aibu? almost at the end of a book series and starting to pine.

[cacamilis]

Okay this is more a cry for reading suggestions similar to the "Game of thrones" series. I am almost at the end of book 5, I started watching and reading the series in may and have been completely drawn in. admittedly this happens to me a lot but I have never read a series with such long books, normally I would read min of one book a week.
I read a wide variety of books and thanks to the amazing tuebl site have downloaded dozens for free but none are in this genre. So please if any one else has any similar recommendations please share.

I'm so happy to see I am not the only one who "mourns/pines" when a series ends, I thought I was ott in this.
I love when I stumble on a series that has quiet a few books and is finished, I hate waiting for a series to end. GoT seems to have gone on for ever and looks likely not to end for a t least a few more years. WIBVU to be angry with George R if something happened to him and he couldn't finish the series?

Has anyone read the voyager series by Diana Gabaldon? I loved these and plan to read them again in order this time. I was given one over 16 years ago and between now and then would stumble on one of them out of the blue so didn't get to read them in sequence. At the time they were almost unheard of in book shops and libraries here in Ireland so I couldn't order them. The series still isn't finished so I think it must be going on for 20 years.

I am downloading lots of the recommendations, thanks yet again everyone.

I am off to google William Marshall, you have piqued my interest and out of respect I will not use tuebl if it looks like something I would read.
The dma take down notices have recently been hacked and there is some issue with them afaik,

I love Eddings. Predictable but warm and cosy t .read.
Loved Jim Butchers Calderon series and all of Simon R Greens stuff, the Blue Moon and Hawk and Fisher have my favourite mix of fantasy with slight humour.

Cacamilis - no you wouldn't be unreasonable by being annoyed if George R. R. Martin died before he finished GoT. I was upset that Robert Jordan died before concluding WoT. I believe that his ending would have been far superior to Brandon Sanderson's.

Thanks for the Diana Gabaldon suggestion. I will check her out.

I thought this thread would be about Game of Thrones! I agree with the Robin Hobb (though not Soldier Son trilogy that was disappointing (understatement - I didn't bother to read the third one) - start with "Assasin's Apprentice"), Patrick Rothfuss, Joe Abercrombie recommendations.

Also very glad to see another Guy Gavriel Kay fan out there, he is very good, I especially love "A Song for Arbonne".

Can't agree with the Wheel of Time thing though, I read the first one and thought it was such a Tolkien rip off I got rather annoyed with it and haven't bothered to pick up any others.

I love David Eddings (but he's no where near as involved/dark as GRRM) but he was my first fantasy author and I will always love his writing.
Also Tad Williams is great. Or Raymond E Feist his stuff is pretty epic too.

dontpanic I love re-reading Edding's stuff (maybe not his last series!) he's my real comfort blanket read

Zombies! Tell me more! At home with 12 week dd a lot so a good zombie book would pass the time brilliantly!

Funghoul - has to be Justin Cronin's The Passage. Zombies with a bit of a twist.

Have you read Mark Lawrence's books? Only three but really well-written (coming from someone who doesn't usually like this genre), fantastic characters, just brilliant all round really .

This is the first one:

www.amazon.co.uk/Prince-Thorns-Broken-Empire-Book/dp/0007423632/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375740848&sr=1-4&keywords=mark+lawrence

Keatsybeasty - have read the first two but am finding Emperor of Thrones abut hard going. How are you getting on it with it? It is my current book but am thinking of of starting something else.

I've just started it Garcia10 - but I'm ploughing on with the JK Rowling as well, so think I might need to get that out of the way before I can really concentrate on something else.

margaret atwood mad addam trilogy first you have oryx and crake then the flood and the last mad addam is out this month. wonderful writer totally nails dystopia and you see the correlations with our society today

In order of preference
World war z, max brooks and indeed how to
zombie fallout series mark tufo
The walking dead books (these are new not the comics which are based on the series but based on the same time with new and old caracters) Jay Bonansingo and Robert Kirkman.
Mountain man series, Keith C Blackmore
These two are not zombie but worth a mention, I am legend and children of the men.

Back to Zombie
This shattered land, James cook Also No easy hope
Apocalypse law series, John Grit.
Area 187 Eric Lowther

Contagious series Emily Goodwin

Books in the series "The Enemy" by Charlie Higson, these may be aimed towards teens but are quiet good.
Breaking news an autozombiography N.J Hallard.
Into the badlands Brian J Jarrett

Actually scrap it when I say they are in order of preference, I consider them all to be a good read. I have lots more in my kindle cloud but these are the ones that stand out to me as having enjoyed a lot. I found the more books I read in this genre the fussier I became.

My friends think I am bonkers when I admit to loving this type of book but I try and explain its not all about the blood and gore, a good zombie book will have a really good story of human survival against the odds and well developed caracters whom you do not want to see getting bitten.

^ In regards to the zombie books question.

Don't know if it's too 'real life'/historical for you, but Bernard Cornwell's Alfred the Great series are great.

They follow the life of a dispossessed Lord of Northumbia who is raised by Vikings from.the age of 10 after his father is killed & his uncle robs him.of his lands.

As a young adult various turns of events see.him.pledge an.oath to Alfred/Wessex, but he continues to be torn between hid oath & his pagan/Viking upbringing and beliefs, and dreams of reclaiming his beloved Bebbanburg.

There's a bit of witchcraft throughout and a 'zombie of sorts' in book.4 if that helps!

I love real life and historical too so thanks for the recommendation. I am a bit of a book slut
Seriously though I spent years reading the same type of books, it wasn't until I got my kindle and could download a sample for free that I started branching out.

I have been reading the "A Dance with Dragons" for the best part of a century or so it seems. Page by page every week or so.

Thank you for this thread.

Oh coronnie I know how you feel I am doing everything possible to read the book but stretch it out and to think I almost gave up a quarter of the way into book two.
I still have a few episodes of series 3 to watch but keep putting it off as I am still recovering from reading about the red wedding. I really don't know if I can face watching it .

I found with this series and event occurs, like what happened to Eddard, and I am just about getting my head around it and then something else happens. I have literally had to put the kindle down for a few days while I "mourn".

I have been sending the author baskets of fruit and vitamin pills. Imagine him dropping dead with all those loose ends?

And with every sodding book there are even more of them!

Thank you. I agree, it's n

On phone sorry! It's nice to know other people like books that aren't chick lit, a genre that I don't really get on with. I love a good horror book, or something that makes you think, rather than a boring love story. Going to look up all thes books now can't wait!

My all time favourite series is by Diana Gabaldon,books are about a woman who travels back in time to 18th century Scotland.
Very well written, lots of history, first one is called "Cross Stitch".
I think the eighth one is coming out soon.

I cannot help. My world ended when I finished the last book in the sookie stackhouse (true blood) series and I'm still pining.
Good books though, and thankfully nothing like the series became.