Here goes:
SF
Iain M Banks: the Culture novels + The Algebraist (containing imho the coolest aliens in any SF book)
Richard Morgan (the Kovacs novels)
Fantasy
Robin Hobb (Assassin + Liveship + Fool's trilogies Yeah I know 9 books is a lot to go through)
George Martin (Song of Ice and Fire cycle)
and the great classic 'Cugel's saga' by Jack Vance (hilarious)
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