What are your absolute top-rated series? The series you’d recommend to just about anyone because you’ve just fallen so in love with it???
What are your absolute top-rated series? The series you’d recommend to just about anyone because you’ve just fallen so in love with it???
Robbin Hobb
@Sheila RoTE I never stop going on about it. My friends are sick of hearing “but beloved….”
@Cassandra I’m starting Tawny Man next and I already know the whole series will by one of my all time favorites. My friends are already sick of me talking about it. Lol
@Rachelle oh your in for a treat x
@Cassandra i’m reading Fool’s Fate right now and I cannot put this series down!
Iv read all 16, honestly now it’s over I have a serious hole in my heart and don’t know what to read next :-/
You are in for one hell of a ride.
I won’t spoil anything for you but keep tissues handy for a few of the books x
The fever series- KMM
Succubus Blues- Richelle Mead
And I’m currently reading Charlie Davidson and LOVING it
@Gabrielle I enjoyed the original 5 books more than the Dani books in Fever series but its still pretty good.
did you complete the series? I agree that the first five were done so well but I really enjoyed the rest.
@Gabrielle I’ve read every one that has been published. I didn’t like the twist in the end. But my sister who loves the books told me my opinion is wrong. Lol Still love the world and will read anything she writes in it.
Rachelle Robison hahha I gotcha!
@Gabrielle I didn’t finish the series but I agree that the first five are amazing. I couldn’t read those books fast enough.
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Mistborn byBrandon Sanderson
The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
Blackthorn and Grimm by Juliet Marillier
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden
Kate Daniel’s by Ilona Andrews
Bowl of Souls by Trevor H Cooley
RA Salvatore. Drizzt
@Brock big warning. The first book of the dark elf trilogy is absolutely incredible but the rest of the first trilogy of the series are hot garbage
Id disagree ive read everthing
@Brock the second and third of the dark elf trilogy are completely different books from the first. While the first is a nuanced story about the politics of a wealthy family and the emotional development of essentially an abused child, the next two are just dumb and repetitive. Literally it’s just “here’s a bad guy to kill and then ur gonna walk around a bunch” just over and over and right when you think the third one will break that cycle it keeps going and after the first book his character development just stops and he is dealing with the same issue for two book and it never changes
The Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks or The Lightbringer Series by Weeks. He’s an incredible writer. I would like to say Patruck Rothfuss and the Kingkiller Chronicles, but he’s only two books in.
@Kevin I absolutely LOVE Brent weeks
@Trista Yes he’s fantastic! If I were 10% the writer he is, I’d be thrilled!
First Law series
Daughter of the empire
Callahan’s Cross time saloon
Robert Heinlein and all books associated with
Time enough for love
Love daughter of the empire
The Medoran Chronicles by Lynette Noni.
Also ACOTAR, TOG, The Lunar Chronicles, Tamora Pierce…
The Hollows series by Kim Harrison
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
Spook’s Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
Alex Craft series by Kalayna Price
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordian
Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
I love the first Law series but my favourite set of books was originally meant to be a series of three but ended up as two books. (TALE OF THE KIN) Among thieves and Sworn in Steel by Douglas Hulick. I loved the world he created and the characters drew me in. There some interesting twists of the fantasy world he creates that I hadn’t read before so I would highly recommend people buy and read them both.
@Jof excellent books.
I know it’s not the popular pick, but I’d recommend the Dresden Files.
Magician by feist and all the following series that spin off and continue.
Malazan book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Realm of the Elderlings Robin Hobb
This.
The dwarves
@Danial this is the next series I was going to get.
@Craig , I am halfway through the second book now, I read the first one and loved it so much that I went out and bought all the others straight away. I just need book 5 of the dwarves and the 4th alfar book is out in April as well.
@Danial good stuff!
Wheel of time
Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman
Wheel of time by Robert Jordan (mostly because of nostalgia, it has many flaws)
Daughter of the empire by Raymond E Feist
Harry Potter ofcourse.
The Dark is rising series by Susan Cooper
A song of Ice and fire by Martin though I wouldn’t want to subject anyone to the suspense of not knowing if it will ever be finished.
Red rising
I loved this series!
Robin Hobb Farseer books
Jay Kristoff Nevernight and Godsgrave
Cecilia Dart-Thornton Bitterbynde trilogy
Hunger Games trilogy
David Eddings Belgariad and Mallorean
Definitely the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks, probably the best series I’ve read.
Not Robin hobb,moves slower than Brexit negotiation
@Jez it may well be slower than some books but the world building and character development are second to none.
Ok will hang in there
@Jez Do!! Honestly they are worth a little patience I’ve never loved or hated characters more!!
A Song of Ice and Fire
Stormlight Archive
Demon Cycle
Throne of glass
Wheel of Time. Rose of the Prophet (a little known Weis and Hickman gem). I often recommend Julia Gray’s Guardian Cycle – it’s so different.
Wheel of time. Mistborn. Storm light Archives. Dune. All of the Robin Hobbs. Aaah so many books lol
The First law trilogy
Sons of Wonderland series ❤❤❤
The Shannara series by Terry Brooks and The Magician series by Raymond E. Feist
@Craig yes to both of these ?
Another series that I love to reread every few years is the Amber series by Roger Zelazny
Riyria Revelations by Sullivan
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Williams
Elenium by Eddings
Anything Sanderson. Just don’t start with Stormlight Archives, get used to his style of writing first.
I think Hobbit a Lord of the rings is almost required reading.
@James I think that’s the best advice for Sanderson. If I’d started stormlight and didn’t realize how amazing his books are AFTER the slow world building I would’ve dnf them.
I agree. I’d start with Elantris or Warbreaker then MIstborn era 1 then Mistborn era 2 or read either Elantris or Warbreaker in between the eras. Stormlight should be a later project. It’s long and luscious!
Riyria Chronicles and Revelations by Sullivan for sure. First Law by Abercrombie, Broken Empire by Lawrence and I always recommend Battle Mage by Peter Flannery because it’s damn near a series except contained in a single volume. E could have easily turned it into 2-3 books
@Matt i just got battle mage
@Michael an awesome decision you won’t regret I assure you!
First Law
Drenai saga
Greatcoats
Broken Empire
Low Town
Raven’s Mark
Mistborn
The Lightbringer series
Red Rising
Harry Potter
Villains
Anne Bishop The Black Jewels Trilogy is my all time favorite!
Seven waters series or anything else by Juliet Marillier, she has several trilogies.
The Dresden Files.
Out of all the series I’ve ever read that one is truly my favorite. The characters are so fleshed out and the politics are so well thought out.
Discworld… the should be compulsory!
I love Kate Forsyth. She is like reading a movie, and you get so engaged in the details you forget the real world.
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Oh god, there’s too many to name. The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare and the Shadow Falls series by C.C. Hunter are the fantasy ones that popped into my head! ?? Probably way more where that came from, though.
The Six of Crows is an excellent book. Full of excitement, non stop action and characters that you come to adore.
assassin series by robin hobb
-Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
-Light bringer Brent weeks
Game of thrones grrm
-King killer chronicles by Patrick rothfuss
-Nikki glass series by Jenna black
-house of commarre by Kristen painter
@Trista
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The Book of the Unnamed Midwife. ???
what? Is this a fantasy? Birth AND fantasy in one?!
haha. I’m in so many book clubs, I missed that this was the Fantasy one. While I DO recommend this book to everyone that asks me for a recommendation, this book is an Adult Dystopian Science Fiction. Not a lot of magic unless you count miracles as magic.
i am a major birth fan, so
There’s no such thing as a series I would recommend to EVERYONE. There are plenty of series that I LOVE that other people don’t like, because everyone has different tastes.
Having said that, my absolute favorite fantasy series are:
Mistborn – Brandon Sanderson
Demon Cycle – Peter V. Brett
Shadow Campaigns – Django Wexler
🙂
@Mike 2 of those are in my top 5. With GoT, kingkiller chronicles, the demon cycle, the powder mage series, the farseer series and the blood grail trilogy being my top 5. I know there is a 4 way tie for 5th.
@Mike btw the blood grail series is a vampire trilogy with good vampires being sustained by the blood of Christ and working for the Vatican. It doesn’t get any love in this group.
I’m just not into vampires. 🙂
I am not either. One of the few authors I love outside of fantasy type books is James Rollins. He co-authored the order of sanguines books. Which brought it to my attention. I read all three within a matter of days. They are binge worthy.
Legend by Marie Lu ?
And An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
The Young Elites by Marie Lu is a fantastic fantasy series for anyone that loves magic and anti-heroes!
@Nathan yes this. I adored her young elites series. I think it’s underrated for sure!
Kushiels Dart by Jaqueline Carey, Night Angel by Brent Weeks, The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty, Harry Potter
The Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz.
I don’t want to repeat alot of those already being mentioned thrice over so I will go with the King’s Dark Tidings Series and Cold Fire Trilogy.
David Happily Married Bennett basically a warrior priest and Vampire Sorcerer turning into a begruding buddy cop situation in a fantasy setting. The magic system or the fae is great since it’s element based and can kill people for trying to manipulate it.
He is the ultimate vampire sorcerer and I hope one day they make a movie out of this because the character is just so awesome. Gerald Tarrant is basically the best arrogant SOB I have had hhe pleasure of reading lol
@Yul both excellent!!
Shannara by terry brooks and wheel of time by robert Jordan. If you are hard core into fantasy then i would also recommend what is known as the “drittz” books by R.A. Salvatore. Here is the list of books in chronological order. I Read the Icewind Dale Trilogy first and i was SO happy i did bc the Dark Elf Trilogy is super dark and VERY different than the rest of the books.
“Drizz’t”, not “drittz”. 😛
Debra Dunbar The Imp Series
WOT
Robin Peterman Hot Damn series
Dakota Cassidy Accidental series
Anne Bishop both series.
Terry Pratchett ALL
Terry Brooks Swoard of Shanara series. And Running with The Devil
Faith Hunter
Game of Thrones
So so many more lol
Anything by Joe Abercrombie