Recommend me some damn books.

[Steerpike]

Not fantasy, but I'm also reading The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. It is good, so far.

 

[Anders Ämting]

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark. Amazing stand-alone novel that departs from the typical fantasy style.

I started that one once, but I found the whole beginning to be excrutiatingly boring.

(My brother, who loved it, claimed it's supposed to be boring in the beginning, but I don't think that's a valid excuse, and certainly not a good strategy to get me to read a book of almost 800 pages.)

 

[FatCat]

I started that one once, but I found the whole beginning to be excrutiatingly boring.

(My brother, who loved it, claimed it's supposed to be boring in the beginning, but I don't think that's a valid excuse, and certainly not a good strategy to get me to read a book of almost 800 pages.)

It does start slow, but it's worth the time.

 

[ChristielleKeenan]

I love Terry Pratchett. I have just started reading his book 'Snuff'!!

 

[Chime85]

Can anyone recommend me something that is more character led than situation led? a book that can bring the characters to heart long before I care about the plot?

ps: the "top 10" don't count. I have done the usual Tolkien, J.K rowling, Terry Pratchett etc. Throw me a curve ball

That said, if you throw me a dud, I WILL hunt you down on these forums hehe xx

 

[thedarknessrising]

Game of Thrones. Enough said

 

[J. S. Elliot]

Can anyone recommend me something that is more character led than situation led? a book that can bring the characters to heart long before I care about the plot?

ps: the "top 10" don't count. I have done the usual Tolkien, J.K rowling, Terry Pratchett etc. Throw me a curve ball

That said, if you throw me a dud, I WILL hunt you down on these forums hehe xx

Age of Fire - Book I: Dragon Champion. E.E. Knight

I'm about halfway through this book, though I would've already been finished if it weren't for sporadic work hours. Thus far, though, not only is it an extremely unique perspective, it's also mostly character-driven thus far. Outside-plot, so to speak, isn't overly present (most of the outside plot has been little tangents that further spur the protagonist to deeper exploration). But being that the protagonist himself is a dragon, I was interested from the opening scene on.

Oh, and Knight gets bonus points for rethinking the "classic" fantasy races - elves, dwarves, etc. They actually have a fair bit of life to them.

So, yes, I'd recommend it. ^^

 

[Jess A]

Glenda Larke - Isles of Glory trilogy (I've yet to read her others). Aussie author.

K. J. Taylor's The Fallen Moon series. (Dark Griffin Australia-US-Czech)

Rachel Neumeier - Griffin Mage trilogy - a little odd but good.

Kate Forsyth - Witches of Eileanan and Rhiannon's Ride.

Robin Hobb - Farseer Trilogy and the Liveship Traders.

Sara Douglass - any of hers, start with Battleaxe, Threshold or Beyond the Hanging Wall (the last two are stand alones).

Katherine Kerr - Deverry series.

Maggie Furey - The Artefacts of Power - simple, quick reads but I enjoyed them.

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Too lazy to go upstairs to my bookshelf to see what else I can recommend. I can't remember a lot of authors sitting here at my computer chair. Some other major authors you might have read - like Raymond Feist (his early stuff), Juliet Marillier, Mercedes Lackey etc. As for non-fantasy, I really like Nelson DeMille - anything with John Corey in it. Espionage-type stuff.

 

[Jess A]

Can anyone recommend me something that is more character led than situation led? a book that can bring the characters to heart long before I care about the plot?

Despite Game of Thrones being thrown around a lot, I tend to agree - it's good where characters are concerned. I like a flawed character. Not my favourite series, but I like the characters.

Read Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy. Almost annoyingly slow in parts rather than action driven, but I do love her characters. The story is told in first person - it follows the boy growing up. I love the world she builds and the characters she portrays. Her main character is a bit of a pity party in some ways, but she almost makes mockery of the terrible situations he gets into.

 

[Sir Rico]

Dan Abnett's Triumff was fun.

I am a big Dan Abnett fan. I have read his Gaunts Ghosts series and a couple of the Horus Heresy series, they are all SF though.

 

[Sheriff Woody]

Not fantasy, but I'm also reading The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. It is good, so far.

The movie is very good, as well.