Favourite Fantasy Books??

Hey just wondering what everyone's favourite fantasy books are, by fantasy I'm talking adventure/ Magic/ knights/ etc. no SCI FI please :)

Other than any Tolkien, I never really got into the fantasy novels.

The Wheel of Time

Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were both well written. Between those two, I'd have to say HP, just because I grew up with it I guess.

In chronological order, (kind of shows how i matured as a reader)

Harry Potter 1-7 (JK Rowling)

Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr (Chris Paolini)

The Hobbit (Tolkien)

The Farseer Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy (Robin Hobb)

Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas under Red Skies (Scott Lynch)

The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)

The Song of Ice and Fire 1-4 (George R R Martin)

The Painted Man (Peter V Brett)

I would recommend all the books I read after The Hobbit. All these books were my favourite right after I read them until the next one came. Now waiting for Desert Spear to arrive from amazon. Hoping its good as The Painted Man.

The Name of the Wind

Alice in Wonderland.killyou060606

Aside from the ones already mentioned, I always loved the David Eddings series:)

[QUOTE="killyou060606"]Alice in Wonderland.LightR

The Wheel of Time

The Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit

The Hunger Games (Some would say it's sci-fi, but there's really nothing scientific about it :P)

The Lord of the Rings (even if I'm not even done with the first book), I would love to learn to speak Elvin, that and Klingon.

percy jackson

i love tolkiens middle earth work like lotr, the hobbit, and children of hurin. also, gene wolfe's book of the new sun was really good.LoG-Sacrament

The Earthsea novels by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Hobbit. No contest, I love that book so much.

Wow...I don't think I've posted on these forums in years. With regards to the OP, my favorite fantasy novels are:

-The Sword of Truth series

-The Wheel of Time series

*And for those of you who want some serious, hardcore, gut-wrenching story-telling then please read the "A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE" series.

Well, aside from Tolkien, I quite love the Warrior Heir trilogy. But, that's only off the top of my head. I can't remember half the books I've read, considering I've read about 100 or so in the last two years. I tend to forget a lot of them, despite me loving them.

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i love tolkiens middle earth work like lotr, the hobbit, and children of hurin. also, gene wolfe's book of the new sun was really good.worthyofnote

Tolkien and George Martin.

[QUOTE="worthyofnote"][QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i love tolkiens middle earth work like lotr, the hobbit, and children of hurin. also, gene wolfe's book of the new sun was really good.LoG-Sacrament

The Hunger Games (Some would say it's sci-fi, but there's really nothing scientific about it :P)

The_AI

Lord of The Rings.funsohng

Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were both well written. Between those two, I'd have to say HP, just because I grew up with it I guess.

BadNewsBen

[QUOTE="BadNewsBen"]

Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were both well written. Between those two, I'd have to say HP, just because I grew up with it I guess.

Cherokee_Jack

Tolkien's Work(s)

Wheel of Time series

Tales of the Malazan series

R.A. Salvatore's Work(s) (mostly D&D)

Most D&D / Forgotten Realms books

Dragonlance HEROES series

H.Potter is also good, though 5 and 6 were terrible

Paolini is trash

A Song of Ice and Fire.

Wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire

I was waiting for Bible to come up.

When I was a kid, my favorite fantasy books were the "Xanth" and "Incarnations of Immortality" series by Piers Anthony. Haven't read much fantasy since then. megagene

Yeah, I purchased that entire Anthony series. It was a great read, especially "On a Pale Horse".:)

The Witcher books by Andrzej Sapkowski. Unfortunately hardly any of them are in English yet. So far I have read The Last Wish and The Blood of Elves.

A Song of Ice and Fire are the best books ever however you have to commit yourself for a long time when you start reading them.

In chronological order, (kind of shows how i matured as a reader)

Harry Potter 1-7 (JK Rowling)

Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr (Chris Paolini)

The Hobbit (Tolkien)

The Farseer Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy (Robin Hobb)

Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas under Red Skies (Scott Lynch)

The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)

The Song of Ice and Fire 1-4 (George R R Martin)

The Painted Man (Peter V Brett)

I would recommend all the books I read after The Hobbit. All these books were my favourite right after I read them until the next one came. Now waiting for Desert Spear to arrive from amazon. Hoping its good as The Painted Man.

exiledsnake

How was Brisingr? I've been in the middle of Eldest for about a year now and it's SOOOO slow.. I don't know if it's worth getting through for the third book.

How was Brisingr? I've been in the middle of Eldest for about a year now and it's SOOOO slow.. I don't know if it's worth getting through for the third book.

MystikFollower

[QUOTE="MystikFollower"]How was Brisingr? I've been in the middle of Eldest for about a year now and it's SOOOO slow.. I don't know if it's worth getting through for the third book.

exiledsnake

That's a shame.

Harry potter

DragonLance

Tolkins books (altho the actural writing is sometimes subpar)

The Witcher

the forgotten realms

Oh yeah... I forgot

Sapwowski's Work

A song of Ice and Fire

Aside from the ones already mentioned, I always loved the David Eddings series:)

solidruss

Agreed. I especially liked his "Sparhawk" character.:)

I was waiting for Bible to come up.

-Iconoclast-

It is such a underrated Fantasy book. Great stories.

the Drizzt Do Urden books were pretty good...