 | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: "Lord Foul's Bane", "Illearth War" and "Power That Preserves" by Stephen Donaldson
Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £1.28 The series that got me hooked on fantasy in the first place. Original for a fantasy series.
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 | The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: "Wounded Land", "One Tree" and "White Gold Wielder" by Stephen Donaldson
Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £1.91 As good as the first chronicles. Both are classics.
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 | The Mirror of Her Dreams (Mordant's Need) by Stephen Donaldson
Buy used from: £0.01 Excellent, if not life-altering.
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 | The Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The deed of Paksenarrion) by Elizabeth Moon
Buy used from: £0.10 Gripping. Medieval with a touch of magic. Female heroine.
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 | Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth) by Terry Goodkind
Buy used from: £3.93 Mandatory. Not finished yet, but lately the books have become increasingly stand-alone. Has gone from magic-focused to idealism-focused.
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 | Magician (Riftwar saga) by Raymond E. Feist
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 First series is always the best. His other ones are readable though. Deep characters.
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 | A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £2.34 Many parallell stories, gets increasingly difficult to keep up. War.
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 | The Gilded Chain by Dave Duncan
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Very good! Original idea. Not really a series, but three parallell stories. Well written. Swords, fighting - little magic.
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 | The Belgariad (Vol 1): Volume One: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit by David Eddings
Buy used from: £8.66 Funny. Good for kids and beginners. Very productive writer. Magic-focus.
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 | The Liveship Traders 1: Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 Another original idea - thinking ships. Not entirely predictable either.
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 | Dragonlance Chronicles: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawnin (TSR Fantasy) by Margaret Weis
Buy new: £16.50 / Used from: £4.67 Humorous characters, better than the front suggests.
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 | The Soprano Sorceress (Spellsong Cycle) by L.E. Modesitt
Buy used from: £0.01 Singing as spellcasting, starts out good and end up as a civilization game. How to run a medieval country.
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 | The Anvil of Ice (Winter of the World) by Michael Scott Rohan
Buy used from: £0.01 Smith on a quest. Medieval, some gods, little magic. Only three in the series others are stand-alone and not as good.
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 | The Summer Tree (Fionavar Tapestry) by Guy Gavriel Kay
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01 Somewhat of a Tolkien-ripoff, but one of the really bad ones at that.
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 | Sailing to Sarantium (Earthlight) by Guy Gavriel Kay
Buy used from: £0.01 Set in a byzantine setting - comfortable weekend-read.
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 | Black Sun Rising (Coldfire Trilogy) by C. Friedman
Buy used from: £0.01 Original in depth, with a touch of sci-fi and a different take on magic.
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 | Fortress in the Eye of Time by C.J. Cherryh
Buy used from: £0.01 Standard but well written.
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 | Finders Seekers: the Ghatti's Tale 1 (Daw science fiction) by Gayle Greeno
Buy new: £4.50 / Used from: £0.01 Written by a cat-fanatic. Psychic cats who mind-meld with humans, and a touch of sci-fi.
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 | Ring of Lightning (Dance of the Rings Book One) by Jane S. Fancher
Buy used from: £1.37 Very good, focused on the characters. Lots of talking and thinking.
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 | The Baker's Boy (The Book of Words) by J.V. Jones
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £0.01 Good, completed series. The barbed coil also worth a read. New series in the making.
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 | The Riddle-Master's Game (Fantasy Masterworks) by Patricia A. Mckillip
Buy used from: £12.92 Well written if not very original. Good epic ending. Considered a classic.
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 | Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy - Book 1) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 Likable characters, ending not entirely happy.
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 | The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow & Thorn) by Tad Williams
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £0.01 Magnificent. A classic.
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 | Luck in the Shadows (Nightrunner) by Lynn Flewelling
Buy new: £4.77 / Used from: £0.90 Spying, thieving and generally dashing boys populate this series, too bad they're not into girls..
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 | Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Buy used from: £1.29 Not a little erotic this one, but it doesn't stop it from being a really good story as well.
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