Literature Next to N

[Clovic]

Aldous Huxley - Brave New World and Doors of Perception being his most popular
Cormac McCarthy - The Road, Sunset Limited, No country for Old Men, and anything else by him
George R.R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire books
Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time series
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth
Tolkien OF COURSE - Lord of the Rings
Neil Gaimen as already stated - Stardust, American Gods, and anything else
Stephen King - Everything, but start with Dark Tower and the Stand
Sean Russell - Swans War Trilogy is awesome

And so many more...

[PALEMOON]

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

it really is a good read, despite the slightly elitist and generally mean fanbase surrounding it. i also recommend other things he has written


Crap. gloomp beat me.

[Brocerius]

@Clovic and ATOB; Love the lists. Excellent books.

I really enjoyed The Fountainhead, even though it pushes its ideology down your throat a bit. One day after finishing it i thought it was the best book ever. One week later i thought it was brilliant. Now, a few months on, i remember it fondly, as one remembers a summer romance. :D

My favourite piece of writing of all time is definitely the Gormenghast Trilogy, by Mervyn Peake.

[Clovic]

Fountainhead is the same philosophy as presented in Sword of Truth (If you didn't already know) so if you liked that you will like SoT. It gets preachy, but it also gets fucking awesome.

Also, I would like to really strongly recommend Martin and Russell to anyone who likes the fantasy genre even a little bit. The Swan's War trilogy is a barely-heard-of high fantasy tale that is just incredible for how little popularity he has. And then Martin is just an absolutely astounding writer. He can write a high fantasy tale with no magic and glue you to the pages.