Fantasy novel recommendation?

Question

I'm looking for fantasy and/or adventure novels that center around a protagonist who's a merchant/trader.
Or fantasy novels that have guilds/clans in them (ex. mercenary guild, thieves guild, magician guild, etc.).
Or fantasy novels where mercenaries/magicians/etc. can be hired by clients to go on missions/to assassinate someone/search for something/etc.

If you can't think of anything with the above themes, can you recommend some other novels?

anything except:
A Song of Ice and Fire
Abhorsen trilogy
All of Anne Bishop's books
All of Brandon Sanderson's books
All of Jane Fletcher's books
All of Marion Zimmer Bradley's books
All of Raymond Feist's books
All of Tamora Pierce's books
Amazons of Aggar
Belgariad
Black Company
Coldfire trilogy
Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls
Dark Tower series
Deed of Paksenarrion
Dragonlance Chronicles
Dresden Files series
Earthsea Cycle
Farseer trilogy
Harry Potter
Honor Harrington series
Hunger Games triology
Hyperion
Kingkiller Chronicles
Legend of Drizzt
Lies of Locke Lamora
Liveship Traders
Lord of Rings and The Hobbit
Mortal Instruments
Narnia series
Night Angel trilogy
Nightrunner series
Outlander
Percy Jackson series
Rhapsody
Sevenwaters
Sword of Truth
Talion Revenant
The Blade Itself
The God Stalker Chronicles
Twilight series
Way of Kings
Wayfarer Redemption
Wheel of Time
Winds of the Forelands

Answer 1

The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury

Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians, Brandon Sanderson (four)

A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle (four)

Paper Towns, John Green

The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis

The Space Trilogy, C. S. Lewis

Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25, Richard Evans (first of a projected series)

Tree Shepherd's Daughter, Gillian Summers (trilogy)

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula Le Guin

Never Let Me Go, Ishaguro

Star Man's Son, Andre Norton

The Neverending Story, Michael Ende

Momo, Michael Ende

Hidden Camera, Zoran Zivkovic

The Masters and Their Retreats, Mark Prophet

The Devil Colony, James Rollins

Full Black, Brad Thor

Answer 2

R.A. Salvatore. Definitely. Without a doubt. His Crystal Shard trilogy and Dark Elf trilogy are musts. As a George R.R. Martin devotee (ASOIAF) who also wrote Windhaven btw, a very very good book, and a lover of all things Frank Herbert, J.R. Tolkein, and Anne Bishop, you have got to investigate R.A. Salvatore's books.



And you may even like David B. Coe. Frank Herbert's Dune series is more scifi than fantasy, but very politico, families at war, generations clashing, world vs. world. You may like it. I also enjoyed Orson Scott Card's Seventh Son series, with Alvinmaker, but it's not an obvious fantasy series like Terry Goodkind or C.S. Lewis' books.



May your adventures begin!

Answer 3

May not fit in with your requirements, but you should try either Everville or Imajica by Clive Barker. Both are rich with fantasy with some horror mixed in. If you want more info, just google "Everville" or "Imajica"!

Happy readin'!

Answer 4

not really fitting in with the themes you stated, but Eragon is one of my favourite books in the world

Answer 5

Read 'Black Hole' at

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006MB515A