So I grew up very sheltered and isolated from society and as a result missed out on a lot of pop culture and other common things. I love to read, and I really enjoy fantasy and DnD and those types of things and I'm trying to find and catch up on the great fantasy books/series that every fantasy lover/nerd should know. I'm not as interested in sci-fi, but I'm willing to read the "great" ones too. What would you recommend?

Series I've read: The Lord of the Rings The Witcher The Dark Tower The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Dungeon Crawler Karl

Update to add also read: Wheel of Time Most of the Stormlight Archive The Hobbit

I'm just starting my first Discworld book.

Edit: Thanks everyone! Keep them coming, I'm going to make a list with all the suggestions and start working through them.

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[–] 30 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Brandon Sanderson books, specifically the cosmere stuff are all pretty fucking good.

My favourite is probably Mistborn but I know a lot of people prefer The Stormlight Archives. All worth reading!

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    Both Mistborn ages are really tight, making them easy reads. Intriguing magic, moving story, great characters.

    Stormlight has all the same elements, but it lets every character have their own storyline. It's sprawling. It lets you see more sides of it.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Sanderson is a great airport read.

    I wouldn't recommend it outside of that context. It's nothing special.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    He's great at coming up with magic systems but he's basically a very talented YA writer.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I've heard great things about Malazan. I should probably pick that up.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I just finished Gardens of the Moon. In order to keep track of everyone, I made my own wiki. It felt like watching Eriksson play a war game.

    I'm taking a break as the style isn't interesting to me. I hear his writing becomes more intimate and visceral in the rest of the series. Looking forward to this in book 2. Sort of wish I started with book 2 since none or few of the characters carry over.

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