Book Thread: VGChartz gotta start readin'!

[NotStan]

Doobie_wop said:

NotStan said:

Would also recommend:

The Painted Man, followed by Desert Spear

Bartimaeus Trilogy,

Simon Scarrow's Roman books.

Mark Robson's books. - Imperial trilogy and also the series beginning with the "Forging of the sword".

And Belgariad series, first book being Pawn of the Prophecy.

I like fiction :p

I've read the Bartimaeus Trilogy (very good), but can you tell me if any of those books  are similar to The Way of Shadows? I've had a bit urge to read books based around a young child that grows up and becomes a badass. Do any of the books you've listed fall under that description? I'd rather not fall back on my backlog of horror novels and autobiographies if I can find a good life spanning epic to read.

Almost all of those do, except for the Roman ones, the guy starts off at 17? And gets to about 26 by the end of it :p, it's about Romans invading Britain again after getting pushed out a few centuries before
Painted Man and the Pawn of the Prophecy come highly recommended to fall under your category.. :p