Can anyone recommend any good books? :)

[Lovelyleo]

Even though I have very little time to read, I'm looking to start a new book!

I love Tolkien and the Game of Thrones series, and a lot of other medieval fantasy. That's my favorite genre. I don't really like anything too futuristic or too realistic haha...I get enough of the real world every day, I'm looking to escape

So if anyone has any suggestions... that would be much appreciated You can post them here or PM me if you prefer!
Thanks guyyyyys

[Jorick]

Sure, I'm also a fantasy fan, I'll list off some of my favorites and ones that are on my long 'to read at some point' list. Some are less medieval fantasy than others, but still fantasy nonetheless.


The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, completed by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death. One of my all time favorites, probably my second favorite series after A Song of Ice and Fire.

The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Not quite medieval, but damn is it good. All of Sanderson's other work I've read has been phenomenal too.

The Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. I've only read the first book of this so far, waiting on the library to get more, but it looks like it'll shape up to be pretty awesome.

The Black Company series by Glen Cook. This is a strange one, not at all the typical fantasy of wizards and dragons, but if you liked Game of Thrones you'll probably be fine with that.

The Shannara series by Terry Brooks. Not the best series ever, but it's got some really cool stuff going on. It's also worth checking out Brooks's other work, such as the Word and Void trilogy (at least I think it's just three) which is a modern fantasy thing.

The Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey. Uh, this one has a lot of adult stuff happening in it, probably best you avoid it if you're not an adult.

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. His stuff is comedic fantasy, not serious stuff, but it's so damn good.

Anything written by Neil Gaiman. Most of his work is modern day fantasy, but it's great, don't pass it up just because of the era it's set in. Good Omens, which he did with Terry Pratchett, is one of my favorite books of all time.

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. This used to be my favorite series.. until I read other fantasy series that weren't aimed at kids. I mean, it's not that it's atrocious or anything, just that it has some major issues. Gets really preachy with the author's philosophy, it felt like it sorta dragged on after one of the books, a couple other issues. But then I've also heard some people say it's amazing and defend it against all sorts of criticism, so maybe it's just not my kind of book. If you like the premise, definitely read it.

[Ellri]

no point in repeating parts of Jorick's post, so we'll just add one set to that list.

Anything by David/Leigh Eddings. There's many series to pick from, but they're all good, so...



Sword of Truth is a bit strange, but still decent books. (the atrocity of a TV series adaptation called "legend of the seeker" ruined it somewhat for us)


you might also find "The Way of Kings" By Brandon Sanderson worth a read. Its sort of a mix between high fantasy and other. Superb worldbuilding there.

[Christiefries]

Read all of John Green's books! You don't need very much time to read those and they are fabulous!

[Jorick]

Sword of Truth is a bit strange, but still decent books. (the atrocity of a TV series adaptation called "legend of the seeker" ruined it somewhat for us)

Yeah, the TV series was weird. One of the worst adaptations I've ever seen, from an accuracy standpoint at least. I only watched a handful of episodes from the first season, but even that was enough to make it clear that they were going to cannibalize whatever they liked from the entire series of books out of order and add random stuff that needn't be there to make it an action filled show. Oh, and apparently they added in a ton of characters just for family drama. It was just a mess. Could've been a pretty decent show if they actually stuck close to the books and maybe streamlined some of the longer plots so they didn't drag on.

It didn't seem completely awful as its own thing, maybe a 6/10 show that could be decent to watch for mindless fun, but as someone who read the books it was horrible and I couldn't bring myself to care enough to continue watching.

[Lovelyleo]

Wow guys, that is PLENTY. haha thank you so much I think I'll start with the wheel of time series...I've heard great things about it! thanks for all your help

[Ellri]

be glad you didn't watch the rest. it started bad and spiralled down into worse.

Every episode seemed to have the need for one-in-a-million-chance events.

Wheel of time will take you a while... there's what, fifteen books?

[StellaVeraLea]

Since I don't know your age...
Teen-Young Adult - Try the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa. It's really interesting. It incorporates a lot of other novels into it. But it's also present day...
Young Adult-Adult - Try the Shannara books. 20 books, you'll never lack reading material. Very medieval, very good writing.

[Cosmic Fury]

I honestly enjoy reading some of the classics. I recommend The Man in the Iron Mask, The Count of Monte Cristo, or A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Those are a few books that I personally immensely enjoyed reading, and I tend to read the same genre as you mentioned.

[Jannah]

I mostly read historical fiction and thriller so I can't really help you much. I can recommend the "His Dark Materials" series though if you haven't read it.