Good adult fantasy books?

Question

I need a good fantasy book/series to read.
I would prefer them to be for adults more then teens.

Heres a list of what ive read and liked.
Phillip pullman - His dark materials
J k Rowling - Harry potter
Terry Goodkind - The sword of truth
Robert Jordan - The wheel of time
stephenie meyer - twilight series/ the host
emily rodda - Deltora quest
Scott westerfeld - uglies trilogy
eoin colfier - artemis fowl
kim harrison - racheal morgan/the hollows series
c.s. lewis - The chronicles of narnia


and dont recommend the shannara series or the dark tower series as i am downloading them ATM.

and i would prefer something i could listen to on audiobook.

Answer 1

Patricia Briggs -- The Mercy Thompson Series, Alpha and Omega Series, Steal the Dragon, and many other)

Richelle Mead -- Succubus books (also she has a teen series "Vampire Academy" that is pretty darn good)

Charlaine Harris -- Southern Vampire Series and Harper Connely Mysteries

Anne Bishop -- Tir Allain series or Black Jewel Trilogy

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Answer 2

Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse Series (True Blood)
Jim Butcher - Codex Alera Series
Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Teens)
J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit

Source(s):

I have read them all. My favorite at the moment is the Sookie Stackhouse Series.

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Answer 3

I'll be straight, I'm not a fantasy reader. But first one family member, then a second, nagged me and nagged me and *nagged* me until I read the first book of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. I was hooked. I read them all, then made sure Santa gave me each in hardcover so I could reread them many times, which I have.

A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows
[more to come]

I don't know if they're available in an audio version, but even if they're not, I strongly recommend the series. It's definitely for adults, with a fantasy world in which magic exists but not everything is magical, by a long shot. There are "adult situations" as well.

Among the strengths of the series is Martin's multiple POVs, each different enough that you know whose you're in even when you weren't paying much attention; a huge cast of characters (and a helpful chart to keep them straight); complex plot which includes political and religious wars in which no one side is right or wrong; a great deal of subtext, so you see more each time you read it; and the willingness to kill major characters as the plot demands.

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Answer 4

The Lord of the RIngs and The Great Book of Amber.

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Answer 5

Expect: Romance, Drama, Fashion, History, Fantasy, Classics, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Suspense

1.Thanks For the Memories – Cecelia Ahern
2.A Hundred Dresses - Eleanor Estes
3.Undead Series – MaryJanice Davidson
4.The Land of Elyon Series – Patrick Carman
5.Poseur: a novel – Rachel Maude
6.The Nanny Diaries: a novel – Emma McLaughlin
7.Private Series – Kate Brian
8.The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette – Carolly Erickson
9.Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire – Amanda Foreman
10.The Spiderwick Chronicles – Tony DiTerlizzi
11.The Clique Series – Lisi Harrison
12.Aquamarine –Alice Hoffman
13.Animal Farm - George Orwell
14.The Midnight Twins Series – Jacquelyn Mitchard
15.The Alchemyst Series - Michael Scott
16.Fallout – Ellen Hopkins
17.A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
18.A.B.C. Murders – Agatha Christie
19.Towards Zero – Agatha Christie
20.The Host – Stephenie Meyer
21.The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
22.Paisley Hanover Acts Out - Cameron Tuttle
23.Mediator Series – Meg Cabot
24.What I saw and How I lied – Judy Blundell
25.Stealing Heaven – Elizabeth Scott
26. Picture Perfect by Catherine Clark
27.Wings – Aprilynne Pike
28.L.A. Candy – Lauren Conrad
29. The Market – J.M. Steele
30.The Faerie Path- Frewin Jones
31.Boys Series – Meg Cabot
32.Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
33.Splendor – Anna Godbersen
34.The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
35.Sleeping With The Fishes – MaryJanice Davidson
36.Dead until Dark - Charlaine Harris
37.The Mortal Instruments Series- Cassandra Clare
38.The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
39.A Great and Terrible Beauty Series – Libba Bray
40.Prep: A Novel - Curtis Sittenfeld
41.Vegan Virgin Valentine - Carolyn Mackler
42.The Tea Rose series - Jennifer Donnelly
43.Madapple – Christina Meldrum
44.A Countess Below Stairs – Eva Ibottson
45.The Devil Wears Prada – Lauren Weisengberger
46.Tiger Rising – Kate DiCamillo
47.Educating Carolina – Patricia Cabot
48.The Fetch– Laura Whitcomb
49.Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict - Laurie Viera Rigler
50.Bride Quartet Series – Nora Roberts
51.Ivy – Julie Hearn
52.Secrets of the Tudor court : pleasure palace - Kate Emerson
53.King's Rose - Alisa M Libby
54.Just Ella - Margaret Peterson Haddix
55.Virgin's secret - Victoria Alexander
56.This is Chick-Lit – Lots of people
57.The Breakdown Lane - Jacquelyn Mitchard
58.Stray – Stacy Goldblatt
59.Summer After – Carrie Karasyou
60. A reliable wife : a novel - Robert Goolrick
61.The Alphas – Lisi Harrison
62.Secrets of my Hollywood Life – Jen Calonita
63.Crash Into Me - Albert Borris
64.Coffeehouse Angel - Suzanne Selfors
65.Perfumes – Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez
66.Elements of Writing Fiction-Beginnings, Middles, & Ends – Nancy Kress <series>
67.Healthy eating for preteens and teens : the ultimate guide to diet, nutrition and food - Leslie Beck
68.How to Be Good - Nick Hornby
69.Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin
70.Princess Diaries – Meg Cabot
71.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer
72.Organize Yourself! – Kate Kelly, Ronni Eisenberg
73.Organize Your Life: free yourself from clutter & find more personal time – Kate Kelly, Ronni Eisenberg
74.Graceling – Kristen Cashore
75.Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
76.Peony In Love – Lisa See
77.Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See
78.Woman In The Wall – Patrice Kindl
79.TTYL Series – Lauren Myracie
80.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - Jeff Kinney
81.The Debutante - Kathryn Williams
82.The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
83.Daughters of the sea : Hannah - Kathryn Lasky
84.Ransome My Heard – Meg Cabot
85.Julie & Julia [My Year of Cooking Dangerously] – Julie Powell
86.Snowed In – Rachel Hawthorne
87.Once A Witch – Carolyn MacCullough
88.Sussanah Morrow – Megan Chance
89.How Not To Be Popular – Jennifer Ziegler
90.The Red Necklace – Sally Gardner
91.Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials – Marc Aronson
92.The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History – Peter Charles Hoffer
93.Vanishing Acts: A Novel – Jodi Picoult
94.Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World – Vicki Myron
95.Autobiography Of A Wardrobe: a memoir - Elizabeth Kendall
96.The Magician’s Elephant – Kate Dicamillo
97.Cheri and The Last of Cheri - Colette
98.Wish I Might: from the life of Willa Havisham - Coleen Paratore
99.Summer Intern- Carrie Karasyov
100.Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
101.The Luxe Series - Anna Godbersen
102.501 Must See Movies - Niel Randles
103.501 Must Read Books - Emma Beare

This is MY reading list so that will explain all of the self help, dieting and perfume books =)

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Answer 6

Mercedes Lackey, mainly her Valdemar Series.
Anne McCaffrey, mainly her Dragonriders of Pern.
I don't think I'd be the same person I am today if I hadn't lost myself in them so many times.
Another good one, if a bit strange is the Rose of the Prophet series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I know loads of em, but those are good starters.

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Answer 7

The Fallen series by Thomas Sniegoski is more for teens but its a VERY interesting read, i know i enjoyed it! (although the last one is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find for less than $100 - took me months! but damn was it worth it!!)

4 books: The Fallen, Leviathan, Aerie, Reckoning

http://www.sniegoski.com/fallen.html

also by the same author: the Remy Chandler novels

http://www.sniegoski.com/apocalypse.html

so far 2, a mini story and a 3rd full book coming soon: A Kiss Before the Apocalypse, Dancing on the Head of a Pin, the mini story is in an author compilation titled Mean Streets and the latest book is titled Where Angels Fear to Tread.

if you couldnt guess, they are about angels and extremely interesting!! i have read The Fallen at least 5 times!!

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