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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 4118258" data-attributes="member: 2572">I would go farther than a Wizard of Earthsea by LeGuin and go for the whole original trilogy. The books are short in length but really deliver a full story. The later books after the trilogy seemed to me to be more of a "I need more money" thing.I am surprised no one has mentioned the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony. This is not a typical fantasy series but it can be interesting. The main thing to watch out for before reading it is that there may be parts that might not make as much sense to those not familiar with the English language because Anthony relies on puns and other language tricks to add a higher level of humor on top of the main story. This is not to say the main stories arn't good in thier own right, just that there is an extra layer available. Also while there are 20+ books in the series it is not really a continuing story but rather individual novels all set in the same world. Another series to consider is Ann McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern. Sure there are tons of books now but again most just share a common world. Try starting with the Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums trilogy. Each book is short and they give a good overview of the world. They also work really well as a stand alone trilogy. If you like them you can move on to many of the other ones with ease.One last thing to try would be the Thieves World stories. This is a shared universe set up by Robert Lynn Asprin and written in by a number of authors. The original books are a collection of short stories where each author focuses on one particular character which is theirs but can also use the other characters if needed. Again this has turned into a large series but it not necessary to read everything to appreciate it. The advantage to this is that you can sample the stories by many authors and see if there are any that you like enough to try some of their individual works.</blockquote>

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