Date: 2011-08-14 02:06 pm (UTC)
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I've seen a dozen links to this and I had to come see if my obsession was on here, and it ISN'T, so. XD

Manga Series:

1) CLAMP - Magic Knight Rayearth. (aforesaid obsession for... running on nine years now. ^^;;;) Because it takes the standard rpg/fantasy tropes, sets them up, then TWISTS things back round on themself, while being also beautifully drawn, a storyline which draws me in populated by characters who do the same, and starring a trio of strong girls. And it's also a wonderfully SHORT series, all things considered. XD

2) Yumi Hotta (writer) and Takeshi Obata (artist) - Hikaru no Go. Which is just ridiculously compelling for a story about a board game, and one of my ultimate comfort reads.

3) CLAMP - Cardcaptor Sakura. Because Sakura is awesome! And it's also endured a whole decade of rereading as a favourite. ^^

Book Series

4) Tamora Pierce - Song of the Lioness Series. (The Alanna books.)

5) Seanan McGuire - The Toby Daye books.

6) Terry Pratchett - Discworld

7) J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord Of The Rings. (Too obvious, yes, but also too important to me to not include...)

8) Naomi Novik - The Temeraire Series. (Napoleonic wars and dragons: two awesome tastes which go awesomely together. XD Also, a way to reference Bernard Cornwell and Patrick O'Brian on the list though they're completely ineligible!)

9) Jim Butcher - The Codex Alera. Because - discounting the first one-and-a-half books - they have the exact mix of politics, spies, military strategy, and fighting that I never realised before I was craving in my books. They also have some ladies who quite happily fit into the awesome box (Lady Placida ~<3 ) and a spy who'd really rather be reading a book than fighting, but he'll do what he has to (and is rather awesome at it, too. ^^)

Book

10) Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle.

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