Recommended Reading/Genre fiction

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Fantasy

Epic fantasy

The Hobbit
(1937)
by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings
(1954–1955)
by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Black Company
(1984—)
by Glen Cook

The Wheel of Time
(1990—)
by Robert Jordan

A Song of Ice and Fire
(1996—)
by George R. R. Martin

Malazan Book
(1999–2011)
by Steven Erikson

The First Law
(2006—)
by Joe Abercrombie

The Kingkiller Chronicle
(2007—)
by Patrick Rothfuss

The Stormlight Archive
(2010—)
by Brandon Sanderson
Additional epic fantasy
The Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien
Shannara (1977—) by Terry Brooks
The Swordbearer (1982) by Glen Cook
The Belgariad (1982–1984) by David Eddings
The Deed of Paksenarrion (1992) by Elizabeth Moon
Mistborn (2006–2008) by Brandon Sanderson
Weird fiction

The House on the Borderland
(1908)
William Hope Hodgson

At the Mountains of Madness
(1936)
by H. P. Lovecraft

Perdido Street Station
(2000)
by China Miéville

City of Saints and Madmen
(2001)
by Jeff VanderMeer

The Emperor of Dreams
(2002)
by Clark Ashton Smith
Additional weird fiction
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1931) by H. P. Lovecraft
Kraken (2010) by China Miéville
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