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Terry Brooks
Goodreads author profile
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born
January 08, 1944
in Sterling, Illinois, The United States
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The Sword of Shannara
   370 avg rating — 19946 ratings
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1977
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10 editions
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Elfstones Of Shannara
388 avg rating — 17374 ratings
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1982
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46 editions
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The Wishsong of Shannara (Shannara, #3)
385 avg rating — 12629 ratings
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1985
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The Talismans Of Shannara
391 avg rating — 10817 ratings
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1993
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Magic Kingdom For Sale/Sold
375 avg rating — 10719 ratings
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1986
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First King of Shannara (Shannara, #0)
383 avg rating — 10091 ratings
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1996
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The Druid Of Shannara
390 avg rating — 9052 ratings
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1982
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The Elf Queen Of Shannara
389 avg rating — 8439 ratings
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1992
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The Scions of Shannara
384 avg rating — 8455 ratings
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2004
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The Black Unicorn
365 avg rating — 6231 ratings
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1987
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The Original Shannara Trilogy
(4 books)
by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
381 avg rating — 64791 ratings
by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
381 avg rating — 64791 ratings
Magic Kingdom of Landover
(6 books)
by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
372 avg rating — 32618 ratings
by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
372 avg rating — 32618 ratings
Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
(3 books)
by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
387 avg rating — 16616 ratings
by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
387 avg rating — 16616 ratings
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"The epic fantasy author of Bearers of the Black Staff shares his vast strategy for writing 1,000 years of elves, magic, and nuclear apocalypse." ...More
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| The choice was easy this month. I just finished a new book called THE GAMES by a writer named Ted Kosmatka. No, it is not a riff on THE HUNGER GAMES. It isn't even fantasy. It is a SciFi Thriller about a future in which the Olympic Games includes an...more | |
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| I am using this space to offer a recommendation of Don McQuinn's wonderful WARRIOR trilogy, which was published by Del Rey back in the 1990s. It was out there in paper for a long time, but then Del Rey let it go out of print. Don got the rights back...more | |
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| Because I spent last weekend (March 8-10) at the Tucson Festival of Books, I thought it appropriate to make a recommendation for a book from an author in attendance. So I am going with Thomas Perry, who writes thrillers. Maybe his best known book is...more | |
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| This month I am recommending Robert Crais. In general, and in the specific. His latest Elvis Cole and Joe Pike thriller is titled TAKEN. It is about immigrants trying to get into the country illegally and being hijacked by the various ethnic gangs an...more | |
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| My book recommendation this month is The Magician King by Lev Grossman. It is the sequel to The Magicians, which came out a couple years ago. I loved that one, and I loved this one, too. It is a complex, wrenching story of magic and magicians in our...more | |
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| This month I am giving a Shout-Out to Jennifer Bosworth, a former Maui Writers School graduate, who has an exciting YA book called STRUCK coming out from Farrar Straus Giroux this coming May. I was lucky enough to get an advanced reader copy. The pre...more | |
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The Measure of the Magic (Legends of Shannara, #2)
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| This month I am recommending MINK RIVER by Brian Doyle. I heard Brian speak at an author even on the Oregon Coast last fall and I was blown away by his presentation. Part performance artist, part wild man, part actor and seer, he was the most excitin...more | |
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| I haven't read a new book in the last 30 days that I feel strongly enough about to want to review and recommend. So I am going back in time to the work of Kevin Brooks (no relation) out of England and suggest you take a look at BEING. I might have ta...more | |
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| This month I am going with Divergent by Veronica Roth. This is an advanced YA fantasy tale similar to The Hunger Games. It features Beatrice (Tris) Prior in the role of Katniss Everdeen and surrounds her with a fascinating host of supporting characte...more | |
“Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.”
― Terry Brooks
― Terry Brooks
“We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.”
― Terry Brooks, The Druid Of Shannara
― Terry Brooks, The Druid Of Shannara
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Thank you for accepting my friend request. I had the pleasure of meeting you a few times over the years at book signings in the Chicagoland area and hope you'll be returning to visit Illinois again someday soon. I discovered The Sword of Shannara in my school library back in the 80s and immediately fell in love with not only the book, but also the fantasy genre. You are one of the main reasons I am a fantasy author today - so thank you very, very much.Have a great day!
Delighted to be your friend! Back around 1980 I bought a used car out in California and your book, The Sword of Shannara, was on the dashboard. I've been a huge fan ever since! For me, the other writers in your genre are wannabe's compared to you. None can hold a candle to your ability to weave the most incredible stories, some of which I've read multiple times. Your talent is truly awesome!
Thank you for accepting my friend request. I thought I had read every Shannara book until I realized that the Knight of the Word series actually was the precursor for the Genesis of Shannara series. I have now read "Running with the Demon" and am headed for "Knight of the Word". Thank you for continuing to write these wonderful stories.
Thank you for accepting my friend request, Terry!! You've completely and utterly made my day! The Shannara series is absolutely brilliant!
Thanks for accepting my friend request, Terry! :) I am a huge fan of your Landover series, and I just recently finished the first book in the Shannara series, which I absolutely loved! I can't wait to read the rest! :)
I love all the recommendations you post! It's always nice to hear about new books that someone loved them! Looking forward to reading them :)
