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I keep seeing all these books/series' that I dislike intensely. Harry Potter? Eragon? Twilight? [shudder] I disliked the writing in all of those series. But then, those are aimed towards teenagers, and I've been reading Stephen King, Anne Rice, and all of those more "mature" novels since I was 8 years old, so its no wonder they don't appeal to me.

I'm surprised only one person mentioned the Kushiel's Legacy series by Jacqueline Carey. I'm on the second book right now, and I'm so absolutely in love with it. Its amazing, because its fantasy, politics, intrigue, the main character is a spy, there is war, there is back stabbing, and love, there is even legal prostitution. Its got literally everything. I love the plot, I love the characters, I love the world it is set in, and most of all, I love that there is both quantity and quality of writing. The books are very long and very well written, ranging around 600 and up in page count, and roughly 80 to 100 chapters, sometimes more.

When I started reading the first book, Kushiel's Dart, I was reading five other books. I read half of this one, then started reading something else, and got caught up in a few other stories. After a year, I picked it back up and started from where I left off with no issues on storyline. The story stuck with me, even after a year. And when I started reading it again, it was with a fresh perspective, and a lack of bias. I got three quarters of the way done when I ran out and bought the second and third books. I'm about halfway done Kushiel's Chosen right now, and then I'll be moving on to book three, Kushiel's Avatar.

Before I do that I will probably end up buying the next book in the series, Kushiel's Scion. There are two other books, as well, and what appears to be a 7th, called Naamah's Kiss, though I'm not sure on whether its a continuation of the story, or simply takes place in the same world... But the series is just so good that I'll probably love it either way. Carey's writing is fantastic, and I'm sure I'll fall right in love with any new characters.

As you can no doubt tell, I seriously love this series.

Another good series, and I've said this before, is The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Seven books, one large story. One book begins exactly where the last left off, and the story can now be read in one long, unbroken chain. I read the whole thing in a year. The absolute best part about this series is that over half of King's books make references, or tie into it in some way, and unless you've read the series, you're none the wiser. Haha. <3 Its King's magnum opus, it took him a couple decades to write the whole thing. I have never loved a series of books more. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me furious, and gave me hope. The concepts, the multiples existences, the tie-ins, the characters, the references to modern life... This entire series kept me on edge, and I highly recommend it to everyone.

Contrary to popular belief, Stephen King does not write only horror. There is a lot of fantasy, and even some sci-fi in places. There is a whole wealth of amazing books out there that he wrote (over 70 now, I think, Bachman book's included), and there's quite a bit of variety to the collection. (I own about half of them, I should know.)

I also recommend the Drinker of Souls books, or really any books by Patricia Jo Clayton (published as just Jo Clayton). Her writing is a little different, but its interesting and it keeps your attention. Her characters are vibrant, her world a picture painted immaculately on the finest canvas. If you like fantasy, this is high on my list of suggestions.

Closely following would be The Wayfarer Redemption series (6 books) by Sara Douglass. Originally started at the Battle Axe series, she merged two of her trilogies together to form this amazing series. Since the two trilogies followed the same characters, it was a natural conclusion to merge the two. I absolutely loved the first book in this series, The Wayfarer Redemption. Another one of those books I ended up putting down half-way through, and still be able to pick right back up from where I left off with little of the story lost from my mind. I read this one twice before I finally picked up a copy of the second book, Enchanter. Before I read Kushiel's Avatar I'll be reading Enchanter for sure!

I also highly recommend Piers Anthony, Kate Mosse, Mercedes Lackey, Poppy Z. Bright, Jack Whyte, Thomas Harris, C. S. Lewis, C. S. Friedman, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Peter Straub, among others.

I heart The Traveler & The Dark River (soon to be a trilogy) by John Twelve Hawks
The third book in the trilogy to be released this summer.

Wicked by Gregory Maguire is also good.

Okay I've read a few posts and there are a lot of good books that I need to pick up. It's a good thing I kept up my Barnes and Noble membership biggrin . So here are some of my favorite books (in no particular order).
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man, and Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury
The Pendragon Cycle - Stephen R. Lawhead
Dune - Frank Herbert
The Coldfire Trilogy - C. S. Friedman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul - Douglas Adams
The Pern books - Anne McCaffrey (the new Pern books written by her son Todd are good too, but not as good as the original).
The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
I also like Stephen R. Donaldson
I have a lot more but space is limited smile .

Im not postive if these have been mentioned or not.


House of the night series(Marked,betrayed,chosen,untamed,hunted and soon tempted) by p.c. cast and kristen cast

Blue bloods series by melissa de la cruz

blood ties series by jennifer armintrout

Night world series by lisa jane smith(a new one soon to come)

The vampire Diaries by lisa jane smith(a new one soon to come)

wicked game by jeri ready-smith

all or partial vampire books

the secret circle books 1 and 2 by lisa jane smith

Anything by maryjanice davidson

I love to read... biggrin blaugh
-Maximum Ride by James Patterson
-Gregor and The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins
-Pendragon by D.J Machale
-Harry Potter J.K. Rowling
- The Mortal Instruments Cassandra Clare
-Rangers Apprentice by John Flanagon
-Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingir by Christopher Paolini
-H.I.V.E by Mark Walden
-The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
-House of Night by P.C Cast and Kristin Cast
-The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd by Heather Brewer
-Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
these books are sooo good. I immediately fell in love with them when i read them... I cant think of any more right now but i will soon. xd

Ender's SHadow is a good book , by Orson Scott Card.
Also, any book by Terry Pratchett is generally good, esp. Good Omens, which was co-written by Neil Gaimen. ANd I agree, Tamora Pierce is a good author as well.

Thirst by Christopher Pike.

I recieved it for my birthday last week. And i love it. Have to get the second part soon.

Also City of Bones and City of Ashes.

The Eve Duncan Series by Iris Johansen
In Death series by J.D. Robb

That's all i got for now LoL. I always draw a blank when i get asked questions to answers i know LOL.