Any epic books I shoud read

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I was just wondering what must read epics i may have missed, some thing along the line of the Dark tower series or the lord of the rings.
 
Bit off from lord of the rings but i recently started the whole hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series and it's probably the funniest book i've ever read!

so much missed from the BBC series and the film.

Also i'd recommend the Discworld series, start off with The Colour of Magic. Some people find it a bit heavy but i enjoy reading them.
 
Dune by Frank Herbert would count as an epic and probably one of the best science-fiction books of all time. Taipan by James Clavell is a historical epic.

While we're on the subject of books you should read, 1984 by George Orwell, not an epic as such perhaps but well worth reading.
 
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I was just wondering what must read epics i may have missed, some thing along the line of the Dark tower series or the lord of the rings.
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The Diablo Archive (this is a collection of the four Diablo books - you'll especially enjoy them if you played the games)
His Dark Materials (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass)
Harry Potter
 
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The "Song of Ice and Fire" set by George R R Martin. Note that currently only the first four volumes are available (with vol 3 split into two parts for paperback, but not hardback). At least three more books are planned.


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I'd second Dune, if you can manage them try all of them in the main sequence from Dune to Sandworms (the last two were writtien by the original author's son and another author apparently based on the original outline/notes).

Nights Dawn Trillogy by Peter F Hamilton is very good, pretty epic (3000+ pages spread across 3 books, with from memory 5 main groups of characters*)

Eddings, again, although some of his stories seem very similar to each other.

Discworld definitely, although it's not so much a single epic as multiple stories/story arcs (Rincewind, Wizards, Death, Witches, Watch, Finance/Tech), with a cast of literally thousands (there are hundreds of recurring characters spread out across the series).

Possibly Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series, although it seemed to get very samey after about book 5 or 6 (it's 11 books long) - I ended up buying/reading all of them, but I don't know if I would do it again.


Asimov's R Daniell/Bailey series, start off with Caves of Steel, then the sequels, then move on to the Foundation series.
I can always recommend his Robot series of books, look for the Complete Robot to get them all in one volume (all his shorts at any rate), so many sci-fi/robot stories these days seem to have at least partial roots in those stories.


*Each of whom see the story from different angles as it starts up and gets running.
 
Eddings - Belgariad followed by Malloreon, very similar but well told. His Sparhawk series were also very good. His newer stuff isn't too hot though as too much of a retread, although Redemption of Althalus is a fun standalone book :)
 
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