.com.
2007-12-31 05:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by eknootz77 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ursula LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea
Mary Stewart's Crystal Cave (Arthurian series)
Wolfe's best-known and most highly regarded work is the multi-volume novel The Book of the New Sun. Set in a bleak, distant future (similar to that of Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, which Wolfe has acknowledged as an influence), the story details the life of Severian, an apprentice torturer, exiled from his guild for showing compassion to one of the condemned, as he rises to power. The novel is composed of the volumes The Shadow of the Torturer (1980), The Claw of the Conciliator (1981, winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel), The Sword of the Lictor (1982), and The Citadel of the Autarch (1983). A coda, The Urth of the New Sun (1987), wraps up some loose ends but is generally considered a separate work. Several Wolfe essays about the writing of The Book of the New Sun were published in The Castle of the Otter (1982; the title refers to a misprint of the fourth book's title in Locus magazine).
2007-12-31 05:07:13 · answer #5 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
inkheart and inkspell by cornelia funke
2007-12-31 04:41:15 · answer #6 · answered by um...YEAH! 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Uglies series by Scott Westerfield:
1. Uglies
2. Pretties
3. Specials
4. Extras
Dealing with Dragons series by Patricia C. Wrede
Power of Five by Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Also try Gemini Game by Michael Scott
2007-12-31 04:30:22 · answer #7 · answered by BlueStar 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You should read michael chrichton's work!
2007-12-31 04:28:51 · answer #8 · answered by Tony 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett seem good for you if you're into fantasy.
2007-12-31 04:28:32 · answer #9 · answered by Gothic Princess 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try reading the Artemis fowl series.. yes, i know its a little childish and a guilty pleasure but they are really good. Books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes are pretty good too... oh and i totally understand the whole "skepticism" of picking up a good fantasy book. Now a days, it seems as if fantasy books are either way to ludicrous or way, way too dark. Good luck finding something good.
2007-12-31 04:26:14 · answer #10 · answered by tennislover 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well there's always the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis but if you like really long, epic fantasy stories, the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan is a great one. Also a children's fantasy series is the Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.
Let's see...Cornelia Funke and Tamora Pierce are both great authors who have numerous books out. Frank Beddor's the Looking Glass Wars was pretty good and if you like animal fantasy there's Redwall, Warriors, Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies (Anything by him is great!) and Watership Down.
Some teenager type fantasies are Betwixt, Tithe (As well as Valiant and Ironside), Wicked Lovely, Uglies, (Pretties, Specials and Extras too.) which is more sci-fi than fantasy but still very exciting and interesting, the Naming, the Riddle and the Crow and also check out Wicked which is a neat spin of the Wizard of Oz. You could always read the Wizard of Oz books as well.
Another interesting series that's more out-there are the Myst books. (The Book of Atrus, the Book of Ti'ana and the Book of D'ni)
And if you like more gothic stuff there's always anything by Stephenie Meyer or Anne Rice.
There are tons of books out there so I hope you find a great one that you enjoy. Happy reading! :)
2007-12-31 04:25:46 · answer #11 · answered by Acorn 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋