Ok I can not recommend anything more strongly than Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series (11 books with book 12 due in 2009 due to his being sick and going thru chemo and such) but I also recommend books by Terry Goodkind, RA Salvatore, Melanie Rawn, Anne McCaffrey, Ann Rice, John Saul (if you like horror/suspense) I know there are a lot more but cant think of them right now, I read a LOT so I could go on all day if I sat here and thought about it or looked at my book collection lol ^.^