So I grew up very sheltered and isolated from society and as a result missed out on a lot of pop culture and other common things. I love to read, and I really enjoy fantasy and DnD and those types of things and I’m trying to find and catch up on the great fantasy books/series that every fantasy lover/nerd should know. I’m not as interested in sci-fi, but I’m willing to read the “great” ones too. What would you recommend?

Series I’ve read: The Lord of the Rings The Witcher The Dark Tower The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Dungeon Crawler Karl

Update to add also read: Wheel of Time Most of the Stormlight Archive The Hobbit

I’m just starting my first Discworld book.

Edit: Thanks everyone! Keep them coming, I’m going to make a list with all the suggestions and start working through them.

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    Series?

    • Le Guin’s Earthsea Trilogy

    • Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain

    • Discworld, especially the Night Watch books

    • Orson Scott Card’s Alvin Maker series

    Individual Books:

    • Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown, or anything else she wrote

    • Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock and Howl’s Moving Castle, or anything else she wrote

    • Philip K. Dick, “Galactic Pot-Healer” (Dick straddles the line between science fiction and science fantasy, but this one’s firmly the latter)

    • Madeline L’Engle, Many Waters

    I’m sure I’ll think of more but my break is up.