The Great Quests

[Samuel]

Hello all,
Like The Hobbit, I am in need of something I've never read before; fantasy, children's, young adult or otherwise, I want a book or a series of books in its simplicity about a great quest or journey. These is what I'm craving right now.

Can anyone help me? Suggestions needed.

[Feliks]

Many pretenders, few originals populate the fantasy genre.

After Tolkien, the only thing which shall satisfy your immediate need and craving are the 'Gormenghast' novels of Mervyn Peake. They are one of the few novels which can be plunged into, headlong. Few authors match Tolkien's or Peake's capacity for inventive detail.

Mervyn's tale is quest-based; but a quest which transpires all in one unique and self-contained setting. This displays an entirely different manner of quest; but no less rich than hobbits traipsing about a shire.





They must be read in order; you can ensure this by choosing the 3-in-1 volume here:

[Aristodemos]

Percy Jackson maybe? A nice YA story...

[Haidi]

You need to get into Robin Hobb. She has done 4 different series under that name, (and others under the name of Megan Lindholm) But her Liveship Traders, Farseer and Tawny Man Trilogies are brilliant. Definitely look them up.

I have also really enjoyed really enjoyed books by Raymond E Feist, great for blokes!

Cecelia Dart-Thornton also has some brilliant Fantasy world trilogies. the worlds she creates are just something else.

Happy reading.

[Michael]

The The Dwarves series by Markus Heitz are good too, not too complex and yet a fine read.
Orginally in German, but translated to English.

[[deleted user]]

Don Quixote is an enormous book, but it is a adventure tale from the 1500's about a mentally insane knight. It is quite hilarious, at time you may be in tears of laughter but the book is very quest like.

Lord of the Rings definitely, Harry Potter. Both are YA series

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo These three are poems but are about quests and are translated by Tolkien.

Sorry if I am not of much help I red classics rather than modern teen books.
But I have read all the ones I mentioned and they are all Good.

[Feliks]

Tirant lo Blanc! (The White Tyrant!)



Orlando Furioso! (not for the casual reader of chivalry)


Jerusalem Delivered
Torquato Tasso -- ditto!

[Elentarri]

Faerie Tale by Raymond E Feist? It's a stand-alone. :)

Riddle Master Trilogy (sold as a single volume) by Patricia McKillip.

[Ruth]

maybe?

[Becky]

I would suggest the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Disclaimer: Don't start this series unless you are willing to make a huge time commitment.

[Elentarri]

Feliks wrote: "Many pretenders, few originals populate the fantasy genre.

After Tolkien, the only thing which shall satisfy your immediate need and craving are the 'Gormenghast' novels of Mervyn Peake. They are ..."

I found the Gormenghast set to be extremely slow and after a few chapters very boring.