Need Help on Fantasy Books to Read e.g elves dwarfs and/or magic

[Andya36]

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

[Zee.]

Hmm, Abarat by Clive Barker doesn't really fit your description, but it is amazing and it is a fantasy novel

[mmmmmm]

why not LOTR?

[Drkshadow03]

Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.

[Mathor]

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.

[Akeldama]

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.

[Pecksie]

Try U. K. LeGuin's Earthsea book. Lots of magic, good and evil, there.

[Mathor]

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.

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?

[lyni]

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.

[vonsvin]

The Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett are quite fun.

[Night_Lamp]

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.

[Niamh]

The Bitterbynde Trilogy - Cecelia Dart Thornton

possibly one of the greatest fantasy trilogys i've ever read.