All-Time Fantasy Favourites

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The Hobbit: 70th Anniversary Edition
1.  The Hobbit: 70th Anniversary Edition by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "The starting point for the greatest fantasy story ever told."
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The Lord of the Rings - 3 book boxset (hardbacks)
2.  The Lord of the Rings - 3 book boxset (hardbacks) by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "The greatest fantasy story ever told. Get the books separately, so you get all those wonderful appendices."
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The Silmarillion
3.  The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "Chronologically the first stories, but easier to read last. Beautiful and tragic."
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The Worm Ouroboros (Millennium Fantasy Masterworks)
4.  The Worm Ouroboros (Millennium Fantasy Masterworks) by E. R. Eddison
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  "A true classic. A little hard to get into but well worth it. Unlike anything else in fantasy fiction and a book you'll never forget."
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Nine Princes in Amber
5.  Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
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  "The first in the Amber series. No-one did or does intrigue like Zelazny."
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The Black Company (Chronicle of the Black Company)
6.  The Black Company (Chronicle of the Black Company) by Glen Cook
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  "The start of the Black Company series. Cook's gritty realism is unique. This overtook Amber as my favourite series."
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Silver Spike (Chronicle of the Black Company)
7.  Silver Spike (Chronicle of the Black Company) by Glen Cook
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  "Cook really makes you care about his characters. I almost cried when Silent died. (OK, I did cry!)"
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Bleak Seasons (Glittering Stone)
8.  Bleak Seasons (Glittering Stone) by Glen Cook
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  "I could list all the Black Company books, but I'll end with this one. Bleak indeed, but brilliant."
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Old Tin Sorrows (Garrett P.I.)
9.  Old Tin Sorrows (Garrett P.I.) by Glen Cook
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  "The Garrett series is variable in quality, but this is the best, and the darkest."
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A Princess of Mars (Modern Library)
10.  A Princess of Mars (Modern Library) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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  "Does anyone still read Burroughs? If not, they should, for sheer escapist fun. Start here and read all 11 in the series."
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Elric Of Melnibone (The Tale of the Eternal Champion)
11.  Elric Of Melnibone (The Tale of the Eternal Champion) by Michael Moorcock
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  "Moorcock's most tragic hero. The Eternal Champion may be the greatest fantasy character ever created. Elric, Hawkmoon, Corum and Erekose are all essential reading."
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Legend
12.  Legend by David Gemmell
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  "Some of his books are formulaic, but they're all readable. The Drenai books are the best. The battle scenes in Legend are unmatched."
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Mythago Wood
13.  Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
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  "This and it's sequel Lavondyss treat racial myth in a completely new way, but at heart it is a love story. Imaginative and compelling. You need to read both books for the whole story."
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Magician (Riftwar Saga)
14.  Magician (Riftwar Saga) by Raymond E. Feist
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  "The first Riftwar trilogy (Magician, Silverthorn and A Darkness At Sethanon) were quite brilliant. The series got increasingly disappointing afterwards, I couldn't finish the Serpentwar saga."
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A Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
15.  A Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire) by George R. R. Martin
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  "Epic in scale, with great writing, if a little bit too medieval for my taste.  Thankfully not afraid to kill off important characters where necessary."
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Dwellers in the Mirage
16.  Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt
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  "A wonderful story centred around Norse mythology."
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A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth Novels)
17.  A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth Novels) by Piers Anthony
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  "I'm not usually a fan of humour in fiction, but the first few Xanth books (of which this is the first) were delightful. They are also good stories, not just played for laughs."
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Wizard of Lemuria (Tandem science fantasy)
18.  Wizard of Lemuria (Tandem science fantasy) by Lin Carter
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  "Lin Carter rivalled Burroughs and Howard in his time. I liked his World's End series a lot, but Thongor was his greatest creation. Sword and Sorcery at it's best, at the dawn of time."
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