Salvatore

[undeadsteak]

Wheel of Time is awesome, but the dude died. It sucks , he had two more books to go..

[Machiavelli]

I will also heartily back Kaldaris' suggestion to read Neil Gaiman (especially American Gods, that book is phenomenal!), and Satoshi on Lovecraft and Frank Herbert. There is no good reason not to read Lovecraft... I wholeheartedly reject the idea that such a thing could possibly exist!

[Scavar]

I've read all the above mentioned...I like Salvatore

Don't like HP Lovecraft though, and did give up on Wheel of Time....

[Rawor]

Terry Pratchett.

[BrylliantInsnity]

Don't frown Scavar, I like Salvatore's works, also.

Different strokes for different folks as they say.

[Fajitaduke]

I thought the parameter was that it had to have something to do with a rogue. If we were just making generic recommendations for good things to read, nothing from the TRS/Wizards/Hasbro house gets on the list. Nor do most fantasy-themed works, as there is a lot of garbage out there (a few notable exceptions have been brought up here already, though).

[Sammael]

The wheel of time is good through to Book 5. Read that one, and from thereon be aware that the rest of the books are awful and will probably ruin it for you.

Steven Erickson seems great from the one book I have read and from what people have said. So maybe he's good.

American Gods by Neil Gaman is, indeed, great. Go for it; his comics are fantastic too, if I must be nerdily honest.

Read -a- book by terry pratchett. If you think it's awful, stop reading terry pratchett, he's not your type. If you like it...well, hallo there!

If you like Ayn Rand you'll like Terry Goodkind. That's all I'm saying on that.

[Rhifox]

If you like Ayn Rand you'll like Terry Goodkind. That's all I'm saying on that.

I liked Terry Goodkind a lot back when I actually still read books.

[undeadsteak]

Meh, I thought all of the Wheel of Time books were pretty good.

[Krya Flacongrace]

Meh, I thought all of the Wheel of Time books were pretty good.

Yeah me too, there is a rumor going around that he left alot of notes so another author can finish it..

I also like Raymond E. Fiest

The Conclave of Shadows was a fine read

[Scavar]

Yeah me too, there is a rumor going around that he left alot of notes so another author can finish it..

I also like Raymond E. Fiest

The Conclave of Shadows was a fine read

Yay Raymond E. Fiest!

[Tildryn]

With regards to Pratchett, one must be very careful which book one starts with. The first one I tried to read was Interesting Times, and since I had no knowledge of Rincewind etc from previous books, I just ended up confused and frustrated, and gave up on them for years.

Years later, I decided to give it another try...not sure with which one, I believe it was likely the original though, The Colour of Magic. Thusly I discovered they were fantastic, and have been an avid reader ever since. I even liked Interesting Times once I got to it again, reading the books in order and thus knowing who the recurring characters were.

Other good starters are Mort (my personal favourite), and Small Gods (competing with Mort for my top spot).

[Rawor]

Soul Music is definately my favourite. It's such a delicious parody.

I started with Moving Pictures, which not only introduces characters in a good way, but gives you some non-persistent ones so that you don't feel you're out of the loop.

[Tildryn]

Soul Music is definately my favourite. It's such a delicious parody.

I started with Moving Pictures, which not only introduces characters in a good way, but gives you some non-persistent ones so that you don't feel you're out of the loop.

I hear a lot of people saying Soul Music is their favourite, funnily enough.

Yep, Moving Pictures is a great starter too. Good catch.

[Aux]

I thought the parameter was that it had to have something to do with a rogue. If we were just making generic recommendations for good things to read, nothing from the TRS/Wizards/Hasbro house gets on the list. Nor do most fantasy-themed works, as there is a lot of garbage out there (a few notable exceptions have been brought up here already, though).

Yeah.. I thought it was rogue related suggestions too, which was why I posted relevantly.. and theyre good books too.

Theres been a couple of DnD rogue novels, but I cant remember what they are.... as someone mentioned the early Gord (greyhawk) novels spring to mind.