Xanth

now I realize that I should actually read all the books in a series before reviewing the whole series, but I'm just such a fan now and from the first time I read the trilogy (which only took 24 hours), that I decided to give you blog followers a little heads up and a a thumbs up on this expansive series.  It started out as a simple 3 book triilogy, then the first 5 book trilogy ever (having made the first 3 books one book helped), and now it's over 33 books long covering whole centuries of Xanthology and Xanth history, with such humour and dedication to detail that you can't help but admire Piers Anthony's raw Talent.  With a capital 'T' meaning it's his magic talent, and trust me you'd get that reference if you read the books.  I won't be popping in all 33 books as links on this post, but I will link the first three books here, since really they are what got me hooked, and the whole rest of the series doesn't make quite as much sense with out them.

Ok, so no plot synopsis, but this series really does  pass mustard.  Get it!

Oh, I should mention that although it isn't exactly High Fantasy (Tolkien et. al.) it is awfully close. I can't list every type of creature and semi-sentient carnivorous plant, but trust me it has everything but Noble Elves, and Digging Dwarves. Actually, later on in the series it does have noble elves, but they are small, not human sized.