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1: A Game of Thrones (George Martin) Read.
2: The Malazan Book of the Fallen (Steven Erikson) Read first 200 pages. Military fiction
3: The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss) Read
4: Lord of the Rings (J.R.R Tolkien) Read.
5: The Black Company (Glen Cook) Not on kindle. Really disliked Instrumentalities.
6: Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake) Read.
7: The Blade Itself (Joe Abercrombie) Not yet
8: The Way of Kings (Brandon Sanderson) Not yet, have read Mistborn
9: The Farseer (Robin Hobb) Read
10: Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch) Currently reading but not really liking.
11: The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan) Read
12: Cold Fire Trilogy (C.S. Friedman) Read and hardly remember.
13: The Long Price Quartet (Daniel Abraham) Read
14: The Etched City (K.J. Bishop) Read
15: A Sword of Shadows (J.V. Jones) Read
16: Acacia (David Anthony Durham) Read 34%. Where's the magic?
17: Elric of Melinbone (Michael Moorcock) Read a tiny bit
18: The Darkness That Comes Before (R. Scott Bakker) Read
19: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke) Read
20: Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Stephen R. Donaldson) Read a bit. Yuck.
21: American Gods (Neil Gaiman) Haven't read. Biased against him.
22: Abhorsen Trilogy (Garth Nix) Read. Easily forgotten.
23: Memory, Sorrow, Thorn (Tad Williams) Read a tiny bit. Not impressed.
24: Magician: Apprentice and Magician (Raymond E. Feist). Haven't read yet.
25: Dresden Files (Jim Butcher) Read a bit. eh.
I guess that leaves Feist, Gaiman, Abercrombie Butcher and Sanderson.
26. Earthsea Cycle by Ursula Le Guin. Can't recall having read it...
27. Amber Chronicles by Zelazny. Long ago. Audio book. Enjoyed.
28. Mistborn by Sanderson. Read
29. The Warded Man by Peter Brett. Not yet.
30. Riddle of Stars by Patricia McKillip. Not yet.
31. The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Read.
32. The Dark Tower by Stephen King. Read
33. A Kingdom of Thorn and Bone by Greg Keyes. Not yet.
34. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. Read.
35. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. Read.
36. The Seven Waters Trilogy by Juliet Marillier. Not yet.
37. The Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock. Not yet.
38. The Way of the Shadows by Brent Weeks. Read. Loved. What a low rank.
39. Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn. Not yet.
40. Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover. Read some. Didn't like sci fi/fantasy split.
41. Legend by David Gemmell. Read.
42. The Swan's War by Sean Russell. Not yet.
43. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Not yet.
44. Kushiel's Dart by Jaqueline Carey. Partial read...
Only read a few from 45 to 69...
OK, so that's Lian Hearn, Sean Russell, Robert Holdstock, Juliet Marillier, Greg Keyes, Ursula Le Guin, Particia McKillip and I suppose Peter Brett, whom I started but wasn't impressed by.
