[kovrik]

Gene Wolfe.

The whole Solar Cycle (The Book of the New Sun, Urth of The New Sun, The Book of The Long Sun, The Book of The Short Sun), Fifth Head of Cerberus, Peace, There Are Doors, The Sorcerer's House ... .

Wolfe is a genius.

Before that I also finished Malazan.

[gnuhack]

The Gene Wolfe's novels are outstanding. I think it should be more well-known. I just heard of him by coincidence in a blog post that appeared in my RSS feed, and no one that I know had ever heard of him.

[mrslave]

I fizzled on Malazan. Despite warnings that the first book isn't that great - but the series is! - I really enjoyed it. However I subsequently found the second book to be an unsatisfying grind and then so was the third where I stopped half-way.

I have just started The Book of the New Sun and am hopeful it will be a better experience.