Any recommendations for a great fantasy book with a good meaningful story?
Any recommendations for a great fantasy book with a good meaningful story? Thank you
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Any recommendations for a great fantasy book with a good meaningful story? Thank you
The name of the wind was an awesome experience for me, I find myself thinking about it a year after I finished it. The second book wasn’t as good but I still think it’s worth it ?
Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King.
Yes! My favorite King novel, by far.
Secrets of the Jin-Shei by Alma Alexander
It’s a fantasy series that addresses institutional racism. But with magic ✨
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Arc of the Scythe by Neal Shusterman. It’s about the advancement of our society to the point of being a utopian paradise…… but with a catch. Essentially, it questions (in my opinion) 1) what is the acceptable price for paradise (if there is one)? 2) Is a “perfect world” what it’s cracked up to be? 3) Can such a society be maintained or will humans inevitably screw it up?
I loved both Scythe and Thunderhead! ❤️
Did you read Unwind by Shusterman? a friend tells me it’s good. Never read his books.
@Cosette no, but my son (15 years old) did. He said it was pretty good but didn’t like the 2nd one in the series. He liked the skin jacker trilogy more (but I’m struggling to get into that series)
Lord of the Rings, read it as an anti-industrialisation metaphor (and realise why leaving out “the scouring of the Shire” was up there amongst Peter Jackson’s greatest crimes against the book).
Yes!
The Narnia series
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances
Oooh, I really enjoyed that one!
I have really loved all of Robin Hobb’s series. There are a few!
Are these presented in the reading order? I’m interested!!
I think they are in reading order but I think you can read the ‘ships’ and ‘dragon’ series out of sequence. The fool books I would definitely read in order (farseer / tawny man / fitz and the fool) or the story would be hard to follow.
Anything by Margaret Atwood – the Mad Addam Chronicles were really good (series of 3 books)
Thank you all for the suggestions, very interesting, I might tackle them one after the other ?
Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearne. Lovely and mystical and romantic. https://www.amazon.com/Across-Nightingale-Floor-Tales-Otori/dp/1573222259/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Have u ever read Kafka on the shore? If not then try it out! Dont know about the fantasy part but its a novel that needs to be read by u at least once.
Charles de Lint is the master of urban fantasy. Moonheart is still a favorite after all these years.