Well, folks, this thread was just waiting to be opened. I'm sure there are a lot of us who love to read - I surely do! Why don't we share our experiences?
My favourites so far are the
Stanislaw Lem sci-fi novels. I bought three anthologies that contained some of his most famous works, including, but not limited to:
Eden
Return from the Stars
Solaris
The Invincible
Peace on Earth
These were the ones I recalled now, but mostly because it's impossible to name his best - his entire bibliography worths a read, really, well if you enjoy long novels with philosophical monologues.
I used to read some fantasy too, limited to Terry Pratchett, and Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. But not DragonLance - rather the fairly unknown
Death Gate Cycle.
Back in the old days I've gone through the 2000s kids mandatory read Harry Potter saga and even the Narnia books. Well, I haven't opened them ever since, but dude, did it worth it to purchase them all.
Then there was
The Accursed Kings by Maurice Druon, quite awesome retelling of the history of medieval french royalty from the era of Philip IV (1307 A.D.).
I'd love to mention my favourite Hungarian novels as well, but some of them were not translated into English sadly - quite a loss I tell you. But
P. Howard is an exception, and an exceptional writer as well! He wrote numerous great 'pulp fiction' novels, mostly about the French Foreign Legion of the early 20th century - one could say it's the Indiana Jones era, sans archeology, nazis, and ancient tombs. Well recommended.
But I rather wouldn't bore you with my stuff - what are YOURS?