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.

  • versionc@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    There is an unfortunate lack of female authors in this thread so I will post two recommendations:

    • I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
    • The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      24 hours ago

      I’m not familiar with Jacqueline Harpman, but Left Hand of Darkness is quite fun. Not at all what I expected going in.

      I’ll add Lois McMaster Bujold and her Curse of Chalion to the list. Great book.