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The "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" series by Tad Williams..

Also kind of different style but I really enjoyed the "Artemis Fowl" series by Eoin Colfer - If you liked "Harry Potter" then you should like Artemis Fowl.. (theres a new book in this series coming soon).

 

[WereRabbit]

lol, almost every author/book I like has already been mentioned...

I find reading heavy book after heavy book is tiring. Mix it with something non-serious so straying away from the LotR type to something a bit lighter: try Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (especially something with the nac mac feegles) it's funny fantasy and the Harry Dresden Series and Cal Leandros Series are good books to relax with.

*cough*HarryPotterwillsurpriseyou*cough*

But if you're really after some mental stimulation:
Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
1984 - George Orwell
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Not fantasy books but super amazingly awesome, promise!

 

[Crusader]

All of my favorite authors have been listed. You might want to look into the Necroscope series by Brian Lumley. I quite enjoyed it, although it wouldn't really fall under fantasy, but it has vampires, people speaking to the dead (although not in a 6th Sense type role) and a pretty interesting plot.

For sci-fi you should look at Peter F Hamilton, Neil Asher and Timothy Zahn. All good authors.

If you are up for some hilarious fantasy reading, don't miss out on the Discworld serries by Terry Pratchett - excellent, if you get his humor.