Can anyone suggest a serries on par with Sword of Truth?

I was really into Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth serries. But it started getting to drawn out for me almost like a soap opera where you keep reading cause your hooked I really wasn't liking them anymore.

I tried reading Pern by ??Anne McCaffery??

It seemed to geeked out and involved and I couldn't even finish the first chapter.

Wheel of time seems like it could be good but They are so huge and there are so many of them, and the seem like they could be too involved.

Basically I like SciFi and or fantasy books that are all about the charecters. Really liked the dark elf trillogy and Icewind Dale Trilliogy by R.A Salvitore. Really got to know the charecters and the author didn't try and lay down a whole different fantasy universe with its own 20k languege of different palaces and people who really don't matter to the story line and just end up giving me a headache.

Was wondering if his other serries's were any good as well if anyone had any other suggestions?

Can anyone suggest a serries on par with Sword of Truth?ballet

OMG DUDE READ WHEEL OF TIME!!!!!!! IT GETS SOO GOOOD AND UR PRACTICLY SKIPING PAGES TO SEE WHATS HAPPNING

(get 3 at a time just in case u read one to fast =P)

read any forgotten relms book or the obsidian trilogy is ok

and u NEED to read all of the drizzt books

The Dark Elf Trilogy

The Icewind Dale Trilogy

Legacy of the Drow

Paths of Darkness

The Hunter's Blades Trilogy

Transitions

the fighters series:

master of chains

gost walker

son of thunder

bladesinger

the year of roue dragons

the rage

the rite

the ruin

The Cleric Quintet

Canticle

In Sylvan Shadows

Night Masks

The Fallen Fortress

The Chaos Curse

Can anyone suggest a serries on par with Sword of Truth?globe theater opera theater

Try Dragonlance. It's kinda like the Dark elf Trilogy and Icewind Dale, but with a different plot, and I think some good writing. Theres a little bit of everything in them. I liked them a lot.
Try George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" has it's merits and you may find them to be to your tastes .

If you like character development and story-line I would recommend The Ghormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake .

Good luck !

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First I would definitely suggest finishing the sword of truth. I know some of the middle books are a little drawn out and stale but the finale is worth it. Second I would suggest the Cleric Quintet series by R.A. Salvatorie. It is only five books long and is enjoyable. There is a three book series by John Marco that begins with The Eye of God that is a good read. In a slightly different genera I would suggest the Dark Tower books by Stephen King. They get to be a little drawn out like The Sword Of Truth but it is a finished series that is seven books long and the ending is really good. The Jester by James Patterson is a good stand alone. I hope these suggestions help.
I have read ALL the sets of books you mentioned above. I really do like the pern books. Well I like all of them...lol. I am also stuck in the middle of the sword of truth books and MANY times wanted to call it quits with the Wheel of time books. I really love all of RA Salvatore and have read all but his newest novels. Terry Brooks is great as well. His Sword of Shannara series gets a bit stale in the middle but he more than makes up for it towards the end. And he is writing wonderfully on those again. But he also has a shorted series called Landover that are alot of fun. Sara Douglas is good. Marrion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover Novels are AWESOME and are absolutely on a par with sword of truth and Wheel of time and I have yet to find one that was even a little stale. And if you want a fun read that is far from serious the Xanth novels by Peirs Anthony are pretty cool.

Hope this helps
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http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com

Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, a short review of each book along with a brief summary of adult content. There is also a "Readers' Choice" list of favorite books, and a list of heroine sorcery fantasy books. Just go for the lower reading levels - not because you wouldn't understand the others, but simply because they offer the type of story for which you are looking. I think you would especially appreciate the "Chameleon" trilogy, but don't be fooled - the series falls off significantly in quality after the first 3 books (as do nearly all series). I also recommend Harry Potter itself, which maintains a very good to excellent level throughout the series.

All of the following are excellent scifi (author, followed by books).

Jules Verne - free online

Journey to the Center of the Earth (my favorite scifi)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Mysterious Island

H G Wells - free online, and roughly half-length novels

War of the Worlds

The Time Machine (downer ending)

The Invisible Man (unlike many IM stories, he's a villain. This is the original)

Isaac Asimov

I, Robot (you *must* read this - the only "must read" scifi)

Elijah Baley books - http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Elijah_Baley excellent both as scifi *and* as murder mysteries - the best of both worlds

Foundation Series - *the* classic scifi trilogy

Andre Norton - *the* classic female scifi author, most of her books involve "coming of age" and pure scifi adventure

http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Andre_Norton

her best: Star Man's Son (also titled 2250 A.D.)

other excellent:

Judgment on Janus

Forerunner series

Central Control series

Solar Queen series

The Time Traders (Atlantis, magic - very cool!)

The Zero Stone

You may also like Andre Norton's "Moon Called", a woman with psychic and magical powers comes of age in a post-nuclear holocaust world with - well, wait until you meet the *real* villains!

Another excellent: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Though written for younger readers, I read this recently and it is great! Better than the movie (which was also pretty good).

Of these scifi selections, all of the Norton books should appeal to you especially, as should "NIMH". Verne is also *very* good, but *does* occasionally concern itself momentarily with real languages (not fantasy) other than English.

I hope this helps.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/