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Originally Posted by BoiseShan

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

I'm not a big fan of fantasy novels and was "forced" to read this by a book club. i loved it! It's the first of a trilogy--the second comes out in March and I can't wait!

I read The Name of the Wind. It's been a while. I can't believe the second one is still not out yet! But you're right it's a good book.

Originally Posted by Keryl Raist

I'd like to second or third a lot of the reccs, especially Disk World. And, I'd like to add one, too.

The Elemental Masters Series by Mercedes Lackey

It's a series of at least four books, mostly set in England, three of them late Victorian Era, one in WWI. They're based on classic fairy tales, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty (though that one's set in San Fran in 1906) for example, and feature elemental magic heavily. Elemental magic not just in the earth, wind, water, fire sense, but in the same way D&D means Elemental, as in a supernatural creature of the elements. Dryads, Golems, Undines, that sort of thing.

They were really cool books where the familiar and the new are blended together into a yummy concoction.

I have to agree about the Elemental Masters. I think there are five or six books now. Really love them. Also the Tales of the 500 Kingdoms by M.L. Also have fairy tale themes but lighter and more tongue-in-cheek. I also like M.L.'s UF books.

If you like UF I would recommend Tanya Huff although her books may be hard to find now and Patricia Briggs, Mercy Thompson series. I'm caught up on the series and waiting for the next book. I'm also reading P.B.'s "straight" fantasy (dragons, magic, completely different world) and it's pretty good.

If you don't mind romance and lots of sex I also recommend Angela Knight. She has two series currently running: Time Lords - think Time Cop with lots of sex. The first book is Janes' Warlord - 20th century Jane is rescued from Jack the Ripper who is a time jumping alien. Her other series is the Mageverse - King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are immortal vampires and the women, including Guinivere and Morgana LeFay are witches. I think there's 11 books in the series including a couple of short stories. Did I mention that there's lots of sex?