Raymond E Feist - similar recommendations?

[butterfly_warrior]

Rayray, that's the series I'm reading through. Knowing that someone else has found the same thing makes me think it's more the book than me. I was ready to give up at one point, but I'm glad I kept with it until it grabbed me.

BW

[ll80]

I wouldn't bother with the wheel of time series, as far as I know the author died and rudely left the series unfinished.

I second going on to Robin Hobb after Feist, I have every single Feist book, can't get enough.

I also recommend Fire and Ice Series by George RR Martin, Those three authors are my top three.

All the others mentioned are great also.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Woohoo!!
Thanks for the suggestions.

[indie24]

I also like the Aurian series by Maggie Furey. At the time I got them it was the first female main character I had read. I re-read this series regularly

[Laranna]

Love Feist here too! Others I like are Janny Wurts, Jennifer Fallon, Fiona McIntosh, Katherine Kerr, David Eddings.

I started the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan too and got up to book five. Just lost concentration on it, they are VERY long. DP got up to book eleven so he did better than I did Might get around to finishing it one day cause I can't leave the books unread once I've started

[MrsC_Aussie]

I second the David Eddings option. My Husband loves Eddings AND Feist! Belgariad is definitely a good place to start!

[Schmickers]

I absolutely loved The Magician. One of my favourite books for a while. Oh, how I wish I had time to read these days...

I enjoyed Eddings as well, but be aware that his books don't have the same scope as Feist's. Their best features are their accessibility - classic fantasy tropes, awesome characters, and a good read that you can put down and come back too later without having to work too hard to get back up to speed.