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The Dark Tower books are actually quite good, although they do kind of get batshit crazy by the end.Milanezi said:
It helps if you're a fan of Stephen King already too, since there's this big meta-fiction element as well. Basically, characters from the Dark Tower, on several occasions, meet up with characters from Stephen King's other books, and in some cases, actually go to where those books took place. Also, some of his other books are directly connected to the Dark Tower series, like "Insomnia" where a Dark Tower character is mentioned by name.
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Shamanka is a fun little book, there are some parts that can be sad, but it always has a way to give someone a smile.
I've read elric also and I can highly recommend Corum, Von Bek and Erekose as well if you havn't read them yet. Getting quite hard to find now though...
Issac Asimov's Foundation saga is really good, not much action, focused more on growing civilization and science. Asimov is generally a good place to go for sci-fi if you're into that.
I really liked Ian M Banks work as well, The Player of Games is one of my favorite Sci-fi books at the moment and i highly recommend it to anyone who likes the genre.
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head.
Issac Asimov's Foundation saga is really good, not much action, focused more on growing civilization and science. Asimov is generally a good place to go for sci-fi if you're into that.
I really liked Ian M Banks work as well, The Player of Games is one of my favorite Sci-fi books at the moment and i highly recommend it to anyone who likes the genre.
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head.
Seems you're reading more of the lighter side of fantasy - try Caragh M O'Briens Birthmarked and whatever the sequel is called. Birthmarked was quite good, I haven't read the second yet.
Kritin Britian's Green Rider series is also okay.
Robin Hobb's series are good as well - though you might want to check a website for the series order as most of her books take place in the same world so there's about 12 of them now, and mostly they're trilogies about the same characters. The Assassin series is first, Liveship traders is second... then there's another about the Assassin main character... or maybe another 3... and now there Rain Wilds second book has just come out. ... They're good, anyway.
Kritin Britian's Green Rider series is also okay.
Robin Hobb's series are good as well - though you might want to check a website for the series order as most of her books take place in the same world so there's about 12 of them now, and mostly they're trilogies about the same characters. The Assassin series is first, Liveship traders is second... then there's another about the Assassin main character... or maybe another 3... and now there Rain Wilds second book has just come out. ... They're good, anyway.
I'm sure this post would be witty/insightful/meaningful if the image actually appearedrcs619 said:
I'd second several earlier suggestions such as Pratchett and Gaiman, and David Eddings (but not the later David and Leigh Eddings books which are uniformly awful). Based on your list of things you already like I'd also highly recommend Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card; most of Ray Bradbury; Alan Garner; Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising (very much the ancestor of Harry Potter); Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books; the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik; others that will almost certainly occur to me later....
I see that you've mostly read fantasy. Let me throw The Darwath Trilogy by Barbara Hambly in there - The Time of the Dark, The Walls of Air, and Armies of Daylight. Great, gripping fantasy/horror stories with probably the simplest and best magic "system" I've ever seen depicted. I still want to see a prequel series about the life of one of the main characters before the events in the Trilogy.
Also, a Sci-Fi recommendation - the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. The early ones are very, very good and even the later ones, although the novelty has worn off, are pretty good.
If you want a never-ending list of recommendations, join LibraryThing. It shows you the reading lists of other people who have read the same books as you. Brilliant idea.
Good luck on your recovery!
Also, a Sci-Fi recommendation - the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. The early ones are very, very good and even the later ones, although the novelty has worn off, are pretty good.
If you want a never-ending list of recommendations, join LibraryThing. It shows you the reading lists of other people who have read the same books as you. Brilliant idea.
Good luck on your recovery!
I've got two suggestions for you:
Markus Zusak
and
H.P. Lovecraft.
Markus Zusak is one of the few authors I enjoy reading. I'd recommend "The Book Thief" and "The Messenger".
H. P. Lovecraft is a bit dry, but the stories and ideas within them are fantastic none the less. "The Mountains of Madness", "The Call Of CThulhu", "The Dunwich Horror", "Cool Air", "The Rats In The Wall" and "Pickman's Model" are some of his better works.
Markus Zusak
and
H.P. Lovecraft.
Markus Zusak is one of the few authors I enjoy reading. I'd recommend "The Book Thief" and "The Messenger".
H. P. Lovecraft is a bit dry, but the stories and ideas within them are fantastic none the less. "The Mountains of Madness", "The Call Of CThulhu", "The Dunwich Horror", "Cool Air", "The Rats In The Wall" and "Pickman's Model" are some of his better works.
That link isn't working for me either.It's almost as if something doesn't want me to see that picturercs619 said:It's showing up for me. Weird.MetalDooley said:I'm sure this post would be witty/insightful/meaningful if the image actually appearedrcs619 said:
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Direct link time.
The Discworld series by Terry Prachett is pretty good. I'd recommend either a book about the Night Watch (Guards! Guards! or Men at Arms) or a book about Death (Hogfather).
I enjoyed Christopher Moore. The Stupidest Angel, Island of the Sequined Love Nun and Bite Me: A Love Story are all pretty good. Bite Me is part of a trilogy, so you may want to start with Bloodsucking Fiends.
Finally, anything by Eric Garcia is just made of awesome. The Rex books (Anonymous, Casual and Hot and Sweaty) are just great. Matchstick Men and Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys are also amazing.
I enjoyed Christopher Moore. The Stupidest Angel, Island of the Sequined Love Nun and Bite Me: A Love Story are all pretty good. Bite Me is part of a trilogy, so you may want to start with Bloodsucking Fiends.
Finally, anything by Eric Garcia is just made of awesome. The Rex books (Anonymous, Casual and Hot and Sweaty) are just great. Matchstick Men and Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys are also amazing.
