@binyamin

Well, the collected works of Pratchett are near the top of the list, but by no means all of it. Joan Aiken is a little bit absurdist but still good; Jasper Fforde is *very* absurdist and more than a little metafictional but also still good. Alan Dean Foster did the Spellsinger series, that was fun... and David Edding's Elenium is another example of a good story (mainly due to the characters).

...that's a start, anyhow. What are your favourites?

@ccc
I want to read Pratchett, but I haven't gotten around to it yet,
- Lord of the Rings et al.
- "The Letter for the King", by Tonke Dragt
- Harry Potter (Great fictional world, although I'm not very impressed by the literary aspect)
- C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. Lots of important themes.
- Reckoners series, by Brandon Sanderson

@binyamin

Pratchett's brilliant; a master of wordplay and subtle references. Slightly reminiscient of Douglas Adams, actually.

I enjoyed Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Narnia as well; though I'm unfamiliar with The Letter for the King or the Reckoners Series. On the subject of Potter, have you ever come across a story called Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality?

@ccc Yes, but I've never read it. Is it any good?

A librarian recommended The Letter for the King to me. It's originally in dutch, and the translated version is beautifully written. There's a sequel, and a Netflix series.

@binyamin

I'd argue that Harry Potter And The Methods Of Rationality is *better* than the original Harry Potter series. The guy who wrote it really _knows_ how to write.

@binyamin @ccc *anything* by Sanderson actually. The mistborn / stormlight archives series are actually even better than the reckoners.

@reto @binyamin

Oh, I have read the Mistborn series. That _was_ very good.

@reto

Thanks for the welcome!