I need some books . . .

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Any fan of fantasy should read The Old Kingdom series, 3 books, Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen. They're the best books I've ever read in my life.

You're not the first person to mention those. I'm really ashamed to admit that, until a few hours ago, I'd forgotten they even existed. I can barely even remember the plot now, but I know I enjoyed it enough for me to go hunt them down later. I should really get back into his Keys to the Kingdom series too, although those weren't as good as The Old Kingdom books.

You're the only other person on The Escapist I've seen say they've even heard of them. I have mentioned these books in like 10 other book threads and I have never seen anyone else mention the books and not once has anyone ever quoted me saying that they're good or anything.

 

[satanslawer123]

is the mistborn trilogy i got the first one for my birthday and havent got round to reading it??

Let me put it this way: I haven't gotten much sleep this week because I've been up late reading Mistborn.

ahh sounds perfect, ill go get it of the shelve and start reading it

 

[Arrogancy]

I have two authors that never fail to entertain and amaze me with their books.
1)Patrick Rothfuss:
The Name of the Wind.
The Wise Man's Fear.

2)Brent Weeks
Night Angel Trilogy
The Black Prism

The Night Angel Trilogy ended really poorly, though.

 

[Arrogancy]

is the mistborn trilogy i got the first one for my birthday and havent got round to reading it??

Let me put it this way: I haven't gotten much sleep this week because I've been up late reading Mistborn.

ahh sounds perfect, ill go get it of the shelve and start reading it

You should, also Brandon Sanderson has started its sequel series, the new book is "Alloy of Law." Needless to say it looks awesome.

 

[DestinyCall]

Well a new Terry Pratchett novel was published last month, if you dont have that yet.

As for other suggestions by genre, i have a fair few.

-Night Angel trilogy
-Mistborn trilogy
-The Belgariad and The Malloreon (series, 10 books and 2 spinoffs, finished)
-Naomi Novik's Temeraire series (6 books, 7th coming next year)
-Tales of the Ketty Jay (series, 3 books so far)
-Chronicles of The Raven
--Legends of The Raven (series, 7 books, finished)

I couldnt really tell you which ones to get first, thats how much i love this collection.

I second the Night Angel Trilogy. Great books - top-notch story.

I'd also recommend The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher if you enjoy supernatural stories with a good sense of humor and great characters.

 

[octafish]

The Gormenghast trilogy (now technically quartet.) The greatest books ever written. I'm not going to say anymore because I've already declared my love for it on this site several times.

I would wholeheartedly recommend Titus Groan and Ghormenghast, however I felt the series lost momentum with the loss of "that" character in Ghormenghast. Titus Alone just seemed to wander. (That might actually be fitting, but it has no real drive to keep me reading).

I'm going to bring up Neal Stephenson. Now a lot of people will bring up Snow Crash or The Diamond Age, not me. Read Cryptonomicon and then the Baroque Cycle, and then read Cryptonomicon again to see how interwoven the whole thing is. In fact I'm going to start on Quicksilver again tonight.