ooh i like tamora pierce, but at the moment my fave books are tapping the dream tree by charles de lint (its a collection of short stories, he's written other novels and short stories and thier absoulutly amazing!) and the syphony of ages trilogy by elizabeth haydon. I have other's that aren't exactly my favorites but I like them anyway. Harry Potter (i'm guessing someone else is going to put that in too.) the series of unfortunate events are good, but their kids books. Then i know i'm forgetting something. drat it. ohh i love David eddings too (except after you've read one set and you read another of his series they start to sound the same, the characters are different, and the stories exciting on it's own, but it's so close to the other ones he writes that it's kinda dipressing.)