Fantasy Book Club Series discussion

I finished the Belgariad series and loved it. So now Im craving for some books similar to this series. Any book recommendations will be welcomed. Series will be just awesome. Thank you all.

Try his Sparhawk series starting with the Diamond Thone.

Graham wrote: "Try his Sparhawk series starting with the Diamond Thone."

Thanks, i think i'll try it.

There's a one off be did that I enjoyed The Redemption of Althalus.

What other authors have you enjoyed?

Helen wrote: "There's a one off be did that I enjoyed The Redemption of Althalus.

What other authors have you enjoyed?"

i also liked the godling chronicles.

Have you tried Codex Alera by Jim Butcher? The first book, Furies of Calderon is a bit rough, but after that, the story and pacing really pick up.

Davis wrote: "Have you tried Codex Alera by Jim Butcher? The first book, Furies of Calderon is a bit rough, but after that, the story and pacing really pick up."

I read a review about the Jim Butcher series Harry Dresden Series and tried reading them. By the part where (spoiler alert) his girlfriend became a vampire, for me everything went downhill from there. i mean, does the guy ever get a break? so i stopped. I dont know when im gonna pick up the book again hopefully i find a good review to motivate me to read it again. but this codex alera, is the character growing up? or is he like harry dresden?

Where to start?
Check my "Fantasy Series" bookshevles for more exhaustive recommendations.

But, some of the staple titles I've enjoyed over the years?

"Classics":
The Great Book of Amber
The Elric Saga Part I
Swords in the Mist

Afew of the more recent additions...

(I assume you're alrady heard of major titles like "Game of Thrones", "Wheel of Time", and "Miistborn". So these are a bit more under the radar...)

Cursor's Fury
The Summoner
Ice Forged
The Last Stormlord
Guardians of the West (This is the sequl series to the Belgariad, called the Malloreon.)
The Dwarves
The Curse of the Mistwraith


Happy to give more reccs or answer any questions!![

Shadowdenizen wrote: "Where to start?
Check my "Fantasy Series" bookshevles for more exhaustive recommendations.

But, some of the staple titles I've enjoyed over the years?

Since you recommend The Curse of the Mistwraith ("which I loved" would be an understatement) would you recommend Belgariad to a Wurts fan? Also on to-read Amber, Stormlord and Dwarves...
sigh, so many books around...

I've not read the Belgariad for years but they were favourites.

Good question, Alissa!!

I read the Belgariad as a young teen and loved it; I read both the Belgariad and the Mallorean as the books came out. In many ways, the books of the late 20th century were formatitve and trailblazing. (Belgariad, Riftwar, Thomas Covenant, Shannara, etc.)

But in many ways, they now seem somewhat.. quaint and prosaic. (Of course, a part of that may be my perceptions of the genre as both I and the genre grow and mature.)

Wars of Light and Shadow (like Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones, Malazan Book of the Fallen, et al) owe a debt to Eddings and co, but are realisitically on a differnet playig field in the genre, IMO.

So, yes I'd recommend both series to all fantasy fans, but my feeling is that you'll likely have stronger feelings for one than the other.

Helen, Shadowdenizen, so you both read Belgariad when you were young adults?
My experience is very limited, I've started to read fantasy books (alright, I met Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms when I was 22/23 yo, uh) quite late compared to most, and became seriously dedicated in the last three years, so my preferences have evolved, but not too much, also considering that I've never read classics like all those mentioned here.

Thank you for your reply, it addressed the point exactly I think, I'm of the Wars of Light and Shadow and Game of Thrones generation taste-wise.

It's worth dipping into the "Classics" (and not-so-classics) of previous genreations; you never know what will speak to your individual tastes! Plus, alot of it still holds up quite nicely.

I'm actually currently re-reading the Shannara stuff end-to-end, and it's still relatively enjoyable after all these years![though the orginal Sword trilogy is a blatant LotR pastiche.)

My taste runs the gamut, though; I like to think I'm fairly eclectic. (And I also read ALOT of D+D books in my teens/twenties (Ravenloft, Spelljammer, Dragonlance, Dark Sun, etc.). And I confess that I've re-read some of those recetnly, too. (The Kingpriest trilogy is REALLY good [crappy, anticlimactic ending to the trilogy aside.)

Alissa, if the many-layered story-telling of Janny Wurts appeals to you, and I know it does, you might want to give the Malazan Book of the Fallen a try. Steven Erikson writes a ripping good story that is complex, mature, and filled with characters who are muti-faceted. We are doing a group read of the 10 main books in the series at Beyond Reality here on Goodreads, and this group also did a group read in the past of this series.

I liked the Belgariad and Mallorean when I read them, maybe when I was in my 20s or early 30s. They are more "classic" fantasy, but I enjoyed them.

I'll second the Malazan recc.

It's a very dense, layered story, populated by complex characters who each have their own (often not apparent) motivations, against the backdrop of a larger civil-war.

The structure of the series is interesting, as it's not entirely linear; Books 1&3 form one "Arc", Book 2&4 form a second "arc", and Book 5 introdcues the 3rd "arc" and begins to bring the series togehter.

Thank you both for the recc! Considering I'm a Wurts fan and love complex and layered stories Malazan is high on my to-read, I've seen different approaches to the reading order though. I will probably start it when I'm again in a period where I can enjoy a longer series, but I also have The Black Company which I would really like to read soon. Group reads are great, I so enjoyed the one for tWoLaS, even if I didn't follow it in real-time.

Well, as for classics, next in line is The Worm Ouroboros, I've read the ebook preview and found it hilarious! I absolutely want to broaden my horizons, but at the same time I'm proud to say I still treasure my Dragonlance (favorite -> The Ergoth Trilogy) and Forgotten Realms physical books, too.
I wouldn't reread any of them right now tho, with so many new things to try around :D

I haven't read the Belgariad series but these are my favorite fantasies:

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

and the Warcraft books. Seriously. I don't know if you're a gamer and it really doesn't matter either way because these books are awesome. I loved being able to read books from both the alliance and the horde and being able to see both sides of the story!