Anyone know any good books??

• Anyone know any good fiction books? I've read stuff by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter), Philip Pullman (His Dark Material- Northern Lights/The Golden Compass), Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Markus Zusak (The Book Thief) and Christopher Paolini (Eragon & Eldest), so can anyone recommend any good fiction books similar to those authors? Thanks a lot! =]

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  Madeleine L'Engle: A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters Cornelia Funke: Dragon Rider Ingraine the Brave Inkheart Inkspell The Thief Lord Brandon Mull: Fablehaven Rise of the Evening Star Grip of the Shadow Plague Katherine Peterson: Bridge to Terabithia Carol Kendall: The Gammage Cup The Whisper of Glocken Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl The Arctic Incident The Opal Deception The Lost Colony The Artemis Fowl Files: A Companion Book The Graphic Novel Andre Norton: The Witch World The Web of the Witch World Three against the Witch World Year of the Unicorn Warlock of the Witch World Dragon Scale Silver Dream Smith The Toads of Grimmerale Spider Silk Sword of Unbelief Sarsthor's Bane Ursula K. LeGuin: Earthsea A Wizard of Earthsea The Tombs of Atuan The Farthest Shore Tehanu Tales from Earthsea The Other Wind Voices Howard Pyle: Story of King Arthur and His Knights - There are several collections of stories about King Arthur. C. S. Lewis: The 7 volume Chronicles of Narnia is a tale of good against evil with very definite Christian influences. Lewis was an atheist who because of his friendship with Tolkien became a Christian. This strongly affected his writing. The seven books are as follows: The Magician's Nephew The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The Horse and His Boy Prince Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Last Battle Chris D'Lacey: The Fire Within Icefire Fire Star The Fire Eternal Donita K. Paul: Dragonspell Dragon Quest Dragon Knight Dragon Fire Dragon Light Brian Jacques: Redwall Mossflower Mattimeo Mariel of Redwall Salamandastron Martin the Warrior The Bellmaker Outcast of Redwall The Pearls of Lutra The Long Patrol Marlfox The Legend of Luke Lord Brocktree The Taggerung Triss Loamhedge Rakkety Tam High Rhulain Stephenie Meyer (Vampires): Twilight New Moon Eclipse Breaking Dawn Joanne Harris: Runemarks Edwin A. Abbot: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (The sequel, Sphereland is by Dionys Burger. It is possible to purchase both in one volume.) J. R. R. Tolkien: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Two Towers, and The Return of the King; also Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Christopher Paolini: I've been told that in the third book a golden dragon will appear. It has just been announced that the third book, Brisingr, will be available on September 20, 2008. Originally planned as a trilogy, Paolini has recently decided that there will be four books in his Inheritance Cycle. John Beachem: Storms of Vengeance is John's first novel and I've been told that it is part of a series of 8 to 10 books. There is a murder mystery to be solved. Who did it and why? There is a mythical Lorradda Stone to locate. There are three parallel stories as we follow the actions of three different groups of people. There are also some ogres, two elves, several sorcerers, a troll, and one very impressive river monster. The book ends with a cliff hanger. One reason that young people gave for liking Harry Potter was the detail in the stories. They will find plenty of detail here as well. David Eddings: There are three stories in Volume I of The Belgariad: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician's Gambit. Volume II of The Belgariad has two stories: Castle of Wizardry and Enchanters' End Gambit. If you are looking for grand adventure and plenty of detail it is here. Some may object to the slow progression and limited action of this tale. A sorcerer and his daughter, a sorceress, have gathered together a group of individuals to fight evil. It seems that the particular make-up for this group is necessary based upon an ancient prophecy. The group includes: the Nimble Thief, the Man with Two Lives, the Blind Man, the Dreadful Bear, the Knight Protector, the Horse Lord, the Bowman, the Queen of the World, and the Mother of the Race that Died. A young boy named Garion, who was raised by his Aunt Pol, is caught up in all of this, though he doesn't know why. But then, is she really his Aunt? There is so much detail that I have not as yet confirmed there are no mistakes in the mapping of the story. I thoroughly enjoyed The Belgariad and look forward to reading the sequel, The Mallorean. The Mallorean Volume I: Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, and Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings The Mallorean Volume II: Sorceress of Darshive and The Seeress of Kell by David Eddings Polgara, the Sorceress by David Eddings Belgarath, the Sorcerer by David Eddings Isaac Asimov: Though Asimov is usually thought of as a science fiction writer, Magic is a collection of his fantasy short stories. Richard Adams: Watership Down George Orwell: Animal Farm Raymond E. Fiest: Magician: Apprentice Magician: Master The Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon) Krondor's Sons (Prince of the Blood, The King's Bucaneer) Serpent War Saga (Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King, Shards of a Broken Crown) Riftwar Legacy (Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor: The Assassins, Krondor: Tear of the Gods) Honored Enemy: Legends of the Riftwar Conclave of Shadows Saga (Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes, Exile's Return) Dark War Saga (Flight of the Nighthawks, Into a Dark Realm, Wrath of a Mad God) Dave Farland: Runelords: The Sum of All Men Brotherhood of the Wolf Wizardborn The Lair of Bones Sons of the Oak Worldbinder Patricia A. McKillip: The Riddlemaster of Hed Heir of Sea and Fire Harpist in the Wind Riddle Master's Game Riddle of Stars Susanna Clarke: Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell George R. R. Martin: A Song of Fire and Ice Saga includes the following: A Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings A Storm of Swords A Feast for Crows A Dance of Dragons The Winds of Winter A Dream of Spring Steven Erikson: Malazan Book of the Fallen Saga includes the following Gardens of the Moon Deadhouse Gates Memories of Ice House of Chains Midnight Tides The Bone Hunters Reaper's Gate Toll the Hounds R. Scott Baker: Prince of Nothing Trilogy (The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior Prophet, The Thousandfold Thought) Joe Haldeman: The Forever War Gene Wolfe: The Wizard Knight Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time Saga includes the following - The Eye of the World The Great Hunt The Dragon Reborn The Shadow Rising The Fires of Heaven Lord of Chaos The Path of Daggers Winter's Heart Crossroads of Twilight Knife of Dreams A Memory of Light - The twelfth and last novel in this series will be completed by Brandon Sanderson since Robert Jordan passed away on September 16, 2007. Stephen R. Donaldson: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Robin Hobb: Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest) Terry Pratchett: The Wee Free Men (Discworld Series) - Tiffany and a clan of six inch tall blue men attempt to rescue her brother and stop an invasion from Fairyland. The Colour of Magic (Discworld Series) Witches Abroad (Discworld Series) Mort (Discworld Series)