Looking For A Good Book Series

Yes the EARLIER works

Anything before she found god is good.

@Liela

I've reread the book many times, sometimes I just skip the part where it talks about her past :/ and I think it has become one of my favorites, up there with The Hobbit.

Haha, been sitting here staring at the screen thinking about how to go about expressing how I feel when I think about the book, but no dice ~

Ugh!

Anything from Raymond E. Feist is worth a read.

Sci-fi? Look up Robotech. About 30+ books in the series. Easy reads too.

I hated it when I was reading it for the first time. But afterwards, it really wasn't bad. I think the thing that makes it so difficult is that it's too realistic. No, I don't think the world will ever really end that way, not at all. But it's so much more possible in my mind than aliens attacking and sucking all our brains out or whatnot, so it makes it feel more real and thus more creepy. The characters are realistic and believable, I bet there are women just like Oryx with a past just like hers out there. Snowman is so human, and I knew a kid in high school that acted just like Crake. That's what makes it scarier than The Turn of The Screw, for me. Turn of the Screw is a nice ghost story, but it couldn't happen for real. What Crake did, that just might be possible someday. D: /creep out

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Johnathan Stroud was a good series. I enjoyed it.

It Included: The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem’s Eye and Ptolemy’s Gate.

@Liela

Enternius from these forums kinda reminds me of Crake. Cold and calculating, doesn't generally show emotion. Full of contempt for others XD

And I think the story is perfectly believable, children are exploited all over, people are becoming increasingly vain and I think large corporations already hold too much influence.

Anyway, I have a sort of love/hate relationship with books like this. While I like thought provoking books, before I go to sleep is not the time to be thinking so much :/ Many sleepless nights caused by stupid books

But on a lighter note, Catch-22 is the funniest book I've ever read!

I'm writing a novel. When its published I'll spam this forum with free adveristing so you call go out and buy it ^^ lolz.

Terry Goodkind!

Necrobumped already but w/e..

Not sure if these have been mentioned but The Pendragon series, The Circle Trilogy(Although more books are out now), and um.. Maximum Ride series, or really any series made by James Patterson were good in my opinion. Can google any of them to find the author if you want. =p

unsure if it's been mentioned but

The wheel of time series by Robert Jordan is truly epic. 13 books so far 2 more to go and a fantastic read.

go enjoy :P

I'm surprised it took until page 4 for someone to mention Raymond E. Feist. Start with Magician, if you like that move on to Silverthorn and A Darkness At Sethanon, if you're still enjoying it then there's about 25 more to read lol, but also Daughter/Servant/Mistress of the Empire co-written by Janny Wurts is a really interesting look at the same period of time, but from a different perspective.

From there you could read some of Janny Wurts stuff, but personally I couldn't get into a lot of her stuff. Stormwarden was pretty good, and I *think* there's another that goes with that, but beyond that I lost interest.

Someone also mentioned the Belgariad, which is by David Eddings (and a couple add-ons also mentioned co-written with his wife). All of them are a really good read, as are his next series (story un-related) starting with The Diamond Throne.

Sara Douglass is another I quite enjoyed, a double Trilogy of Battleaxe/Enchanter/StarMan and Sinner/Pilgrim/Crusader is a very unique story line. It gets pretty dark and twisted towards the end, but definitely worth the look.

If you liked Harry Potter, (which I think, despite the immaturity of it, is a damn good series in its own right) then you'll also probably like Eragon (Christopher Paolini). He's only a young author, which you can tell, but despite the childish nature of the content (dragons and magic), it's a damn good read (originally supposed to be a trilogy, but he's written 3 with one more to come). It's also really great seeing how his writing skills develop, and mature with him. It's almost as though he's trying to aim his books at an older audience the more he writes.

Matthew Riley is another author I think should be mentioned. Even though he's not a fantasy writer, and his books are set in the real world, they're all totally action packed Indiana Jones meets James Bond style adventure rides. Totally over the top while still maintaining that aspect of almost being believable.

That's about all I've got, I tend to read one book, and if I like it, I then read everything else that author has ever written, so I'm somewhat limited in what I've read. I'd also suggest Robin Hobb though, as s/he's been recommended to me a few times, I just haven't gotten around to reading anything yet.

I was just gonna say anything by Terry Brooks is freaking awesome, loved the Magic Kingdom for Sale series. Also have u read the Chronicles of Narnia set? I know there r movies out but trust me, the books MUCH better lol Hope u find something to read.

If you do read the Chronicles of Narnia, don't read the last book. They're all pretty good, but the last one is just such a ***ending that it kind of spoils the whole series.

Terry Brooks is too generic and Terry Goodkind(Character development is non-existant as far as I know) is downright awful.

I DO agree on the Wheel of Time however, it's superb.

You could also look up some works from Brandon Sanderson(The guy who's continuing WoT after Jordan's death).

Agreed on the night angel series, I picked them up on a whim one morning and read all 3 back to back, Excellent books.
Another series I picked up recently was J.R Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

True I would say up till that point its good then u just feel like the letdown lol I haven't read them in years and actually forgot about it, probably for that reason alone lol

Dan Abnett and the whole Gaunt's Ghost's series is brilliant.

I doubt OP's looking for semi-erotic vampire romance novels.

foundations by isaac asimov i think is how its spelt

Personally I don't see all the Terry Brooks bashing as warranted. I think he's a brilliant author and every single one of his books was a good read from beginning to end. That would have to be my main recommendation.

The Lies of Locke Lamora is also an AMAZING book. This one changed my concept of fantasy novels. Be warned though, it's supposed to be a series of 7 books and the 3rd one is supposed to come out next year after being delayed for what seems like forever. Very good though and worth the read.

And I remember outright refusing to read Eragon because it looked/sounded incredibly stupid. When the third book came out (which I thought was going to be the last), I caved in and gave the first one a read and got HOOKED. By the time I finished the third one, I was dying for more and was very disappointed to find out it turned into a 4 book series.

I know I'm quoting 2 ppl who mention Raymond E. Fiest.. But he's an excellent author his older stuff is best but his new stuff's still a pretty good read too. ( I own all his books and have read them all multiple times)

Sara Douglass was a good read as well sadly I borrowed that series or I'd probably read it again now.

Elizabeth Moon - Starting with Sheepfarmers Daughter was a book series I enjoyed. Paksenarrion starts as a sheepfarmers daughter hence the title of the first book and runs away to start an adventure in a mercenary company and the story gets started from there!

Ed Greenwood has produced some decent novels.. he writes about intrigue and magic and a band of four people.

Robbin Hobb is another author is a must read if you like high fantasy .. I've reread a all of her assassin and fool's fate books.

David Farland is good though I like his earlier work then his newer stuff. So Runelords up to Lair of Bones (Called Runeloards series)

Deborah Chester - The Sword, The Ring, The Chalice, great read. Follows a young eld (elf sorta) who has to come to grips with his hatred of man and goes through knighthood and adventure to take his rightful place in the world.

Jane Linkskold - Is a tale about a young women who grows up in the wild amoung "Royal" wolfs and is thought to be the kings lost grandaughter and brings this women who thinks like a predator with a wolf pack mentality into the intrigue of Court.

All of those books there are either a trilogy or more and all high fantasy set in the castle/armor/magic/sword type of setting.

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins!

Why was this thread resurrected? Drak can't even read

Another vote for this. By far the greatest series I've read. Wizards and Glass is by far the best of all the books, imo.

Captain Underpants.

Took me a while to get into it...like 3 books, but yeh, its a good read.

Again seconding the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks - the first book is my #1 read ever, although the plot is fairly heavy.

Also 'The Black Prism' by Brent Weeks again, his newest book, not as good as the original 'Way of The Shadows' but still a good read.

Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan. If you have a small attention span or are a child you won't like these books. They're long and sometimes drawn out, but truly incredible. No one closes out a book as masterfully as Robert Jordan(R.I.P). He weaves storylines in ways they need to dedicate entire semesters of writing classes on.

Cloud of Sparrows and Autumn bridge are both wonderful novels.
"tantalizing original tales inspired by Feudal Japan"

Starts off a bit slow, but hooks you in pretty well.