In the "OMG so good the idea of getting someone to read them usually has me jumping up and down and practically peeing my pants with excitement" category... The Hyperion Tetrology by Dan Baker The Books of the New Sun (including the 5th) by Gene Wolfe The Black Company series by Glen Cook if you like Pratchett: the Discworld books (they do start a touch slow, totally worth the slight slowness of the first three books) The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (start with Eyes of the Dragon if you want the full "Dark Tower as Fantasy" experience) Any of The Eternal Champion cycle by Michael Moorecock (start it the basic Elric of Melnibone books, branch from there) The Fafhard and the Grey Mouser books by Fritz Leiber The Dragon and the George (and sequels) by Gordon R Dickson I've never met a Gaiman book I didn't like.
Seconded by a billion to start with Sandman if you're looking for both a good start to Gaiman and graphic novels. I do like my graphic novels a bit dark but I wholley endorse Preacher and pretty much anything by Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan is the usual starting point there) Also the Batman-Dark Knight series, and (of course) Watchmen and V for Vendetta.
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Date: 2009-06-12 09:01 pm (UTC)The Hyperion Tetrology by Dan Baker
The Books of the New Sun (including the 5th) by Gene Wolfe
The Black Company series by Glen Cook
if you like Pratchett: the Discworld books (they do start a touch slow, totally worth the slight slowness of the first three books)
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (start with Eyes of the Dragon if you want the full "Dark Tower as Fantasy" experience)
Any of The Eternal Champion cycle by Michael Moorecock (start it the basic Elric of Melnibone books, branch from there)
The Fafhard and the Grey Mouser books by Fritz Leiber
The Dragon and the George (and sequels) by Gordon R Dickson
I've never met a Gaiman book I didn't like.
Seconded by a billion to start with Sandman if you're looking for both a good start to Gaiman and graphic novels.
I do like my graphic novels a bit dark but I wholley endorse Preacher and pretty much anything by Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan is the usual starting point there) Also the Batman-Dark Knight series, and (of course) Watchmen and V for Vendetta.