Rate fantasy series you've read out of 10

[Maelstrom]

Any book on here rated 7 and above has been reread 2-3 times at a minimum. This top list excluding brand new series(Erikson, Butcher) have been reread a minimum of 5 times each. Anything rating below a 4 had trouble keeping my interest and may have forced me to stop reading it at some point. I included a few Sci-Fi series on my list because they deserve
to be mentioned. I refrained from listing them in my top books because this is a fantasy roll call. I've also read all of DragonLance and D&D and because of the wide variation I'm not going to list them here.

Currently Owned Sc-Fi/Fantasy Books -> 861

Favorites in Order
West, Michelle - The Sun Sword 9.5
Erikson, Steven - Malazan Book of the Fallen 9.5
Jordan, Robert - Wheel of Time 9.0
Martin, George R.R. - Song of Ice and Fire 9.0
Elliot, Kate - Crown of Stars 8.5
Butcher, Jim - Codex of Alera 8.0
Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart 8.0



Anderson, Kevin J. - Saga of the Seven Suns 7
Ash, Sarah - The Tears of Artimon 5
Berg, Carol - All 5
Bishop Ann - Black Jewels -Good story, shaky writing - 6
Brooks, Terry - Shannara 4
Canavan, Trudi - Black Magician/ Age of Five 7/7
Cherryh, C.J. - Fortress 3
Chester, Deborah - Chalice 4
Clemens, James - The Banned and the Banished/ Shadowfall 7/6
Coe, David B. - The Lon Tobyn Chronicle / Winds of the Forelands 4/6
Dart-Thornton - Blah - Is there a plot somewhere? -1
Douglass, Sara - Wayfarer's Redemption / The Crucible 6/7
Eddings, David - Belgariad and Co. 4
Fallon, Jennifer - Hythrun Chronicles/ Second Sons 5
Farland, David - Runelords 7
Farrell, S.L. - The Cloud Mages 4
Feist, Raymond - All 4-6
Fisher, Jude - Fool's Gold 5
Friedman C. S. - All 6
Goodkind, Terry - The Sword of Truth 4
Green, Sharron - The Blending 4
Haydon, Elizabeth - Rhapsody 6
Herbert, Frank - Dune 6
Hobb, Robin - Farseer Trilogy/ Liveship Traders/Fool's Gold 4/5/4
Kerr, Katherine - Deverry 3
Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar plus some of her other work Varies 4-7
Lindskold, Jane - Through Wolf's Eyes Series 5
Marco, John - Tyrants and Kings/ Devil's Armor 6
McKillip, Patricia - Riddle-Master 1
Modesitt, L.E. Jr. - The Saga of Recluse -All- 2
Newcomb, Robert - Chronicles of Blood and Stone 6
Patton, Fionna - Warriors of Estava 3
Pullman, Philip - His Dark Materials 5
Radford, Irene - Dragon Nimbus 4
Rawn, Melanie - Dragon Prince/ Dragon Star/ Exiles 4
Resnick, Laura - In Fire Forged 3
Reynolds, Alastair - Redemption Ark/ Assorted Stand Alone Books 8.5/8
Roberson, Jennifer - Cheysuli, Swordborn 5/4
Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter 6
Salvatore, R.A. - Just about everything 4-5
Simmons, Dan - Hyperion/ Illium&Olympos 9/8
Stackpole, Micheal A.- The Dragon Crown War Cycle 3
Tolkien, J R R - Lord of the Rings 7
Weis, Margaret - Just about everything 5-6
Williams, Tad - Memory, Sorrow & Thorn/ Shadow Play 7

[casper_uk]

handy thread, just found my next series to read.

Thanks

[BigNaruto]

handy thread, just found my next series to read.

Thanks

You're very welcome.

[LeStat]

Eriskon -9,3 (but still no. one
Matthew Wooding Stover (Heroes die)- 9.0
G.R.R.M -9,5
Bakker-8,5
Greg Keyes,8,5
G. Wolf-9
Mieville (Scar)-9

[Gear]

Just 10 off the top of my head

Malazen Book Of The Fallen - 9.5
A Song Of Ice And Fire - 9.0
The Farseer Trilogy - 8.5
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - 8.5
The Wheel Of Time - 8.0
Riftwar Saga - 7.5
The Well Of Echoes - 7.5
The Tamuli/Elenium - 5.0
The Belgariad/Malloreon - 5.0
Harry Potter Series - 4.0

[PeterWilliam]

Another thanks to Big Naruto. I've been cross referencing the lists in this thread to update my wish list on Amazon. I'm can't wait to get to the series by Mieville and Kearney.

[JebStryke]

Yeah I'm glad I found this thread...think I'll pick up some Riftwar based on a few of these posts.

Are there any other series that might be a little quicker of a read? I know this thread's a little old, but if anyone had any input, I'll be checking in.

[TheEvilKing]

A Song of Ice & Fire - GRRM - 10
Liveship Trilogy - Robin Hobb - 9.5
Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb - 9
Prince of Nothing - R. Scott Bakker - 9
Lord of the Rings - J to the RR - 9
First Law Trilogy - Joe Abercrombie - 8.5
KJ Parker - The Engineer Trilogy - 8
Malazan Books of Falling Over - Steven Eriksson - 7
Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan - 5.5
Books of the Change - Sean Williams - 5
Books of the Cataclysm - Sean Williams - 4
The Quickening - Fiona McIntosh - 2

[ottox]

Favourites in order:
David Gemmell :Rigante series - 10
David Gemmell : Waylander books - 10
David Gemmell : Hawk Queen series - 10
David Gemmell : Skilgannon books - 10
Greg Keyes : Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone - 10
Orson Scott Card : Ender's Game - 10
Tolkien : The Hobbit - 10
Dave Duncan : Man of his Words - 10
Jim Butcher : Codex Alera - 9
David Gemmell : Drenai series - 9
Dave Duncan : A Handful of Men - 9
Tolkien : Lord of the Rings - 9
Raimond E. Feist : Riftwar Saga - 9
Stroud, Jonathan : Bartimaeus - 9
Dave Duncan : Omar - 9
J.V. Jones : The Book of Words - 9
J.V. Jones : Sword of Shadows - 9
Robert Jordan : Wheel of Times - 8
Herbert, Frank : Dune - 8
Robert E. Howard : Conan Stories - 8
Patricia Bray : Chronicles of Josan - 8
Bujold, Louis McMaster : Chalion - 8
Cornwell, Bernhard : Warlord Saga - 8
Karen Miller : Godspeaker Trilogy (only first book) - 8
Clayton Emery : Netheril - 8
Dave Duncan : King's Blades - 8
R.A. Salvatore : Dark Elf Trilogy - 8
R.A. Salvatore : Demon Wars - 8
R.A. Salvatore : War of the Spider Queen - 8
Patrick Rothfuss : Kingkiller Chronicles - 8
Paul Kearney : Monarchies of God - 8
Joe Abercrombie : The First Law - 8
Tad Williams : Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - 7
Robin Hobb : Farseer Saga - 7
Ursula LeGuin : Earthsee - 7
David Eddings : Belgariad - 7
David Gemmell : Lion of Macedon - 7
Raimond E. Feist : Empire Trilogy - 7
Jim Butcher : Dresden Files - 7
Carol Berg : Rai-Kirah (only first book) - 7
McCaffrey, Anne : Pern Saga - 7
Kim Harrison : The Hollows - 7
Barb & J C Hendee : Noble Dead - 7
Walter Jon Williams : Dead Empire's Fall - 7

not recommended:
A song of Ice and Fire - 4 (too dark: the author seems to derive sadistic pleasure in killing off good characters and let evil triumph)
Sword of Truth (except first book) - 2 (characters lack complexity, bland and repetitive plot, obtrusive preaching of reactionary world view)
Sword of Shannara - 2 (badly written LOT rip-off)
Malazan Book of the Fallen series - 4 (very confusing, no likeable characters)
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - 3 (imagine the most obnoxious man you know, your neighbour or some teacher - would you want to have him catapulted as the hero into your fantasy world? I read fantasy to forget about people like him, so this is too much of a shock for me.)

[vadi]

Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana: 11
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Lions of Al-Rassan: 10
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Sarantine Mosaic duology: 10
Guy Gavriel Kay - A Song for Arbonne: 10
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Last Light of the Sun: 10
Guy Gavriel Kay - Ysabel: 10
Connie Willis - The Doomsday Book: 10 (SF/Historical F hybrid)
Gene Wolfe - The Book of the New Sun: 10
Lois McMaster Bujold - Challion Universe: 10
J. R. R. Tolkien - LOTR: 10
Stephen R. Donaldson - Thomas Covenant: 10
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude: 10

Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - Deathgate Cycle: 9
Tim Powers - The Anubis Gate: 9
Steven Erikson - Malazan: 9
Jennifer Fallon - Second Sons: 9
Robin Hobb - Liveship: 9
Robert Jordan - Wheel Of Time: 9
Dave Duncan - A Man of his Word: 9
Dave Duncan - A Handful of Men: 9
Robin Hobb - Farseer: 9
Robin Hobb - Tawny Man: 9
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn: 9
Dave Duncan - Seventh Sword: 9
Brent Weeks - Night Angel Trilogy: 9
Joe Abercrombie - The First Law: 9
Greg Keyes - The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone: 9
Fiona McIntosh - The Quickening: 9
R. Scott Bakker - The Prince of Nothing: 9
C. S. Friedman - Coldfire Trilogy: 9
Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow & Thorn: 9
George R. R. Martin - ASOIAF: 9

Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts - Empire Trilogy: 8
Jim Butcher- The Codex Alera: 8
Lian Hearn - Otori: 8
Dave Duncan - Tales of the King's Blades: 8
Jennifer Roberson - Sword Dancer: 8
J. V. Jones - Book of Words Trilogy: 8
Robert Holdstock - Mythago: 8
Lynn Flewelling - Tamir: 8 (The first book is superb)
Jim Butcher - Dresden: 8
John Marco - Tyrants And Kings: 8 (Unlike many other series, each book is better than the prior one)
Patricia A. McKillip - The Quest Of The Riddle-Master: 8
Deborah Chester - The Sword, The Ring, And The Chalice: 8
Barry Hughart - Master Li: 8
Catherynne M. Valente - The Orphan's Tales: 8
Sean Russell - Swans' War Trilogy: 8
Stephen King - Dark Tower: 8 (Wizard & Glass is my favourite in the series)
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: 8
China Mieville - Perdido: 8
Raymond E. Feist - Riftwar: 8 (Magician was superb, the rest not so good)

Sara Douglass - Axis Trilogy: 7
J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter: 7
Rachel Caine - Weather Warden: 7
Carrie Vaughn - Kitty: 7
Fiona McIntosh - Percheron Saga: 7
Lois McMaster Bujold - The Sharing Knife: 7
Steven Brust - Vlad Taltos: 7
Naomi Novik - Temeraire: 7
Julian May - The Saga Of The Pliocene Exiles: 7
Kate Elliott - Crown Of Stars: 7 (At first I thought there were 5 books in the series, read them and I had to wait for the end of series)
Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel: 7

Louise Cooper - The Time Master Trilogy: 6
Carol Berg - The Rai-Kirah: 6
Terry Goodkind - The Sword Of Truth: 6 (The first 3 books are OK)
David Weber - Hradani: 6
Trudi Canavan - Black Magician: 6
Elizabeth Haydon - Rhapsody: 6

David Eddings - Belgariad: 5

Mercedes Lackey - Heralds Of Valdemar: 4

[BigNaruto]

i'm back....hehe


2012 update:

http://ebooktop100.blogspot.com/2012...c-fantasy.html

1. The Name of the Wind (Book #1) by Patrick Rothfuss -9.27 with ~42,000 Votes

2. A Game of Thrones (Book #1) by George R.R. Martin - 9.07 with ~122,000 Votes

3. The Fellowship of the Ring (Book #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien - 9.04 with ~500,000 Votes

4. The Way of Kings (Book #1) by Brandon Sanderson - 9.01 with ~12,000 Votes

5. The Lies of Locke Lamora (Book #1) by Scott Lynch - 8.89 with ~13,000 Votes

6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - 8.88 with ~580,000 Votes

7. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay - 8.75 with ~5,000 votes

8. Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters #1) by Juliet Marillier - 8.72 with ~12,500 Votes

9. Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson - 8.70 with ~25,500 Votes

10. The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) by Joe Abercrombie - 8.59 with ~13,000 Votes

11. The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan - 8.58 with ~53,500 Votes

12. The Heroes (The First Law) by Joe Abercrombie - 8.56 with ~3,500 Votes

13. The Way of Shadows (Night Angel #1) by Brent Weeks - 8.55 with ~15,500 Votes

14. Fool's Errand (Tawny Man #1) by Robin Hobb - 8.54 with ~9,000 Votes

15. The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1) by Peter V. Brett - 8.53 with ~7,500 Votes

and so on..................

[HeclaBull]

The Prince of Nothing series by R. Scott Bakker - 9.5/10

Malazan BotF by Steven Erikson - 9.5/10

Dying Earth and Lyonesse series by Jack Vance - 9.5/10

The First Law by Joe Abercrombie - 9.5/10

Dusk and it's sequel Dawn by Tim Lebbon - 9/10

Black Company and Dread Empire series by Glen Cook - 9/10

The Sun Sword series by Michelle West - 9/10

The Saxon Stories series by Bernard Cornwell - 9/10

The Great and Secret Show and it's sequel Everville by Clive Barker - 9/10

A Song of Ice and Fire series by George Martin - 8.5/10

New Sun series by Gene Wolfe - 8.5/10

Farseer and Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb - 8.5/10

The Dark Tower series by Steven King - 8.5/10

Macht series by Paul Kearney - 8.5/10

The Godless World trilogy by Brian Ruckley - 8/10

Shadows of the Apt series by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 8/10

Gentlemen Bastards by Scott Lynch - 8/10

Demon Cycle series by Peter Brett - 8/10

Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan - 7.5/10

The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham - 7.5/10

Temeraire series by Naomi Novik - 7.5/10

The Monarchies of God by Paul Kearney - 7/10

Acacia trilogy by David Anthony Durham - 5/10

Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks - 4/10

Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss - 3/10

Sword of Shadows series by J.V. Jones - 3/10

[Jo Smith]

These are, in order, my 50 favorite series (and I have read many, many more, so 50th place is still far above the average):

1 Rigante* - David Gemmell - 10
2 Waylander** - David Gemmell - 10
3 A Man of his Word - Dave Duncan - 10
4 Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - 10
5 The Hobbit - Tolkien - 10
6 Hawk Queen - David Gemmell - 10
7 Skilgannon The Damned*** - David Gemmell - 10
8 Codex Alera - Jim Butcher - 10
9 A Handful of Men - Dave Duncan - 10
10 Lord of the Rings - Tolkien - 9
11 Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone - Greg Keyes - 9
12 Riftwar Saga - Raimond E. Feist - 9
13 Bartimaeus - Stroud, Jonathan - 9
14 Kingkiller Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss - 9
15 Drenai**** - David Gemmell - 9
16 Omar - Dave Duncan - 9
17 The Book of Words - J.V. Jones - 8
18 Sword of Shadows****** - J.V. Jones - 8
19 Wheel of Times - Robert Jordan - 8
20 Dune***** - Herbert, Frank - 8
21 Conan - Robert E. Howard - 8
22 Empire Trilogy - Raimond E. Feist - 8
23 Chronicles of Josan - Patricia Bray - 8
24 Warlord Chronicles - Cornwell, Bernhard - 8
25 Godspeaker Trilogy***** (Empress) - Karen Miller - 8
26 Elantris - Brandon Sanderson - 7
27 Netheril - Clayton Emery - 7
28 Tales of the King's Blades - Dave Duncan - 7
29 Thraxas - Martin Scott - 7
30 Dark Elf Trilogy - R.A. Salvatore - 7
31 Godless World - Brian Ruckley - 7
32 Monarchies of God - Paul Kearney - 7
33 The First Law - Joe Abercrombie - 7
34 Chalion - Louis McMaster Bujold - 7
35 Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks - 7
36 Temeraire - Naomi Novak - 7
37 Felix Castor - Mike Carey - 7
38 Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - Tad Williams - 7
39 Farseer Saga - Robin Hobb - 7
40 Earthsee - Ursula LeGuin - 7
41 Lion of Macedon - David Gemmell - 7
42 Dresden Files - Jim Butcher - 7
43 Rai-Kirah***** - Carol Berg - 7
44 Demon Wars - R.A. Salvatore - 7
45 Belgariad - David Eddings - 6
46 War of the Spider Queen - R.A. Salvatore - 6
47 Pern Saga - McCaffrey, Anne - 6
48 The Hollows****** - Kim Harrison - 6
49 Noble Dead****** - Barb & J C Hendee - 6
50 Dead Empire's Fall - Walter Jon Williams - 6

* Sword in the Storm, Midnight Falcon, Ravenheart, Stormrider
** Waylander, In the Realm of the Wolf, Hero in the Shadows
*** White Wolf, The Swords Of Night And Day,
**** The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend, The Legend Of Deathwalker, Legend, The King Beyond the Gate, Quest for Lost Heroes, Winter Warriors
***** only the first book (there is a steep drop in quality between the first book and the remaining books in the series)
****** only the first few books (the quality is gradually getting worse with each book in the series)

[BigNaruto]

http://ebooktop100.blogspot.com/2012...c-fantasy.html

Updated with more series.....

I guess I put my fascination with book ranking especially for fantasy to good use.