![]() | The Lord of the Rings - illustrated hardback by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy used from: £48.99 An immense, moving epic full of adventure, courage and triumph in the face of seemingly overwhelming adversity. The model on which nearly all other great works in the genre are based. A classic.
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![]() | Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson
Buy used from: £1.44 A new series but fantastic, hugely detailed with a soaring plot and believable characters in a fascinating, unique world. Very long but fastpaced, exciting and surprising.
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![]() | The Eye of the World (Orbit Books) by Robert Jordan
Buy used from: £110.00 Number 11 in the series is out later this year which says something about the scope and detail of the series and the ambition of the author. Remains good, though lagged a bit
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![]() | A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £1.85 A masterpiece. A huge, complicated, bloody storyline against a backdrop of murder, betrayal, incest, war. Constantly surprising in its twists with main characters dropping dead left right and centre.
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![]() | Hawkwood's Voyage (Monarchies of God) by Paul Kearney
Buy used from: £18.99 A bloody tale full of betrayal, religious persecution with a everpresent, overlooked menace closing in whilst an entire continent is riven with strife and soiled with the stench of the pyre.
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![]() | Dragon Wing (The Death Gate Cycle) by Margaret Weis
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 Unusual and original setting for a gripping tale of exploration and adventure and the uniting of enemies against a more powerful evil threat to all beings. Uplifting.
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![]() | Magician (Riftwar saga) by Raymond E. Feist
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £1.48 A broad epic spanning a decade of war and grief, magic and mystery. Heroic, well written, quick and entertaining, this is fantastic fare.
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![]() | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: "Lord Foul's Bane", "Illearth War" and "Power That Preserves" (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen Donaldson
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £2.97 Extremely dark and brooding with a troubled lead character trapped in a world which is to him a nightmare. Beautifully descriptive and complex, a magnificant novel.
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![]() | The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: "Wounded Land", "One Tree" and "White Gold Wielder" by Stephen Donaldson
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £4.87 As detailed and dark as the first, even wider in scope and ambition. A very good read.
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![]() | Battleaxe (Axis Trilogy) by Sara Douglass
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 A fascinating story with great characters with alliances riven with feuds and resentment whilst fighting a mysterious and terrifying foe.
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![]() | Rhapsody: Child of Blood (Gollancz S.F.) by Elizabeth Haydon
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 Unusual plot but is superb in its uniqueness. A riveting read and brilliant book.
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![]() | The Broken God (Requiem for Homo Sapiens) by David Zindell
Buy used from: £0.79 Absolutely fantastic. Different to all others of the genre. Complex, intelligent, huge. Enormously ambitious in the wide scope of the plot and filled with fascinating characters. Among the very best.
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![]() | Domes of Fire (Tamuli) by David Eddings
Buy used from: £0.01 Good fun with the acclaimed eddings with likeable characters and simple good vs. evil plot.
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![]() | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Classic and hilarious. Nobody would be able to guess the route of the plot beforehand, i've read it and still can scarcely believe it. Unbelieveable and a must read.
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![]() | Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle (Baroque Cycle 1) by Neal Stephenson
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.50 Hugely complex and epic in scope this is a long and beautifully written work.
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![]() | Pawn of Prophecy (Belgariad) by David Eddings
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 He just keeps throwing them out doesen't he. Another good fun series with slightly more complex plot than before. Short and sweet as ever Mr Eddings. (Barring the awful Dreamers sequence)
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![]() | The Sword of Shannara (The Shannara series) by Terry Brooks
Buy used from: £0.01 Good long series, fabulous sprawling plot and an unusual and surprising world. Good stuff.
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![]() | The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light & Shadow) by Janny Wurts
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Magical feuds, bloody warfare and demons this is a good tale of the struggle of two half bothers trapped in an endless struggle caused by a magical geas.
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![]() | Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Buy used from: £0.12 Anything by Terry Pratchett is a must read. This is simply my favourite and worthy of a place with all of the above.
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![]() | Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga) by Peter F. Hamilton
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.95 A huge scope and masterful plotting. Long and detailed Space Opera, simply wonderful.
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![]() | Lion of Senet (Second Sons Trilogy) by Jennifer Fallon
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Clever and entertaining. A thrilling light read, just perfect to relax.
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![]() | Black Sun Rising: The Coldfire Trilogy #1 by C. S. Friedman
Buy used from: £4.95 Dark and surprising with shocking twists this a fabulous complex read in a truly fascinating setting.
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![]() | The Darkness That Comes Before (Prince of Nothing) by R.Scott Bakker
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Ambitious and intelligent, this is not light reading but is pretty good.
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![]() | The Stormcaller: The Twilight Reign: Book 1: Book One of the Twilight Reign (Gollancz S.F.) by Tom Lloyd
Buy used from: £1.18 Fast paced with explosive action sequences this has real potential.
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