Favorite Book Series
adamtall
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Just wondering what your favorite book series is?
for me currently its Kingkiller Chronicles (GOD DAMN IT PAT PUT DAY 3 OUT ALREADY)
but if i really really am honest with myself Dragon Lance is the books that i love and the ones that started me into reading fantasy. Rastline was and amazing character that really fueled all the rest of the books, the other characters are memorable and unique but he was just beyond anything you expected and you kept reading in hopes of seeing him fall one way or the other on his path just so you could say yes i new he was evil or yes i knew he would come back to the light
for me currently its Kingkiller Chronicles (GOD DAMN IT PAT PUT DAY 3 OUT ALREADY)
but if i really really am honest with myself Dragon Lance is the books that i love and the ones that started me into reading fantasy. Rastline was and amazing character that really fueled all the rest of the books, the other characters are memorable and unique but he was just beyond anything you expected and you kept reading in hopes of seeing him fall one way or the other on his path just so you could say yes i new he was evil or yes i knew he would come back to the light
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I'm still gripped by the Black Library Horus Heresy series of books, audiobooks and epubs which i've been collecting since it came out way back when in 2006 ish. It has brought the fluff from the hobby I started back in 1992 right through to my cosplay and costuming and miniature painting to life and I love that the hobby has unlocked so many avenues for me.0
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Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson. No contest (although only at the second book as well). And the Wheel of Time.
I like the Kingkiller chronicles too but frankly liked the first one much better than the second one. I also love the series from Peter Hamilton - the reality discfunction one and Pandora Star/Judas Unchained and the Void trilogy.
And Harry Potter, of course. I'd put the Dark Tower of Stephen King in there but didn't like the last 3 that much, and I've been bored out of my mind by the new one... which you could skip, I guess.0 -
i picked up the stormlight archives but havent dove into it yet ive heard such great things about it. right now im just starting the jim butcher series Codex Allura or something like that (starts with Furies of Calendor) and after i finish that book up im gonna read the stormlight archives and see which series i want to stick with till day 3 comes out.
I thought both Kingkiller Chronicles were excellent but i enjoyed the more actiony feel of the second one after he left the university, although the whole time he was in the fae and afterwards was kinda eh to me due to how he changed his personality (i dont want to spoil it for anyone but im sure you know what i mean)0 -
Harry Dresden all the way baby!!!1
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My all time favorite is David Brin's Uplift Trilogy (actually Startide Rising and the other Uplift books as well). I'm also a huge fan of Robin Hobb's Elderlings series - a set of sorta chronological/sorta nested trilogies.
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The Saga of Darren Shan.
Loved him before vampires were mainstream! Haha.
The movie was TERRIBLE!
And Harry Potter, obviously.0 -
Gonna go with Harry Potter
for awhile I would have said a song of ice & fire but after going over Harry Potter again I Love it far more 0 -
Deathlands, Outlanders, a lot of 1980s post apocalyptic books that were churned out monthly with very little plot.0
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Deathlands, Outlanders, a lot of 1980s post apocalyptic books that were churned out monthly with very little plot.
Amazon has these Kindle bundles for super cheap, they're all themed and at least one is post-apocalyptic like that.
Obv not this specific one but here's what I'm talking about, it's 8 books for .99. I wish I could remember what the apocalypse one was called!
http://smile.amazon.com/Gods-Dragons-8-Fantasy-Novels-ebook/dp/B00MQNEXEI/ref=pd_sim_kstore_37?ie=UTF8&refRID=0SNJQGWVKEP7W8D8GDSK
(ETA: The one I have is "This is the End 2". Which probably means there's a 1.)
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Looks like "this is the end" has 3 sets now i need a kindle lol0
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It will always be LOTR for me. Nobody beats Tolkien
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All time favorite is DragonLance. DH let me read his books while we were dating and I became hooked on Fantasy.0
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I really liked the Mistborn books by Brandon Sanderson. LOTR is, of course, classic. The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett are wonderful (though I admit I'm several behind at this point--I think I'm grieving his decline in health).0
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Wheel of Time. Others have come and gone, but the Wheel of Time has always been #1 for me.
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First...no favorite.
Wheel of Time is great...especially when Brandon Sanderson began to write. His language is so much sharper. Though he didn't give enough time to Matt!
The problem I have with many series is that the author, unless gifted or had the foresight to pre-plotted, loses their momentum and their verve somewhere in the series. I like the beginning or middle of many a series, but the last books only for their nostalgia. My goodreads ratings seem to have a bell curve when it comes to series.
Harry Potter
Eragon
Dragon Actually (Just the middle ones though. SO funny)
Jumper
Percy Jackson
Immortals after Dark
Women of the Otherworld
Knitting in the City0 -
Joannah700 wrote: »Wheel of Time is great...especially when Brandon Sanderson began to write. His language is so much sharper. Though he didn't give enough time to Matt!
I keep trying to tell my friends who read the first couple books with me about this. It pays off in the end. If only Robert Jordan had had someone besides his wife to edit him. I wish I could go back and edit his books ... she said as she sharply yanked her braid.
I love Thursday Next, and am really enjoying the Quarkbeast series by Jasper Fforde, but nothing beats The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. Especially if you include Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash and The Diamond Age as part of it.
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ice and fire and harry potter.0
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Jack L Chalker(RIP) made some really great series:
The Wonderland Gambit(some pieces were inspiration for The Matrix)
The Well of Souls series
The Quintara Marathon
The Changewinds
The River of the Gods
Others I enjoy are:
Neuromancer(William Gibson, not really a series but there are other books in the same universe)
The Time Master(Louise Cooper)
Crash Course(wilhelmina baird, sequel is Clip Joint then Psykosis, series doesn't really have a name)
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I'm so happy this thread is here. I'm dry on books right now, waiting for all the rest of the series to come out.
I currently have been reading:
The Fallen Kingdoms (Morgan Rhodes)
Dresden Files (of course) (Jim Butcher)
The Imager Chronicles (LE Modesitt)
Heir Chronicles (Chima)
Lightbringer Series and Night Angel (Brent Weeks)
And probably others I can't even think of right now.
I need something new, a new series to really envelope my life. Preferably one with at least a few books in it. Help? (If you have any specific suggestions, please feel free to message me!)0 -
Favorite series, Mercy Thompson Series and Women of the otherworld.
Wilbur Smith's Egyptian series will be my all time never get tired of series. I read the first book when I was younger and fell in love.0 -
Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series. There's a reason she won so many awards; Miles is an awesome character. And her Chalion series makes me cry every time I read them. She writes lovely, human, flawed characters in space operas.
Sheri S. Tepper's Grass and Raising the Stones. Such awesome world building and philosophy.
David Brin's Uplift series, oh yeah. +1 to those, as well as Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (always great for thought-provoking laughs) and Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series (just straight up fun shape shifting fantasy). Ilona Andrews' Magic series is also fun, and with a sexy were lion in an alternate universe. How can you go wrong with that?
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Sword of Truth Series - Terry Goodkind is my all time favorite series.
Magic Kingdom of Landover series - Terry Brooks
Mageborn Series - Michael G. Manning
Sorcerer's Ring Series- Morgan Rice
The Kinshield Saga - K.C. May
The Book of Deacon series - Joseph Lallo
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Chronicles of Nick - by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Demon's Lexicon - by Sarah Rees Brennan
Artemis Fowl - by Eoin Colfer
Vicious Deep - by Zoraida Cordova
Paradise War - by Stephen Lawhead
Dune - by Frank Herbert
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The Phoenix series is very well written soft Sci Fi and currently hooked on that and the third Maze Runner book (first series I ever read with an endorsement from Seventeen magazine ugh.) Other than that all of the now non-canon Star Wars books.0
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I love the Riftwar books from Raymond E Feist, but specifically the books of the Serpentwar Saga; I could read them over and over.0
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mangrothian wrote: »I love the Riftwar books from Raymond E Feist, but specifically the books of the Serpentwar Saga; I could read them over and over.
Same here (except Riftwar > Serpentwar, no matter how much I adore Calis)! I just can't get into the later stuff that doesn't feature the original characters.0 -
marieamethyst wrote: »mangrothian wrote: »I love the Riftwar books from Raymond E Feist, but specifically the books of the Serpentwar Saga; I could read them over and over.
Same here (except Riftwar > Serpentwar, no matter how much I adore Calis)! I just can't get into the later stuff that doesn't feature the original characters.
I liked the later books, but as they continued you could see that Feist was just over writing the books and couldn't wait to finish. The amount of editing errors I had in my copy of the last book was horrible.
I love the original Riftwar books, but I think I've actually read the Mistress of the Empire trilogy the most, probably because I loved seeing the story through the eyes of the Tsurani. Maybe it's also because I'm a sucker for a strong female character 0 -
Ill have to read some that are listed here as they sound interesting. But so far my favorites
Foundation Series (all including the prequels and postquels) by Isaac Asimov
Robot Series by Isaac Asimov
Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
Brotherband Series by John Flanagan
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (all 5 books) by Douglas Adams
Dune by Frank Herbert
Maze Runner Series by James Dashner (much better than the movie shows it to be)
Michael Vey Series by Richard Paul Evans
Dirk Pitt Series by Clive Cussler
Oregon Files by Clive Cussler
Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Plus a couple kid/quick reads like
A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket
How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell
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mangrothian wrote: »marieamethyst wrote: »mangrothian wrote: »I love the Riftwar books from Raymond E Feist, but specifically the books of the Serpentwar Saga; I could read them over and over.
Same here (except Riftwar > Serpentwar, no matter how much I adore Calis)! I just can't get into the later stuff that doesn't feature the original characters.
I liked the later books, but as they continued you could see that Feist was just over writing the books and couldn't wait to finish. The amount of editing errors I had in my copy of the last book was horrible.
I love the original Riftwar books, but I think I've actually read the Mistress of the Empire trilogy the most, probably because I loved seeing the story through the eyes of the Tsurani. Maybe it's also because I'm a sucker for a strong female character
I confess that I am a bit biased... the first "later" book I read had a couple called Caleb/Marie that was introduced pretty quickly. My ex is named Caleb, and I'm Marie, so it was almost like salt in old wounds. I did read one of the later books involving a prison breakout that was kind of interesting... but just not the same. I loved Arutha, and Jimmy, and Krondor, and once those two were dead it was kind of game over for me. I did notice what you meant about Feist writing like he was done too. One day I hope to finish them all just because, so I can read the last "Magician" novel and find closure. But it's hard to top Riftwar and Serpentwar. (I've never found the Mistress trilogy in stores or in a library... one of these days I'll get around to reading it too)
Other favorite series:
-Anything Thrawn related by Timothy Zahn for Star Wars
-Most of David Eddings stuff
-Most of Terry Brooks stuff
-I have a love/hate relationship with GRR Martin
-Harry Potter, of course (even if Book 7 still confuses the heck out of me)
-Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey
-Coldfire Trilogy by C.S. Friedman
I'm always on the lookout for new recs though, so I'm going to have to go through the previous lists and see if I can find some spring reading!
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I'm excited to see so many people here love the same books I do! I'll list my favorites as the Dresden Files, (did you see Jim's tweet about Justine? AARRGGHHHH!!!!!!), pretty much anything by Patricia Briggs, Diana Wynne Jones, the Kate Daniels books by Ilona Andrews, I'm going to stop there, but I have read and usually enjoyed almost every series already listed above.0
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