Belechael

I figured this thread was worth signing up There used to be a rather nice list, that unfortunately stopped being updated, that you can still find here. It's the Recommended Fantasy Author List that started in the alt.fan.eddings newsgroup. It's a very long list, and personally I don't agree with everything it's being written there, but I have found some excellent books suggested there, so it is definitely worth reading at some point. My personal short list is: Lord of the Rings/Hobbit/Silmarilion The Wheel of Time Books by Robert Jordan The Malazan book of the Fallen Books by Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Trilogy by Tad Williams At least the first 3 books from the Midkemia Books by Raymond Feist I can write several more, but lets keep the suggestions running for a while