I think I've liked every single book and author mentioned so far (including those in the original post).
Also Tamora Peirce - they are YA, but still a great read, I Love the original "Lioness" series. (these books are literally in tatters because of being read so often, I can recite most of it by heart).
Raymond E Feist - Love all of his, start with 'Magician' and work your way through, that will keep you busy for a couple of years.
Forget who the author is (some big name I would know if I saw it), ut "Wizard's first rule" and all of the subsequent books are fabulous.
The first few books of the wheel of time series is good. It drags on to something like 15 in the seriesand the latter books can be a bit convoluted but I enjoyed them. Robin hobb and isobell carmody are favorites as well as Jillian may.
When my sleep deprived brain thinks of more I'll come back and post more.
also (after a breif look at what's laying by the side of my bed) here are a cople of my favourite authors:
David Webber
Richard (Mickey) Ziechart (s?)
Terry Goodkind
Terry Brooks
L.E.Modesitt
David Zammel
Terry Pratchet
Trudi Canavan
Garth Nix
Mercedes Lackey
MY DH liked Ian Irvine, thats a name i havent seern mentioned
I don't think that anyone has mentioned Kate Forsyth. She's an Australian author who writes fantasy for both adults and YA. I think she's really good.
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