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Originally Posted by Milanya
Off the top of my head:
Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana
Bujold, LM - Sharing Knife (quartet)
Bujold, LM - Chalion (trilogy)
David, Weber - War God series (Oath of Swords, The War God's Own, Wind Rider's Oath)
Mecedes Lackey - Valdemar series, The Dragon Jousters series (quartet)
John Moore - Heroics for Beginners, A Fate Worth than Dragons, The Unhandsome Prince
Christopher Paolini - Eragon series
Megan Turner - The Queen's Thief (quartet) [The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings]
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Lets try to avoid Eragon if possible. The first couple were great, the last book killed it as thoroughly as I've ever seen happen.
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What about Discworld, by Terry Pratchett? There's
only 40 of them? They aren't really "up against the world", more like up against human nature (of other people) but are nevertheless really good, like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy except more cheerful and with wizards instead of spaceships.