Sword and sorcery recommendation

[chongjasmine]

I want to read sword and sorcery fantasy books. What do you recommend?

 

[BAYLOR]

The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings by JRR Tolkien
Conan The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E Howard also by Howard his King Kull stories , Bran man Morn Stories an, Solomon Kane stories and Cormac Art stories

The Malazan Saga by Steven Erickson 10 boo series
Jhereg by Stephen Brust

The Kane the Mystic Swordsman series 5 book dark fantasy seres by Karl Edward Wagner
1. Bloodstone
2. Darkness Weaves
3. Dark Crusade
4. Death Angels Shadow
5. NightWinds
also by Wagner Conan The Road of Kings and Bran Man Morn The Legion from the Shadow
Echos of Valor I , II and III edited by Wagner

The Ship of Ishtar by Abraham Merritt
Swords and Devilry by Fritz Leiber This the first of the wonderful 6 book Faferd and the Grey Mouser series.
The Eternal Champion by Michal Moorcock Its ah use mutlivolume multi series saga . This is a good novel to start with
The High House by James Stoddard
The False House by James Stoddard
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Mythago Woods by Robert Holdstock
Magus Rex by jack Lovejoy
Witchworld by Andre Norton the first book in a fantasy classic series
John the Balladeer by Manley Wade Wellman
Typewriter in the Sky by L Ron Hubbard
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Lilith by George MacDonald
The Well at the End of the World by Williams Morris
The Lost Continent by C J Cutcliffe Hynd
The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs
The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K LeGuin
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
The Complete Enchanter by L Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgeson
The Fellowship of the Talisman by Clifford Simak
The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
The Reign of Wizardry by Jack Williamson
The Mines of Behemoth by Michael Shea
The Dreaming Jewels by Theodore Sturgeon
Black Gods Kiss by C L Moore
Silverlock by John Myers Myers
Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
Empire of the East by Fred Saberhagen
Kothar Barbarian Swordsman by Gardner Francis Fox
The City of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith
Tales From the Dying Earth by Jack Vance (Fantasy series)
The Charwomans's Shadow by Lord Dunsany


The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin by Seabury Quinn 5 volumes
1. The Horror on the Links
2. The Devils Rosary
3. The Dark Angel
4. A Rival From the Grave
5. Black Moon

Too Long a Sacrifice by Mildred Downey Broxton
The Black Company by Glen Cook
The P I Garret Series by Glen Cook


I will leave it at that.

 

[Brian G Turner]

I want to read sword and sorcery fantasy books. What do you recommend?

i think you might find David Gemmell suits you well - Legend is his most popular book.

 

[BAYLOR]

You might also want to check out Simon Green's Hawk and Fisher Series

 

[vanye]

It would probably be harder to name fantasy stories that are not sword and sorceress to some extent.

So my recommendation is one in a science fiction setting: C.J. Cherryh‘s Morgaine cycle.

 

[BAYLOR]

It would probably be harder to name fantasy stories that are not sword and sorceress to some extent.

So my recommendation is one in a science fiction setting: C.J. Cherryh‘s Morgaine cycle.

I loved the Morgaine, I wish she'd written more of them.

 

[Vince W]

The Witch Hunter books by C. L. Werner.
The Barrow by Mark Smylie
and if you can find them the Artesia graphic novels also by Mark Smylie

 

[The Big Peat]

When you say Sword & Sorcery, what do you mean?

Because, yes, there's a ton of books that can be described that way...

... and a lot fewer if you mean rigidly in genre...

... and something in the middle if you want the spirit of S&S, but aren't super set on it being the way Howard laid it down.



If you want the middle, then a lot of the stuff has already been mentioned. Howard's Conan, Moore's Jirel of Joiry, Leiber's Fahfrd and the Grey Mouser, Moorcock's Elric and Corum and Eternal Champion, Clark Ashton's Hyperborea and Zothique, Jack Vance's Dying Earth. You could also try John Jakes' Brak the Barbarian, or Henry Kuttner's Elak of Atlantis.

One thing in this sphere that I don't think has been mentioned that I would recommend is M John Harrison's The Pastel City.

Also Leigh Brackett's The Sword of Rhiannon and Eric John Stark stories might as well be S&S.

In the spirit of... William King's Gortrek and Felix are a gimme. But beyond that, I guess it's what's the spirit to you, what about S&S appeals to you.

 

[vanye]

I loved the Morgaine, I wish she'd written more of them.

I once wrote her an e-mail (mid to late nineties) and asked her if she would write more books about Morgaine and Vanye. And she really answered me. I was so surprised! Bad news, though. She wrote that she would very much like to but her publisher wouldn’t.

 

[BAYLOR]

I once wrote her an e-mail (mid to late nineties) and asked her if she would write more books about Morgaine and Vanye. And she really answered me. I was so surprised! Bad news, though. She wrote that she would very much like to but her publisher wouldn’t.

A pity.

 

[Alex The G and T]

Epic list so far, hard to think of additions...

The "Thieves World" shared-world anthologies conceived and edited by Robert Lynn Asprin. Lot's of great authors contributing many great tales.

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Gene Wolf writes all over the weird genre spectrum. For S and S there's an omnibus edition of The Knight with The Wizard.

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The Book of Skaith series Adventures of John Stark Leigh Bracket

 

[chongjasmine]

Thanks for the recommendations!

 

[SilentRoamer]

i think you might find David Gemmell suits you well - Legend is his most popular book.

Seeing anyone recommend Gemmell makes me both sad and happy at the same time.

Gemmell had so much more potential and I feel like his best work was always ahead of him.

It's about time I re-read his work - part of me is scared too in case it loses some of the magic.

 

[BAYLOR]

Seeing anyone recommend Gemmell makes me both sad and happy at the same time.

Gemmell had so much more potential and I feel like his best work was always ahead of him.

It's about time I re-read his work - part of me is scared too in case it loses some of the magic.

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinney