His Dark Materials - I agree, except I got bored and stopped reading partway through the second book.
Lord of the Rings - Also agree. I enjoyed The Hobbit even if it'll never be a favorite of mine, but I've never finished the first book in the trilogy. I keep meaning to try to finish the whole trilogy someday though.
Someone else mentioned the Belgariad - I'm just full of agreement tonight apparently; I agree with their assessment of it as well.
A series no one's mentioned yet is Trudi Canavan's Dark Magician trilogy. I didn't like the pairing that developed in the last book, but it was an interesting read.
I also recommend Tamora Pierce's Tortall books. There's several short series set in the same world. The main characters in series play cameos in other series. I'd start with the original Lioness quartet, then move through the Immortals quartet and Protector of the Small quartets. I didn't enjoy the Trickster pair as much as the others, but it's still worth a read. I'm waiting for the last of the Provost's Dogs trilogy to come out before I judge it; I'm not the hugest fan of the diary style of writing that she's using for this series.
For Sci-Fi books, I've always enjoyed and recommended Orson Scott Card's Ender series, particularly Ender's Game, Xenocide, and Ender's Shadow. The others are okay, but not up to the same standard.
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Lord of the Rings - Also agree. I enjoyed The Hobbit even if it'll never be a favorite of mine, but I've never finished the first book in the trilogy. I keep meaning to try to finish the whole trilogy someday though.
Someone else mentioned the Belgariad - I'm just full of agreement tonight apparently; I agree with their assessment of it as well.
A series no one's mentioned yet is Trudi Canavan's Dark Magician trilogy. I didn't like the pairing that developed in the last book, but it was an interesting read.
I also recommend Tamora Pierce's Tortall books. There's several short series set in the same world. The main characters in series play cameos in other series. I'd start with the original Lioness quartet, then move through the Immortals quartet and Protector of the Small quartets. I didn't enjoy the Trickster pair as much as the others, but it's still worth a read. I'm waiting for the last of the Provost's Dogs trilogy to come out before I judge it; I'm not the hugest fan of the diary style of writing that she's using for this series.
For Sci-Fi books, I've always enjoyed and recommended Orson Scott Card's Ender series, particularly Ender's Game, Xenocide, and Ender's Shadow. The others are okay, but not up to the same standard.
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