 | Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £1.85 Erikson makes you work to understand his world, but it's well worth it. Better than Tolkien (and I love Tolkien!).
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 | Deadhouse Gates (Book 2 of The Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £3.49 Where did such a brilliant writer come from?
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 | Memories of Ice (Book 3 of The Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £4.53 I don't think it will be long before his reputation as a brilliant creator of fantasy will be known beyond fantasy readers.
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 | House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson
Buy used from: £1.98 I can't wait for the next in the book!
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 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) Paperback by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £4.40 / Used from: £0.01 I resisted for years - what do adults see in a children's book? It was stupid of me because these books are fantastic. Millions of people can't be wrong.
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 | Brian Lumley's Mythos Omnibus: "Burrowers Beneath", "Transition of Titus Crow", "Clock of Dreams" v.1: "Burrowers Beneath", "Transition of Titus Crow", "Clock of Dreams" Vol 1 by Brian Lumley
Buy used from: £16.21 All Lumley's works are great, but these stories that he has created from the Lovecraft Cthulu myth cycle are real tributes to Lovecraft's mythos.
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 | The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales: Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales No. 3 (H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus) by H.P. Lovecraft
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.95 All Lovecraft's works are truly original and highly detailed. Even his habit of providing endless descriptions that tell of the horror of an object without actually describing it is much-loved.
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 | The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Buy used from: £0.51 A total fluke, or perhaps beginner's luck, considering the books he later wrote. Whereas I would recommend any book written by my other favourite authors, I wouldn't go near any of his other works.
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 | Wielding a Red Sword (Incarnations of Immortality) by Piers Anthony
Buy used from: £0.01 He writes as well in sci fi as he does in fantasy. He was the first writer that made me think, as an 11 y.o., about people's varying perspectives, later hugely expanded by Terry Pratchett.
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 | Small Gods: A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 The humourist humanist. Unparalleled by any writer in any genre for the last twenty years. The person who has had the most influence on my thinking, which is scary since he doesn't know me.
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 | When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Penman
Buy new: £10.47 / Used from: £3.48 She always manages to make historical figures human. I would hate to do the amount of research Penman does for each book!
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 | Marrying the Mistress by Joanna Trollope
Buy used from: £0.01 Trollope will always catch you by surprise. You'll think you're reading a light novel and then wham! she gives some incredible insight into your own life.
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