In no particular order, here are some of my favs!
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling:
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis:
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas:
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas (*I think this is still YA, but for mature readers):
The Juliette Chronicles by Tahereh Mafi:
The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan:
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins:
The Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth (*I haven’t read the third one, though):
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare:
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (*I haven’t read the final book yet):
The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo:
The Tiger Saga by Colleen Houck:
Graceling by Kristen Cashore (*I can’t actually remember why I loved this, just that I did):
Legends of the Guardian King by Karen Hancock:
The Green Rider series by Kristen Britain:
The Sevenwaters Trilogy by Juliette Marillier (*This has extended to a series, of which I’ve read two more, but the original trilogy was my fav):
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (*I haven’t read the final book yet):
The White Rabbit Chronicles by Gena Showalter (*I haven’t read #3 or #4 yet):
The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead:
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (I know there’s a lot of boo-ing about these books, but no one can deny that Stephenie Meyer inspired a lot of young readers to enjoy reading again! She helped open up the YA genre to a whole slew of new readers, so I tremendously respect her for managing that!):
The Starbound series by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner:
The Study Series AND The Glass Series by Maria V. Snyder:
Illuminae and Gemina by Amie Kaufmann and Jay Kristoff:
The (original) Magician trilogy by Raymond E. Feist:
The Elemental Trilogy by Sherry Thomas:
Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor:
The Wrath and the Dawn duology by Renée Ahdieh:
