8 Completed Series for Fantasy Fans to Devour

Meghan Ciana Doidge: Dowser series, Oracle series, Reconstructionost series. I love her books!

Great list! LOVE the Riyria series by Michael J Sullivan! Anyone know any completed series similar to his writing style? Humorous and face-paced, but not too dark and cynical?

How about Jacqueline Cary's multiple series?
- Naamah Triology
- Kushiel's Legacy Series
- Agent of Hel
- Santitos Duology
- Sundering Duology

Or Faith Hunter's Mage Triology?

Or going back even further Marion Zimmer Bradley's multiple series, including the Mysts of Avalon and the Darkover series?

NZ author Russel Kirkpatrick “Fire of Heaven” trilogy is worth reading. He now lives in Australia so I suppose they will now claim him.

Where’s the Tolkien????

If you haven’t considered Raymond E. Feist’s “Midkemia” (or “Magician”) series, have a look. It’s lengthy at 25 books (give or take a couple of co-authored side adventures) but pure joy to read. His characters and their relationships through generations of familial history (with the requisite epic quests thrown in) remain without equal. Subjectively speaking of course.

janetandjohn wrote: "Surely someone besides me loves the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness??"

YES! Absolutely love it!

I’d add Mark T. Barnes, Echoes of Empire series, and Miles Cameron’s Traitor Son Cycle

I enjoyed Barb Hendee Mist-Torn Witches, but not sure if they are the right flavor for the discussion? I have lots others also but that was a"fresh" read.

Lani Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is very good, I think was published as YA/teen but adults should enjoy it too. Diana Wynne Jones wrote wonderful children's fantasy, including the Christopher Chant & the Dalemark series.
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I second the Traitor Son Cycle by Miles Cameron! These books are everything and extremely re-readable for the rest of your lives.

Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Frank Herbert: Dune
Guy Gavriel Kay: The Fionavar Tapestry

Yes yes yes I was wondering where David Eddings was! All such amazing series!!

Jer wrote: "People seem to be forgetting the headline of this blog, "8 COMPLETE Series for Fantasy Fans to Devour"; so here are some completed series:

David Eddings - The Belgariad
David Eddings - The Mallore..."

While I only went thru the first few pages of comments, I didn't see Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber, a very good series.

Why oh why does Julian May never make these lists? Her Pliocene Exile saga is comprised of 4 books in which people unsatisfied with our world can go through a gateway into our Pliocene era. Her Galatic Milieu series regarding the Remillard family is fascinating. Although some would say there could be more to the Galactic Milieu series, sadly, there never will be as she died last year.
L. E. Modesitt Jr. should be included for the 18 novels in the World of Recluse series. Granted, these books don’t follow the straight line in most series but this means they can be read in any order as long as you start with The Magic of Recluse which sets the stage for the other books. His Imager Portfolio and his Spellsong Cycle also make fine reads and are complete series.
Dennis L. McKiernan’s various tales of the world of Mithgar are excellent reading and include two trilogies and one duology that are complete. He also has a faery series that I didn’t enjoy as much as the Mithgar books but they may appeal to some.
The Katherines—Kurtz for the Deryni stories and Kerr for the Deverry books. Again, these books are not so much “series” as stories of a different world. Some of these should be read in order but a quick peek at Wiki should surely provide this info.

IMO the best YA fantasy is the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Brilliantly written and of a high standard humour-wise. He's also written several stand alone novels like Airman, that are stunning.

Greg wrote: "While I only went thru the first few pages of comments, I didn't see Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber, a very good series."

I agree, it was one of the best from the 70s.

Lucy Hounsom's Starborn trilogy is another that would appeal to teens and adults; very interesting characters who change and mature through the 3 books, and a fascinating world. Some complicated time travel in the last book. Her writing matured with the books too.

The Sharing Knife Series by Lois McMaster Bujold is one of my favorites!

^ I'll vouch for Bujold's Chalion series, too! (Only read the first book so far but really loved it!)

For young readers The Immortal Secrets of Nicholas Flamel, by Michael Scott is the first book of a great series that I read as an adult and loved...

JD wrote: "Are any of the series mentioned above ok for younger readers? Comparable to LOTR, Narnia or Inheritance Cycle in terms of content?"

100 Cupboards Trilogy by N.D. Wilson is meant for a younger audience.

JD wrote: "Are any of the series mentioned above ok for younger readers? Comparable to LOTR, Narnia or Inheritance Cycle in terms of content?"

All of Brandon Mull's books are good for younger kids. He has a few series that could be termed fantasy, Fablehaven was already mentioned. The Beyonders series and The Five Kingdoms were excellent as well.

How about Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun"? I just came across it in Vandermeer's Big Book of Science Fiction", but it appears to be Fantasy and AFAIK, it is complete.

AFrozenBookParadise wrote: "The Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Graceling Realm by Kristin Cashore
The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Six of Crows ..."
The King Killer Chronicles is not completed

Jeff Wheeler--Legends of Muirwood Trilogy, Captives of Muirwood Trilogy, The Kingfountain Series (6 books and a prequel). Clean enough for teens and preteens, and very engaging for adults--great world-building, awesome characters. Much of his work based on historical figures and myths.

Wesley wrote: "
The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss


The list was about finished series, and we've been waiting for the last book for a long time now."

LOL that's what I thought when I saw it listed in a finished series listing...Maybe its "the greatest story ever told" cause it never has an ending :P