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Fantasy Check out These Authors: Epic : Piers Anthony David Eddings Stephen King Tamora Pierce Peter V. Brett Kate Elliott Mark Lawrence Melanie Rawn Terry Brooks Raymond E Feist George R. R. Martin Patrick Rothfuss Harry Connolly Terry Goodkind Brian McClellan R. A. Salvatore Glen Cook Elizabeth Haydon L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Brandon Sanderson Sara Douglass N.K. Jemisin Elizabeth Moon V. E. Schwab David Drake Robert Jordan Mel Odom JRR Tolkien Tad Williams Dragons & Magic : Shana Abe Barbara Hambly Anne McCaffrey Terry Pratchett Daniel Abraham Robin Hobb Andre Norton Michelle Sagara Kristen Britain E.E. Knight Naomi Novik Michael Swanwick Steven Brust Mercedes Lackey Christopher Paolini Margaret Weis Steampunk : Philippa Ballantine Gail Carriger Clay Griffith Bec McMaster Elizabeth Bear Kate Cross Mark Hodder Devin Monk Meljean Brook William Gibson Stephen Hunt Cherie Priest Jim Butcher Felix Gilman George Mann Chris Wooding Alternate Worlds : Ben Aaronovitch Pierce Brown Stephen R. Donaldson China Mieville Joe Abercrombie Jim Butcher Jasper Fforde Daniel Polansky Scott Bakker Orson Scott Card Simon Green Harry Turtledove Clive Barker Suzanne Clarke Katherine Kurtz Roger Zelazny Romantic Fantasy : Shana Abe Cassandra Clare Patricia Kennealy- Maria V. Snyder Carol Berg Cameron Dokey Morrison Michelle Sagara Anne Bishop Christine Feehan Sherrilyn Kenyon Sharon Shinn Kristin Cashore Diana Gabaldon Mercedes Lackey J.R. Ward Lynsay Sands Urban Fiction : Ilona Andrews Simon R. Green Benedict Jacka Neil Gaiman Patricia Briggs Laurell K. Hamilton Richard Kadrey Lev Grossman Jim Butcher Charlaine Harris Derek Landy Charles Stross Larry Correia Kevin Hearne Charles de Lint Rob Thurman St. Charles City-County Library District— Your Answer Place! http://www.youranswerplace.org/if-you-fantasy .

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