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[Bunny]

David Farland's Runelords series is probably my favorite group of books. It's fairly different from anything else I have read but it follows some of the same principles of fantasy so it does not seem like it is trying too hard to be something different.

My favorite individual book is more recent. "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. It's received spectacular praise for the writing style and storyline by famous authors and critics alike. I'm waiting patiently for the second book to come out.

R.A. Salvatore writes a lot of good stuff, most of which I have read multiple times without getting bored. His writing style is extraordinarily fluid, making most of his books seem shorter than they actually are. It's easy to get attached to his characters, even the villains.

Currently I'm reading "The Soulforge". I'm not entirely sure how the Dragonlance timeline works exactly, but I think this is the first prequel to the Twins Saga. It's pretty good.

[scrumpleberry]

ZOMG Twilight is lyk sooo goood :fangirlism:

No, I didn't mean that.

Seriously. I hate those books. And yet I read them all. Someone please help me. Please!

When I was young, I liked the Robin Jarvis Deptford series. They were pretty funky.

[rubah]

r. a. salvatore wrote the Attack of the Clones novelization, did he not? And that was a piece of trash. but if you can promise that his 'real' works are better. . .

[Bunny]

I have never read a single Star Wars novelization and I plan on keeping it that way for as long as humanly possible. I was talking about his works with Forgotten Realms lore.

[rubah]

the terry brooks one for the phantom menace was pretty good, as I recall. But RAS just suffered from having to write about AotC

[Ouch!]

The love for ASoIaF makes me exceptionally happy. Unfortunately, that series and its awesomeness has just about ruined every other fantasy novel. For someone who writes fantasy, I tend to hate just about every series I read. xD

[Araciel]

Salvatore writes a lot of books that should be comics.

That being said, I've read probably more than fifty D&D related novels.

I also like Terry Pratchett, George RR Martin, Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks, Piers Anthony...um...countless others I can't think of right now.

[Bunny]

They have already turned a third of Salvatore's books into graphic novels.