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Stephen Donaldson, "Mordant's Need" series - 2 books, "The Mirror of her Dreams" and "A Man Rides Through". Excellent fantasy from the author who is best known for his epic "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant", which is also great but the Mordant's Need books are smaller in scope and more focused. Very good characters, keeps you guessing, nice angle on magic, and it's a series that actually has a start and an end, and doesn't go off wandering into mental masturbation for several volumes! Unfortunately, I doubt whether you'll find it on audiobook but it's well worth reading.
OTOH you can definitely get audiobooks of the Harry Potter books, which you may have heard of 
Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe - started out as a radio series so definitely available in audio format! Might be more science fiction comedy, but very funny and you mentioned liking Pratchett.
Greg Bear, "Infinity Concerto" and "Serpent Mage"
Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl - children's fantasy adventures but very enjoyable, also definitely available in audio format I would have thought.
Neil Gaiman, Stardust
David Gemmell - the king of heroic fantasy! Lots of great books, some standalone but most in loosely-connected series. Try "Waylander" as a good starting point, for example.
Stephen Lawhead, Song of Albion series (I haven't read many more of his but these were very good)
Julian May, The Many-Coloured Land et al (The Saga of the Exiles)
Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows et al, fantasy series about an assassin
Jack Vance, Lyonesse
Philip Pullman, Northern Lights / The Subtle Glass / The Amber Spyglass
K.E.Mills, The Accidental Sorcerer - comic fantasy, quite fun
Michael Scott Rohan - two main series, either "The Winter of the World" (5 volumes) or "Chase the Morning" & sequels. The former is classic boy-grows-up-and-becomes-powerful-magician fantasy stuff, a bit heavy going but very enjoyable. The latter is about a guy who gets caught up in a fantasy world of old-time pirates and magicians, also good fun.
If you want to try David Eddings, go for his first work - the Belgariad - first. It's very well constructed and a great story, although it's rather simplistic and formulaic, particularly in the characterisation. It was very successful back when it was published, though, and he made a very lucrative career out of writing the same books many times!
Let us know if you try any of these suggestions and what you think! And enjoy |
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