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Inspired by Sir Kindriks introduction post and subsequent replies I am creating a thread here for our Saints to share our favorite books/authors/series. As this information is shared I'll be going through and updating this main post for ease of use.

I look forward to seeing what we all enjoy reading!


Piers Anthony
Incarnations of Immortality series
Xanth series
Incantations of Immortality
Adept Series

Isaac Asimov
Foundation Series
Bicentennial Man (Short story)

Peter Brett
Warded Man

Poppy Z. Brite
Exquisite Corpse
Lost Souls
Drawing Blood

Terry Brooks
Magical Kingdom of Landover
Shannara series

Steven Brust
Vlad Taltos Series

Jim Butcher
Codex Alera Series

Orson Scott Card
Enders Game series
Seventh Son Series

Arthur C. Clark
Various stories
AE Vanvogh
Rendezvous with Rama

Justin Cronin
The Passage


David Eddings
The Belgariad Series
The Malloreon Series
Belgarath the Sorcerer
Polgara the Sorceress
The Elenium Series
The Tamuli Series

Terry Goodkind
Sword of Truth Series

Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita Blake Series

Russel Hoban
Ridley Walker

Robin Hobb
Farseer Series
Soldier’s Son Series

Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time Series

Stephen King
Various books

Mercedes Lackey
Valdemar Series

Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory collaboration
Obsidian Trilogy

George R. R. Martin
Song of Fire & Ice Series

Ann McCaffrey
Pern Series

Elizabeth Moon
Paksenarrion Series
Legacy of Gird Series

Michael Moorcock
Eternal Champion Series

Christopher Paolini
Inheritance Cycle (Eragon)

Edgar Allen Poe
Complete works

Brian Pratt
The Unsuspecting Mage

Ravenloft
Knight of the Black Rose

Anne Rice
Mayfair Witches Series
Vampire Series

Patrick Rothfuss
Kingkiller Series

Fred Saberhagen
Sword Series

R.A Salvatore
Various

William Shakespeare
The Tempest

Robert Silverberg
Lord Valentine’s Castle

R.L. Stine
Goosebumps

Various Authors
Star Wars novels

World of Warcraft Books

Dragon Lance Series:
    Dragons of Autumn Twilight
    Dragons of Winter Night
    Dragons of Spring Dawning

    Time of the Twins
    War of the Twins
    Test of the Twins

    The Legend of Huma

Forgotten Realms:
    The Avatar Series

Warhammer 40K
    Various


David Webber
Safehold series

Brent Week
Night Angel Trilogy – Warning: Grit, Violence, Shocking & potentially offensive; reader beware!

Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman collaborations
Dark Sword Trilogy
Death Gate Cycle
Sovereign Stone trilogy

Timothy Zahn
Star Wars:
    Thrawn Trilogy
    Hand of Thrawn Series
    Survivors Quest
    Outbound Flight
    Allegiance
    Choices of One

The Icarus Hunt
Angelmass

Roger Zelazny
Amber Series
Lord of Light
Creatures of Light & Darkness


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Sci-Fi:
Isaac Asimov - Foundation series, Bicentennial Man
Timothy Zahn - Various stories (Star Wars mainly)
Star Wars - Various authors (currently reading)
Orson Scott Card - Enders Game
David Webber - Safehold series


Fantasy:
Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman collaborations - Dark Sword Trilogy, Death Gate Cycle, Sovereign Stone
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth
Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time (haven't read yet, but eagerly anticipating it!)
Terry Brooks - Magical Kingdom of Landover


I've got a bunch more, but will have to review my collection once I get home to grab some of my other favorites =-)





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Great idea, thanks Sabreth.

Mine are all Fantasy.


DragonLance Series
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dragons of Winter Night
Dragons of Spring Dawning

Time of the Twins
War of the Twins
Test of the Twins

(I will also have to review my collection as I can't remember the names of the series later on)

Standalone DragonLance Novels
The Legend of Huma

Terry Goodkind
I second the Sword of Truth Series

David Eddings
The Belgariad Series
The Malloreon Series
Belgarath the Sorcerer
Polgara the Sorceress
The Elenium Series
The Tamuli Series

Mistborne Trilogy -- Added 2/10/2013
Mistborn
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages


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favorite sci -fy author
AE vanvogh
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From the previous thread:

Some of my favorite fantasy authors include:
Piers Anthony (Incarnations of Immortality series)
Terry Brooks (Shannara series)
Jim Butcher (Codex Alera series)
David Eddings
Terry Goodkind (Sword of Truth series)
Robin Hobb (Farseer series)
Mercedes Lackey (Valdemar series)
George R. R. Martin (Song of Fire and Ice series)
Anne McCaffrey (Pern series)
Elizabeth Moon (Paksenarrion & Legacy of Gird series)
Patrick Rothfuss (Kingkiller series)

I'm not much of a sci-fi fan, but I'd recommend Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.


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I've always enjoyed Robert Silverberg probably most reknown for his Lord Valentine's Castle. I've been reading him since I was a preteen when I started reading him according to amazon he has written or edited at least 141 different books more than likely I have about half of them


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Russell Hoban's Ridley Walker is a great book. He created this incredible post-apocalyptic version of England even to the point of writing the book in a crude derivation of English that the language devolves into over several centuries (like what Burgess did in Clockwork Orange). It has everything from feral animals to Punch and Judy.

For more classic fantasy, Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory co-authored the Obsidian Trilogy. I still tease my brother-in-law about the 'Unicorn books,' but the teasing is usually followed by 'so. . . mind if I borrow them for a re-read?'

If you don't mind something with a little grit and violence, Peter Brett's Warded Man is one of the most original books I've read in quite some time... and if you don't mind a LOT of grit and violence, Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy is excellent (though designed to be shocking and even offensive in the opening few chapters in particular).

If you like short stories, grab the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe. You don't have to wear black eye-liner, be a manic depressive, or spend your days in angst to read Poe. Two or three of his stories and his tragic life lent him that reputation. Stories like 'Never bet the devil your head' are HILARIOUS and you do yourself a dis-service if you write him off because of the unfortunate reputation. I think I got my copy for 15 bucks or so 10 years ago.

Lastley, it seems like a horribly snobby thing to say, but seriously. Check out The Tempest by Shakespeare. It's pretty much the complete package (and it's not very long, either).


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Any of the WoW books have always been good to me. When I was a kid it was the Goosebumps series and My Teacher is an Alien series (still love that ). Now-a-days anything by Stephen King.


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Roger Zelazny (especially his Amber Series starting with "Nine Princes in Amber")
he also does sci fi and "Lord of Light" (shared the hugo/nebula with "Dune") is quite simply awesome. "Creatures of Light and Darkness" is another one. He had a unique ability to weave mythos of different kinds into all of his stories.

Steven Brust (the vlad taltos series)


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Favorite Books/Authors .... I have a lot.

Fantasy:

Piers Anthony
-Xanth (omg-how-many-books-are-in-this-ology?!)
- Incantations of Immortality
- Adept series

Elizabeth Moon
- Legend of Paksennarion
Terry Brooks
- Shanarra
Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman
- Various
David Eddings
- Belgariad, Mallorean, Tamuli, Elenium
R. A. Salvatore
- Just about everything he's written
Dragonlance
- Various
Ravenloft
- Knight of the Black Rose - Tells the adventures of Lord Soth (from Dragonlance), and his adventures
Forgotten Realms
- The Avatar Series


Fantasy that I have a love/hate relationship with:

George R. R. Martin
- Song of Ice and Fire (too much time between books!)
Robert Jordan
- Loved the first few, then disinterest set in, I might pick up the series again


Sci-Fi:

Orson Scott Card
- Enders Game (tried reading the others, didn't get into them much)
Warhammer 40k books
- Varios books from that setting

Mystery
CSI novels

There's a few hundred more I could easily recommend... I'd have to go through my Sony Reader's collections to list absolutely everything. (-:

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Delph, I just finished the Soldier's Son series by Robin Hobb and was a little disappointed with the third book. Do you know how the Farseer series compares?

I also just started the Song of Fire and Ice Series by George R. R. Marthin this past weekend on the recommendation of a friend. Only on Chapter 2, but showing promise so far.

Wheel of Time is a big favorite of mine. I'm slowly making my way through the books on tape during my travels for work to refresh my memory for the upcoming release of the final book.

I also enjoyed the Orson Scott Card Enders Game and Seventh Son Series (although if memory serves me, the quality of those series decreased with time).

I think I stopped the Sword of Truth Series somewhere into the second or third book. After all the recomendations, I may have to put it back on my reading list.

Someone recently recommended the Eragon series to me. Does anyone have any opinions on it?


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On the eragon series, I actually enjoyed the books very much! Don't watch the movie or you will lose 2 hrs of your life that is non retrievable!

Song of Ice and Fire is great!

Wheel of Time series I would recommend not to start and stop, that is currently the series I'm on. Book 5.


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Peneloperose wrote:
Delph, I just finished the Soldier's Son series by Robin Hobb and was a little disappointed with the third book. Do you know how the Farseer series compares?

I haven't read the Soldier's Son series, but for re-reading, I would only hit the first trilogy of the Farseer series, not the second.


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I really liked Eragon, but the second book to some extent and particularly the third lacked strong conflict. It never really feels like there is a possibility for failure for the protagonist, and when the ending's assured there's little to keep you engaged in the book. They aren't BAD per se, there's just a lot of better stuff out there.


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Ok finally got the consolidated list started. It's in rough shape as I still have some formatting to apply as well as reorganize the list to alphabetically by author. But it's a start! I'm really enjoying seeing the discussion and lists of what we all read and am amazed (seriously!) to see that we share interest in the same authors/series.

Edit: Alphabetized; removed a couple of duplicate entries; fixed some formatting errors.


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