Allrighty, well, I’m not sure how well I’ll do with finding titles you don’t already know, but I figured I could at least try. If only by way of saying ‘oooh a book recommendation thread where I can find new books! Awesome!’ :p

All of these books/authors are fantasy, and some are more popular than others, I don’t remember any glaringly obvious LGBT moments, which could be a plus in how they’re handled, but also, none of them involve LGBT protagonists. 

First off, [url= http://www.stevenerikson.com/]Steven Erikson[/url]. You’ve likely heard of him, but just in case you haven’t… I love everything he’s written so far, and that’s at least 11 thick novels and several short stories. While his prose style does occasionally take a turn for the wordy, the world he plays in is extremely well developed, he has a huge cast of characters, is not afraid of tragedy. It is definitely epic fantasy. He also has a pretty good sense of humour. ;)

[url= http://daveduncan.com/]Dave Duncan[/url]. Simple, but not excessively so, the King’s Blades books all focus on different guardsmen, magically bonded to their charge. It’s not what I’d call high fantasy, but there’s definitely magic and adventure, a bit of romance in a few of them and plenty of excitement. I haven’t read his other books, but do plan on getting to them.

[url= https://www.goodreads.com/series/55541-fool-s-gold]Jude Fisher[/url]’s Fool’s Gold trilogy is a good one for magic. With a developed world. That I remember, there’s not so much an uprising as one apprentice rebelling, and somewhat accidentally at that. But it’s fun. 

[url= https://www.goodreads.com/series/40334-vlad-taltos]Steven Brust[/url]’s Vlad Taltos is a character with an amusing inner voice while he narrates his own stories. Having only read one of the books (my library is lacking when it comes to this author), I cannot for sure say it becomes great. But it definitely has a few different races, or species actually… and some interesting magic, though it’s a bit sci-fi/fantasy combined. I'm already of the opinion that Taltos has a bad habit of getting into tight spots.

Nancy Springer. Now, most of her books are young adult or for children, some aren’t bad for a quick read if you’re bored, but the two that I think should tickle your fancy are [i]I Am Mordred[/i] and [i]I Am Morgan Le Fay[/i]. Each are separate retellings of the age old King Arthur story, from their perspectives. And really well done. It has been a while since I read them though, so they might be for a younger audience than I remember, given as I was younger myself. *coughsyoungerpfftcoughs* 

Jennifer Roberson has far more books than her Karavans series, but they are the ones I like best. The others are not horrible by any means, they just didn’t catch my attention half as well. But Karavans has a different world, a subtle magic, and different races that each have their own culture, which always makes a book worth consideration, at the very least.