Oh, I thought you were asking because you were, like, one of those people who's read like a gazillion fantasy series, all of which have like 15 books of 800 pages. But I see now you're actually not a native English speaker? (Yes? No? Not anything you're saying; I just vaguely remembered someone talking about Dutch or something on this meme and then I went and saw on your profile you're from Belguim.) So it's really not surprising you haven't read these...the Ghatti books in particular I've never come across someone else who's read them, I don't think? Although, I'm sure I must know someone as I start to meet people who read a lot. Cheysuli's been up for Yuletide in the past, I think, which means SOMEONE'S read them, but I haven't talked to them. Pretty obscure; either that or I don't talk to the right kinds of readers.
Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - are one of the most famous series ever written, in the English children's literature/fantasy canon. His Dark Materials is actually commonly known to be an...atheist response to them? because they're very, very Christian. Which I never realized as a kid, but is very apparent as an adult, so...I'm not sure if you'll enjoy Narnia that much reading it for the first time now. But I would recommend it almost just as...research. Plus, the movies that are currently coming out (3/7 so far) are really gorgeous. They're not 100% faithful in plotline, but the world is beautiful, presumably because the author's stepson, who read the books as a child, is involved in their production, and he imagined the world as a kid probably similar to how most of us did.
Oh, God, LotR. I couldn't get through them either, though the movies are beautiful. I've read The Hobbit, though; somehow that one was easier - maybe it's shorter? Also I think I might've had to read it for school.
On the other grown-up series I mentioned (I just pulled up the comment so I could check which ones they were): Jacqueline Carey and the Kushiel's Legacy books are an awesome place to start; a lot of people really enjoy them. Although you should be warned there's, uh, kind of a lot of sex, and sometimes it's...let's just say, unconventional. But they're gorgeous; the world is amazing. The friend who gave it to me doesn't actually like them that much; there's a slow bit that lost her, I think, in the middle of Kushiel's Dart, the first book - but she told me she loved the world, which I do, too.
ASOIAF = A Song of Ice and Fire, which is really well-known and highly recommended, but I can't wholeheartedly recommend it yet myself, because like I said I'm stalled in the middle of the second book. And I'm scared, because it's one of those series where no one is exempt from possibly dying.
Sidebar: If you like romance, there's another series, that has some really wonderful concepts but not as much...ahem, cough, substance; they're kind of like romance novels really, but - Sharon Shinn's Samaria? The first book is Archangel, I think. I've only read the first two, but they're more like separate stories in one world than an ongoing story - ASOIAF is definitely an ongoing story, as are the early Kushiel books. The appeal for me and my bestie was always, there are angels and they sing! It's actually kind of, like, postapocalyptic? But you don't realize it at first.
What else did I mention...Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy...I first read in, like middle school? Uh, it has its ups and downs in terms of character and it might depend what you're into, but it is also fairly popular...
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Oh, I thought you were asking because you were, like, one of those people who's read like a gazillion fantasy series, all of which have like 15 books of 800 pages. But I see now you're actually not a native English speaker? (Yes? No? Not anything you're saying; I just vaguely remembered someone talking about Dutch or something on this meme and then I went and saw on your profile you're from Belguim.) So it's really not surprising you haven't read these...the Ghatti books in particular I've never come across someone else who's read them, I don't think? Although, I'm sure I must know someone as I start to meet people who read a lot. Cheysuli's been up for Yuletide in the past, I think, which means SOMEONE'S read them, but I haven't talked to them. Pretty obscure; either that or I don't talk to the right kinds of readers.
Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - are one of the most famous series ever written, in the English children's literature/fantasy canon. His Dark Materials is actually commonly known to be an...atheist response to them? because they're very, very Christian. Which I never realized as a kid, but is very apparent as an adult, so...I'm not sure if you'll enjoy Narnia that much reading it for the first time now. But I would recommend it almost just as...research. Plus, the movies that are currently coming out (3/7 so far) are really gorgeous. They're not 100% faithful in plotline, but the world is beautiful, presumably because the author's stepson, who read the books as a child, is involved in their production, and he imagined the world as a kid probably similar to how most of us did.
Oh, God, LotR. I couldn't get through them either, though the movies are beautiful. I've read The Hobbit, though; somehow that one was easier - maybe it's shorter? Also I think I might've had to read it for school.
On the other grown-up series I mentioned (I just pulled up the comment so I could check which ones they were): Jacqueline Carey and the Kushiel's Legacy books are an awesome place to start; a lot of people really enjoy them. Although you should be warned there's, uh, kind of a lot of sex, and sometimes it's...let's just say, unconventional. But they're gorgeous; the world is amazing. The friend who gave it to me doesn't actually like them that much; there's a slow bit that lost her, I think, in the middle of Kushiel's Dart, the first book - but she told me she loved the world, which I do, too.
ASOIAF = A Song of Ice and Fire, which is really well-known and highly recommended, but I can't wholeheartedly recommend it yet myself, because like I said I'm stalled in the middle of the second book. And I'm scared, because it's one of those series where no one is exempt from possibly dying.
Sidebar: If you like romance, there's another series, that has some really wonderful concepts but not as much...ahem, cough, substance; they're kind of like romance novels really, but - Sharon Shinn's Samaria? The first book is Archangel, I think. I've only read the first two, but they're more like separate stories in one world than an ongoing story - ASOIAF is definitely an ongoing story, as are the early Kushiel books. The appeal for me and my bestie was always, there are angels and they sing! It's actually kind of, like, postapocalyptic? But you don't realize it at first.
What else did I mention...Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy...I first read in, like middle school? Uh, it has its ups and downs in terms of character and it might depend what you're into, but it is also fairly popular...