I am finishing up on a series of books and I have no clue as to what I should read next. I have some ideas, but I would like to get a good view from more than one person throwing books at me insisting that they're "amazing!"
The type of genre I really enjoy is Fantasy, and the books I would like to read are along the lines of something like Eragon. I am currently reading Pendragon, which I know is for a little smaller age group, but I enjoy them non-the-less. Any ideas?
No Twilight suggestions.
Or anything with vampires, for that matter.
If you can find it, the Fionavar Tapestry (Guy Cavriel Kay) series is pretty good. There's also the Deed of Paksinarian series (Elizabeth Moon) and the Tale of Krispos books (Harry Turtledove) which are pretty entertaining.
If you're willing to let a little sci-fi in with your fantasy, I strongly recommend the Cross-Time Engineer series (Leo Frankowski). Brilliant writing.
Pierce Anthony, Xanth (sp?) particularly. Also the Apprentice Adept, Incarnations of Immortality. These are all series and they get progressively worse, but the fist 3-5 books are often pretty good.
Xanth contains 34 novels, lol, but I had enough with the first 5.
Also Chronicles of Amber but it's not really an easy read, pretty philosophical.
I'm cool with some sci-fi. I forgot to mention that I also enjoy anything, and it doesn't have to be fantasy here, about Feudal Era Japan.
Thanks for the suggestions :D! I'll look into them.
Read Abarat by Clive Barker (second book is better than the first).
Or Don Quixote by Cervantes.
Or Lotr.
I will get to LoTR eventually, and I found The Man Who Was Don Quixote, but not just "Don Quixote."
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Diablo books.
Especially if you wanna be up to date for D3.
Sin War trilogy and Kingdom of Shadows information are definitely going to be in D3.
Aye, I need to go buy the Diablo books soon. I have never been interested in the lore of Diablo, but ever since D3 was announced my interest peaked a bit.
Anything by Neil Gaiman. Stardust may be his only "proper" fantasy (swords, horses, witches, etc) but his books are chalk-full of fantasy elements.
Legend by David Gemmell. It's the book that put him on the fantasy novelist map. The rest of his stuff is great, but start with Legend.
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If you like dark fantasy a lot, I suggest C.S. Friedman's Coldfire or Magister trilogy. The former has plenty of plot twists and is wonderful and refreshing in its portrayal of worlds and ideals, the latter is very adept with the presentation of male and female persona's and touches on deep topics, like sexism, poverty, religion, and more, all in a very fair-to-all-involved way.
And, of course, there's Terry Brook's Word and Void trilogy (contemporary dark fantasy). The first book starts off rather slow, but trust me, it's worth it. Really, it is. He also has a light fantasy series if you're in to that (I've read them, but I don't particularly take to light fantasy), the Landover series. And then there's his moderate fantasy saga, the Shannara books. The first book is very, very Tolkienesque (although a little bit easier for the casual reader than strict Tolkien), but after that his perceptions of his own world and themes, ideals, places, concepts, and such all become very original, and his own writing style is fully developed by the time you get to the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara books.
Really? Nobody's mentioned the Dragonlance books yet? Okay man, go out tonight and buy the Dragonlance Chronicles series. There's like 100 Dragonlance spin-offs (literally) because the series is so amazing (not to mention hundreds of thousands of fan fictions), and it pretty much all started with Dragonlance Chronicles. After you read those, pick up and read anything in the Dragonlance series by both Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (they wrote Chronicles). The Legends series is good, the War of Souls series is good... Also, any Dragonlance book by Richard A. Knaak is pretty good too. He's the guy who wrote most of the Diablo books including the Sin War series. you're gonna have amazing books to read for a long time once you start with Dragonlance.
Oh, and don't forget to read the Diablo books before Diablo 3 comes out. I just started reading them, but they're awesome
Reading books is an good practice which allow as to know the new information, ideas, motivational text, motivational stories and lot of General knowledge. These helps as to improve our knowledge and our way living.
go get yourself some R.A. Salvatore stuff if you haven't read them already
or if you are open to Sci-fi stuff i highly recommend Warhammer 4o,ooo stuff.
although you do need abit of background info before jumping in as it might be daunting for people without knowledge of the universe
this sums up the universe pretty much (in a funny way too), http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40k
and don't say that WH40K ripped off Starcraft since it can't way before Starcraft and it's lore and fluff is so much better and more in-depth than alot of stuff around
i would recommend the Warhammer fantasy stuff but i never read any so i can't do that in good faith.
but you might try hose too since they seem to be pretty well received
I would have to suggest the Sword of Truth series and if your going to start reading the Diablo books you may want to read Demonsbane first. Its pretty short but its definently a good book to start off with when delving into the diablo universe XD
If you're up for a Philosophy read, pick any of the "Popular Culture and Philosphy" books.
I enjoyed the zelda book, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am, but they have dozens, surely they have something that will entertain you.
The type of genre I really enjoy is Fantasy, and the books I would like to read are along the lines of something like Eragon. I am currently reading Pendragon, which I know is for a little smaller age group, but I enjoy them non-the-less. Any ideas?
No Twilight suggestions.
Or anything with vampires, for that matter.
Or Don Quixote by Cervantes.
Or Lotr.
If you're willing to let a little sci-fi in with your fantasy, I strongly recommend the Cross-Time Engineer series (Leo Frankowski). Brilliant writing.
Xanth contains 34 novels, lol, but I had enough with the first 5.
Also Chronicles of Amber but it's not really an easy read, pretty philosophical.
Thanks for the suggestions :D! I'll look into them.
I also was reading Legends of the Riftwar, Book I, Honored Enemy, but misplaced the book. x.x
Good books. (Though, if your not a Warcraft fan, stay away from Tides of Darkness...)
Especially if you wanna be up to date for D3.
Sin War trilogy and Kingdom of Shadows information are definitely going to be in D3.
I will get to LoTR eventually, and I found The Man Who Was Don Quixote, but not just "Don Quixote."
Aye, I need to go buy the Diablo books soon. I have never been interested in the lore of Diablo, but ever since D3 was announced my interest peaked a bit.
Legend by David Gemmell. It's the book that put him on the fantasy novelist map. The rest of his stuff is great, but start with Legend.
-Hunter S. Thompson
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And, of course, there's Terry Brook's Word and Void trilogy (contemporary dark fantasy). The first book starts off rather slow, but trust me, it's worth it. Really, it is. He also has a light fantasy series if you're in to that (I've read them, but I don't particularly take to light fantasy), the Landover series. And then there's his moderate fantasy saga, the Shannara books. The first book is very, very Tolkienesque (although a little bit easier for the casual reader than strict Tolkien), but after that his perceptions of his own world and themes, ideals, places, concepts, and such all become very original, and his own writing style is fully developed by the time you get to the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara books.
Anyway, just some suggestions
Anything written by Gary Paulsen is always a quick and meaningful book.
Oh, and don't forget to read the Diablo books before Diablo 3 comes out. I just started reading them, but they're awesome
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or if you are open to Sci-fi stuff i highly recommend Warhammer 4o,ooo stuff.
although you do need abit of background info before jumping in as it might be daunting for people without knowledge of the universe
this sums up the universe pretty much (in a funny way too),
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40k
and don't say that WH40K ripped off Starcraft since it can't way before Starcraft and it's lore and fluff is so much better and more in-depth than alot of stuff around
i would recommend the Warhammer fantasy stuff but i never read any so i can't do that in good faith.
but you might try hose too since they seem to be pretty well received
I enjoyed the zelda book, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am, but they have dozens, surely they have something that will entertain you.
http://www.opencourtbooks.com/categories/pcp.htm
As for other books, I've heard good things from my dad about Shogun and the Dune series.