Definite Top 25
#1: A Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire) (George R.R. Martin) - Belongs
#2: Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen) (Steven Erikson) - Belongs
#3: The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles) (Patrick Rothfuss) - Belongs
#4: Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) - Belongs
#5: The Black Company (Glen Cook) - Belongs
#6: Titus Groan (Gormenghast) (Marvin Peake) - Belongs, could not enjoy it myself but i know many who have
#7: The Blade Itself (First Law) (Joe Abercrombie) - Belongs
#8: The Way of Kings (Brandon Sanderson) - Not read but Mistborn is also worth a place in top 25 - Belongs since its on my to read list
#9: The Farseer (Robin Hobb)- Belongs - Just sneaks in for me though
#10: The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch) - Belongs
#11: Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time) (Robert Jordan) - Belongs
#13: A Shadow in Summer (Daniel Abraham) Not read but heard so many good reviews - Belongs since its on my to read list
#18: The Darkness That Comes Before (R. Scott Bakker) - Belongs i suppose, started fantastic and got poor I thought
#21: American Gods (Neil Gaiman) - Belongs
#24: Riftwar Saga (Raymond Feist) - Belongs
What Could make up the last spots in the Top
Paul Hoffman - Left Hand of God
Mark Lawrence - Prince of Thorns
Peter Brett - The Painted Man
Brent Weeks - The Way of Shadows
David Gemmel - Drenai Tales
RK Rowling - HP
Katherine Kurtz - Deryni Tales (Still among my favourite reads)
James Barclay - Tales of the Raven
Julian May - Saga of the Exiles (I know its a very techno/scifi but i'd include it since it is fantastic)
Ursula Le Guin - Earthsea Cycle
Empire Trilogy - Raymond Feist - Probably better than the Riftwar saga for me
David Eddings (The Belgariad) - Nothing beyond this worth reading really from this author
What I haven't heard of or plan to read so im dropping for the moment
#12: Black Sun Rising (Coldfire Trilogy) (C.S. Friedman)
#14: The Etched City (K.J. Bishop)
#16: Acacia: The War With Mein (Acacia) (David Anthony Durham)
#19: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
#25: The Dresden Files (Jim Butcher)
What I wouldn't put in the top 25
#15: A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows) (J. V. Jones) - Decent, not a top 25
#17: Elric of Melinbone (Michael Moorcock) - Utter tripe
#20: Lord Foul's Bane (First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) (Stephen Donaldson) - When I first read it I would have put in the top 25 but these days its just eclipsed by so much
#22: Abhorsen Trilogy (Garth Nix) - Pretty decent but just out of the top 25
#23: The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn) (Tad Williams) - Decent, not a top 25