Robert Asprin and others
The "Thieves World" series : (Thieves World)
An anthology with several stories all taking place in and around the Thieves City. Some of the stories are pretty okay, especially one written by Marion Zimmer Bradley. All in all pretty entertaining low-fantasy. This one gets 2 out of 5 thieves.

Marion Zimmer Bradley
Mists of Avalon :
This is a thick book! This is a good book! The Arthur tale told from the views of the women around the King, mostly Morgaine le Fay's, (who isn't evil). Much mystics and magic. The book shows the supremity of the old celtic belief in the Goddess over the narrow-sighted priest of Christ who tries to convert Britain. A certain 4 out of five holy grails.

Terry Brooks
The "Shannara" series : (Sword of Shannara)
I read this first book out of three in the series (the others are "Elfstones of Shannara" and "Wishsong of Shannara"). WARNING! This is LOTS of Tolkien ripoff. Nine wanderers, short vale-men, elfs, dwarves and larger humans and a wizard. I mean, REALLY! They go on a quest to find a magic sword and stop the evil warlock to take over the world. Brooks even got his own Gollum, a gnome named Orl Fane. The druid falls into a bottomless pit fighting a big balrog-ish creature, but is saved in a much less great fashion than Gandalf was. The way they finally beat the evil guy is also pretty silly. I've been told that the other two books are better. I hope so. This one only get 1 out of 5 Tolkien-copies.

Stephen Donaldson
First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant : (Lord Foul's Bane ; The Illearth War ; The Power That Preserves)
Either you love these or you hate them. The books about the most pathetic, non-heroic and non-likeable main character. I love them. A very strong 4 out of 5 leprosy anti-heroes.

David Eddings
The Belgariad : (Pawn of Prophesy; Queen of Sorcery; Magician's Gambit; Castle of Wizardry; Enchanter's End Game)
I really like the Belgariad. The humor that's there is sometimes absolutely wonderful. Okay, maybe that humor is used a tad too much sometimes, but what the heck... Gets a clear 4 out of 5 powerful Orbs.

The Elenium : (The Diamond throne ; The Ruby knight ; The Sapphire Rose)
New world, same characters. See my Eddings page about comments on this series. Gets 2 out of 5 Elenic Knights.

The Tamuli : (Domes of Fire)
Follows "Elenium". Have just read the first book of three. So far just a weak 2 out of 5 similar-stories-used-before. See my Eddings page for more comments.

Maggie Furey
The "Artifacts of Power" series : (Aurian)
I like this series, although I have only read (the eqvivalent to) the first book. This was one of the first series I've read with a female main character, and the books are very well written. Gets a clear 3 out of 5 female wizard-warriors.

Barbara Hambly
The Black citadel :
I'm having some trouble with the language in this one, it's a very modern language which I don´t think is fit in a fantasy world. But it was okay, and I liked the ending - not your regular happy fantasy ending. I am told there are sequels to this one. Gets 2 out of 5 Sunwolfs.

Robert Jordan
The "Wheel of Time" series : (Eye of the World)
One of the biggest authors in fantasy right now. And this series is a long one! In Sweden they come as 16 volumes. Have only read the first book. Okay, I guess it's a pretty good story, but I'm annoyed that Jordan borrowed a lot of names from the Arthur-legends. Anyway, I have not (yet) been enchanted by his books. This one only gets a 2 out of 5 reborn Dragons

Robert E. Howard
The "Conan" series : (Conan the Warrior)
Actually I like the graphic novells better than the Conan books. I want to read the first books "Conan" and "Conan of Cimmeria" though.

Ursula LeGuin
Earthsea : (A Wizard of Earthsea ; The Tombs of Atuan ; The Farthest Shore ; Tehanu)
This is real good fantasy, and it got a bit different feeling about it than usual fantasy. First book is my favourite, number two is a bit slower and the third is almost at the level of the first. The fourth book came about 15 years after the first three and is very different in style. It's almost so it can't be called fantasy. Except for the fourth, this one gets a strong 3 out of 5 earthsea wizards.

Katherine Kerr
The "Deverry" series : (The silver dagger)
Have only read the first book in this serie about the land Deverry, and I liked it very much. It gets a clear 3 out of 5 silver daggers.

Fritz Leiber
The "Lankhmar" series : (Swords and Deviltry ; Swords against Lankhmar)
The creator of the genre Sword & Sorcery. "Sword and Deviltry" is the first, and in my opinion the best (although I haven´t read all the books yet). According to my friends, the other books in the series aren´t that good. "Swords and Deviltry" gets a 3 out of 5 northern barbarians, but "Swords against Lankhmar" only gets 2 Grey Mousers.

Patricia McKillip
The "Riddlemaster of Hed" series : (Riddlemaster of Hed)
First part of a triology (other parts are "Heir of Sea and Fire" and "Harpist in the winds"). Somehow it never really got me going... only gets a 1 out of 5 riddles.

Elizabeth Moon
The "Paksenarrion" series : (Sheepfarmer's Daughter)
First book of three (followed by "Divided Allegiance" and "Oath of gold") in a pretty long story about a girl that runs away from home already on page 2 to become a soldier. Very realistically written, but this also makes it partially slow to read. Gets 3 out of 5 female soldiers.

Michael Moorcock
The "Elric of Melniboné" series : (The Weird of the White Wolf )
Have only read one of the books in this series. To be honest, I'm having some trouble understanding Moorcock's popularity. Gets only 2 out of 5 soul-eating swords.

Terry Pratchett
The "Disc-world" series : (Color of Magic ; The Light Fantastic ; Witches Abroad ; Mort)
What can I say? Weird and wonderful fantasy humor. Don't read in places that requires silence, you won´t be able to keep your laughter to yourself - atleast I couldn't. I've read a few others in the serie, but am not sure of the english title. Some of these gets strong 4 out of 5 cosmic turtles.

Nancy Springer
The Sea King Trilogy : (Madbond ; Mindbond)
A little different world. I'm not sure if it's pre-historic or post-apocalyptic. Steel is unknown but there are tales about things resembling houses, cars, steel and the likes. I really want to find the last part (Godbond) - although it's not for sale in Sweden anymore. This series gets a strong 3 out of 4 bronze swords.

J.R.R Tolkien
Works about Middle-Earth : (Bilbo ; Lord of the Rings ; Silmarillion ; other books)
Well, there's not much to argue about. Tolkien is my favourite fantasy author. I started my journey in the land of Fantasy with the Lord of the Rings. Tolkien's world and stories are the most fantastic and wonderful and detailed that exists. And still, it was probably only a little bit of his ideas that he wrote down and that are saved for us. (apart from all the sketches and un-finished notes that Christopher is publishing as "The History of Middle-Earth"). Tolkien cannot get anything less than the strongest 5 out of 5 Elven Kings.

Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
The "Dragonlance" series :
Legends (Time of the Twins)
I have only read book one in this trilogy (followed by "War of the Twins" and "Test of the Twins"). Pretty okay. Not high-fantasy, but worth reading. Gets a 3 out of 5 twins. I own the Chronicles but haven't read them yet.

Okay, that's it... Feel free to mail me with opinions or info on other books that you can recommend.
For a list of more "youth-oriented" - although very good - fantasy, go here.