If you are really bored and haven't read them yet, try classics like The Canterbury Tales, A Verne novel, Inferno, Hamlet or The Song of Roland.
The Malorean Series: David Eddings - First Book is "Guardians of the West"
The Tamuli Series: David Eddings
The Wheel of Time Series: Robert Jordan - First book is "Eye of The World"
Anything Pierce Anthony.
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The Belgaraid Series: David Eddings - First Book is "Pawn of Prophecy"(sequel to Belgaraid. read that first) The Malorean Series: David Eddings - First Book is "Guardians of the West"
(sequel to first set of Sparhawk books, i'll get the name later) The Tamuli Series: David Eddings
The Wheel of Time Series: Robert Jordan - First book is "Eye of The World"
Anything Pierce Anthony.
also see, the Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings for a quick hit of his style to see if you like it before diving into Garion and Sparhawk.
The Belgariad by David Eddings and its followup The Mallorean
The Elenium by David Eddings and the followup The Tamuli
Bolo (tons of them)
David Drake Sharp End, Redliners, Northworld, Hammer Slammers
Gunslinger seris so far by King
Myth series by Robert Asprin (FUNNY)
Ann Rice Lestat(just finished myself, damn)
if that is no good read the back of a Bisquick box....
great 
the sword of shannara series
David Gemmell's books are also quite good. I especially like the Stones of Power series, though it chnages almost completely halfway through.
Legacy of the Drow (Which was actually 3 books combined into one, but in one book...combo thingie)
I've yet to read any of the LotR books (God, I need to), any of the Harry Potter books (Lyinar will probably kill me for that), among many others.
I am a heathen 
The foundation trilogy - Asimov
Stranger in a strange land - Heinlein
The moon is a harsh mistress - Heinlein
Friday - Heinlein
Heinlein books to read last: Time enough for love, and The number of the beast. They are the crown jewels of Heinlein's future history series, and they take an apparently unrelated set of good novels, and tie them into a great tale, that has numerous interconnects...
any of those books are great for starting into the genre, but remember that most of these novels were written between the 60's and 70's, so the mindset is a little different...
No, Really. Bite me.
Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan(like said before, Long, but good)
Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind( a lot like Wheel of time, awsome books, thought the recent onces are kinda boring)
The adventures of Skeeve and Aahz by R.L.Asprin (hiliorious, lot like discworld and hitchhickers guide)
another comedy is the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony, really funny, and heavy on the puns, would be great for the Pun Paladin.
if your into realistic first contact books, Ben Bova is also an awsome writer.
There's also The Trigger and Light of Other Days by good ol' Arthur C. Clarke.
The Bitterbynde trilogy by an author whose name escapes me rocks seriously.
"It's something even the Masters don't reveal about the hidden nature of the universe... the deepest and darkest of all that the Force lets you see... the universe has a sense of humour." Callista, Children of the Jedi
The Klael thing was kinda neat, though. I just wish it had been excecuted better. I like the idea of Bhelliom and Klael as mindless sources of power, but you never really get that... Bhelliom was too sentient, and you never get a feel as to the personality of Klael. And Cyrgon was an idiot, and the whole Cyrgai thing was kinda close to pathetic.
Torak, however, was kinda neat. Villains been going downhill from there, though.
I like a good villain 
O yeah, this site http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/sff.shtml While a joke, does pretyty much sum up most books.
Red Dragon
Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Yeah, Hannibal was writtin so they could make a movie out of it. But there is so much more in Silence and Dragon than there could ever be in the movies.
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also see, the Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings for a quick hit of his style to see if you like it before diving into Garion and Sparhawk.
I really didn't like the second book of Redemption series... it just got too dumb. There's no excitement in it, the good side has the constant upper hand.
But the villains in that series never even had a chance. They're being constantly outthought by a painfully cute child. It can be a statement about the divisive tendencies of evil, but it doesn't have to be so terribly blatant it wrecks the plausibility of the story.
That, and they were all dense as lead. If I was the chaos demon (I forget his name) I would've taken one look at that group and just told them to start razing countryside. They're no good for anything more cerebral.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Falaanla Marr was all like:
I've yet to read any of the LotR books (God, I need to), any of the Harry Potter books (Lyinar will probably kill me for that), among many others.
Philistine!
I'm re-re-re-re-re-re-reading the Two Towers now in preparation for the movie, just got into The White Rider chapter. I can't wait to see the Ents.
And the Harry Potter books are awesome. You need to read them
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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1) Sword Dancer series - Jennifer Roberson
I've seen tons of people like it. It has a bit of feminism in it, which has turned off a couple of my friends, but then by the third book that's not anything you take notice of; there's 6 books in the series.2) Dragon Nimbus series - Irene Radford
I love this series, it's 4 books long, and it's extremely good. I'd HIGHLY recommend it for those who like fantasy worlds and such.
3) Wizard in Rhyme - Christopher Stasheff
A longer, but good series. The first book is FANTASTIC, the 2nd and third are good, the 4th is okay, but it picks up quite well after that. It deals a lot with the idea of 'what happens if a modern day person gets stuck in a magic-medieval world' idea
4) Warlock Series - Christopher Stasheff
Another good series, this one dealing with 'what happens if a guy from the future gets thrust into a magic-medieval world' idea This one starts out really strong, but finishes rather weak. Still, I consider it a 'must get' series.
5) Castle Perilous - John DeChancie
A fantastic series. Read the first four books, trust me, you'll love it. These are, sadly, somewhat hard to find nowadays...
Also, if any single person on this message board has NOT read the Shanarra series, they deserve to be shot, strangled, killed, maimed, and disemboweled
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Philistine!I'm re-re-re-re-re-re-reading the Two Towers now in preparation for the movie, just got into The White Rider chapter. I can't wait to see the Ents.
And the Harry Potter books are awesome. You need to read them
see, i told you.
i have the LOTR books (Thanks Synny 
and my grandma has the Harry Potter books.
may do some reading while i tradeskill on DAOC, in between button presses. this is ridiculous, 45 seconds between each attempt ;o [ 11-22-2002: Message edited by: Falaanla Marr ]
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Also, if any single person on this message board has NOT read the Shanarra series, they deserve to be shot, strangled, killed, maimed, and disemboweled
I met Terry Brooks once and got a copy of The Sword of Shanarra and The Phantom Menace signed. When I was first reading his stuff I didn't realize he was a guy 
Same thing with Tracy Hickman
by the way, if anyone besides me is reading this thread for good books, Orwell's 1984 is one of my favorites.
Harry Turtledove alternate history type books are entertaining too
