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So I just finished the hunger games series, devouring the three books in just over a week. I haven't done this since since the first harry potter, and now as I have finished the series I find myself really wanting to read again. So I am looking for a good series to read next. What I am looking for is something that I can connect with the characters and follow them over the course of a Long story.
Other books that I have enjoyed:
Harry potter
Gaunts ghosts series
Ciaphis Cain series.
Books I prolly should have liked but didn't:
game of thrones
lord of the rings
dune
My only real stipulation is that the book must be available in kindle. That and I usualty tend to prefer scifi to fantasy.
Other books that I have enjoyed:
Harry potter
Gaunts ghosts series
Ciaphis Cain series.
Books I prolly should have liked but didn't:
game of thrones
lord of the rings
dune
My only real stipulation is that the book must be available in kindle. That and I usualty tend to prefer scifi to fantasy.
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Dresden Series if you want more magic users in the modern day world series. Also, look into the Night Watch series for a different take on this.
You might like the Caine series by Matt Stover. Starts with Heroes Die, then Blade of Tyshalle and Caine Black Knife. The fourth book is coming out soon. It's got an interesting mix of dystopian sci-fi and high fantasy.
This was one of my first thoughts, but then it went right out the window after reading his dislikes.
You might also try the First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, and if you like that, read Best Served Cold and then The Heroes. Both set in the same world but with different characters as focal points. It's pretty important you read them in that order though, or some references he makes you just won't get.
This.
Much like Harry Potter, the first book is geared a bit towards kids(but at lot less so than say, the first HP book), but it really picks up after that.
You might enjoy Simon R. Green's Deathstalker series of books. I think they end up spanning a total of 8-9 books. It's sci fi opera stuff, but it's well written and the main characters are likable.
For fantasy, you might want to check out Patrick Rothfuss's Name of the Wind and a Wise Man Fear. The first book is great, the second one is a bit of a dip, but still good.
To the OP: You might like the Wizard in Rhyme series by Christopher Stasheff. Jack of all trades student gets sucked into another universe and finds that his life as a mediocre poet, an unfocused student and a moderately talented fencer set him up to be a remarkably powerful wizard. It does play rather heavily with Catholicism, if that's a deal breaker it's probably not the series for you.
Along similar lines, the Landover series by Terry Brooks. Bored rich dude sells all his stuff to buy the throne of a magic kingdom, finds out the job is more work then he expected.
Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but the Discworld series by Pratchett. I'd suggest starting with Small Gods to test the waters without having to dive into the deep end of the more continuity minded series.
Seconding not trying these. I recommend against this series even to people who love epic fantasy.
It's pretty amazing and free, and pretty much everything on the marketplace is available for checkout minus some time delays for new releases.