Books which influenced Mar Clair as a writer from Story Empire. Great list. Mine are all fantasy, Tolkien, Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks, Earthsea Trilogy by Le Guin, Riddlemaster of Hed by McKillip, Dragonriders by McCaffrey. There are many more that had me thinking about writing throughout high school.
Thank you for your reblog. And I loved all of the titles you mentioned. I’ve read all of them and loved each. I would add Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock to the list of epic fantasy that inspired me!
Never got into that one myself but my list is long regardless.