Mercurius
Legend
This is inspired by the TIME 100 best fantasy novels thread. I'd like to see what we can come up with for our own list.
The idea is to do two lists:
List One: Your ten all-time favorite fantasy books or series. Not the ones you think have the greatest influence or are "objectively" the best written, but your personal favorites, guilty pleasure or no. Desert island books, if you will.
List Two: Ten other books that you would like to mention, for whatever reason: books you think are great, even if they're not among your favorites; noteworthy or influential books that you wouldn't want to see ignored; honorable mentions, or simply books you think should be mentioned in any such discussion. The key is that this second list is not meant to be an extension of List One, but books that you recognize as all-time greats but aren't on your first list, for whatever reason.
Oh, yeah: count series as a single entry (e.g. Wheel of Time), but separate books that aren't part of one story (e.g. the Hobbit, LotR, and the Silmarillion should be three separate entries).
Maybe if we get enough responses, I'll compile them and create an "EN World Top X Fantasy books."
I've got to run some errands, but will write my lists later. Have at it.
The idea is to do two lists:
List One: Your ten all-time favorite fantasy books or series. Not the ones you think have the greatest influence or are "objectively" the best written, but your personal favorites, guilty pleasure or no. Desert island books, if you will.
List Two: Ten other books that you would like to mention, for whatever reason: books you think are great, even if they're not among your favorites; noteworthy or influential books that you wouldn't want to see ignored; honorable mentions, or simply books you think should be mentioned in any such discussion. The key is that this second list is not meant to be an extension of List One, but books that you recognize as all-time greats but aren't on your first list, for whatever reason.
Oh, yeah: count series as a single entry (e.g. Wheel of Time), but separate books that aren't part of one story (e.g. the Hobbit, LotR, and the Silmarillion should be three separate entries).
Maybe if we get enough responses, I'll compile them and create an "EN World Top X Fantasy books."
I've got to run some errands, but will write my lists later. Have at it.