So I grew up very sheltered and isolated from society and as a result missed out on a lot of pop culture and other common things. I love to read, and I really enjoy fantasy and DnD and those types of things and I’m trying to find and catch up on the great fantasy books/series that every fantasy lover/nerd should know. I’m not as interested in sci-fi, but I’m willing to read the “great” ones too. What would you recommend?
Series I’ve read: The Lord of the Rings The Witcher The Dark Tower The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Dungeon Crawler Karl
Update to add also read: Wheel of Time Most of the Stormlight Archive The Hobbit
I’m just starting my first Discworld book.
Edit: Thanks everyone! Keep them coming, I’m going to make a list with all the suggestions and start working through them.
Ok, I know the author is full of his own ego and probably won’t finish the series in his lifetime but “A Song of Ice and Fire” series (Game of Thrones) were some amazing books. I really enjoyed the first 3 of them. He’s finished 5 of 7 so I guess that isn’t too bad.
I have to counter this. Yes, the 5 books are amazing, top notch low fantasy. 4 and 5 start to lose the plot a bit, but still good. But at this point it is unlikely that we will get an ending, and the 5th book ends with massive cliffhangersand unresolved plots. Hard for me to recommend it to someone until/unless it gets finished.
That is a fair point too. An unfinished work is a big turnoff but the ride to get there in my opinion was really good. I think that is why it makes us upset that he has not finished it. We want to know how it ends.
halfway through your first sentence I knew you were talking about Rothfus or Martin.