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- The Best Books of the 1990sReading list
Not all of this series was published in the 1990s, but a lot of it was, and I would be remiss to leave it out of my favorites. This is by far the longest series I’ve ever read, having dedicated a year of my life to its pages. It is classic epic fantasy with phenomenal characters (though its female leads tend to be…
- Rachel ParrisInterview
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton. I loved this book so much – The Faraway Tree, the ever-changing different worlds at the top, the Slippery Slip, fairies and brownies and Moonface! I always loved fantasy and fairytales and as different as they are, it was probably a precursor to me loving Lord of the Rings by J.R.R…
- Charlie HolmbergInterview
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson is an incredible epic without getting dirty. I love that series (and can’t wait for the next book!). I loved The Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan, but that’s a major time commitment (but Lan from that series is my ultimate literary crush). I also really like The Night Circus…
- Tracy WiseInterview
I have my mother’s copies of her Georgette Heyer books; she opened up the world of Regency England to me. The Narnia and Lord of the Rings series I strongly associate with my brother. For my dad, the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling along with the Wheel of Time series. And, I read The Count of Monte Cristo because…
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