Reddit reviews The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel (Baen Fantasy)
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The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon is a good trilogy with a female paladin being the main character. Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson also has a good lead female role throughout it and is also a great read.
Elizabeth Moon's The Deeds of Paksenarrion Also, Moon's Vatta series and Serrano seris are sci-fi with strong female leads.
Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen (all by Garth Nix) are pretty spectacular if you're into fantasy.
Juliet Marillier also writes a lot of fairy-tale retellings that have female protags, if that's your cup of tea. The Sevenwaters Trilogy is pretty good.
Edit: Ooh, also The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon (this is epic fantasy, but she also writes a lot of female protags in her space operas) and Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold. Those two are fantastic, don't know why they didn't spring to mind right off!
Edit 2: For less spoilery linkage.
LOL The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon. It's a low magic fantasy novel.
The Deed of Paksenarrion is a wonderful series. Follows a woman from farmhand to hero in a wonderful way that feels...just different, but familiar. If you've ever played DnD it actually feels a lot like a really well written campaign. All three can be found in a single book here
Definitely try The Deed of Paksenarrion, then. Might take you a week to read. :)
The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel
almost my entire "paper books" WL is things i want used copies of, including this one. i need this book because it's constantly recommended as an older fantasy novel that doesn't get enough attention AND as a strong female protagonist.
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.
Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion is quite good.
And while not female centric, de Lint's Newford books manage to represent strong and believable female characters well.
I finished The Deed of Paksenarrion (it's a three book trilogy released as one) by Elizabeth Moon this summer and I adored it. Lengthy character build-up, a beautifully described world setting, and really enjoyable if you're looking for a fantasy novel with a female main character.
You have so much wonderful reading ahead of you! I am almost a tiny bit jealous. :-)
Try Tamora Pierce's novels for sure. They are all good, but her earlier books are geared more towards young readers than some of her newer ones. Personally, I would start with the [Protector of the Small] (http://www.amazon.com/First-Test-Protector-Small-1/dp/0375829059/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407034954&sr=1-1&keywords=first+test) series. If you like it, you can go back and read the two earlier Tortall series (the Song of the Lioness series and the Wild Magic series). If you like it but find it a little juvenile, read the [Daughter of the Lioness] (http://www.amazon.com/Tricksters-Choice-Daughter-Lioness-Book/dp/0375828796/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407035106&sr=1-1&keywords=tricksters+choice) series and the [Beka Cooper] (http://www.amazon.com/Terrier-Legend-Beka-Cooper-Book/dp/0375838163/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407035135&sr=1-1&keywords=becca+cooper) series instead.
For the Arthurian element, definitely consider the Mists of Avalon, which is the Arthurian myth retold from all female POVs, including Morgaine (aka Morgan Le Fay).
However, without a shadow of a doubt, my all time favorite fantasy novel with a female POV is the Deed of Paksenarrion, by Elizabeth Moon. It's actually a trilogy published as an omnibus edition and is one of my all-time favorite books. I have read it a million times and I still feel the same sense of joy when I get ready to start reading it again. Honestly, I can't really describe the impact this book has had on me, especially as a woman who loves fantasy and sci-fi. I hope you will give it a try!
*edited to add links and fix a few embarrassing typos!
I'll throw in The Deed of Paksenarrion. It has some shortcomings, but if you get into it you're in for a treat. Some suspension of disbelief is very practical when reading fantasy :)
If you haven't already... and was asoiaf really your first fantasy? Anyway, if you haven't already, check out Pratchett's Discworld books.
Read The Deed of Paksenarrion and you will no longer wonder what a Paladin is.
As for their real-world inspirations, look to the court of Charlemange and the Holy Roman Empire. See Paladin and Palatine.
For (currently) free Kindle books, David Weber's On Basilisk Station is the first book in the space-opera Honor Harrington series. The second book The Honor of the Queen, is one of my favorites in the entire series. Eric Flint's 1632 turned into a massive and awesome alternate-history series. If you'd like to delve into Alaskan-based murder mysteries, give Dana Stabenow's A Cold Day For Murder a try as the first in the some eighteen book Kate Shugak series.
For paid Kindle books, there's Hugh Howey's Wool Omnibus is the beginning of the dystopian Silo series; the followup Shift Omnibus is actually a prequel trilogy that I haven't gotten yet but is very readable. Naomi Novik's first novel in the alt-history Temeraire series, His Majesty's Dragon, is currently $.99.
In print, Elizabeth Moon's military fantasy The Deed of Paksenarrion is available used for a very affordable price and is an epic series. The Cage was my introduction to a fantasy universe written by SM Stirling, Shirley Meier, and Karen Wehrstein. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander is a sort of alternate history/light romance series set in Scotland that I've thoroughly enjoyed. Brent Weeks' assassin-based (excuse me, wetboy) fantasy Night Angel Trilogy was recently released as an omnibus edition. Empire from the Ashes collects Weber's Dahak sci-fi trilogy into an omnibus edition. Weber and John Ringo co-wrote March Upcountry and the other three novels in the sci-fi Prince Roger quadrilogy. If you haven't tried Harry Turtledove's alt-history sci-fi WW2 'Worldwar' series, In the Balance starts off a little slow plot-wise but picks up good speed. EE Knight's sci-fi/futuristic fantasy Vampire Earth starts off with Way of the Wolf. Mercedes Lackey wrote the modern-fantasy Born to Run with Larry Dixon, and the rest of the SERRAted Edge books with various other authors. Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk and slightly dystopian Snow Crash is hilarious and awesome. Maggie Furey's Aurian is the first of a fantasy quadrilogy that I enjoyed many years ago.
If you're at all familiar with the Warhammer 40k universe, the Eisenhorn Omnibus is Dan Abnett's wonderful look into the life of an Imperial Inquisitor. He's also written a popular series about the Tanith First-and-Only Imperial Guard regiment starting with The Founding Omnibus. He also wrote the first book in the Horus Heresy series, Horus Rising (I highly recommend reading the first three novels together as a trilogy and then cherry-picking the rest).
... and if you've read all that already, I'll be impressed.
Edit: Why yes, I do read a lot. Why do you ask?
It's somewhat confusing me on the ordering, though. Would this be it, the trilogy? or this?
I'll suggest a couple of Korean movies, I'm sure you'll get plenty of responses for mainstream choices:
I also liked Beowulf & Grendel.
For a book this one really sticks in my head if you're into the fantasy genre:The Deed of Paksenarrion