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[Marie]

Need new non-WoT reading material! Only caveat is no Tolkien or Martin (already read), Sanderson (eeh...), or Meyer (do you want me to respect you in the morning?!).

[Ekho]

Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind. Its one of the best books I have ever read .

[Vertex]

What about Fablehaven by Brandon Mull? Or the Jacky Faber books...though, those are technically historical fiction. I also like Kim Harrison's Hollows.

Then there is more old fashioned fantasy by David Eddings that's not too bad. Or by Robin Hobb, hers are fun. But if you want really boring you could go for the Riftwar saga.

[~Romanda~]

I recommend Tamora Pierce but I have a feeling you've already read her stuff.

[Vertex]

I like Tamora Pierce lots too!

[Olivia]

Every fantasy fan must read The Eye of Argon at least once in their life. If they can survive it.

[AshSnow]

You already mentioned Tolkien, but have you read this?
http://en.wikipedia....Game_of_Thrones
I quite liked it, they are turning it into an HBO series next month.

A really good one is The Night Angel
This guy even mentions in his book he loved RJ and you can see a few similarities in his book to WoT (Though the story is completely different and so is the setting). I loved this book, Dark & Gritty is what you'll get. With lots of black humor.

(I have the pdf's for both if you want them, *cough*).

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[Deadsy]

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Edited by Deadsy, 25 March 2011 - 08:24 PM.

[Olivia]

If you want a high fantasy/romance mix with some mystery thrown in, try Elizabeth Haydon. If yoy can get past the "twu wuv"-iness of the romantic bits, it's a good fantasy trilogy.

[Jaime Jai'melar]

AshSnow, on 25 March 2011 - 03:37 AM, said:

You already mentioned Tolkien, but have you read this?
http://en.wikipedia....Game_of_Thrones
I quite liked it, they are turning it into an HBO series next month.

Now, that's a very good read

[~Romanda~]

Try Kim Harrison if you're bored at the doctor's office.

[Jaime Jai'melar]

How about Terry Goodkind's books? Those are good books as well... The Sword of Truth series.


I haven't finished reading it yet and actually I'm still in book one so I can't say whether it's a good book or not. But you can try it out though

[Marie]

My Kindle should arrive tomorrow morning (yay!) haven't decided which recommendations will get first read yet. Probably not The Eye of Argon Maybe Robin Hobb so Deadsy doesn't haunt me.

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If you want a high fantasy/romance mix with some mystery thrown in, try Elizabeth Haydon. If yoy can get past the "twu wuv"-iness of the romantic bits, it's a good fantasy trilogy.

How bad is the romance? Like Rand + hos bad or Moiraine + Thom bad?

Jaime Jai, on 01 April 2011 - 04:58 AM, said:

How about Terry Goodkind's books? Those are good books as well... The Sword of Truth series.


I haven't finished reading it yet and actually I'm still in book one so I can't say whether it's a good book or not. But you can try it out though

Ah yes Goodkind. I started him around the time I started Wheel of Time. I got up to book five and that was that.

[Olivia]

Marie, on 05 April 2011 - 12:17 AM, said:

Probably not The Eye of Argon

But it's so magnificent in its badness!

Marie, on 05 April 2011 - 12:17 AM, said:

How bad is the romance? Like Rand + hos bad or Moiraine + Thom bad?

Bad as in "we love each other so very much we just drool sappiness but there are plot contrivances keeping us apart and there is so much drama that we could solve if we just communicated with each other". Typical romance novel stuff. But not too obnoxious, and the overall fantasy-plot and fantasy-world of the books is good, with good mystery and humor and genuine drama.

[Marie]

Elizabeth Haydon doesn't have all her books on Kindle. I am disappoint.