Hi all, I have read the drak sword trilogy some dragon lance the magican rift wars, and some trudi canavan. So im looking for some help for some new books or even if i should carry on with some of the authors i have already read. Any help or ideas welcome. Thank you
Hmm, Abarat by Clive Barker doesn't really fit your description, but it is amazing and it is a fantasy novel
why not LOTR?
Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.
Lord of The Rings is certainly a good start, and if you like that move onto more intense fantasy like His Dark Materials, Inkheart, The Wheel of Time, and I also think you can't go wrong with The Chronicles of Narnia.
Fantasy isn't really my genre of knowledge, though.
I wouldn't say that Inkheart is more "intense" than Lord of the Rings (it being a children's book with a 12-year-old protagonist), but I haven't read the book myself to comment on its quality.
I going to have to jump on the bandwagon, however, and recommend LotR as well, and not just because it's "required" fantasy reading, it's just a good story and an amazing feat of world building. Chances are though that anyone interested in reading fantasy has already tackled Tolkien.
I would also recommend looking into mythology, such as the myths of the Norse people, the Greeks, King Arthur, etc.
Try U. K. LeGuin's Earthsea book. Lots of magic, good and evil, there.
I was just saying more intensely "fantasy", i feel like Lord of The Rings you can enjoy whether or not you like fantasy or not, see what i mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Akeldama
The Bitterbynde Trilogy - Cecelia Dart Thornton
The Sevenwaters Trilogy - Juliet Marillier
Prospero's Children, Dragon Charmer, Witch's Honour - Jan Siegel
The Books of Pellinor - Alison Croggon
I enjoyed all those books. they are great fantasy reads.
The Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett are quite fun.
Depend on the other posters who are heavier fantasy readers than I am for specific titles; but I caution you that I found that most of the big hitters of fantasy turn out to be parts of long series'. I found it hard to get into the first volume of a story that takes four or more big novels to tell.
That is of not to say, of course, that some of them are not worth the investment of time.
possibly one of the greatest fantasy trilogys i've ever read.Quote:
Originally Posted by lyni