Fantasy Novels You Might Not Have Read

[Clive Howlitzer]

Someone could read Lye Street and Scar Night by Alan Campbell. However I don't entirely recommend reading the next 2 books in the series unless you get off on disjointed stories and disappointment...oh crap, this was supposed to be a recommendation.
First two books are good!

My first read-through made me sooo confused ..it went from gothic horror to fantasy to steampunk to surrealism to time travel.

once I wrapped my head around what it was and what it wasn't, I reread all three and I have to say I really enjoyed the later books.

I have not read Lye Street yet though, which I guess I should do now =)

It is just a novella that takes place before Scar Night. However I think it is probably the best of all of them.

 

[recurve6]

The Books of Swords and Books of Lost Swords by Fred Saberhagen are absolutely brilliant classics.

 

[Ickorus]

Check out the Earthsea series by Ursula Le Guin, I think they may be reasonably well known but I never really see anyone talking about them

They're good for when you're between books though not my favourite series; I also like that she made the protagonist and pretty much the entire population of the area of the world the series takes place in dark skinned (Like native American skin colour), makes a nice change.

 

[littlerob]

The Malazan Book of the Fallen series, by Steven Erikson (and Ian C. Esselmont), is a fantastic set of books.

Erikson is an archaeologist and anthropologist by trade, and it's resulted in one of the most well thought-out fantasy worlds I've seen, with a (relevant, active) history stretching back millions of years and taking into account both biological and sociological evolution, plus geographic changes in the land itself. The characterisation is brilliant, as well, with a cast ranging from slaves and rank-and-file soldiers to elder gods and immortal ascendants, with interplay at all levels.

 

[GunslingerSNP]

The Books of Swords and Books of Lost Swords by Fred Saberhagen are absolutely brilliant classics.

+1

and check out Simon R. Green's "Down Among the Dead Men", "Blood and Honour" and "Hawk and Fisher" series and The Scavenger Trilogy by K J Parker.