Always a bit rough, but some of my favorites: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Neverwhere, The Hobbit, The Mirror of Her Dreams/A Man Rides Through, the Wizard of Oz series (the original books,) The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Game of Thrones, the Lord of the Rings series, Stardust, The Green Rider. I'm sure I'm leaving out a bunch. - Jennifer Dittrich

Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun. Nothing even comes close. - Akiva

The Chronicles of Morgaine by C.J. Cherryh. - Mark H

Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun. Nothing even comes close, MARK. ¬_¬ - Akiva

http://www.goodreads.com/book... and http://www.goodreads.com/book... indicate ratings of 4.13 and 4.06 respectively. I put it to you AKIVA that these values are very close. - Mark H

You're both disqualified, since Joe called for novels, which I take to mean standalone novels. In which case it's Little, Big by John Crowley. - Stephen Mack