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Terry Brooks

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January 08, 1944 in Sterling, Illinois, The United States

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Terry Brooks was born in Illinois in 1944, where he spent a great deal of his childhood and early adulthood dreaming up stories in and around Sinnissippi Park, the very same park that would eventually become the setting for his bestselling Word & Void trilogy. He went to college and received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, where he majored in English Literature, and he received his graduate degree from the School of Law at Washington & Lee University.
A writer since high school, he wrote many stories within the genres of science fiction, western, fiction, and non-fiction, until one semester early in his college years he was given The Lord of the Rings to read. That moment changed Terry's life forever, because in Tolki...more


Average rating: 3.85 · 204,313 ratings · 5,392 reviews · 114 distinct works
The Sword of Shannara
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 19,946 ratings — published 1977 — 10 editions
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Elfstones Of Shannara
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 17,374 ratings — published 1982 — 46 editions
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The Wishsong of Shannara (S...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 12,629 ratings — published 1985 — 40 editions
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The Talismans Of Shannara
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 10,817 ratings — published 1993 — 25 editions
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Magic Kingdom For Sale/Sold
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 10,719 ratings — published 1986 — 50 editions
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First King of Shannara (Sha...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 10,091 ratings — published 1996 — 26 editions
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The Druid Of Shannara
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 9,052 ratings — published 1982 — 28 editions
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The Elf Queen Of Shannara
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 8,439 ratings — published 1992 — 30 editions
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The Scions of Shannara
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 8,455 ratings — published 2004 — 32 editions
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The Black Unicorn
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 6,231 ratings — published 1987 — 38 editions
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Running with the Demon A Knight of the Word Angel Fire East Armageddon's Children The Elves of Cintra The Gypsy Morph Bearers of the Black Staff
Shannara (24 books)
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3.8800826924227416 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 150,437 ratings
First King of Shannara The Sword of Shannara Elfstones Of Shannara The Wishsong of Shannara
The Original Shannara Trilogy (4 books)
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3.8149434335015666 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 64,791 ratings
The Scions of Shannara The Druid Of Shannara The Elf Queen Of Shannara The Talismans Of Shannara
Heritage of Shannara (4 books)
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3.9015633592583865 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 38,187 ratings
Magic Kingdom For Sale/Sold The Black Unicorn Wizard At Large The Tangle Box Witches' Brew A Princess of Landover
Magic Kingdom of Landover (6 books)
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3.718437672450794 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 32,618 ratings
Ilse Witch Antrax Morgawr
Voyage of the Jerle Shannara (3 books)
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3.8675373134328357 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 16,616 ratings
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August 2010, Terry Brooks
"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 Games by Ted Kosmatka
The Games
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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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Warrior by Donald E. McQuinn
Warrior
by Donald E. McQuinn
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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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Poison Flower by Thomas Perry
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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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Taken by Robert Crais
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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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The Magician King by Lev Grossman
The Magician King
by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)
read in November, 2011
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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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Struck by Jennifer Bosworth
Struck
by Jennifer Bosworth (Goodreads Author)
read in December, 2011
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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
Terry Brooks voted for The Measure of the Magic (Legends of Shannara, #2) in Best Fantasy in the Semifinal Round of the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards.
The Measure of the Magic by Terry Brooks
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Mink River by Brian  Doyle
Mink River
by Brian Doyle
read in September, 2011
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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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Being by Kevin Brooks
Being
by Kevin Brooks
read in August, 2011
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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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Divergent by Veronica Roth
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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read in July, 2011
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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
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“Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.”
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“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

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message 8: by Shawn

Shawn Wickersheim 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!


Sharon Delarose 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!


message 6: by Rick

Rick Ludwig 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.


message 5: by Shane

Shane Findlay Thank you for accepting my friend request Terry. Your material is the shit!


message 4: by Sean

Sean Wadley Thank you for accepting my friend request, Terry!! You've completely and utterly made my day! The Shannara series is absolutely brilliant!


Branwen 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! :)


Tegan Mae 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 :)


Katy Budget Books Thank you for accepting our friend request. We are avid fans here at the store!


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