Your favorite book series

[Kagatos]

My personal favorites have been:

Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind
The Coldfire Trilogy - C.S. Friedman
Otherland - Tad Williams (have been hearing good things about Shadowmarch but still undecided)
The Lies of Locke Lamora & Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch
Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini (Still waiting on the final book)
Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan (Still waiting on the final books)

There are many more that I really enjoyed reading...But those above tend to stick out the most for me.

 

[AZT00Z]

For me, it's A Series of Unfortunate Events but I haven't read it in a long while.

 

[aLivingPheonix]

My favorite book series, the only series that I actually care about, is "Pendragon" by D.J. Machale. Sadly, it's ended now, therefore I have nothing to look forward to.

Except "Mogworld".

 

[Ze_Reaper_Of_Zeath]

Artemis Fowl, Jeffery Archer's Prision Diaries (Quie Amazing), and much more...

I'm a book worm

 

[unoleian]

Sword of Shanarra was good. i tried ready the other two books in the main series but with little success

I just started this, hope it's good. 100 pages in.

The entire line of Shannara series are in my top faves. Brooks builds his narratives slowly, but they can become quite compelling once you connect with the characters-- at least, in my opinion.
Reading Brooks' latest, The Bearers of the Black Staff, at this very moment. An intriguing read, back to roots after the whole "Genesis" series. Going to be interesting to see how he connects the threads of existing history established in past books with what's essentially now a giant series of prequels to everything that's come before...
Also, the "Magic Kingdom of Landover" series is quite fun. Laugh out loud funny in parts, too.

A Song of Ice and Fire is also good. I know that one has been mentioned hundreds of times in this thread already, but there it is again. Needs next book already, though.

Also, The Dark Tower series. Very unconventional, very intriguing for sure. Liked that one a lot.

 

[DustyDrB]

Wait! I did read another series. C.S. Lewis' space trilogy. The first two books were OK, the last not so much. I enjoy his nonfiction much more.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. They have such funny names

 

[GrimTuesday]

I fucking love A Song of Ice and Fire. GRRM has created such a vivd world that even though it isn't nearly as detailed as Tolken (who I hate) I still find myself wishing I could go sit on the banks of the Trident and search for Rheagar's rubies, or go and Marvle at the masive wall of ice that keeps the wildlings and something much more sinister at bay. Or to watch the Tourny of the Hand and see that shit go down (if you read the book you know what I'm talking about they just filmed it for the HBO series). I might even want to go to the Twins and meet the Frey's of pnly to punch Lord Walder in the face.

I've never been good at just accepting things though. Even in a Song of Ice and Fire, I always asked "Why?".

And George always gave me an answer.

I don't know about that I've always found Arya a little unbeleivable with all the shit she gets up to.

Also I just curious who you think Jon Snow's mother is.

It's physically possible to do what Arya does, as far as getting across oceans and whatnot. But she's extremely brave for a child and seems curious and naive. My sister was a lot like her growing up. Not even serious things really threatened her--I was always the sibling to say "This isn't reasonable", whereas she normally just went headlong into things. I suppose that's why I find her character more believable--because I've got my own Arya. I enjoyed the parts with her and the Hound though. You could almost sense that he had a soft spot for her.

Lyanna Stark.

I don't think it's Eddard's bastard, and I think that's why Ned was always so quiet about Jon. Ned's personality is very cold and I don't see him fathering a bastard. To protect Lyanna's honor I can't see him telling everybody it was hers, though, and he'd rather keep the fact that he's got an illegitimate heir under raps.

Same here R+L=J makes a lot of sense to me not to mention it explains why Ned never talks Jon's mother considering Robert's extreme hatred for all Targaryens. Did you figure it out for your self or did you read it on one of the fan sites?

That too.

I figured it out for myself when I read "A Game of Thrones" the second time. I sort of pieced it together and it made too much sense not to be highly likely if not the actuality.

I figured it out midway through A Storm of Swords. Have you been on Westeros? They have a thread about it that has been going since like 2006. If you've never been on there and you want to talk about ASoIaF you should give the site a look.

 

[arbiter592]

Probably A Series of Unfortunate Events. It actually has creative names for all the books. What a thought! Although the ending of the last book was total bull****.

 

[Bruin]

I fucking love A Song of Ice and Fire. GRRM has created such a vivd world that even though it isn't nearly as detailed as Tolken (who I hate) I still find myself wishing I could go sit on the banks of the Trident and search for Rheagar's rubies, or go and Marvle at the masive wall of ice that keeps the wildlings and something much more sinister at bay. Or to watch the Tourny of the Hand and see that shit go down (if you read the book you know what I'm talking about they just filmed it for the HBO series). I might even want to go to the Twins and meet the Frey's of pnly to punch Lord Walder in the face.

I've never been good at just accepting things though. Even in a Song of Ice and Fire, I always asked "Why?".

And George always gave me an answer.

I don't know about that I've always found Arya a little unbeleivable with all the shit she gets up to.

Also I just curious who you think Jon Snow's mother is.

It's physically possible to do what Arya does, as far as getting across oceans and whatnot. But she's extremely brave for a child and seems curious and naive. My sister was a lot like her growing up. Not even serious things really threatened her--I was always the sibling to say "This isn't reasonable", whereas she normally just went headlong into things. I suppose that's why I find her character more believable--because I've got my own Arya. I enjoyed the parts with her and the Hound though. You could almost sense that he had a soft spot for her.

Lyanna Stark.

I don't think it's Eddard's bastard, and I think that's why Ned was always so quiet about Jon. Ned's personality is very cold and I don't see him fathering a bastard. To protect Lyanna's honor I can't see him telling everybody it was hers, though, and he'd rather keep the fact that he's got an illegitimate heir under raps.

Same here R+L=J makes a lot of sense to me not to mention it explains why Ned never talks Jon's mother considering Robert's extreme hatred for all Targaryens. Did you figure it out for your self or did you read it on one of the fan sites?

That too.

I figured it out for myself when I read "A Game of Thrones" the second time. I sort of pieced it together and it made too much sense not to be highly likely if not the actuality.

I figured it out midway through A Storm of Swords. Have you been on Westeros? They have a thread about it that has been going since like 2006. If you've never been on there and you want to talk about ASoIaF you should give the site a look.

Never been.

I will check it out immediately. I really do love that series. I'm a writer, of sorts. And I've been toying with ideas for years--throwing pots at the walls and whatnot and I'd create short stories and small novellas, but nothing really stuck to the wall.

Then I read the Song.

Then everything fell into place and started to stick. All those things I was wondering about doing or was toying with--the ideas that seemed cool but I couldn't apply them correctly and whatnot. They all seemed to click into motion after I read ASoIaF.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. As of yet I'm on the fourth book.

 

[StreakedRain]

The Edge Chronicles. Always a good read. =3

 

[Chancie]

The Dog Lovers' Mysteries by Susan Conant and Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan if we're going for entire series.

I also like anything by Augustine Burroughs (it's kind of like a series, I guess), and anything by Jason Myers (though, it's not a series at all).

 

[acklumos]

Star Wars. But since that's so broad, I'll narrow it down to my favorite series within the series, which would be the Legacy of the Force series.

 

[ALuckyChance]

Well, I haven't read too many of Discworld (though what I have read is great), so I'm gonna have to go with the Young Wizards series, by Diane Duane. The books happen to do that whole 'science when sufficiently awesome = magic' idea, but it happens to be really detailed while somehow not being complicated.

Artemis Fowl and the Alex Rider series are also great in my opinion - good character development and action, with a creative premise.

The Harry Potter books sre the only finished series I've fully read, and I would've reccommended them a few years ago. Now though, I find them a bit middling in terms of quality.

 

[GrimTuesday]

I fucking love A Song of Ice and Fire. GRRM has created such a vivd world that even though it isn't nearly as detailed as Tolken (who I hate) I still find myself wishing I could go sit on the banks of the Trident and search for Rheagar's rubies, or go and Marvle at the masive wall of ice that keeps the wildlings and something much more sinister at bay. Or to watch the Tourny of the Hand and see that shit go down (if you read the book you know what I'm talking about they just filmed it for the HBO series). I might even want to go to the Twins and meet the Frey's of pnly to punch Lord Walder in the face.

I've never been good at just accepting things though. Even in a Song of Ice and Fire, I always asked "Why?".

And George always gave me an answer.

I don't know about that I've always found Arya a little unbeleivable with all the shit she gets up to.

Also I just curious who you think Jon Snow's mother is.

It's physically possible to do what Arya does, as far as getting across oceans and whatnot. But she's extremely brave for a child and seems curious and naive. My sister was a lot like her growing up. Not even serious things really threatened her--I was always the sibling to say "This isn't reasonable", whereas she normally just went headlong into things. I suppose that's why I find her character more believable--because I've got my own Arya. I enjoyed the parts with her and the Hound though. You could almost sense that he had a soft spot for her.

Lyanna Stark.

I don't think it's Eddard's bastard, and I think that's why Ned was always so quiet about Jon. Ned's personality is very cold and I don't see him fathering a bastard. To protect Lyanna's honor I can't see him telling everybody it was hers, though, and he'd rather keep the fact that he's got an illegitimate heir under raps.

Same here R+L=J makes a lot of sense to me not to mention it explains why Ned never talks Jon's mother considering Robert's extreme hatred for all Targaryens. Did you figure it out for your self or did you read it on one of the fan sites?

That too.

I figured it out for myself when I read "A Game of Thrones" the second time. I sort of pieced it together and it made too much sense not to be highly likely if not the actuality.

I figured it out midway through A Storm of Swords. Have you been on Westeros? They have a thread about it that has been going since like 2006. If you've never been on there and you want to talk about ASoIaF you should give the site a look.

Never been.

I will check it out immediately. I really do love that series. I'm a writer, of sorts. And I've been toying with ideas for years--throwing pots at the walls and whatnot and I'd create short stories and small novellas, but nothing really stuck to the wall.

Then I read the Song.

Then everything fell into place and started to stick. All those things I was wondering about doing or was toying with--the ideas that seemed cool but I couldn't apply them correctly and whatnot. They all seemed to click into motion after I read ASoIaF.

Just thought I'd mention the HBO series they are making of A Game of Thrones if you hadn't heard about it yet. The site I go for all the news about that is Winter-is-coming I would say it is the best for news on the HBO series. That and Westeros are the only two other sites I participate on besides the Escapist.

 

[quantum mechanic]

Lord of the Rings. Hands down.

 

[A.C.E]

The night angel trilogy by Brent Weeks
the heir series by Cinda Williams Chima
the dragonlance novels
the legend of drizzit by R.A. Salvatore
the inheritance cycle by Christopher Paolini
and the Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud

these are some of the best series ive read and i highly recomend them to anyone looking for some good works of fiction