Need suggestions for other books.

[jeremybr2525]

Like most everyone else on this site I'm a huge SOT fan.  Having read the series several times, I'm now left with the dilemna of searching for another series of books to read.  The SOT series has set a very high standard and I doubt I will find another that will even come close to filling its shoes.  But I hope maybe someone might suggest another series that they think comes close.  I would like to find one thats in the same area as far as being fantasy or sci fi.  But any suggestions on any catagory would be appreciated.

[Plague325]

I think you would like the Dune series.  If you've seen the movies, by pass those books and read the others.  The books by Frank Herberts son in my opinion are better than originals.

[jeremybr2525]

The last time that I've seen a Dune movie was many years ago.  I don't know if new ones have come out since but either way I havent seen them.  I appreciate your suggestion and will check into those.  The only other series that I've read besides SOT was the books by George R R Martin, the game of thrones books.  I really enjoyed that series also, but if you know anything about that series his final books are going on like a three year delay, its ridiculus.  Anyways thanks again.  I would still appreciate more suggestions from anyone else.  Thanks.

[Gigglegal]

How about the Dragonlance books if you havent read them already. They're good.

[Seeker of Truth]

How about the Dragonlance books if you havent read them already. They're good.

All of em? Yikes, I don't know if I'd want to invest in... how many are there now?  I'll borrow a couple from the library and check them out.

[jeremybr2525]

I used to draw a lot when I was younger and I had a really good Dragonlance illustration book that I would get ideals or draw straight from.  However I never once read one of the books.  I really want to find a series that really gets you in touch with the characters, which is something that Goodkind excelled at, you were easily able to put yourself in Richards shoes and feel the adrenalin of the situation, feeling like it was you who was the bad ass doing the dance of death, and so on.  George R R Martin also is very good at that as well.  I want to find a series that accomplishes that.

[Charles Rahl]

 Personally I'm also a big Terry Brooks fan, his Shannarah series is great. "Sorry if misspelled" There are a good many books in that series. It deals with midevil type fantasy in a long into the future post apocoliptic world. It has alot of great action like TG. I highly suggest this Author. He also has developed his Knight of the Word series that it now flows into the Shannarah series in the completely new trilogy, the Genesis of Shannarah.

[EramOfAmandous]

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelzany.

And of course The Wheel of Time.

[ladyraven]

I'm a big fan of Paul S. Kemp. Suggest you start with his Erevis Cale Trilogy, beginning with Twilight Falling. Riveting plot and great characterizations. All of them are in paperback. I also like Terry Brooks and Bruce R. Cordell. For a paperback that is several years old, but great fantasy, I liked The Legend of Huma.

   

[DRodegh]

I second the Wheel of Time recommendation. It's very close to the Sword of Truth series, but gets a little complex later on.

Otherwise I'd suggest the Dragon Riders of Pern or the Heralds of Valdemar series. However, you need to know that both of these aren't really "series." Each author (Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey respectively) create a world, and then write stories about said world. For instance, the Dragon Riders of Pern has many standalone books that have no real other connections to any other books within the world, but she writes them so that the reader can become fully engrossed within the world, not just with the heroes and villains.

I would fully endorse reading "Arrows of the Queen" or "Brightly Burning" (Brightly Burning remains one of my favorite of all time) and "Dragonflight." If you dislike them, then you will dislike the entire world most likely.

Someone mentioned the Shannara series by Terry Brooks, which is very similar to the above. Shannara is more of a world with many separate trilogies. However, I believe they all connect in some way.

Beyond these I'm drawing blanks about the books I've read. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

[bignate]

I liked the Shadow Moon, Shadow Star, Shadow Dawn trilogy by George Lucas and Chris Claremont. It takes place about 10 years after the movie Willow and gives you the rest of the story.

[PillarofCreation]

"Legend of Drizzt", and "Song of Ice and Fire" are pretty good.

[EramOfAmandous]

In the non-fiction dept., I just finished reading Tony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential,.... damn good, really good writer.

[Krichton]

Alot of ppl recommend Wheel of Time because both books share a commonality in their plot points to a certain extent, but once you read the first book you soon realize they're nothing alike.  This has been pretty much the case whenever I've mentally compared these books to anything I've read so far.   I think I gave up trying to find anything similiar to SOT after 2 months of looking right after I finished reading "Confessor."  Terry seems to have a certain unique formula for his characters and his books; he creates deep characters you can care about and love and then he puts them in the most extreme and awful situations possible for the reader to agonize over

[EramOfAmandous]

The only thing that Sot and WoT have in common is the size of the books, that's it. That and they are both really good. I think its easier to become a WoT dork tho and immerse yourself in them.