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What is your favorite fantasy book?

Tie between Harry Potter and Codex Alera.

Although if we have to go further back in time, before those two series, I'd say Chronicles of Narnia hands-down.
 
jcmcminis said:
Since getting into fantasy...um almost 30 years ago now. I have read alot. And besides Tolkien. I love R.A. Salvatore and his Drow creation. Extreme love of Robert E. Howard. Michael Moorcock's Elric saga was great as well. But as far as favourite I have a special place in my heart for the very 1st fantasy novel I read. 'Dragons of Autumn Twilight' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
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You just became one of my favorite people on this site jcmcminis and you are from Michigan to boot. Robert E. Howard is the father of sword and sorcery and the greatest yarn spinner to ever walk the earth. The genre is huge now but in his day he walked alone. My favorite book of his is Swordwoman which contains the only three stories about a character known as Dark Agnes. It also has a tale about my favorite character of his Black Turlough. Conan, Solomon Kane, Bran Mac Morn, Kull, Cormac Mac Art, the real Red Sonja and the list goes on and on. He also wrote amazing westerns, boxing tales (Steve Costigan And Dennis Durgan are hilarious), oriental and middle eastern adventures. He even wrote Cthullu stories (which I prefer to H.P. Lovecraft). If you want to know more about the man check out the movie The Whole Wide World.
Check out ReH, nearly all his stories are short pulp fiction tales, quick, easy reads and some of the best writing ever. It is sad we did not get more from him... peace
 
habs1009 said:
Lord of the Rings and the Eragon books. (I don't know if this series has an official name)
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Its the Inheritance Cycle,which is also a favorite of mine along with Artemis Fowl,Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Lord of the Rings,
 
My personal favorites are the Legend of Drizzt and The Hunter's Blade trilogy, The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Kane Chronicles, the Ranger's Apprentice, Jurrasic Park( I don't know if you guys would consider it a fantasy or not), the Inheritance Cycle, and The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Micheal Scott.
 
Most of my favorites have been mentioned (Jordan's Wheel of Time, Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, Sanderson's Mistborn, Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean, Feist's Riftwar and Serpentwar...)

I'll add-

The Kingkiller Chronicles (or is it "Chronicle"?) by Pat Rothfuss (be warned- he's as slow as George RR Martin, but his books are amazing!)

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (stand-alone)
 
Oh my... I must go look at my bookshelves, as well as library reading history before answering. Too many to choose off the top of my head.
 
Many books have been mentioned that I greatly enjoy. Redwall, Belgariad, Sword of Truth, the list goes on...

But at the top of the list is and always will be...

The Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia. These were among the very first fantasy series I ever got really into (with Narnia starting around seven) and will always remain at the top of my list.
 
Redwall is contesting with Adventurer's Wanted by M.L. Forman and Michel Scott's Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel for my favorite. I also enjoy Children of the Lamp by P.B. Kerr (What with all the initials?) along with Gregor chronicles and Artemis Fowl (which is almost Sci-fi but yet somehow not)
and the Stone Heart trilogy was really good.
I'm also big into a couple other series but they're more Sci-fi than fantasy.
 
I'd say the Dragons of Winter Twilight. I've loved that whole series since the first book came out. I still buy them when the money is there :)
 
The Lord of the Rings, obviously. I also love, love, LOVE the Song of Ice and Fire series, though I daresay that's a result of Stockholm Syndrome brought on by how GRRM manages to get you attached to characters and then kills them in shocking, gruesome manner. Brienne of Tarth, next to Tyrion Lannister, are my two favorites, which means they'll probably be getting killed sooner or later... :(

~Bravey
 
The original Robert E. Howard Conan stories will always reside at the very top of my list of favorites.
 
My favorite book of his is Swordwoman which contains the only three stories about a character known as Dark Agnes. It also has a tale about my favorite character of his Black Turlough. Conan, Solomon Kane, Bran Mac Morn, Kull, Cormac Mac Art, the real Red Sonja and the list goes on and on. He also wrote amazing westerns, boxing tales (Steve Costigan And Dennis Durgan are hilarious), oriental and middle eastern adventures. He even wrote Cthullu stories (which I prefer to H.P. Lovecraft). If you want to know more about the man check out the movie The Whole Wide World.
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He has another character that can 'see' his previous lives. He re-cants his tales of high adventure and you never know if that incarnation will live or not. Greatest yarn spinner ever.
 
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