 | The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, Book 1) by Robert Jordan
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Top fantasy book. Series is called the Wheel of Time. The first 100 pages are a slog and the rest is quite good
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 | The Belgariad Set, Books 1-5: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit, Castle of Wizardry, & Enchanter's End Game by David Eddings
Buy used from: $32.98 This is a five book series called the belgariad. It is excellent mainly for it's amusing dialogue despite the characters being wooden and one dimensional (save 2 or 3) and the world being cookie cutter
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 | The Malloreon, Vol. 1 (Books 1-3): Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.74 Second set of books to go with the belgariad
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 | The Malloreon, Vol. 2 (Books 4 & 5): Sorceress of Darshiva, The Seeress of Kell by David Eddings
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.75 Conclusion to the mallorean
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 | The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: Wizard's First Rule, Blood of the Fold ,Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
Buy new: $15.19 / Used from: $13.87 Good novel, could be better but worth reading
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 | The Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $13.44 Good books, This author had been writing for years about the shannara series. They are hit and miss some good some bad.
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 | The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story (Deluxe Edition) by Douglas Adams
Buy used from: $26.75 Excellent comedy books
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 | The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $26.32 / Used from: $14.47 These are quite good
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 | J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $17.52 / Used from: $10.90 Can't have a fantasy list without tolkien
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 | The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $0.01 New Tolkien book
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 | The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.19 This reads like the bible but is very interesting. It's a hard slog but it really let's you into the Lord of the rings universe
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 | Dragonlance Chronicles Trilogy Gift Set by Margaret Weis
Buy new: $16.31 / Used from: $11.00 Probably the best interpretation fo D&D as a novel
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 | Legends Gift Set: Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, and Test of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends Trilogy) by Margaret Weis
Buy used from: $31.99 Sequel to the chronicles set
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 | Dragon Wing (The Death Gate Cycle, Book 1) by Margaret Weis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 The Deathgate cycle is probably the best fantasy series ever written on all axes Characterization, world building, and plotting.
I put the Wheel of time above it merely as a personal preference for world building and plotting over the characterization aspect
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 | The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition (A Forgotten Realms(r) Omnibus) by R. A. Salvatore
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.99 Good fantasy book
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 | The Dark Elf Trilogy, Collector's Edition (Homeland, Exile, Sojourn) by R. A. Salvatore
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.32 Excellent fantasy book, Salvatore is also an EQ and now WOW player
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 | The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, Book 2) by Robert Jordan
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Book 2 WoT
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 | The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, Book 3) by Robert Jordan
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Book 3 WoT
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 | The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, Book 4) by Robert Jordan
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.49 Book 4 WoT
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 | The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, Book 5) by Robert Jordan
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.92 Book 5 WoT There are 6 more books look them up and read them but I had to limit this list to 40 items
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 | The Sword of Truth Box Set, Books 4-6: Temple of the Winds; Soul of the Fire; Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind
Buy new: $17.80 / Used from: $17.47 Sword of Truth 4-6
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 | Sword of Truth, Boxed Set III, Books 7-9: The Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, Chainfire by Terry Goodkind
Buy new: $16.48 / Used from: $13.33 Sword of Truth 7-9
Haven't read past 8 personally, it gets a little involved and weird around book 5 or 6
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 | Elven Star: The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 2 (A Death Gate Novel) by Margaret Weis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Deathgate 2
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 | Fire Sea: The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 3 (A Death Gate Novel) by Margaret Weis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Deathgate 3
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 | Serpent Mage (The Death Gate Cycle, Vol 4) by Margaret Weis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Deathgate 4
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 | The Hand of Chaos (Death Gate Cycle, Book 5) by Margaret Weis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Deathgate 5
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 | Into the Labyrinth (Death Gate Cycle) by Margaret Weis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Deathgate 6
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 | The Seventh Gate: A Death Gate Novel, Volume 7 by Margaret Weis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.13 Deathgate 7
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 | Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Interesting mental experiment novels not very interesting plot or character-wise
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 | Foundation and Empire (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 more foundation
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 | Second Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.99 more foundation
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 | Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.91 more foundation
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 | Foundation's Edge (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.12 more foundation
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 | Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol. 1 by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $16.52 / Used from: $8.41 asimov's sotries have interesting ideas
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 | Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 more foundation
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 | Forward the Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 more foundation
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 | Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.84 Excellent book
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 | Cat's Cradle: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.65 Good interesting book
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 | Welcome to the Monkey House: Stories by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.74 Excellent set of short stories
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 | The Sirens of Titan: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.50 good book
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