Rate fantasy series you've read out of 10

[BigNaruto]

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..................












PLEASE RATE IT FROM BEST TO WORST

9.6 Lord of the Rings
9.5 A song of Ice and Fire
9.2 Malazan series
8.9 Wheel of Time series
8.8 Dark Elf Trilogy
8.6 The Black Company series
8.5 Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
8.4 The Chronicles of Amber series

Thank you.

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Top 15 (of those listed)

1. A song of Ice and Fire Series 9.33/10
2. Malazan: Book of the Fallen Series 8.78/10
3. Lord of the Rings/Hobbit Series 8.66/10
4. Farseer Series 8.52/10
5. Prince of Nothing Series 8.46/10
6. Liveship Traders Series 8.40/10
7. Monarchies of God Series 8.33/10
8. Riftwar Series 8.13/10
9. Harry Potter series 7.85/10
10. Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Series 7.36/10
11. Wheel of Time Series 7.06/10
12. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever 7.05/10
13. Crown of Stars Series 7.00/10
14. The Saga of Recluce Series 6.00/10
15. Inheritance Series 3.36/10

The 3 newest additions (Shannara, Sword of Truth, and Troy) are all deleted by the Moderators. Why????

Does that mean if I start a new thread about Steven King's "Dark Tower" Series, it will be deleted too? If so let's me know so I won't have to waste my time.

Anyway, I hope this thread will help any newbies to find fantasy series to read.

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Each thread comes with a poll. If you want to see how each series is rated out of 10, just click.

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R.Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing Series [8.46/10 ; 24 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17859

Terry Brooks' Shannara Series
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18054

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Poll: Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever [7.05/10 ; 21 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17861

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Poll: Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars Series [7/10 ; 10 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17858

Poll: Steven Erikson's Malazan: Book of the Fallen Series [8.78/10 ; 27 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17866

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Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Series [8.13/10 ; 8 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18022

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David Gemmell's Troy Series
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17935

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18066

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Robin Hobb's Farseer Series [8.52/10 ; 21 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17877

Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders Series [8.4/10 ; 25 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17865

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Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series [7.06/10 ; 31 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17869

JV Jone's Sword of Shadows Series
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18149

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Paul Kearney's Monarchies of God Series [8.33/10 ; 9 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17862

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George RR Martin's A song of Ice and Fire Series [9.33/10 ; 46 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17860

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Saga of Recluce Series [6/10 ; 11 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17868

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Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Series [3.36/10 ; 28 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17864

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J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series [7.85/10 ; 26 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17876

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Poll: J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings/Hobbit Series [8.66/10 ; 35 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17870

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Poll: Tad William's Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Series [7.36/10 ; 22 votes]
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17871

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Some links are DEAD (Shannara, Sword of Truth and Troy). Deleted by Mods. Why??????????

[bearhat]

A former critic, I love any chance to rate things out of 10. Was the idea to rate the ones above, or other series we've read. I've only read four of yours so here goes. I don't like to use decimal points unless it's a half.

Lord of the Rings - 8
Malazan - 9
Wheel of Time - 6
A song of Ice and Fire - 9
The Swans War - 6.5
The Well of Echoes - 7
Prince of Nothing - 7
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - 8
Farseer - 7.5

[Dace]

The Farseer: 10.0
The Liveship Traders: 10.0
The Malazan Book of the Fallen: 9.8
A Song of Ice and Fire: 9.6
The Tawny Man: 9.4
The Prince of Nothing: 9.2
Lord of the Rings: 9.0
The Gentleman Bastards: 8.9
Discworld: 8.9
Soldier Son: 8.8
Bas Lag: 8.8
The First Law: 8.6
Deepgate Codex: 8.4
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn: 8.2
Riftwar Saga: 8.2
Serpentwar Saga: 8.0
Kingdoms Of Thorn and Bone:7.5
Drenai: 7.5
Rigante :7.5
Fools Gold: 7.5
Book of Words: 7.5
Godless World: 7.3
Legends of the Raven: 7.0
Hawkqueen: 7.0
Black Company: 6.9
Conclave of Shadows: 6.9
Wheel of Time: 6.5
Krondor: 6.5
Legends of the Riftwar: 6.0
Shannara: 6.0
Heritage of Shannara: 5.9
Conan the Barbarian (Jordan): 5.6
The Shadowleague: 5.2
Deverry: 5.0
The Westlands: 5.0
The Belgariad: 4.0
Saga of Recluce: 4.0

[U-Borat]

Firstly, series which I’ve completed:

Lord of the Rings -10
The Swans War (Sean Russell) - 6
Bitterbynde (Dart Thornton) - 2 (quite generous, too)
Prince of Nothing (Bakker) - 9
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn (Tad Williams) - 8
Farseer (Hobb)- 8
Liveship Traders (Hobb) - 7.5
Tawny Man (Hobb) - 7.5
The Black Company (Glen Cook) -8
The Chronicles of Amber (Zelazny) - 8.5
W’itch Series (James Clemens) - 6
Black Jewels (Anne Bishop) - 5
Holly Lisle’s Secret Texts - 6
Book of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe) - 9
Deed of Paksenarrion (Elizabeth Moon) - 8.5
Megan Lindholm’s Ki and Vandien (also known as Robin Hobb) - 6.5
Wizard Knight (Gene Wolfe) - 8
Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea - 8.5
Riddlemaster (Patricia McKillip) - 8
JV Jones Book of Words - 6
Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel- 7.5
Guy Gavriel Kay’s Fionnavar Tapestry - 7
KJ Parker’s Fencer - 6
KJ Parker’s Scavenger- 6.5
Sean Williams’ book of the Change- 6.5
Fiona Mcintosh’s Trinity- 6.5
Fiona McIntosh’s Myrren’s Gift - 7
Kate Forsyth’s Witches of Eileanan - 6
Sarah Ash’s Tears of Artamon- 6
Jennifer Fallon’s Hythrun - 7
Jennifer Fallon’s Second Son- 7
Jennifer Fallon’s Demon Child- 6.5
Lynn Flewelling’s Nightrunner- 6.5
Lynn Flewelling’s Tamir- 7
Glenda Larke’s Isles of Glory- 6
Terry Brook’s Voyage of the Jerle Shannara- 5.5
Rowling’s Harry Potter- 5
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials- 7.5
Riftwar Saga- 6
Serpent War Saga- 6
Rigante- 7
Legends of the Riftwar- 5.5
Conclave of Shadow - 4
The Shadowleague (Maggie Furey) - 6
Deverry (Kerr) 5.5


Uncompleted:

Wheel of Time (11 books read) - 6.5
Song of Ice and Fire (Read up to and including feast of crows) - 9
Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone (Keyes) (3 books read) - 8
Malazan (Erikson) (6 books read) - 9.5
Lynch (1 book read) - 7.5
Godslayer Chronicles (James Clemens) (2 books read) - 7
Crown of Stars (5 books read) (Kate Elliott) - 6.5
Alison Croggon’s Pellinor (2 books read) - 7
Joe Abercrombie’s First Law (1 read) - 8
Winterbirth (Brian Ruckley) - 8
JV Jones Sword of Shadows (2 read) - 7.5
James Barclay’s Estorea (read 1) - 8
Jacqueline Carey’s Sundering (1 read) - 7.5
KJ Parker’s Engineer (1 read) - 7.5
Sean Williams’ Books of the Cataclysm ( 1 read) - 7.5
Fiona McIntosh’s Pecherron ( 2 read) - 7
Kate Forsyth’s Rhiannon ( 2 read) - 6
Dart Thornton’s Crowthistle (3 read) - 5
David Farland’s Runelords- 6
Goodkind’s Sword of Truth (5 read) - 4
Hearn’s Otori (3 read) - 7
Bas Lag (3 read) (Mieville) - 8.5
Soldier Son ( 2 read)- 6.5

[manephelien]

Lord of the Rings: 8.5
Farseer: 9
Liveship Traders: 9.5
Tawny Man: 9
Harry Potter: 8.5

Uncompleted:
Discworld: 8

[shadow9d9]

All already done out of 5-

Steven Erikson Garden of the Moons- 4.37
Steven Brust - Jhereg- 4.45
Stephen King- The Gunslinger- 3.75
The Drawing of the Three- Stopped
China Mieville Perdido Street Station- 3.99
The Scar- 4.05
George Martin A Song of Fire and Ice Game of Thrones - 4.7x
Scott Bakker Prince of Nothing- A Darkness that Came Before- 4.69
Prince of Nothing 2- 4.7x
Prince of Nothing 3- 4.3
Guy Gavriel Kay Tigana- 4.4
A Song for Arbonne- 4.15
The Lions of Al-Rassan- 4.62
Wil Wheaton Just a Geek- 4.35
Nick Mason Inside Out- 4
Richard Adams Watership Down- 4.35
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Warrior's Apprentice- 4.35
Shards Of Honor- 3.2
Ethan of Athos- 3.6
Falling Free- 3.5
Barrayar- 4.3
The Vor Game- 3.9
Cetaganda- 4.3
Borders of Infinity 1- 3.8
2- 4.35
3- 4.25
Brothers in Arms- 4.35
Mirror Dance- 3.9
Memory- 4.5
Komarr- 4
A Civil Campaign- 4.5
Anne McCaffrey Dragonriders of Pern Dragonflight - 4.55
Dragonquest-4.55
The White Dragon- 4.25
Dragonsong- 3.6
Dragonsinger- 3.65
Dragondrums- 3.65
The Rowan- 3.65
Crystal Singer- 3 Stopped at page 125-too simple, uninspiring, nothing ever happens!
Ursula Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness- 4.425
Rocannon's World- 3.6
Planet of Exiles- 3.7
City of Illusions- 3.7 stopped halfway through... too much travelling-akin to the hobbit
The Lathe Of Heaven- 3.6 stopped at page 110-too simple, not much substance
Wizard of Earthsea- 3.5 Stopped at 80 pages in... very average and by the books compared to today's standards
Terry Pratchett Discworld- A Colour of Magic- 3.1
A Light Fantastic- 3.2
Equal Rites- 2.9
Mort -3.75
Sourcery- 3.8
Wyrd Sisters- 3.4
Pyramids- 3.7
Eric- 3.5
Guards! Guards! -4
Moving Pictures- 3.4
Reaper Man- 4.0
Witches abroad- 4.25
Small Gods- 1
Lords and Ladies- Halfway through..stopping for a while.
Men At Arms- 4.425
Soul Music- 4
Neil Gaiman Neverwhere-3.7
Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman Good Omens-4.3
Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land(stopped)- 2
Star Trek Unity- 2
Avatar 1-2 -3.85
A Stitch in Time a 4.25
34th rule- 3.8
Abyss- 3.6
Left Hand of Destiny 1-2 -3.2
Legends of the Ferengi- 3.9
Worlds Of Deep Space Nine Book 1 Cardassia- 2
Arthur C. Clarke's 3 of Arthur C. Clarke's short stories Big Game Hunter and 2 following stories - 1.3
Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express- 3.875
Tolkien The Hobbit- 2.5
Ray Bradbury Something Wicked this Way Comes- 3.2
Fahrenheit 451- 3.65
Dan Simmons Ilium- Stopped at page 75, A non gripping story, not crazy about settings.
Elizabeth Moon Deed of Paksenarrion- Stopped at page 70, 2.5-very average, by the books.
Mary Gentle Rats and Gargoyles- 3.5
Ash- Stopped at 250.
Scott Lynch Lies of Locke Lamora- Stopped

[Julian]

PLEASE RATE IT FROM BEST TO WORST

(...)

Thank you.

Err, yes - and then? Are you going to tally up all the results or do anything else?

[Big Bubba]

Why not? It's something to do on a slow day.

Le Guin - Earthsea: 10
Tolkien - Lord of the Rings: 10
Kerr - Deverry: 9.5
Donaldson - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: 9
Hobb - Realm of the Elderlings: 9
Vance - Lyonesse: 9
Wolfe - The Book of the New Sun: 9
Zelazny - Amber: 9
Donaldson - Mordant's Need: 8.5
Jordan - Wheel of Time: 8.5
Kearney - The Monarchies of God: 8.5
Keyes - The Kingdoms Of Thorn and Bone: 8.5
Flewelling - The Tamir Trilogy: 8
Park - Roumanian Quartet: 8
Feist + Wurtz - Empire: 7.5
Friedman - The Coldfire Trilogy: 7.5
GRRM - A Song of Ice and Fire: 7.5
Hughart - Master Li: 7.5
King - The Dark Tower: 7.5
MacKillip - Riddlemaster: 7.5
Russell - The Swans' War: 7.5
Siegel - Fern Capel books: 7.5
Berg - The Rai Kirah: 7
Butcher - The Dresden Files: 7
Card - Alvin Maker: 7
Fforde - Thursday Next: 7
Flewelling - Nightrunner: 7
Hearn - Tales of the Otori: 7
May - The Saga of the Exiles: 7
West - The Sun Sword: 7
Brenchley - Outremer: 6.5
Erikson - The Malazan Book of the Fallen: 6.5
Kurtz - The Chronicles of the Deryni: 6.5
Arden - The Orokon: 6
Duncan - A Man of His Word: 5
Eddings - The Belgariad: 5
J. V. Jones - Book of Words: 5
Hambly - The Darwath Trilogy: 5
May - The Boreal Moon Tale: 5
Williams - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn: 5
Eddings - The Malloreon: 4
Modesitt - Recluce: 4
Brooks - Heritage of Shannara: 3
Lawhead - Song of Albion: 3
Lynn - The Chronicles of Tornor: 3
Furey - The Artefacts of Power: 2.5
Eddings - The Elenium: 2.5
Zindell - The Ea Cycle: 2
Goodkind - Sword of Truth: 1
Irvine -The View from the Mirror: 1

[Werthead]

SERIES

The Middle-earth Books - JRR Tolkien: 9
A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin: 9
The Lyonesse Trilogy - Jack Vance: 8.5
The Night's Dawn Trilogy - Peter F. Hamilton: 8.5
The Sandman Collection - Neil Gaiman: 8.5
The Bas-Lag Books - China Mieville: 8.5
The Gormenghast Trilogy - Mervyn Peake: 8.5
The Discworld Chronicles - Terry Pratchett: 8.5
The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe: 8.5
The Dying Earth Quartet - Jack Vance: 8
The Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson: 8
The Prince of Nothing Trilogy - R. Scott Bakker: 8
The Uplift Saga & Uplift Storm Trilogy - David Brin: 8
The Empire Trilogy - Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts: 8
The Helliconia Trilogy - Brian W. Aldiss: 8
The Mars Trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson: 8
The Culture Books - Iain M. Banks: 8
The Red Dwarf Books - Rob Grant & Doug Naylor: 8
The Commonwealth Saga - Peter F. Hamilton: 8
The Takeshi Kovacs Trilogy - Richard Morgan: 8
The Monarchies of God Quintet - Paul Kearney: 8
The Baroque Cycle - Neal Stephenson: 8
The Greg Mandel Trilogy - Peter F. Hamilton: 7.5
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quintet - Douglas Adams: 7.5
The Sword of Shadows Quintet - JV Jones: 7.5
The Otherland Quartet - Tad Williams: 7.5
The Gap Quintet - Stephen Donaldson: 7.5
The His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman: 7.5
The Revelation Space Trilogy - Alastair Reynolds: 7.5
The Gentleman Bastard Series - Scott Lynch: 7.5
The First Law Trilogy - Joe Abercrombie: 7.5
The Sea-Beggars Quartet - Paul Kearney: 7.5
The Three Californias Trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson: 7.5
The Foundation Saga - Isaac Asimov: 7.5
The Rama Cycle - Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee: 7.5
The Dune Saga - Frank Herbert: 7.5
The Wheel of Time, err, Dodechology (?) - Robert Jordan: 7.5
The Siptrassi/Jon Shannow Books - David Gemmell: 7
The Witcher Tales - Andrzej Sapkowski: 7
The Odyssey Quartet - Arthur C. Clarke: 7
The Kingkiller Chronicle - Patrick Rothfuss: 7
The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling: 7
The Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Trilogy - Tad Williams: 7
The Worldwar Quartet - Harry Turtledove: 7
The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E. Feist: 7
The Serpentwar Saga - Raymond E. Feist: 7
The Crown of Stars Septet - Kate Elliott: 7
The Heritage Universe Quintet - Charles Sheffield: 7
The Fencer Trilogy - KJ Parker: 7
The Hunted Earth Duology - Roger Macbride Allen: 6.5
The Legends of the Riftwar - Raymond E. Feist & misc: 6.5
The Celtic Crusades - Stephen Lawhead: 6.5
The Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gavriel Kay: 6.5
The Sarantine Mosaic - Guy Gavriel Kay: 6.5
The Belgariad - David Eddings: 6.5
The Elenium - David Eddings: 6.5
The Colonisation Trilogy - Harry Turtledove: 6.5
The Thistledown/Eon Trilogy - Greg Bear: 6.5
The Amtrak Wars - Patrick Tilley: 6.5
The Book of Words Trilogy - JV Jones: 6.5
The Axis of Time Trilogy - John Birmingham: 6.5
The Shannara Trilogy - Terry Brooks: 6
The Xeelee Saga - Stephen Baxter: 6
The Temeraire Trilogy - Naomi Novik: 6
The Conquerors' Trilogy - Timothy Zahn: 6
The Prelude to Dune Trilogy - Kevin J. Anderson & Brian Herbert: 6
The Galactic Centre Sextet - Gregory Benford: 6
The Conclave of Shadows Trilogy - Raymond E. Feist: 6
The Seer King Trilogy - Chris Bunch: 6
The Liveship Traders - Robin Hobb: 5.5
The View From the Mirror - Ian Irvine: 5
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen Donaldson: 5
The Heritage of Shannara Quartet - Terry Brooks: 5
The Tales of Einarinn - Juliet E. McKenna: 5
The Axis Trilogy - Sara Douglass: 4.5
The Malloreon - David Eddings: 4
The Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb: 4
The Orokon Quintet - Tom Arden: 4
The Quantum Gravity Series - Justina Robson: 4
The Dragon King Trilogy - Stephen Lawhead: 3.5
The Riftwar Legacy - Raymond E. Feist: 3
The Legends of Dune Trilogy - Kevin J. Anderson & Brian Herbert: 2
The Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind: 2
The Tamuli - David Eddings: 2
The Mission Earth Decology - L. Ron Hubbard: 1

[Roheryn]

well... I pretty much loved most of the fantasy that I've read... so... this might seem like I've never disliked a book... ((untrue))

Dragons in our Midst by Bryan Davis ~ 10
first two books in Oracles of Fire by Bryan Davis ~ 10
The Restorer by Sharon Hinck ~ 9.5
Deed of Paksennarion by Elizabeth Moon ~ 9.5
Dragonkeeper Chronicles by Donita K. Paul ~ 9.5
Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne and Todd McCaffrey ~ 9
Shannara by Terry Brooks ~ 9
Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster ~ 9
Deathgate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman ~ 9
Any Tortallan book by Tamora Pierce ~ 9
Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ~ 9
Narnia by C.S. Lewis ~ 9
Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold ~ 8.5
Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville ~ 8.5
Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan ~ 8
Old Kingdom by Garth Nix ~ 8
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling ~ 8
Inheritance Trilogy ~ 7

Series that I haven't finished
The Door Within Trilogy by Wayne Thomas Batson ~ 9.5
The White Lion Chronicles by Christopher Hopper ~ 9.5
Worlds of Diadem by John Peel ~ 9

[Severn]

Oh oh! Points! Can't get anymore insightful about books than that eh?

Farseer by Robin Hobb. Oops, sorry we're not mentioning authors, I'll start again.

Farseer: 9.99999
ASOIAF: 9.99998
Tawny Man: 9.99997
Liveships: 9.99996

Eh, run out of point energy, as this seems kinda pointless so I'll go look at posts about the actual books and authors now.

Forgive the sarcasm, but I just truly don't see...why? I mean, why? What is this doing?

[Brahm_K]

A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin: 9.7
The Sarantine Mosaic - Guy Gavriel Kay: 9.5
The Prince of Nothing Trilogy - R. Scott Bakker: 9.4
The Middle-earth Books - JRR Tolkien: 9
The Gormenghast Trilogy - Mervyn Peake: 9
The Foundation Trilogy- 9
The Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson: 8.8
The Dying Earth Quartet - Jack Vance: 8.7
The Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons: 8.5
The Gap Quintet - Stephen Donaldson: 8.2
The Bas-Lag Books - China Mieville: 8.1
The Gentleman Bastard Series - Scott Lynch: 8
The Discworld Series (read around 10 books) - Terry Pratchett: 7.8
The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King: 7.6
The Engineer Trilogy- KJ Parker: 7.6
The His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman: 7.5
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quintet - Douglas Adams: 7.3
The Coldfire Trilogy - C.S. Friedman: 7.2
The Robot Trilogy - Isaac Asimov: 7.2
The Dune Saga - Frank Herbert: 7.2
The Prelude to Foundation Duology - Isaac Asimov: 7
The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan: 6.8
The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling: 6.6
The Olympos Duology - Dan Simmons: 6.3
The Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Trilogy - Tad Williams: 6
The Foundation's Edge Duology - Isaac Asimov: 5.7
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis: 5
The Dark Elf Trilogy - R.A. Salvatore: 4.5
The Belgariad - David Eddings: 3
The Shannara Trilogy - Terry Brooks: 3
The Fionavar Trilogy - Guy Gavriel Kay: 2.5
The Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind: 0.1

Forgive the sarcasm, but I just truly don't see...why? I mean, why? What is this doing?

Its fun to see how other readers rate books- their overall lists give an approximation of what their tastes are like, and you can then try new series you're interested in.

[Severn]

Its fun to see how other readers rate books- their overall lists give an approximation of what their tastes are like, and you can then try new series you're interested in.

I would argue that 'discussion' consists of words, rather than a bunch of arguably meaningless numbers. The only way we can get to know each other here, and therefore each other's tastes, is by talking. A long, long stream of numbers doesn't hold my attention. I mean really - what on earth is the difference between 7.2 and 7.4? Even a few lines of meaningful opinion is preferable, and more informative, than this.

I truly am bewildered. The 'fun' side of it, ok, I can see that. But as a means to gain information on what book to pick up next?

[shadow9d9]

A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin: 9.7
The Sarantine Mosaic - Guy Gavriel Kay: 9.5
The Prince of Nothing Trilogy - R. Scott Bakker: 9.4
The Middle-earth Books - JRR Tolkien: 9
The Gormenghast Trilogy - Mervyn Peake: 9
The Foundation Trilogy- 9
The Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson: 8.8
The Dying Earth Quartet - Jack Vance: 8.7
The Gap Quintet - Stephen Donaldson: 8.2
The Bas-Lag Books - China Mieville: 8.1
The Gentleman Bastard Series - Scott Lynch: 8
The Discworld Series (read around 10 books) - Terry Pratchett: 7.8
The Coldfire Trilogy - C.S. Friedman: 7.8
The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King: 7.6
The His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman: 7.5
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quintet - Douglas Adams: 7.3
The Robot Trilogy - Isaac Asimov: 7.2
The Dune Saga - Frank Herbert: 7.2
The Prelude to Foundation Duology - Isaac Asimov: 7
The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan: 6.8
The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling: 6.6
The Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Trilogy - Tad Williams: 6
The Foundation's Edge Duology - Isaac Asimov: 5.7
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis: 5
The Dark Elf Trilogy - R.A. Salvatore: 4.5
The Belgariad - David Eddings: 3
The Shannara Trilogy - Terry Brooks: 3
The Fionavar Trilogy - Guy Gavriel Kay: 2.5
The Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind: 0.1



Its fun to see how other readers rate books- their overall lists give an approximation of what their tastes are like, and you can then try new series you're interested in.

I actually agree with many of your ratings.. I'll have to take down some of your best book reads and add them to my list of to read ; ).

[Brahm_K]

I would argue that 'discussion' consists of words, rather than a bunch of arguably meaningless numbers. The only way we can get to know each other here, and therefore each other's tastes, is by talking. A long, long stream of numbers doesn't hold my attention. I mean really - what on earth is the difference between 7.2 and 7.4? Even a few lines of meaningful opinion is preferable, and more informative, than this.

I truly am bewildered. The 'fun' side of it, ok, I can see that. But as a means to gain information on what book to pick up next?

It doesn't beat a long and good discussion about why we like a book (I don't know where you got "defining discussion" from though- I never mentioned it) but- say I notice that someone else has very similar taste to me, rating many of the same series as I do highly and rating many of the series I dislike low. I then see that he has a series I haven't read marked very high- hence I decide to check out it's plot description and perhaps buy the first book. You don't need discussions to find new books to read.

As for the differences between 7.2 and 7.4- it may seem a bit silly, but this is how I do it. I give a series a whole number rating- say 9, or 8. I then look at other books I give a 9, and see how I like it compared to those. The decimal point can be a bit random, but the point is that it should be lower than series I like better and higher than series I like less.