[Lord Rahl]

I need a new series to read and am looking for a few opinions.

My favorite series is "Sword of Truth" i liked the fact that the books were long, that each book in the series had an ending (rather then forcing you to read the next book, and most of all i enjoyed TG's style. Of his style what i like most over the other authors i have read is that he does not hold back, he is very descriptive in his scences, and dares to descibe scenes that many other authors would gloss over, if not avoid altogether, for example Richards experiences when taken captive and collered.

[AuntiePam]

Well, you said you like "long books", so I'd recommend A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings, the first two books in George R. R. Martin's new series. The third is due in October.

Each book doesn't have its own ending, and plot threads are dangling, but I guarantee you'll like them.

Can't imagine why this question has been here since March with no replies.

[Oggy]

Greetings. Try Raymond E. Feist and his Riftwar and Serpentwar. I just couldn't let the book out of my hands once I started.

[neologik]

Definitely go for David Farland's books "The Runelords" and "Brotherhood of the Wolf". Also, why not move up to Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series?

[Cellandros]

All good suggestions here, I'd second the reccomendation for Dave Farland's novels...he really developed a pretty interesting and well-thought magic system that is integral to the plot.

I'll also throw up Stephen Donaldson's two Thomas Covenant series; Donaldson is much like Terry Goodkind when it comes to not holding back on the unpleasant stuff.

[telemachus]

How about:

Axis Trilogy/Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn by Tad Williams
The Deverry books by Katherine Kerr

[Vsevelod]

I know you said you liked long books, but there is one author out there who doesn't generally get a lot of credit anymore who is really awesome, but writes really short books.
His name is Michael Moorcock, and he wrote the Eternal Champion series through the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Some of the Eternal Champion novels are not really fantasy, so if fantasy is what you like you shouldn't read those. But most of them are fantasy, and I would recommend the Corum and Elric sagas (miniseries of the Eternal Champion) to anyone. They're pretty dark, and unlike most authors you've probably read, Moorcock does not concern himself with always making the ending happy. He is impossible to put down, once he gets going though.
Because his books are relatively old, many of them have long gone out of print. Other than the Elric Saga, you can't really get the Eternal Champion series except in omnibus form. They have most of the Eternal Champion books on amazon.com. I would start by reading Corum: the Coming of Chaos. It contains the first Corum trilogy, and is to this day my favorite of Moorcock's writing. If you think it's too dark, don't even bother with Corum: the Prince with the Silver Hand or any of the Elric saga, because compared to them, C:tCoC is about as dark as Barney and Friends.

[Giarc]

Hmm...not sure that Donaldson and Moorcock are really that similar to Goodkind. Jordan's series has some very strong parallels with Goodkind but I prefer Goodkind anyday. George Martin is probably your best bet but he does leave the ends in that lovely suspenseful method authors seem to like these days.
I'm sure you're read Tolkien so I'll refrain from commenting there. Have you ever read Guy Gavriel Kay? My personal favourite is the Lions of Al Rassan although that's a single (long) book rather than a series. He also wrote the Fionovar Tapestry. Well worth reading IMO.

[muirpat]

I'd check out the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull. I loved the second book in the series. The ending has a pretty big twist that you just don't see coming.

[poeticfantasy]

heh, it seems as though you're seven years late with your reccomendations.