OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

[Zeldor]

WraithLord:

I am buying my books from Amazon, if I want them in English. Well, didn't have to order internationally yet, but pricing did not seem to be huge [sure, you can probably find them cheaper in your language at some local store or on ebay etc].

"A Cruel Wind" is a tome of 3 books from Dread Empire, they are supposed to be the best. I have to buy remaining ones.

I also have that 1,2k pages one-tome edition of Amber Chronicles Waiting for some global internet shortage :P

Terry Pratchett should be easy to get everywhere [but I'd suggest again reading it in English], he is really popular. Start with the first 2 tomes. And after it anythign with Rincewind is great But yeah, they get a bit similar in style.

[chrispedersen]

The Black Company - Cook. Simply amazing. Best since Donaldson/Tolkien
The Knight - Wolf.
Bone Doll Twin - Disturbing.
Stephen Weeks Assassin series.

[Raiel]

I'll second the Prince of Nothing series by Bakker. A very interesting read, if a bit wordy.

Brandon Sanderson is suprisingly good... his plot-, character- and world-developement have exceeded my expectations repeatedly. I found the Mistborn series to be particularly enjoyable.

My STRONGEST recommendation, however, is for Patrick Rothfuss' Name of the Wind. Absolute top-notch character developement and writing/storytelling. I have not enjoyed reading this much in more than a decade. In fact, it's the only book I've intentionally reread since Terry Goodkind's Stone of Tears.

Speaking of unintentional re-reads... C.S. Friedman is doing a new series that was worth re-reading, even if I thought I was buying a new book at the time.