FANTASY READS

I recently finished reading the second book in the All Souls Trilogy: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness.  This was the follow up to the bestselling A Discovery of Witches. 

I found it to be a great middle book of a trilogy.  You are able to find out more about Diana and Matthew, and the book brings you closer to the finale.  I wish I didn't have to wait for the final book to be published!

While I wait, I thought I'd look into some other fantasy series.  Take a look at the suggestions below.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
1. The Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Two Towers
3. The Return of the King

The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin
1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
4. A Feast for Crows
5. A Dance with Dragons

The First Law Series by Joe Abercrombie
1. The Blade Itself
2. Before They Are Hanged
3. Last Argument of Kings

The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan
1. The Eye of the World
2. The Great Hunt
3. The Dragon Reborn
4. The Shadow Rising
5. The Fires of Heaven
6. Lord of Chaos
7. A Crown of Swords
8. The Path of Daggers
9. Winter's Heart
10. Crossroads of Twilight
11. Knife of Dreams
12. The Gathering Storm
13. Towers of Midnight

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
1. Eragon
2. Eldest
3. Brisingr
4. Inheritance

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
1. The Magician's Nephew
2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
1. The Amulet of Samarkand
2. The Golem's Eye
3. Ptolemy's Gate

The Books of Beginning Trilogy by John Stephens
1. The Emerald Atlas
2. The Fire Chronicle (out on October 9th)
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
1. The Lightning Thief
2. The Sea of Monsters
3. The Titan's Curse
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth
5. The Last Olympian

His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
1. The Golden Compass
2. The Subtle Knife
3. The Amber Spyglass

The Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer
1. Artemis Fowl
2. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
3. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
4. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
5. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
6. Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
7. Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
8. Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black
1. The Field Guide
2. The Seeing Stone
3. Lucinda's Secret
4. The Ironwood Tree
5. The Wrath of Mulgarath

The Dresden Files Series by Jim Butcher
1. Storm Front
2. Fool Moon
3. Grave Peril
4. Summer Knight
5. Death Masks
6. Blood Rites
7. Dead Beat
8. Proven Guilty
9. White Night
10. Small Favor
11. Turn Coat
12. Changes
13. Ghost Story


Not looking for a series?  Check out these stand-alone titles:

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is the story of an orphaned boy living with his two mean and self-centered aunts.  James finds himself a his new family of magically overgrown insects, and they all live aboard a peach the size of a house that takes them across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City.  Follow them on this grand adventure!

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke:  In 19th century England, all is well for Mr. Norrell.  Mr. Norrell has regained some of the power that magician's from the past had lost.  Then we meet Jonathan Strange who becomes Mr. Norrell's pupil.

American Gods by Neil Gaiman introduces the reader to Shadow, a man locked behind bars for three years.  Upon his release, Shadow accepts a job from Mr. Wednesday, a man who knows more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.  As Mr. Wednesday's bodyguard, Shadow joins the battle between the gods of the past and the gods of present day America.

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley shows the reader the adventures of Camelot's court through the eyes of the women behind the king's rise and fall.  The reader follows these women as the Arthurian epic unfolds.

The Once and Future King by T.H. White takes Arthur from his days of youth through the early years to his reign to the years in which his Round Table develops into a search for the Holy Grail and finally to his old age.

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