Comprehensive Fantasy Book List

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Currently there are several old threads that list a variety of books(mostly sci-fi with some fantasy added).  I want to stay exclusive within the fantasy genre for this thread as a way of giving people a goto place for reading suggestions.  I figure the sci-fi thread should be a seperate thread.  Please list Author of book(s) then title.  Realize that some of these suggestions will be out of print books.  Out of print books still circulate in used bookstores, online, etc. and sometimes they get new distribution channels, ie another publisher.

Author                                                        Title

Katherine Kurtz                                           Dernyi Rising

                                                                 Dernyi Checkmate

                                                                High Dernyi

C.S.Lewis                                                    The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

                                                                 Prince Caspian

                                                                 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

                                                                 The Silver Chair

                                                                 The Horse and His Boy

                                                                 The Magician's Nephew

                                                                 The Last Battle

J.R.R. Tolkien                                              The Hobbit                                                                                     

                                                                  The Fellowship of the Ring

                                                                   The Two Towers

                                                                   The Return of the King

Ursula K. Le Guinn                                         A Wizard of Earthsea

                                                                   The Tombs of Atuan

                                                                   The Farthest Shore

Fritz Leiber                                                    Swords and Deviltry

                                                                    Swords Against Death

                                                                    Swords in the Mist

                                                                    Swords Against Wizardry

                                                                    The Swords of Lankmar

                                                                    Swords and Ice Magic

Patricia A. McKillip                                           The Riddle-Master of Hed

                                                                    Heir of Sea and Fire

                                                                    Harpist in the Wind                                         

Michael Moorcock                                            Elric of Melnibone

                                                                    The Sailor on the Seas of Fate

                                                                    The Weird of the White Wolf

                                                                    The Vanishing Tower

                                                                    The Bane of the Black Sword

                                                                    Stormbringer

Robert E. Howard                                            Beyond the Black River

                                                                    Black Colossus

                                                                    The Devil in Iron 

                                                                    By This Axe, I Rule

Robert Silverberg                                            Lord Valentines Castle

 

I would need more time to add, so much more to add, and thats what your here to do also, I hope..Anyways the authors I have listed have much more material.  You can check wikipedia on just about any published author.  I also listed some of the more popular authors of fantasy.  This list should grow to encompass all of your fantasy reading appetites(mine is large).  I give all the published authors k6 Karma:thumbsup: .

 

                                                                   

                                                                                                            

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Ok I will list some.

 

Stephen Hunt                        The Court of Air

                                           Kingdom Beyond the Waves

                                           Rise of the Iron Moon

 

Steven Erickson                     Gardens of the Moon : Malazan Book of the Fallen

                                           Chain of Dogs : Malazan Book of the Fallen

                                           Memories of Ice : Malazan Book of the Fallen

                                           House of Chains : Malazan Book of the Fallen

                                           Midnight Tides : Malazan Book of the Fallen

                                           The Bone Hunters : Malazan Book of the Fallen

                                           Reapers Gale : Malazan Book of the Fallen

                                           Toll the Hounds : Malazan Book of the Fallen

                                           Blood Follows

                                           The Healthy Dead

                                           The Lee's of Laughters End

 

Ian Cameron Esslemont         Night of Knives

                                           The Return of the Crimson Guard

 

Brandon Sanderson               Elantris

                                          Warbreaker

                                          The Final Empire : Mistborn Trilogy

                                          The Well of Acsension : Mistborn Trilogy

                                          The Hero of Ages : Mistborn Trilogy

 

Every book I have listed here I recommend. All great stuff.

 

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Lois McMaster Bujold: The Curse of Chalion 5*

George R. R. Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire 4*   (unfinished)

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

good thread. will be saving this for future reference! thanks.

 

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top
Barbara Hambly
The Darwath Trilogy
  1. The Time of the Dark
  2. The Walls of Air
  3. The Armies of Daylight
The Ladies of Mandrigyn
Louise Cooper
The Time Master trilogy
  1. The Initiate
  2. The Outcast
  3. The Master
Mirage
Michale Moorcock
Runestaff
  1. The Jewel in the Skull
  2. Sorcerer's Amulet
  3. The Sword of the Dawn
  4. The Runestaff
Eternal Champion
  1. The Eternal Champion
  2. Phoenix in Obsidian
  3. The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell
  4. The Dragon in the Sword
L Sprague de Camp
Jorian
  1. The Goblin Tower
  2. The Clocks of Iraz
  3. The Unbeheaded King
Clark Ashton Smith
Tales of Zothique
Poul Anderson
Three Hearts and Three Lions
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion
C. J. Cherry
Paladin
Tad Williams
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
  1. The Dragonbone Chair
  2. The Stone of Farewell
  3. To the Green Angel Tower
Due to edition in different language and all, not sure if that's the whole series or if I should include Siege and Storm as part of To the Green Angel Tower.
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Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Roger Zelazny - The Chronicles of Amber

Nine Princes in Amber

The Guns of Avalon

Sign of the Unicorn

The Hand of Oberon

The Courts of Chaos

 

Trumps of Doom

Blood of Amber

Sign of Chaos

Knight of Shadows

Prince of Chaos

 

Stephen R. Donaldson  - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

Lord Foul's Bane

The Illearth War 

The Power that Preserves

 

The Wounded Land

The One Tree

White Gold Wielder

 

Those are First and Second,there is also Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant,but i didnt read it so i cant recommend it

 

Gene Wolfe - The Book of the New Sun

 

The Shadow of the Torturer

The Claw of the Conciliator

The Sword of the Lictor

The Citadel of the Autarch

The Urth of the New Sun

 

Scott Bakker - The Prince of Nothing

The Darkness That Comes Before

The Warrior Prophet

The Thousandfold Thought

 

 

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Martha Wells:

  • City of Bones
  • Wheel of the Infinite
  • The Element of Fire
  • The Death of the Necromancer
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Margaret Weis/Tracy Hickman - The Deathgate Cycle (8 books)
- great fantasy books dealing with multiple worlds, races (humans, elves, dwarf, other?) and magic.

Piers Anthony - Incarnations of Immortality (8 books)
- A little bit different fantasy series dealing with some fantasy based religious themes centering around people who fulfill the roles of Death, War, Chronus(Time), etc.

 

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Tolkien
-Children of Hurin
-Silmarillion

E.E. Knight
-Dragon Champion
-Dragon Avenger
-Dragon Outcast
-Dragon Strike
-Dragon Rule
-Dragon Fate (Out this year)

Barb and J.C. Hendee
-Dhampir
-Thief of Lives
-Sister of the Dead
-Traitor to the Blood
-Rebel Fay
-Child of a Dead God
-In Shade and Shadow
-Through Stone and Sea

Mattew Woodring Stover
-Heroes Die
-Blade of Tyshalle
-Caine Black Knife
-His Father's Fist (Who knows when it'll be out)

I'd highly recommend all of these books, especially (especially) Matt Stover's. They will rock your socks.

 

:cylon:

Cadalancea

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

I'm surprised the Wheel of Time series by the late Robert Jordan and now taken up by Brandon Sanderson has not been mentioned.

 

I'll fix the problem now:

 

Robert Jordan:


The Eye of the World
The Great Hunt
The Dragon Reborn
The Shadow Rising
The Fires of Heaven
Lord of Chaos
A Crown of Swords
The Path of Daggers
Winter's Heart
Crossroads of Twilight
Knife of Dreams



Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson:

The Gathering Storm

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

I've added to the list.  And here are a few fantasy books mixed with some history;  or is it the otherway around..?!

Author                                                                                  Title

Homer                                                                                  The Illiad

                                                                                           The Odyssey

A.T. Hatto(Translation and critique)Penguin Books 1964             The Nibelungenlied(I think this is where we owe our gratitude for dwarves in fantasy literature and the source for J.R.R.Tolkiens "Lord of the Rings" dwarves, and the "Rings"

Edith Hamilton(Translator)Penguin Books                                  Mythology:Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

I hope this can inspire those people who didn't or don't consider fantasy literature and themes.  For those who love fantasy but have never considered a historical perspective to it context, this is a must read list(IMHO).  Hope all you Elemental: War of Magic developer's and modder's can get some ideas from these books.  These four book probably cemented my love for fantasy literature along with J.R.R.Tolkien's works and C.S.Lewis' stuff.

and lastly,

Sir Thomas Malory                                                                  Le Morte d'Arthur( "the death of Arthur" or "The hoole booke of kyng Arthur & of is noble knyghtes of the rounde table")