What should I read?

The Bard · **Posted:** March 28th, 2011, 7:17 pm

So what fantasy book do y'all recommend as a must read for me? I've just finished up the four novels I've been reading and realized I haven't read a fantasy book in a while.

Do not recommend these books as I have read all of them:

Anything by J.J.R. Tolkien.
The Chronicles of Narnia.
The Inheritance cycle.
The entire Redwall series.
The Princess and Curdie.
The Princess and the Goblin.
Inkheart trilogy.
Peter Pan.
Dragonspell.
The Wind in the Willows.

BushMaid · **Posted:** March 28th, 2011, 7:28 pm

Hrm...

Ranger's Apprentice - John Flanagan
The Skin Map - Stephen Lawhead
Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry

I'd suggest some books by Brian Falkner but they are more like sci fi.

Lady Eruwaedhiel · **Posted:** March 28th, 2011, 7:32 pm

The Restorer et al by Sharon Hinck is one of my favorite series, if you can get that it's really good.

The Changeling Sea by Patricia McKillip is also very good. Her writing style is one of my favorites.

100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson is delightfully creepy as well.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

The Dragon King Trilogy by Stephen R. Lawhead was fairly entertaining.

Here's a review thread I started about it: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1643

The Bard · **Posted:** March 29th, 2011, 3:53 pm

I'm really looking for the "must read book that you can't believe I've never read!" :rofl:

Lady Eruwaedhiel · **Posted:** March 29th, 2011, 4:45 pm

That would be The Restorer.

The Bard · **Posted:** March 31st, 2011, 10:20 am

That looks kind of girly...

Whackem · **Joined:** February 19th, 2011, 3:51 pm **Posts:** 320

The Dark Elf triolgy, Also the icewind dale trilogy and Servant of the shard.

All by Salvatore.

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** March 31st, 2011, 1:09 pm

Only if your folks are good with it, but Harry Potter is a well written series.

Other than that:

The Myst trilogy

Not quite fantasy but This Present Darkness is good.

Dracula is phenomenal.

Lady Eruwaedhiel · **Posted:** March 31st, 2011, 1:16 pm

Some might think it's girly. The first book is from the perspective of a mother of four, but the second and third are quite different. Unfortunately, to understand what happens, you have to read all of them. :rofl:

The Bard · **Posted:** March 31st, 2011, 6:53 pm

Hmmm....

Keep 'em coming!

Leandra Falconwing · **Posted:** March 31st, 2011, 10:19 pm

This isn't a book that I "can't believe you've never read" mostly because hardly anyone has...but The Great and Terrible Quest is one of my favorites. The ending makes me happy and giddy inside.

Suiauthon Mimetes · **Posted:** April 1st, 2011, 12:37 am

'The Archives of Anthropos' by John White.
Very good. The series was started because White's kids asked him to write a Narnian type story, but the story is very original (and if I haven't already mentioned it's very good).

The series is in my list of 'Absolute Favorite, Favorite Book Series'.

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