Fantasy Series Recommendations
Fantasy books/series recommendations?
Okay, so I love fantasy, but as much as i don’t like to admit it, I haven’t really delved too far into the genre. I’ve basically stuck to my three favourites: LOTR, Harry Potter and His Dark Materials(although i don’t technically call it fantasy)..Currently I’m working on Fablehaven, and I love it. I also have started The Spiderwick Chronicles(but my library doesn’t have all the books, so i cannot finish as quickly as i hope).
I’m probably going start The Bartimaeus Trilogy, and Artemis Fowl, The Abhorsen Trilogy and The Wheel of Time Series…and [possibly]The Chronicles of Narnia….
What are the other great fantasy series are out there? I’ve heard of many of them, but I have no idea what half are about, So if you have an ideas, please include a bit of information.
Please and Thank You–Cheers!
I HIGHLY recommend the Abhorsen trilogy. Out of the other 4 you’re planning to read, I’ve only fully read the Artemis Fowl series, and I didn’t love it, but it was decent. I tried to read both the Wheel of Time series and the Chronicles of Narnia and couldn’t get into either of them, but I know others who love them and swear by them so I can’t tell if you’ll like them or not.
An amazing series off the top of my head is the Ender series by Orson Scott Card. It’s sci-fi, not fantasy, but it is totally and completely amazing and I definitely recommend it. It deals with the future and war on alien races. Brilliant children are taken from their homes to be educated and trained for war in a special battle school in space. Start with Ender’s Game; it’s by far the best. The three books after that one (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind) are a lot more technical and not as enjoyable and are completely skippable if you don’t want to read them. I ended up never reading Children of the Mind. However, after these come a parallel series of novels about a boy you meet in Ender’s Game named Bean. This series starts with Ender’s Shadow and continues on with three books, all of which are readable, unlike the Ender series. Anyway, I don’t know if these are up your alley, but I would still check them out if I were you. They’re so amazing they totally transcend their genre.
Anything by Diana Wynne Jones is totally worth reading. Particular favorites of mine include:
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, volume one (and sequels). Deals with the Chrestomanci, a magical person with nine lives who polices the magic in all the connected worlds.
The Dalemark Quartet. The first one is Cart and Cwidder. Moril is left with a magical instrument after the death of his father that is much more than it seems.
Howl’s Moving Castle. This is everyone’s favorite. Sophie is a normal girl – until she’s cursed by a witch and is suddenly 80 years old. There’s a movie, too, so after you read it you can watch that!
Dark Lord of Derkholm. This one is hilarious. Tours are run through a magical world by unmagical people.
She’s written tons more so if you like her you’ll have reading material for a looong time.
Anything by Terry Pratchett is wonderfully hilarious. His novels take place in an fantasy world called Discworld. A couple of my favorites are:
Monstrous Regiment – A girl dresses up as a boy to join the army and find her brother and discovers that there’s more to her squad than she thinks.
Night Watch – My favorite of Pratchett’s novels dealing with the captain of the Ankh-Morpork (the city where most of the books take place) police, Samuel Vimes.
Mort – Death takes on an apprentice and may have gotten more than he bargained for.
The Wee Free Men – A young girl’s brother is kidnapped and she goes against the world of faerie to rescue him, with the help of a clan of six inch high, blue, and foulmouthed men.
A couple of single novels you should check out:
Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean – a college girl lives out her own version of the famous poem.
Enchantress from the Stars, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl – combines fantasy and science fiction in both a futuristic/medieval world.
Tamsin, by Peter S. Beagle – a girl encounters ghosts when she moves into her new home in the country.
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner – a thief is caught and forced to help the royal scholar in a quest. Very, very good.
Other authors you may like:
Robin McKinley, Mercedes Lackey, Tamora Pierce, Patricia A. McKillip, Anne McCaffrey, Jasper Fforde, Nancy Springer, Patricia C. Wrede, and Jane Yolen,
That’s all I can think of at the moment! If you want, you’re welcome to check out my personal library catolog at: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/yummyfishmeister
I have a lot of fantasy books in there, and that’s not all my collection, unfortunately. I’ve been unable to add a bunch because I don’t have access to them at the moment.
Hope this helped you!
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