Top Fantasy books!

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top fave....
1. once upon a curse (dont no the series name)
2. warriors heart heart heart
3. unicorn choronicles (sp?)
4. Girls on many lands
5. heartland  

[MinervaEvenstar]

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4)So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane (although I hate the series after book 3...my fiance loves it though...)

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That series seriously went downhill after a while. Three was the last one I really liked, six was where I started disliking it. A lot. I have seven and barely even started it, even after having it for over a year. But the first three are awesome. I love the second one.

Seriously?! eek I didn't like 3, 5, or 6. I heart 1, 2, and 7. The rest were okay. We're up to 8 now, and I think when the series is finished there's suppoed to be 10.  

[Kalathandra]

1)The Green Rider Series by Kristen Britain
2)Deltora Series
3)Pendragon Series
4)The Land of Elyon Series by Patrick Carman
5)Spiderwick Chronicles

I can't remember the other authors off the top of my head sorry  

[MinervaEvenstar]

Well, my beloved books of
1 - Harry Potter
2 - The Hobbit (technically part of LotR)
3 - Artemis Fowl
4 - Bartimaeus trilogy
5 - Death Gate Cycle
6 - Eragon
7 - Gaurdians of Time
have been mentioned already, so let me see what else I can come up with.

8 - The Adept by Katherine Kurz and Deborah Harris
One of my all-time favourites, but it isn't for everyone. It's about Scottish psychics and incorperates a great quantity of history and theology. There are a few supernatural confrontations, of course, but if you like LOTS of batle scenes, and are bored by psychological and mystical analysis, then this isn't for you.

9 - Liveship Traders trilogy by Robn Hobb
Many of you seem to like her other works, so make this next on your list! It has a spoiled king, an ambitious pirate, a cross-dressing merchant's daughter, an enslaved priest, and ships with gossiping figureheads.

10 - 'Wolf' series by Jane Lindskold
Animals are confused by the human behaviour of competing for a throne and using magic to control their children....It's really complicated and I don't quite know how to summarise it.  

[Xenologista]

I like them too much so I can't put them in any particular order but,
Twilight
Artemis Fowl
Inheiritance
His Dark Matriels
Ranger's Apprentice  

[danniqi]

In no particular order ::

1. Witches of Eileanen(sp?) series ~ Forsyth
2. His Dark Materials ~ Pullman
3. Mists of Avalon ~ Bradley
4. Meredith Gentry Series ~ Hamilton
5. Harry Potter Series ~ Rowling (obviously^^)
6. Queen Betsy Series ~ Davidson
7. The Black Magician Trilogy ~ Canavan
8. Bartimaeus Trilogy ~ Stroud
9. Imajica ~ Barker
10. Wicked ~ Maguire  

[Wolves_Witches_and_Love]

1-Wicked Magic-Cheyenne McCray
2-Witch in the House - jenna mcknightly
3-Twilight Series-Stephine Meyer

Four and five will soon be coming lol

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[Celestiara]

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Never liked LotR... Just cause its the first doesnt make it the best. And 'A Wrinkle in Time' is technically fantasy. Just not so many of the cliche associations.

I don't think it's the best either, but I think it's something every fantasy fan should read. It was the first modern fantasy book and now a big part of pop culture.

Phew. And here I thought I'd be lynched if I said I wasn't wild about LOtR. I only read the books after I saw Towers in the theater.  

[Celestiara]

My favorite fantasies:

1-Watership Down, Redwall, and anything by David Clement-Davies
2-The Curse of Chalion (and the sequel, Paladin of Souls, and the
Hallowed Hunt, all by Lois McMaster Bujold)
3-Dragonlance (the first two trilogies, the Raistlin Chronicles, and anything in the series with Raistlin as a main character.)
4-Amelia Atwater Rhodes' The Keisha'ra and vampire stories
5-the Twilight series.

I also like Eragon, Artemis Fowl, and Harry Potter, of course.

I am so glad I'm not the only one who has read Firebringer and The Sight! heart heart heart  

[pixie_laughter09]

1. A Great and Terrible Beauty
2. Magic or Maddness
3. Inheritance Books
4. Twilght
5. Atremis Fowl (is he coming out with another one or what?)  

[V for Virtuoso]

1. Eclispe
2. Twilight
3. New Moon
4. Wicked Lovely
5. All American Girl*
6. Where the Red Fern Grows *
7. Eragon
8. Blood and Chocolate
9. To Catch a Pirate*
10. Mid-Semester Night's Dream


* I know those aren't fantasy but they are really good books. Especially Where the Red Fern Grows. ^_^  

[acehawk]

1. NECROSCOPE (The book that made me like vampires.)
2. Coldfire Trilogy (A simply amazing trilogy about a strange planet, much like earth... where computers are ancient relics, and the world is alive.)
3.Bartamitus Trilogy
4.The Magister Trilogy (Starting with The Feast of Souls)
5.Inheritance Trilogy
6.Warriors (I love cats)

Some of these books aren't strictly fantasy, but they are some of the best books I have ever read, and all are amazing works of fiction. (Though Warriors is a little bit childish admittedly.)  

[Kinotzo]

1. Twilight series
2. Eragon/ Eldest ( and soon Empire ! 4laugh )
3. Warriors ( all three generations)
4. Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras
5. A Great and Terrible Beauty (trilogy) by Libba Bray
6. East
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
8. Inkheart, Inkspell, and ?Inkbook?(something like that).
9. the golden compass trilogy
10. MAXIMUM RIDE (must read!!) (more like sci-fi though)  

[abandy123]

I'll have to say

1) Percy Jackson & the Olympians Series heart heart heart
2) Fablehaven Series heart heart heart
3) Twilight Series heart heart
4) Bridge to Terabithia heart heart heart
5) Spiderwick Series heart heart  

[ekitten614]

Ok, I'm going to look for some that you all haven't already posted that are awesome.

The Looking Glass Wars- A twist on Alice in Wonderland, more modern and a bit more intense.

Can of Worms- More of a science fiction book, but still great anyway.

My Teacher Flunked the Planet- Another that's really science fiction, but SO AWESOME! It sounds like a younger kid's book, but it isn't, and is really good.

Gossamer- Another by Lois Lowry, read it if you liked The Giver.