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I am looking for just fantasy books to read either new or old

I am looking for just fantasy books to read either new or old

Sydney #recommend #fantasy

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Lea

I enjoy most of Robin McKinley’s books. Piers Anthony, too.

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Suzanne

John Gwynne’s The Faithful and the Fallen series ?

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Emma

@Suzanne that’s amazing

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Emma

Anything Robin Hobb is worth a read

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Suzanne

Emma Mitchell love Robin Hobb. I have the final trilogy on my shelf,but I’m not ready to let Fitz and the Fool go yet.

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Emma

Name of the wind is so good. But been waiting forever for book three

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Suzanne

Also loved The Ember Blade by Chris Wooding which came out this year. It had the classic epic fantasy feeling while fresh and new at the same time.

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Jonathan

Shannara series by Terry Brooks
There is over 20 of them starting with The Sword of Shannara and including “Word and Void” series. Should keep you occupied

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London

@Jonathan I just got the first 3 books for Christmas

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Jonathan

Nice I got Sword, Elfstones and Wishsong all in one book. Its massive lol

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Vicki

Hounds of the Morriigan by Pat O’Shea

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Vicki

https://www.amazon.com/Hounds-Morrigan-Pat-OShea/dp/0064472051

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Flavia

Juliet Marillier’s Sevenwaters series. I can re-read it all year long

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Rianne

If you like Disney then I would recommend the Disney Villains and the Twisted Tales series.

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Joe

The original Dragonlance series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. And then everything that came after ??‍♂️

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Evonna

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Evonna

The first book I read by them was in 1998 and it was “Kenders, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes” …. it was Then I found there was a whole entire WORLD I knew nothing about. I went to Goodwill and bought every DL book, and have been building and collecting ever since.

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SydneyQuestion author

@Joe reading the meeting of the sextet right now

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Richard

I have two books out So far:

Secrets of Illusion
Divided by Illusion

I write Paranoia Fantasy Romance novels. You can find them at my website:

http://paranoiafantasyromance.webs.com/

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Leon

Terry Pratchett

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Donna

Adore Pratchett! Especially the Guards. ?

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SydneyQuestion author

@Leon do u have to read them in order

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Leon

@Sydney you don’t have to, but it helps

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SydneyQuestion author

@Leon oh ok thanks

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Donna

@Sydney there are many different groups in the Disc world books. There are the Guards, The Witches, ones with the Luggage and the Wizards. It works best if you read each group in order so you understand the references but you can some you can read as stand alone.

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SydneyQuestion author

@Donna oh ok thank you

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Toria

Empress by Karen Miller (start of the Godspeaker Trilogy)

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Melissa

My all time favorite fantasy romance book is The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon.

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Ricky

Alphabet of Thorn, Patricia A. McKillip.

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Ilana

The mortal instruments
Percy Jackson
Michael vey
Outlander
The heir chronicles
The seven realms
Talon
The chronicles of nick

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Gem

Lots of my favourites are already suggested ? A couple of series not mentioned are Sarah J Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses and Holly Black’s Folk of the Air series ?

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Jake

Brandon Sanderson is a must. I also loved Half a King, by Joe Abercrombie and Brent Weeks’ Night Angel Trilogy.

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Aamnah

Caster Chronicles by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

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Gordon

Raymond E Feist’s Riftwar Saga (and all those connected books – there’s about 30 of them)
David Eddings – The Belgariad and Mallorean series

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David

George MacDonald’s Phantastes, the first modern “fantasy novel” in the English language.

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Roy

The Stone Walkers is free online.

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Lela

Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull

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Julie

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

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Dawn

Any Neil Gaiman book. Stardust is a real ‘take you on a journey’ tale.

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Leonela

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. Poison Study by Maria V Snyder. Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

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Ludmila

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/710375

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