I'm pretty much a pure fantasy reader, and my book collection shows it. I think out of over 600 books only 10 aren't based on dragons or magic of some sort (and five of those ten are poems! Bah!).

A few of my favorites are R.A. Salvatore (Drizzt!), E.E Knight (Age of Fire. Quality starts to die out by the 4th book, but hoping the next two are as good as the first three.), and Elizabeth Kerner. I believe the last only has one series to her tally - starting with Song in the Silence, but that trilogy is pretty much my inspiration. They're the only books that have gotten me attached enough to the characters to be crying right along with them.

Another series I've been following, and is hyping up to be a new obsession, is Kate Elliot's Crossroads series. It's a slow start, but gets it hook in you about three chapters in. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get my hands on Traitor's Gate to finish it off.