My fav Fantasy books are...
I really only enjoyed
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again J.R.R. Tolkien, though I really did dig the way that the Lord of the Nazgul was slain in Return of the King.
I totally agree on the checking out of
Terry Pratchett and his
Disc World Books the first of which is the
Color of Magic I think? So far so good. I've only read the first seven all hilarious.
Actually the first book I read by Terry was in a team up with
Neil Gaiman called
Good Omens, a funny heartfelt tale of the raising of the antichrist and his dog. There are continuous friendly debates between a demon and an angle which will also be a big draw to any reader of this novel.
Back to the fantasy side of things, if you like Disc World you'll probably enjoy the world of
Xanth by
Piers Anthony which is also a very long but lovable series the first of which is the book
A Spell For Chameleon. I've read a good twenty of these but there are like seven more that I just can't find, this series is just so punny.
Also my favorite fantasy novels of all time, the easy but utterly charming to read books of
Patricia C. Wrede. Her Enchanted Forest Chronicles really do make me all happy inside. Dealing with Dragons / Searching for Dragons / Calling on Dragons / Talking to Dragons.
A heroine is the centeral character and the focus doesn't drown you in as other characters become important.
These books were ment for younger readers but I think anyone could enjoy the stories within!
I can't stop I also like the
Keys to the Kingdom Series by
Garth Nix I've only read
Mr. Monday but I know what I like. He also wrote the Abhorsen Trilogy a somewhat darker set of novels for the necro happy style of fantasy reader.
Sabriel being the first of these.
I'm adding to this again!
EARTHSEA "TRILOGY" was the first fantasy series I read which led me to great things the author of which is
Ursula K. LE Guin! I can't believe these were ment for teenage readers but I did read this when I was like seven so it might be harder than I remember.
Then there were the
Chronicles of Narnia by
C.S. Lewis.
Such a fluid believable world to me, making fantasy mix into reality without reality having a clue.
Also I have enjoyed the first two books of the (Whell of Time)/
Robert Jordan series and intend to read the rest or die trying!
Well it was starting to feel like everyone and their grandmother had read this series but it is a favorite so I will finally add it,
Harry Potter! I made a prediction back in book 5 but if I say anything it’s too much of a spoiler especially being that it came true. I like how involved the author
J.K. Rowling is with her readers I think she once mentioned that she enjoys these books as much as we do, as in she’s a fan too if that makes sense. I strongly suggest
http://www.jkrowling.com/ to any avid fan!
My most recent fav was a book by
Patricia A McKillip's ,
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld. The main character is so powerful compared to the other forces in her world that she is mostly disconnected from society. Yet she is so graceful in her control over the beasts, she aslo has this amazing family like realationship with the animals that are bonded to her in what is a seemingly iraversable connection to her very being.
There is also a disconnected responisbility about the concerns of motherhood, sudden and suprising.