I like reading books. But I really love reading fantasy books and I'm always looking for an opportunity to increase my reading list. So I was wondering if you can recommend me some of your favorites? I'm especially looking for series but single novels are fine too. My favorites are "A Song of Ice and Fire", "First Law", "Locke Lamora", "Stormlight Archive","The Witcher", "Discworld" so I guess I'm interested in something similar.

Here's an optional GA for you ^^

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I don't know if these fit in your category that you are looking for, Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (series, but I have only read the first one, liked it) and Ready Player One (one of my favorites sci-fi novels).

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Thanks for the suggestion!

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bump

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Witcher books! :D

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Wiadomo. ;)

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Niechaj Waćpanna w lekturze Pilipiuka się zatopi, czas to zmarnowany nie będzie!

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Carol Berg - The Rai-Kirah series

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Thanks for the suggestion!

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The Lord of the Ice Garden. Sadly I think It's only in polish language right now, I really hope it will get translated to english.
I recommend Half a King by Joe Abercrombie. I mean I recommend whole serie (Shattered Sea), containing 3 books. Really great!

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Dużo dobrego słyszałam o Grzędowiczu, na pewno przeczytam.
Jeśli chodzi o Abercrombiego to bardzo lubię "Pierwsze prawo" - to jedna z moich ulubionych serii. "Pół króla" to chyba seria przeznaczona dla młodszych czytelników, więc na razie nie brałam jej pod uwagę.
Dzięki za propozycje!

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Nie ma za co :) Ja od Pół Króla zacząłem już dawno, wtedy bardzo mi się podobało, z tego co pamiętam książka jest na prawdę dobra i dojrzała, więc chyba nie będzie problemu przeczytać ją będąc starszym. Muszę zobaczyć to Pierwsze prawo, dzięki za rekomendację!
Pana Lodowego Ogrodu zacząłem czytać z kolei nie dawno, jestem świeżo po pierwszej książce i muszę powiedzieć że świetna! Gdy tylko będę mógł to zaopatrzę się w kolejną część.

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It may be a tad obvious, but since I don't see it on your list - The Tolkien bibliography. LoTR and the Silmarillion are the main stories, but there are more. There's even a new one, Beren and Lúthien, which I don't know much about but will hopefully get around to reading it some time soon.

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Tolkien goes without saying. ;)
I love him but didn't include him because I wanted recommendations similar to the mentioned series.

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Anything by Diana Wynne Jones. Start with Howl's Moving Castle

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Thanks!

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The sequel is even better! I still have to read the third book

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I really liked Tad Williams' Otherland, so I probably should try this series, too. Thanks!

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Well there is an Otherland MMO, but it turned out bad.

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Thanks again, I appreciate all of the suggestions. :)

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pure fantasy isn't really my genre. what i liked there are the Diablo books.

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All Wiedzmin (Witcher) books, Lotr/Hobbit, all Dune (Frank Herbert).

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Xanth novel by piers anthony ^ ^

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Berserk
well...typically not a book...but...it's BERSERK!!
999 out of 10

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Currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Started really great, its quite slow just now but I'm still really enjoying it. Would love to watch the show and other Gaiman novels.

Just read the first volume of Saga by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Illustrator). If you like graphic novels then this is fantastic. I went out the next day and got two more volumes!

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I have yet to read it! I own the first volume and should read it. Too many books purchased recently!

I believe most Gaiman books are worth the read ^^

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Saga's awesome! My favorite comic series beside Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai.

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Deep Dark Fantasy

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Here is a few books that I was reading back when I was younger, they are pretty old now (man I feel old, lol)

The Elenium Trilogy by David Eddings: Has three books.
The Tamuli Trilogy by David Eddings: Has three books, is the sequel to the above.

Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins.

Icefire Series by Chris d'Lacy

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I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks, it's quite good. I also enjoyed the Night Angel series by the same author.
Btw I wish I didn't read A Song of Ice and Fire, The Kingkiller Chronicle, Mistborn series, The Stormlight Archive, The Witcher, The Wheel of Time and all Discworld books. Don't get me wrong, these are probably the best fantasy books you can find, but now I don't know what to do because all other books seem so dull :D

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The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch.

Brigitte describes it as Harry Potter on Speed. I didn't like Harry Potter but this stuff is awesome :D


Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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Probably already mentioned:

Tad Williams - I think he's one of the best authors right now. At least he's that for me.

Terry Goodkind - is another one I enjoyed so far, but I have not finished the Legend of the Seekers series, got distracted somewhere on the way :D

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So, here are some that I haven't seen recommended in the thread so far, grouped by author:

David & Leigh Eddings: Husband and wife team, their books tend to not be heavy on the blood, guts, and sex, but they're definitely not for kids. The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli series have already been recommended, so here are the other of their books I can wholeheartedly recommend.

The Dreamers - Their final series, similarities to some of their earlier characters, but different settings and magic system as well as the great storytelling makes it a fun read.

The Redemption of Althalus - A stand alone novel, very different from their other series, and a good story.

Regina's Song - Stand alone novel, a mystery about a twin hunting for her sister's murderer.

Mercedes Lackey: How "adult" - meaning blood, guts, sex, etc. - her books are depend on the series. On the other hand, all of them deal with lots of realistic situations and mature themes including, but not limited to: depression, isolation, persecution, unrequited love, misunderstandings, betrayal, PTSD, and how the world can sometimes suck and humans can be complete bastards. However, for all of that, she is one of the few authors I know of that writes pure "light" fantasy (as opposed to dark fantasy) where good wins and evil loses in the end, even if there is a lot of pain and loss along the way. My favorite author, can't recommend her books enough. Don't let the pastel romance novel art on her early books put you off. If it seems like I'm recommending a lot of books from her it's because she's been putting out 4 books a year for decades.

The Heralds of Valdemar universe - Her first and largest series, mainly written as trilogies or dulogies. The early series can be a little rough around the edges, but they are still good.

Elves on the Road universe - Comprised of her Bedlam's Bard, Diana Tregarde, SERRAted Edge, and Doubled Edge series. With the exception of the Doubled Edge series - set in Elizabethan England - they are urban fantasy set in the 80s-2000s. Lots of fun.

Heirs of Alexandria universe - a collaboration with Dave Freer and Eric Flint set in late medieval/early renaissance Europe. Involves historical characters such as Elizabeth of Bathory as well as mythical European beings like the demon Chernobog and Aidoneus.

Elemental Masters - retellings of various folk tales set in Victorian and Edwardian England.

Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms - retellings of various folk tales set in a world where a magical force called "The Tradition" forces people's lives along the same paths as folk tales. Which may not be so bad if you're a plucky goose girl, but if you're a Fair Rosalinda you're in for a bad time. Of course, there are those who understand the way The Tradition works and try to make it work for the better.

Anything else she's written - Probably good-great, but this post is long enough as it is.

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I mainly read fanfiction, so here's just a bump xD

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All Wiedzmin (Witcher) books, Lotr/Hobbit, all Dune (Frank Herbert), Earthworld (Ursula K. Le Guin).

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