Andy's Top Five Works of Fantasy
#1
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling has created a beloved story of friendship, adventure, coming-of-age, good and evil, and above all the triumph of sacrificial love. I'll never read it enough.
#2
J. R. R. Tolkien
Tolkien's classic casts a shadow over the whole fantasy genre. The Lord of the Rings is full of redemptive themes in the midst of a harrowing quest. I've never felt more happy or more sad at the end of a book than seeing Frodo sail off into the west in the final chapters.
#3
Jim Butcher
Weighing in at 15 books and counting, the Dresden Files tells the story of Harry Dresden, a wizard cum private detective in modern-day Chicago. Butcher enemies pulls from every mythology under the sun and throws them at Harry and, gosh darn it, somehow that Harry Dresden still comes out on top.
#4
Robin Hobb
This is epic fantasy at its finest. Hobb has created a world filled with compelling, complex characters who you watch grow as the (also long) series unfolds. My wife and I fell into this 16 book series during our son's first year of life and one of his first words was "Buckkeep." We've never been prouder.
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