What can I read??? YA or adult fantasy

Joe Abercrombie
Witchlands by Susan Dennard
Octavia E. Butler

Rivers of London series
Maria v Snyder books
Anne mcCaffrey.

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Barnes is a good new YA novel. And I suspect there will be a sequel.

Finished the Throne of Glass books recently by Maas and have been wondering what else to try since. This thread has given me so many ideas and inspiration!

Although not the OP thank you for all the great suggestions. I've just put my request in at the local library!

Katharine Kerr - Deverry Cycle

I've just finished The Dark Tower series by Stephen King for the 2nd time. I couldn't get into it for ages, but once it got going I loved it.

I’ve just remembered another fantasy author I read a lot of years ago - KJ Parker. Pretty dark in places but very well written.

If you like Star Wars/sci fi the Timothy Zahn books are pretty enjoyable. I liked his Conquerers trilogy too.

Oh and Raymond E Feist if you haven't read any of his stuff. High fantasy. Brilliant world building and characters.

Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series is good if you like urban fantasy.
And Samantha Young's True Immortality series is good.
And Josephine Angelini. She's written two YA fantasy series. One based on Greek mythology and the other is broadly about parallel universes. Both brilliant.

Jenny Wurts Mistwraith series (I think it’s 12 books so far one more to go but she is absolutely amazing at keeping fans updated with sneak peaks...plus it will be out by the time you’ve read the others)

Julian May Saga of the exiles then read intervention then the galactic milieu trilogy (reading order very very important)

Sci fi try Enders game

Oh! And I mustn't forget the excellent series of books that my username comes from.

Just One Damned Thing After Another - Jodi Taylor.

Darynda Jones. First Grave on the right... 13 books I think, all funny and full of action.

10 Ilona Andrews books in the Magic Series. 3 in the Innkeeper series. And there are other series they (husband and wife) have written.

AJ Aalto. Marnie books. Sweary. Hilarious. Action packed.

Currently I'm reading Rachel Caine's Dead Witch Walking series.

I loved the Nevernight trilogy by Jay Kristoff.

Look out for The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by Schwab which comes out next week

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. That was one of the most enjoyable, imaginative books I've read in years. It's a little bit overwritten at times, but it's forgiveable. Duology completed with Muse of Nightmares.

The Gift by Alison Croggon is the first of four novels in her Pellinor Saga.

Karen Miller's fantasy books are pretty hard hitting at times, but I thoroughly enjoyed them. No zombies.

Chris Wooding has written an enjoyable steampunk sci-fi fantasy series called Tales of the Ketty Jay which starts with Retribution Falls.

The Queen of the Tearling by Erica Johansen. First in a trilogy often recommended for fans of Sarah J. Mass.

If you like your an entertaining fantasy /romance romp with a good dollop of humour, Katie MacAlister. Perfect escapism.

(If you like science fiction at all, then pretty much everything by Sherri S.Tepper, Julie Czerneda and C.J. Cherryh.)

Tad Williams- The Dragonbone Chair trilogy.
Alastair Reynolds Revenger Trilogy

Brandon Sanderson for sure! Fourth Stormlight book is out in November. His YA fantasy (Rithmatist) and science fiction (Skyward) also excellent.

Robin Hobb, though I never got on with the Forest Mage books. Sobbed at the end of the final Fitz and Fool.

Brent Weeks Lightbringer series was loads of fun for action and plot, though the younger protagonist is a total Mary Sue IMHO, and all the secondary characters were super shallow.

Guy Gavriel Kay, go all the way to the start and read the Fionavar Tapestry. It's so old now but I still weep every time, for joy and sorrow, you'll know when.

Now I need to go back and make notes on all the other fab recommendations here!

Have you read any Tamora Pierce?

The dark tower series by Stephen King

I accidentally started with the second book, and then read the first and thought it was terrible. But all the rest are amazing (apart from wind through the keyhole which isn’t really part of the series so i wouldn’t necessarily bother with it)

So my recommendation would be start with the gunslinger but If you don’t like it just read a synopsis online and move into the rest.

It’s not even a genre I enjoy and I’ve just finished them second time round

Anything by Ilona Andrew's. Anything. They are all great.

Particularly the Magic series. And the innkeeper series.

I enjoyed the first two Locke Lamora books by Scott lynch. Though the third wasn’t very good and I think the author is having trouble completing the series.

Robin hobb is a fave. Ursula le guin. Naomi novik - the first of her new series is out now (deadly education). I haven’t read much fantasy in years but the current world situation seems to be driving me toward escapist fiction!

Kelley Armstrong - her Otherworld series (urban fantasy) has been part of my comfort reads through this and Age of Legends series (high fantasy) might suit. Her middle grade and YA fantasy books are also well-loved by me and my kids.

For more numinous fantasy~

Patricia McKillip
Guy Gavriel Kay

Dan wells. I am not a serial killer. Trust me. Just read it...don't read reviews.

Why brandon sanderson mentioned so late!!! He must be one of the best authors in the genre currently and highly productive! Its all great but start with mistborn trilogy. Magic systems are badass!!

Carrie Vaughn
Jo Walton

Benedict Jacka
Ben Aaronovitch

If you liked Holly Black's Folk of the Air, try her White Cat series.