Good Fantasy Books?

Basically, in the Chronicles of the Necromancer, Necromancer is another name for a Spirit Mage. Now like any mage, they can be good or evil. The gift of Spirit Mage is actually quite rare, so there are few born with it. The plot follows Martris (Tris) Drayke who has inherited his grandma's powers. Basically, Spirit Mages act as a medium between spirits and humans, often aiding spirits into moving onto the next life. They can also make spirits that are normally invisible, visible to others.

The plot begins with a political struggle as Tris' half-brother Jared usurps the throne with the aid of a vampire-like being, vayash-moru, who wants to resurrect the Obsidian King (an evil Necromancer that was defeat by Tris' grandma). The series offers a few interesting characters too, as well as later dealing more with the vayash-moru. While Tris is the main focus of the plot, his friends also play important roles too and are given attention to as well.

The Belgariad and The Malloreon by David Eddings are two five book fantasy series' and are both fairly well written. In addition, Eddings' has a standalone novel called The Redemption of Althalus that is also pretty good.

As previously mentioned The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss is amazing and should be read by everyone, everywhere.

The Gentlemen Bastard series contains two books thusfar but will have a total of seven books at the end. The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies are the two out currently, the third book is forthcoming. They are by Scott Lynch.

The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie is worth the time it takes to read it.

Karen Miller has two series' out at the moment: Kingmaker, Kingbreaker and Godspeaker. The first is a two book series and the latter is an unrelated trilogy. They are both well written for a female author.

When I was younger I remember reading and enjoying Dragon Lance books - if I read them today I'd probably not be that ecstatic about them, but they were some of the first fantasy books I read.

Also, obvious books like Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Brilliant.

I haven't read a great deal of fantasy books, but I have read every single Terry Pratchett book and I adore them all. He's got to be my favourite author by a country mile.

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Originally Posted by Gwawr

I haven't read a great deal of fantasy books, but I have read every single Terry Pratchett book and I adore them all. He's got to be my favourite author by a country mile.

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What type of books does he write?

Good Books? woo-hoo!
OK:
Broken Sky : By Chris Wooding
an Action fantasy about two kids who have almost everything but each other stolen from them by an evil king.
Not exactly original idea, but the world it is set in the the magic system is totally unique. a great book. but it's kinda on the low end of the difficulty scale.

The Night Angels Trilogy By Brent Weeks
"For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art -- and he is the city's most accomplished artist.
For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums and learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprentencing himself to Durzo Blint.
But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics -- and cultivate a flair for death." -- "The Way of the Shadows" Book 1.

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Originally Posted by Gwawr

I haven't read a great deal of fantasy books, but I have read every single Terry Pratchett book and I adore them all. He's got to be my favourite author by a country mile.

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What type of books does he write?

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Good ones. Look into Discworld.

Seconded Dragonlance. It's like saying Star Wars is food Sci-Fi, but not as many people have read it, it's really good. Especially if you are a fan of the setting/DnD.

The A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin is far and away the best fantasy series I've ever encountered. It's ruined me for most other fantasy novels, though, as I find myself using ASoIaF as some kind of standard to hold the rest of the genre to (which is totally not fair).

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The A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin is far and away the best fantasy series I've ever encountered. It's ruined me for most other fantasy novels, though, as I find myself using ASoIaF as some kind of standard to hold the rest of the genre to (which is totally not fair).

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Thank You!!! That's the series I was talking about earlier! The Hound was one of my favorite characters.

I reallly don't like Fantasy books, I mean, could someone say 'editor', but out of the ones I HAVE read, I kind of enjoyed Terry Goodkind's 'Wizard's First Rule.' I forget what the series was called. 'Sword of Truth', possibly, but I am not certain.