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[jc6036]

I have to say that the Redwall saga by Brian Jaques is my favorite. Ive read all of them at least once, and plan on reading them again. My second favorite is the Eragon series. Quite possibly the best standard fantasy series ever, imo. 

[Tobel]

Dies the Fire (Emberverse Series) has been particularly enjoyable for me. Sadly by the time I get to about the fifth book I get sidetracked by something else.

[ein]

Everything by Kurt Vonnegut~
They're the only regular books I can read anymore~

[anzki4]

Eragon

*Shiver*

Favorite book... There are too many! (Same for favorite *insert anything here*)
But one of favorites: let's say Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

[Vector]

Notre-Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo.

I'll admit that this is only one among many, however.

[jc6036]

I loved eragon. The next book needs to be here NOW.  *demonic voice*  NOOOW.

[Reelyanoob]

Gotta second Kurt Vonnegut

And plug Iain M Banks The Wasp Factory.

Edit: If you want to read and enjoy this fully, do not read Wiki, there's spoilers in the synopsis which give away the "big twist" in the plot.

[Vector]

Eragon is probably one of my least favorite books.  It in fact ranks below most fanfiction.

However, I am glad if you enjoy it.

And plug Iain M Banks The Wasp Factory.

Dammit, I keep forgetting to read it.  Is it really good?

[Onlyhestands]

Dresden Files, by far my favorite, and Pratchett.

[Willfor]

I consider the works put out by Robin Hobb (it's a pen name that covers one world she writes in) as my favorite series of books.

[Reelyanoob]

@Vector: I think you in particular will really enjoy Wasp Factory. Just DO NOT read wikipedia. They give away a main plot twist in the first sentence, and that's no fun.

[Realmfighter]

@Vector: I think you in particular will really enjoy Wasp Factory. Just DO NOT read wikipedia. They give away a main plot twist in the first sentence, and that's no fun.

Seconded with a YERS.

Also, Anything else by Iain Banks.

His Sci-Fi stuff is amazingly good, and you have to love any book written using multiple non-Linear first person narratives.

[olemars]

Discworld has been my favourite for the last 3 years or so. I'm on my second journey through the series now...

[Reelyanoob]

Eragon is probably one of my least favorite books.  It in fact ranks below most fanfiction.

Eragon was written by a 15 year old, then self-published by his parents. Go figure I guess it resonants with other teenagers.

It's not something I'd sit down and read. I was recently considering re-reading the original Dragonlance books, which I read when I was a teen, but that's probably just nostalgia speaking. They were considered pretty trite. Mind you, I read these after Lord of the Rings etc, and they didn't seem that bad, at least to me at the time.

The best D&D related books i read when I was younger were the dark elf series by R. A. Salvatore. He was really a cut above the other forgotten realms authors. If you thought Dragonlance or similar was trite, some of the Forgotten Realms books are goddamn awful. I recently read on wikipedia there's now 190 novels set in the Dragonlance universe. No way I'm catching up with all that (especially considering most of them are probably written by those same terrible Forgotten Realms authors;) )

EDIT @Olemars: After 25 Pratchett books, I'm all "Discworld'd" out.

Though, I also read the "Armageddon" series, etc, by Robert Rankin. He's like X-Rated Pratchett on Acid. Time-travelling Elvis vs. the Anti-Christ? I'm There. Recommend 1988's Armageddon: The musical as a logical starting point. There's earlier written books in the continuity, but many main characters e.g. Elvis first appear in this book.

[jc6036]

Huh, thats weird. I figured more people would have liked eragon. *shrug* (I will admit that the movie was horrible, however.)