Legends of Earthsea Six Parts (set)

✒✒Fantasy Recommendation 3: Fantasy Works TOP20 C✒✒ 6. Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" Six Parts Five books have been completed, starting with Wizards of Earthsea, a very good period drama that goes beyond the ordinary grindhouse boy-turned-wizard-saving-the-world trope. The descriptions are so good that you want to wow them; the story is equally captivating, it's the kind of book you can read again and again, moving, beautiful, and occasionally sad. 7. Kate Elliot's "Crown of Stars" Legend Complex politics, an elaborate magic system, the collision of faith and secular forces, an inevitable disaster looming, long-lost creatures walking the earth again, great character portrayal... What more can you ask for from a fantasy legend? Plot? Good enough for you to read it. 8. Sean Russell's "Swan War" trilogy Russell's writing style is gorgeous, even more like poetry. His world is full of mystery and beauty, and in many cases fantasy books suffer from an overload of magic, allowing anyone to easily acquire new powers to fight off more powerful villains. Russell chose to keep magic mysterious and rare, and never explained how it worked, but the work was more "modern" and "novel". 9. Patricia A. McCallip's "Mystery of the Stars" trilogy Three volumes completed, this is a set that is as much a must-read for any fan of fantasy as The Lord of the Rings - don't be afraid, these books are not old in any sense (they were published over twenty years ago), the stories are engaging, the characters are lifelike, and the writing is poetic - as in the case of Sean Russell, these books are more than just fantasy. 10. Robin Hubbe's "Assassin Trilogy", "The Merchant of Life" trilogy, and "Tea Man" trilogy Each volume has three volumes, all completed. Hube is the best character writer, her characters come to life, jumping off the page and into the reader's mind like real people. She pulls no punches in making her characters suffer, horrific disasters. I never thought about the connection between Hube and deus ex machina. If her protagonist falls into a trap and there is no mysterious air cushion that shoots up to protect him from falling, no, the protagonist will fall and break her legs or even her wrists. Huber also created an interesting magic system and an engaging plot. You'll scream and laugh as her characters overcome the odds. 11. JV Jones' "Sword of Shadows" series A cruel, cold fantasy with a sinister beauty, but the characters are filled with incredible kindness. The characterizations are very good, and Jones, similar to Robin Hubbe and Martin, doesn't privilege her heroes. 12. Jennifer Fallon's "Second Son" trilogy All three books are on sale. A magnificent masterpiece, starting with "The Lion of Slater".

Fantasy novel, no need for unnecessary introduction

One of the stories in this set of novels has a movie version, produced by Hayao Miyazaki's son, who is not very famous.