I read fantasy books. Now, in my experience, quite often friends who also read fantasy haven't read books that I have, and vice-versa. If it weren't for these friends I would have missed out on some really good books. So, I thought I'd publish a recommendations list for all you fantasy readers. I like to think that I've read a lot of fantasy, yet there are always people saying to me "Have you read [insert title here]?", to which my answer is quite often "Nope." So, list list is far from comprehensive, and besides, I don't include the books I regret reading. Anyway, without further ado..."
| Anne McCaffery | |
| The Crystal Singer Trilogy: | (SF) This trilogy has to be one of my favourite stories. It's about a woman, Killashandra, who becomes a crystal singer, and her exploits thereafter. |
| The Crystal Singer | |
| Killashandra | |
| Crystal Line | |
| The Dragonriders Series: | This is a good series, though not strictly fantasy. It has as interesting view of dragons. |
| I won't list the titles, as there are about 15. | |
| Mervyn Peake | |
| The Gormenghast trilogy: | Gothic fantasy. These books are a little hard-going, (the author pays meticulous attention to detail), but definitely worth the effort. And the sense of accomplishment when you're done…! |
| Titus Groan | |
| Gormenghast | |
| Titus Alone | |
| Weis, Hickman et al. | |
| The Dragonlance Saga. | (See Dragonlance page here) |
| Robert Jordan | |
| The Wheel of Time: | These books are excellent! There are no true dragons, though there is a man whose title is "The Dragon". 'Tis the good old struggle of Good vs. Evil, but this time, everyone's confused as to who's on which side. There's magic and swordsmen and monsters and gods. It's cool! |
| The Eye of the World | |
| The Great Hunt | |
| The Dragon Reborn | |
| The Shadow Rising | |
| The Fires of Heaven | |
| The Lord of Chaos | |
| A Crown of Swords | |
| Path of Daggers |
Inside out and back to front!