If you can get behind the idea of fantasy novels based around Dungeons & Dragons, then I'll go ahead and second a gander at the Dragonlance novels and I'll also throw in the Forgotten Realms novels - especially The Legend Of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore.

I'll also suggest Tim Severin's Viking trilogy. More GoodReads users have filed it under 'historical fiction' than 'fantasy', but if you like fantasy and you like, for instance, Bernard Cornwell, you might just enjoy Viking.