[Book] me a reservation

stawkstawk Registered User regular
edited December 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
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.


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  • billwillbillwill Registered User regular
    The Ender's Game/Ender's Shadow series.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    His Dark Materials trilogy.

  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    Might look into the Eisenhorn or Ravenor series if you want to see how the Inquisition handles business in the 40k setting.
    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.

  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    i was going to say malazan book of the fallen but you might not like it if you didnt like lord of the rings or game of thrones

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    You might also look into the Percy Jackson series. It's a bit like Harry Potter in theme, only with Greek mythology taking the place of magic and demigods the place of wizards. Later, other mythologies start working their way into the narrative as well.

  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    mts wrote:
    i was going to say malazan book of the fallen but you might not like it if you didnt like lord of the rings or game of thrones

    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.

  • noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    Esh wrote:
    His Dark Materials trilogy.

    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.

  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    Also going to throw a vote in for His Dark Materials.

  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    Maybe try Wheel of Time series? By Robert Jordan.

  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    Maybe try Wheel of Time series? By Robert Jordan.
    I don't know, he said he didn't like LotR, GoT or Dune. I'm thinking another epic series of fantasy doorstoppers probably isn't high on the OP's preference list.

    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.

  • VarinnVarinn Vancouver, BCRegistered User regular
    The Dark Tower series by Steven King, 7 amazing books, I couldn't stop reading them until I went through all of them. I was reading like 6 hours a day

  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    see317 wrote:
    Maybe try Wheel of Time series? By Robert Jordan.
    I don't know, he said he didn't like LotR, GoT or Dune. I'm thinking another epic series of fantasy doorstoppers probably isn't high on the OP's preference list.

    Seconding not trying these. I recommend against this series even to people who love epic fantasy.

  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    I don't have a book recommendation but I wanted to point out that as a kindle user most libraries now allow you to check out books from the amazon kindle marketplace with your library card through a third party service. It stays on your device for three weeks and then checks itself back in.

    It's pretty amazing and free, and pretty much everything on the marketplace is available for checkout minus some time delays for new releases.

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