I don’t remember exactly when I received my first book by Terry Brooks. It had to be somewhere in the range of when I was 12 to 13 years old. I received a paperback copy of The Sword of Shannara as a gift from my parents because my parents knew I was into fantasy novels.
Since that first book, Terry has written over 30 more works in the realm of the Four Lands culminating in his final book The Fall of Shannara: The Last Druid published 43 years after the first book. For fans of The Lord of the Rings, The Sword of Shannara will seem very similar, but it is a different book and is the first entry into a broad world that Terry has taken readers through for 43 years. The series was also turned into a TV show called The Shannara Chronicles as well which was an adaptation/amalgamation of several of the Shannara books.
If you are looking for something to read and want to get sucked into a world of magic, elves, dwarves, & trolls, I would strongly encourage you to check out Terry Brooks, starting with The Sword of Shannara. Terry has a reading orders page on his website you can use to track your progress.
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