Recommend me a new book/author Escapist

[NoDamnNames]

My favorite authors are H.P Lovecraft, John Grisham, Dan Brown, Frank Herbert, Clive Barker, Stephen King, Max Brooks, and Dean Koontz

My Favorite Series are Dune, The Dark Tower, Cthulu Mythos, and Odd Thomas

So my fellow readers, for those of you who enjoy the same general genres and stories as me, what else would you recommend?

 

[Zorpheus]

Well, your choice of books and authors has thus far been staying close to what I would call 'mainstream' or 'classic'. If you want to continue that trend, Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" is a good read, and related books.

If you're willing to take a chance on some lesser-known properties, Simon Green's ongoing Nightside series might appeal to you, as someone who seems to like a side of horror and mystery with your stories. If you try and like that, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files is along the same vein.

 

[The Scythian]

I recommend the Prince of Nothing series, by R. Scott Bakker. If you enjoyed Dune, you will really enjoy this.

 

[MightyRabbit]

Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. All offbeat sci-fi/fantasy authors. All worldwide critically acclaimed writers.

 

[godevit]

http://www.goodreads.com/

check it out.

 

[Doc Theta Sigma]

I highly recommend the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. My favourite series of all time.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Robert E. Howard, author of the Conan the Barbarian was a correspondent of Lovecrafts, and they influenced each other quite a bit.

 

[Harlemura]

I'd recommend the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy. I think that's his name, anyway...
I'm not a big reader, so I'm not sure how they stack up to the books you've already read, but I enjoyed 'em. You might too.

 

[Link XL1]

i read a bit more recently made stuff (contemporary?) RA Salvatore is really good (legend of drizzt), Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy is probably one of my favorites. also the Dragonlance books are good (ONLY the margret wies and tracy hickman ones though). finally the Eragon books are good, i think they're called the Inheritance series by Chris Paolini. again its all newer stuff compared to your favs, but i still like them.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

So, Sci-Fi and Fantasy right? How about something a little different?

Personally, I'm a fan of historical fiction. One of my favorite authors is James Clavell and his "The Asian Saga" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asian_Saga], which touches over important points in the past 400 years of Western and Asian interactions and draws influences from his historical heroes and his own experiences as a WWII veteran and POW.

I'd recommend starting off at the narrative beginning of the series with the book "Shōgun". Then again, I started off at the book "Tai-Pan" and that's the one that encouraged me to read the rest. To each his own, I suppose.

 

[Link XL1]

also scott pilgrim

 

[sir.rutthed]

Forge of God by Greg Bear. My roomie read it and couldn't even finish it due to a severe case of heebiejeebies.

 

[Dark Prophet]

Brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_and_Boris_Strugatsky

Ursula K. Le Guin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin

Clifford D. Simak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak

You should find plenty to read from those authors

 

[bluereverend]

I'm an author and both my books are downloadable on Kindle. If you're interested I'll link them on here.

 

[DragonFae]

My three favourite authors are David Eddings, Nora Roberts and John Flanagan. You could also try Katharine Kerr, though hers do take a bit to get into. But I've got to say that if you're looking something that mixes adventure, fantasy, humor and action, David Eddings is the way to go.

 

[Sonicron]

So, you're not averse to science-fiction and things that involve horrific violence? You might want to give Warhammer 40.000 a look. I can basically recommend anything by Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden and James Swallow.

 

[Emurlahn]

Just copy-pasted a recommendation I gave the other day.

I assume that you've already read some of Tolkien's work, but if not, you should read that too.

Old Kingdom-series by Garth Nix, first book Sabriel, low to mid fantasy, target age 16-20

Discworld-series by Terry Pratchett, first book Colour of Magic, order of read doesn't really matter, but I recommend starting with the first ones, target everyone with a sense of humour.

The Warrior-series by Josefine Ottesen (Danish), first book On the Furthermost Island, low fantasy/viking, target mostly boys age 18+

Black Magician-trilogy by Trudy Canavan, first book The Magician's Guild, mid to high fantasy, target mostly girls

Age of the Five-trilogy by Trudy Canavan, first book Priestess of the White, mid to high fantasy, target mostly girls

Shadowmarsh-series by Tad Williams, first book Shadowmarsh, mid fantasy, target fantasy readers
(anything by Tad Wiliams really)

Malazan Book of the Fallen main-series by Steven Erikson, first book Gardens of the Moon, dark fantasy, target experienced fantasy readers

Malazan Book of the Fallen spin-off-series by Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont, first book Night of Knives, dark fantasy, target main-series readers

Chronicles of the Black Company-series by Glen Cook, first book The Black Company, mid/dark fantasy, target fantasy readers

 

[Broderick]

"Name of the wind" and its sequel "Wise man's fear" are both very good books, written by an up and coming popular new author Patrick Rothfuss. Its hard to tell exactly what genre it is, it has fantacy elements in it (fey people, drakes, "magic") but those are mostly used to strengthen the plot as a whole.

Its about a man whom is legendary, he is both feared and praised for his deeds. After a scribe contacts him, he agrees to the man's offer to tell his life story. So its basicly about a man telling how he got to where he is today.

Discworld is always a good series as well. For something more horror like, have you checked out "House of Leaves"? I hear its quite good.

 

[Artina89]

At the moment, I am enjoying The Godfather by Mario Puzo. It's a great book, and it is worth picking up, at least in my eyes. It is quite an easy read.

 

[Alakaizer]

Well, your choice of books and authors has thus far been staying close to what I would call 'mainstream' or 'classic'. If you want to continue that trend, Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" is a good read, and related books.

If you're willing to take a chance on some lesser-known properties, Simon Green's ongoing Nightside series might appeal to you, as someone who seems to like a side of horror and mystery with your stories. If you try and like that, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files is along the same vein.

Add in Butcher's Codex Alera. Just finished that, pretty good stuff.

I've also been a fan of Lynn Flewelling's Tamir triad(start with The Bone Doll's Twin), and the Farseer, Liveship, and Teany Man trilogies by Robin Hobb.