Oh my gawd SSSSAAAAAAMMMMMEEEEE!
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Sandersonās Cosmere novels/novellas/short stories
Jordanās Wheel of Time
Both of which typify excellent world building.
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Ahhhhh Iām so ready for Wayward Son! Itās supposed to be this fall, right?
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YESSSSSS!
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I just finished re-reading an amazing Sci-Fi book series and I couldnāt remember if I threw it down in here when I first joined but here goes nothing.
Itās called Galaxyās Edge there are two story lines that end up converging at the end but the first book: Legionnaire follows a Legionnaire by the the name of Chhun and it more or less is just a mix of Star Wars and Halo but in the very best way. Lenionnaireās are special forces of the future and unlike stormtroopers can actually shoot in a straight line. The first book is basically a war story but like its written by a solider and shows the more āgrittyā side of war. (Dumb as a rock officers, rules of engagement bs, etc.) Definetly a āsoftā Sci-Fi story rather than techy and in your face.
The second book does a 180 and the main character is an outlaw bounty hunter. I wonāt spoil anything but I absolutely love this series.
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Oh wow thanks for the book suggestions guys, I will definitely have to add a few of these to my unending āto read listā.
I love fantasy but I tend, other than Terry Pratchett whom I love and credit my marriage to, swing towards darker fantasy, which is probably why I liked the darkening in the Potterverse as it went along.
My favourite series/books in the darker fantasy vein are, in no particular order: the Black Jewels by Anne Bishop, Green Rider by Kristen Britain, Tailchaserās Song, the Shadowmarch tetrology and the War of the Flowers by Tad Williams, Holly Blackās Modern Faerie Tales and the Catswold Portal by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. Iām sure there are others, but Iām away from my shelf so I canāt do a quick scan 
Iām currently wending my way through the Dresden Files and the Dark Tower serieses (is that the plural of series? 
) at the moment, which are so far also tending towards the darker fantasy.
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I just picked up Green Rider from the library last night! I read it as a teenager and enjoyed it, but the series wasnāt complete then.
And Dark Tower is amazing. I only just finished Wizard and Glass this year and I was emotionally destroyed.
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Me too, my copy of the first book is so dog-eared and well loved. I only discovered in my 20s that there were more. I must admit I found one of the books had little pay-off, but as you probably wont have to wait as long as I did to read the following book it probably wont bother you as much - Though the arc is not yet complete, so thereās more to look forward to, yey!
I too only just finished Wizard and Glass. The heaviness is why I read Dresden files between Dark Towers for light relief 
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I grew up on Emily Rodda and Tamora Pierce, among others
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I really like the bone witch trilogy by Rin Chupeco!! It was interesting & had characters with a lot of dimension which I adore!
Also the LOTR series, Harry Potter, I was obsessed with Artemis Fowl as a kid so I would maybe say those books as well 
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Omg I love the Artemis fowl series! Iāve just read them for the third time!
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Iād like to say Iām a fan of the Mortal Engines books (and the prequels) but Iām mad at Phillip Reeves (funnily enough for the same reason that Iām mad at Derek Landy, though I still recommend the first 5 Skulduggery Pleasant books. Havenāt read past book 9 yetā¦) so I donāt want to recommend him too stronglyā¦ For reasons that would be spoilers for his Blacklight Express books. The Mortal Engines books are still good though!
Eragon, of course, is a classic. Canāt go wrong with it! When I was 17 I wanted to be the next Christopher Paolini, bless his heart. Made his own maps and everything!
I second what @Marlificent and @Rimor say about Artemis Fowl, those books are fantastic! Iāmā¦ very disappointed in the movie casting though. Very disappointed. Still, that only makes the books seem even better in comparison! 
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Ive just convinced my sister to read the mortal engines series! I got the new cover editions but I miss the old cover styles!
I agree that Iām not looking forward to the AF film as some of the casting is good but some for example just takes away one of the main messages of the books
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Iām not going to lie I totally forgot about the AF movie!! I do try to never judge a movie before I see it but I agree, it looks a little sub-par even for a Disney remakeā¦ @Rimor @SabineBean
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They whitewashed Holly Shortā¦ Thatās notā¦ Greatā¦ The movie itself might be alright, but the casting calls they were putting out were so bad it put off a whole lot of potential fans, yāknow? They might get the plot right, but the Percy Jackson and Eragon movies donāt bring me hope haha. Still, thereās some good ones! The Mortal Engines movie recently came out, I didnāt get to see it, but I hear itās really good and a faithful adaptation! And I liked the Golden Compass movies even though they werenāt critically acclaimed. Something about them really struck me, yāknow? 
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Iāve just watched the mortal engines movie and they did somethingās better then the books but I feel like Hester Shaw wasnāt ugly enough in the film among other things such as revealing key plot devices right at the beginning. But omg skrike was brilliant!! I just wanted more of him in the film!
I canāt wait for BBCs his dark materials series!
(Also we should probably make a movies dissociation thread )
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Yeah I totally get that @SabineBean , but sometimes whitewashing isnāt done intentionally, sometimes theyāll find an actor who fits the role more perfectly & theyāll choose them because to a director personality is the character. They will need a lot of equal representation elsewhere for this to work though so I donāt know how thatās going to go. Percy Jackson was, in my opinion, not that bad but can only be considered as a separate entity from the books. I actually liked the Eragon movies but only because I hadnāt read the books.
Mortal Engines looks really good though I have yet to read any. I have the books sitting in my bookshelf but I have so many others to read first I feel like theyāre missing out 
There definitely needs to be a movie dissociation thread @Rimor
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Iāve actually started reading the Dresden files, which are, I suppose, urban fantasy. Itās the third or fourth time Iāve tried reading them and Iāve gotten further than before, so weāll see.
I really do love the world building and the magic system, but absolutely anytime a woman is described makes me want to just stop reading. Iām really not sure if the author intended that or it just happened, either.
Otherwise, Iāve been reading the Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews. They hit that nice spot for me in between high fantasy/sci-fi and dollar-store bodice ripper, and sometimes thatās all I want.
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I do like the magic and mystery in those ones, but the āmale gazeā is definitely quite prominent.
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Has anyone ever read the Belgariad series by David Eddings?
It was the first old epic fantasy series I read as a teenager and the series that got me properly hooked! Iāve only ever met one other person thatās read it though, but maybe Iām just not looking in the right places 
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