 | Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy - Book 1) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £2.10 A novel - and series - so good that they easily hold their own outside the Fantasy genre as a masterwork in Character, suspense emotion. Sends shiver up my spine still.
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 | The Liveship Traders 1: Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £0.75 Again, Hobb - what can I say? She is a master. If I didn't love Fitz so much I might even think this series is better.
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 | Fool's Errand: Book One of the Tawny Man (Tawny Man 1) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.00 Err, Hobb again. These are slightly less stellar than the first six, but they are still knuckle-bitingly good. Besides, you have to know the end now, don't you?
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 | Dune by Frank Herbert
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Like LOTR this is a genre defining book - even if it straddles genres! A true masterpeice, most people who are reading this will already know. If you havent - get off your ass
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 | A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin
Buy new: £5.21 / Used from: £2.20 GRRM has created probably the most gripping and complex series found in fantasy. Richly descriptive and full of gritty action. Feels so real. A real must....now if only he would finish them.....
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 | The Darkness That Comes Before: Prince of Nothing, Book 1 by R.Scott Bakker
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Damn near blew my mind. Uncomprimising and daring Fantasy. Some people will hate it. If you like gritty, it doesnt get better than this.
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 | The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gollancz S.F.) by Scott Lynch
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 A Stunning debut novel and a great refreshing new direction. Great for returning Fantasy fans looking for something new. Shame about his second book though.
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 | The Blade Itself: Book One Of The First Law (Gollancz S.F.) by Joe Abercrombie
Buy new: £5.56 / Used from: £3.25 Another great debut. Very gritty and very funny fantasy romp. Some of the most memorable creations I have come across. Again, shame about the follow-up novels.
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 | The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 1: The Kingkiller Chronicle 1 by Patrick Rothfuss
Buy new: £5.44 / Used from: £2.94 The third in my hat-trick of astonishing debuts - this one is the best of the lot. Comes close to being my favourite novel. God I hope the second book is as good.
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 | Jonathan Strange and MR Norrel by S. Clarke
Buy new: £18.28 / Used from: £10.23 Not your typical fantasy. A superbly written funny and exciting novel.
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