Good fantasy reads?

[Voadam]

From Dragonlance I probably read 20 of them (there are over 100) and felt Weasel's Luck was my favorite but it has been decades. Not part of the bigger main story, more a backwater knight family thing with a scoundrel protagonist.

The Amber series by Zelazny is quite good as is Lord of Light, The Lonesome October, and his straight fantasy stuff that I can't remember the name of.

 

[atanakar]

From Dragonlance I probably read 20 of them (there are over 100) and felt Weasel's Luck was my favorite but it has been decades. Not part of the bigger main story, more a backwater knight family thing with a scoundrel protagonist.

The Amber series by Zelazny is quite good as is Lord of Light, The Lonesome October, and his straight fantasy stuff that I can't remember the name of.

Weasel's Luck was great!

 

[Deset Gled]

Peter S. Beagle is one of my favorite fantasy authors, and he never seems to come up much in these type of threads. Admittedly, he doesn't do a lot of hack-and-slash style fantasy that would be associated with D&D. I still highly recommend checking his stuff out, though.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Great call. The Last Unicorn is naturally the place I'd recommend starting. It's magical and profound and yet still finds room for bits of humor.

Peter S. Beagle is one of my favorite fantasy authors, and he never seems to come up much in these type of threads. Admittedly, he doesn't do a lot of hack-and-slash style fantasy that would be associated with D&D. I still highly recommend checking his stuff out, though.

 

[Richards]

I'll add C. S. Friedman's "Coldfire" trilogy: Black Sun Rising, When True Night Falls, and Crown of Shadows. Interesting worldbuilding and a new take on magic I hadn't ever seen before.

P. C. Hodgell has a series called "the Godstalkers" - I've only read the first two, God Stalk and Dark of the Moon but remember enjoying them.

Johnathan

 

[Bohandas]

Personally, my favorite fantasy series are Discworld and Spellsinger. The standalone Mogworld is also pretty good.

EDIT:
I remember Incarnations of Immortality being decent as well, although not as good as the others I mentioned in this post

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Lois McMaster Bujold's Chalion series. Amazing and unique take on a fantasy pantheon.

 

[Darth Solo]

I use Terry Brooks' Shannarra material to motivate me. Some don't like it, but it works for me.

Allanon rocks!

 

[Older Beholder]

Piranesi, the new book from Susanna Clarke came out last week.
Not a sequel to Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, but a masterpiece, nonetheless.

Without going into spoilers...
The general idea is of a demiplane that is an endless house full of rooms, the lower floors flood as the ocean tide comes and goes, the upper levels fill with clouds.
Reading it gave me a bit of a Planescape vibe, and started my mind thinking about an idea for a Theros campaign.

Would recommend.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I read through the prior posts- anything I recommend that’s already been recommended should be considered as a seconding.

Fritz Lieber’s Fafhrd & Grey Mouser stories

Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion books, especially the Elric, Hawkmoon and Corum books

Harry Turtledove’s Darkness saga

Thieves’ World, both the anthologies and the related novels, especially anything involving Lythande

Larry Niven’s Warlock/Magic Goes Away series The Magic Goes Away - Wikipedia

CJ Cherryh’s Sword of Knowledge trilogy

Not actually fantasy, but Larry Niven’s Dream Park series involves competitive, televised LARPing in a Westworld type complex.