fluffy wrote:I've read one book by Raymond Feist and I loved it.
I love horses too but aside from Larry McMurtry and Chris Evans I haven't read many books about them with the exception of Black Beauty which made me cry.
I love the Dragon books by Anne McCaffery, I just finished all the Harry Potter books. I read the Tolkien books when I was young and I wonder if I should reread them. I like Terry Brooks writing.
I think I'm pretty wide open for the fantasy realm since in the past three years I've read more mainstream books, like action adventure and mystery.
Oh and I guess by now you've figured out we're about the same age in case that matters.
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Feist is definitely recommended. Magician and the Empire trilogy he wrote with Janny Wurts are excellent. I liked the first 3 Shannara books by Terry Brooks, but didn't care much for the Heritage series. First King of Shannara was good, too. I also enjoyed the Landover series. If you like Brooks, then David Eddings' Belgariad (5 books), Malloreon (5 books) , Elenium (3 books) and Tamuli (3 books) series are all worth checking out. I would start with the Belgariad series which is followed by the Malloreon. The Elenium and Tamuli are in a separate universe from the Belgariad, but go together.
I've read a few Pern short stories and enjoyed them. I have most of the Pern books and actually have them set aside for when I have time to go on a reading binge.
Other fantasy authors and series that I would recommend include:
Piers Anthony - Apprentice Adept (7 books), Incarnations of Immortality (7 books) Kelvin of Rud (5 books), Mode (4 books)
Robert Asprin - Myth Adventures (15 books) humorous fantasy and short novels
Lois McMaster Bujold is one of my favorite authors with her Vorkigan science fiction series, but her fantasy novels are really good, too - Spirit Ring, Curse of Chalion, and Paladin of Souls.
CJ Cherryh - Angel With the Sword
Bruce Coville - Nina Tanleven series - The Ghost Wore Gray, The Ghost In the Third Row, The Ghost In the Big Brass Bed
Diane Duane - Wizardry series (7 books)
Philip Jose Farmer - Riverworld series
Robin Hobb's Assassins trilogy is very deep and engaging
Katherine Kurtz original Deryni trilogy (Deryni Rising, Deryni Checkmate, High Deryni)
Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series has had a lot of good books (plus a few that were not as much fun). I'd start with the Queen's Own trilogy, Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, Arrow's Fall and then the Last Herald Mage Trilogy and then I could recommend others.
Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksennarion trilogy (available in one volume) is a classic.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series features humorous fantasy. There are over 30 books and some are better than others, but many of them are very, very good.
Joel Rosenberg - Guardians of the Flame series is sort of a D&D type adventure with gamers thrown into a fantasy world.
Fred Saberhagen - Empire of the East, the Book of Swords trilogy, and the Lost Swords series
Robert Silverberg's Valentine trilogy
David Weber - Oath of Swords, War God's Own, Windrider's Oath
Roger Zelazny - the Amber series, especially the first 5 books.
There, is that enough fantasy recommendations for a while? Let me know if you want a similar series of science fiction recommendations.