Suggestions for great/fav books/series to read?

The Quickening trilogy and the Valisar trilogy both by Fiona McIntosh.

Real gem, realy.

I a pretty big fantasy (and sci-fi) buff. I could give a lot of suggestions, but I need to get some sleep at some point so I'll just list a few that pop in to my head. Excepting my first comment, I'm pretty much going to steer clear of the everybody knows and most likely mentioned already ones:

Hitchhiker's "Triology"
One thing that I will say is that I see a lot of people mentioning Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (which I heartily agree with), but make sure you read the whole of the "triology" (Yes, it's more than 3 books XD ).

Mage Wars
Mercedes Lackey is an amazing author (imo); check out her Mage Wars trilogy (The Black Gryphon is the first book) to see if you like her. If you do, I haven't read more than maybe one book by her I haven't gotten absorbed in (I feel she helps you get in the head of her characters amazingly well), though depending on the "world" and main character(s) her books may be more or less sober- her Valdemar universe books usually tend to be a bit more on the serious side. While I prefer them a bit more "realistic" that way, she certainly writes a large variety, and I like them all. Lackey's 500 Kingdom and Elemental Master books are often interesting twists on old fairy tales (though not all of them), the 500 Kingdom ones being a bit more carefree.

The Obsidian Mountain Trilogy
Also Mercedes Lackey, but co-authored with James Mallory. Some High Fantasy here!

The Strands of Starlight Series
Gael Baudino is the author. It's very heavy and takes place in an alternate universe during the inquisition/crusades. Forewarning that it's... intense and can be pretty sad, but it's another series that sticks with me and definitely worth mentioning.

Circle of Magic quartet
Tamora Pierce. These are classified as young adult, loved the series when I was younger and I bought them a few years ago and have probably reread them 3-4 times.

Acorna
Ann McCaffrey and Margaret Ball/Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. These are Sci-fi, I haven't read the last few (Was reading them as they came out, and just realized there are more! Excite!), but I would assume they keep the pure Sci-Fi feeling. (Wut, I said Ann McCaffrey and didn't mention Dragonriders? Whoops, there I go.)

I could keep going... for long long time. o_o But I'm going to hault that here for now. Happy reading!

Honor Harrington series - military space opera by David Weber.

Death and the Devil by Frank Schätzing (at least the German original, didn't read the English translation)

I'm not much of a reader but I absolutely love the books by Mathew Reilly.

Scarecrow
Area 7
Ice Station
Six Sacred Stones
Temple
Seven Ancient Wonders

Fictional adventure/action books with an adult theme.

The Bourbon Kid series:

• The Book With No Name
• The Eye of the Moon
• The Devil's Graveyard
• The Book of Death

Sin City Comics by Frank Miller
H2G2 trilogy by Douglas Adams
1984 by George Orwell
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
The Eight by Katherine Neville
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
Sphere by Michael Crichton
Dracula by Bram Stoker
.........

• All of the Dan Brown books
• NUM8ERS
• The Hunger Game Series

I started reading The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher some time ago, due to many references and recommendations on the Fate (RPG System) scene. So far it's been an interesting experience... As I have seen no one mentioning this series yet, I'll post a little review.

The first books are a bit rough, you could really feel the author's inexperience and/or immaturity by analyzing the way he set up the plot and described its characters. However, the contemporaneous setting, with a touch of magic and humor, motivated me to continue reading. After all, it does have potential, and maybe could cover up one of the biggest holes in my DM'ing experience :P

Later on the narrative gets more involving; the "black & white" stereotypes seen early on slowly fades and gives place to a more complex plot. You can really see how the author matures and his writing evolves along the series. Overall, if you like to notice this level of meta-detail, or just want a pulp fantasy to read, I can recommend The Dresden Files.

FORGOT THE BEST BOOK EVER IN MY ORIGINAL POST. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO.

My friend and I now judge books on a scale of 1 to Monte Cristo. Nothing has yet achieved the rank of Monte Cristo

Series, game related: Halo Series, Wheel of Time (long books in this large series) by Robert Jordan. Patricia Briggs for the Mercy Thompson series (very good, loved this series) That should keep you busy for a bit. When you're done with that, I'll get you a list of individual books that will amaze you =) One other series, Halfblood Chronicles.

The Dark Tower

Pillars of the Earth, all Ken Follet books...

The Princess Bride.

Anything from Black Library (Warhammer stuff). Be it warhammer 40k or the classic one. Awesome!

Edit: Also, read Three Musketeers. Both books. I didnt read the third but Im even not sure its part of the series. Great books, plenty of action and even fun.

I choose some of my favourite books.. its all different generes :) this is only few of my favourite books.. some of them you mentioned in old post..then i choose some others :)
Ivo Andric - The Bridge on the Drina,
Jack Keruac - On the Road.
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Selinger,
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini,
The Shadow of the Wind -Carlos Ruiz Zafon,
Marina - Carlos Ruiz Zafon,
Neuromanser - William Gibson,
Dune - Frenk Herbert,
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami,

Enjoy :)