Authors helping authors: Underrated and Underread Fantasy

If you love fantasy and haven't been to the reddit Fantasy sub you really should check it out. It's an amazing group for a number of reasons including:

• A lot of authors hang out there and are very open to interactions.
• A fabulous set of moderators that keep the group growing by leaps and bounds by fostering an incredibly friendly and respectful online presence.
• Really great contributing members who have great posts and comments.

As is the nature of such forums, a lot of names come up time and time again in recommendations: Patrick Rothfuss, Brandom Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, even myself - for which I'm very grateful. But there are a ton of quality authors that just don't get the mentions that they should. 

From time to time some of the members hold polls and I thought one of the best was a poll to highlight those authors that aren't often mentioned, but should be. Running these polls can take a lot of work and I'm grateful for p0x0rz for putting it together. You can find the full list here. But I'm reproducing it here sorted alphabetically by author's first name.

So, if you find yourself looking for something new, I suggest you check out some of these books. You just might find your next favorite read.

Author	Book or Series
Adrian Faulkner	Four Realms, the
Adrian Tchaikovsky	Shadows of the Apt
AE Marling	Brood of Bones
Alex Bledsoe	Eddie LaCrosse series
Andre Norton	Witch World
Anne Lyle	Night Masque series
Anthony Horowitz	Gatekeepers, the
Ari Marmell	Goblin Corps, the
Barbara Hambly	Those Who Hunt the Night | Darwarth Trilogy
Barry Hughart	Bridge of Birds
Ben S Dobson	Scriber
Blake Charlton	Spellwright
Bradley Beaulieu	Lays of Anuskaya
Brian D Anderson	Godling Chronicles
Brian Ruckley	Godless World
Brian Staveley	Emperor's Blades, the
Caitlin R. Kiernan	Drowning Girl, the
Carol Berg	Lighthouse Duet | Rai Kirah trilogy | Song of the Beast
Carrie Vaughn	Discord's Apple
Catherynne M Valente	Orphan's Tales, the
Chris Claremont and George Lucas	Chronicles of the Shadow War
Chris Kellen	Sorcerer's Code series
Chris Wooding	Tales of the Ketty Jay series
Christopher Buehlman	Between Two Fires
Christopher Kellen	Arbiter Codex, the/ Elements of Sorcery | Kane Series
CJ Cherryh	Fortress series
Courtney Schafer	Whitefire Crossing
D. B. Jackson	Thieftaker
Daniel Abraham	Dagger and Coin Series | Long Price Quartet, the
Daniel Polansky	Low Town
David Dalglish	Shadowdance series
David Gemmell	Hawk Queen duology | Troy series
David Hair	Moontide Quartet
Dawn Cook	Decoy Princess, the
Diana Wynne Jones	Fire and Hemlock
Django Wexler	John Golden: Freelance Debugger | Thousand Names, the
Donna Boyd	Devancroix Dynasty
Douglas Hulick	Tale of the Kin, A series
EE Knight	Age of Fire series
Eliezer Yudkowsky	Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Elizabeth Bear	Eternal Sky
Ellen Kushner	Riverside series, the
Emma Bull	Territory
Eve Forward	Villains by Necessity
Felix Gilman	Half Made World
Francis Pauli	Kingdoms Gone series
Fritz Leiber	Lankhmar series
Gene Wolfe	Latro in the Mist
Genevieve Valentine	Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
George Macdonald	At the Back of the North Wind
Glen Cook	Dread Empire | Garrett P.I.
Glenda Larke	Havenstar | Watergivers trilogy
Greg Keyes	Kingdom of Thorn and Bone
Gregory S Close	In Siege of Daylight
Ha Il-Kwon	Annarasumanara
Harry Harrison	Hammer and the Cross series
Helen Lowe	Wall of Night series
Holly Lisle	Korre series, the
Hope Mirrlees	Lud-in-the-Mist
Howard Andrew Jones	Chronicles of Sword and Sand
Ian Tregillis	Milkweed Triptych
Irene Radford	Dragon Nimbus, the
Isobelle Carmody	Green Monkey Dreams
J. V. Jones	Barbed Coil, the
J.D. Hallowell	War of Blades
J.M.M. McDermott	Dogsland trilogy
J.S. Morin	Twinborn series
Jack Vance	Lyonesse | Dying Earth series
Jacqueline Carey	Sundering, the
Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennet	Havemercy
James Clemens	Banned and the Banished series
James Sutter	Death's Heretic
Janny Wurts	War of Light and Shadow
Jeff Salyards	Bloodsounder's Arc
Jeff VanderMeer	Annihilation
Jennifer Fallon	Tide Lords
Jim Grimsley	Kirith Kirin
JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst	S.
JL Doty	Gods Within series
John Brown	Servant of a Dark God
John Gwynne	Faithful and the Fallen series, the
John Marco	Tyrants and Kings and Lukien
John Morressy	Iron Angel series
Jon Sprunk	Shadow Saga
Judith Tarr	Alamut
Julian May	Saga of Pliocene Exile series
JV Jones	Sword of Shadows, a
Kage Baker	Anvil of the World | House of Stag
Kameron Hurley	Bel Dame Apocrypha
Karen Rae Levine	Sister Raven
Kate Elliot	Spiritwalker series | Crossroads Trilogy
Katherine Kurtz	Deryni
Kay Kenyon	Entire and the Rose series
Ken Scholes	Psalms of Isaak series
KJ Bishop	Etched City
KJ Parker	Folding Knife | Purple and Black | Sharps
Laini Taylor	Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy
Lavie Tidhar	Violent Century
Lindsay Buroker	Emperor's Edge, the
Lord Dunsany	King of Elfland's Daughter
Louise Cooper	Time Master Trilogy
Lyndon Hardy	Master of Five Magics
Lynn Flewelling	Luck in the Shadows | The Tamir Triad
M. Todd Gallowglas	Tears of Rage series | Halloween Jack series
Marie Brennan	Memoir by Lady Trent series
Mark Charan Newton	Legend of the Red Sun, the | Drakenfeld
Mark Frost	List of Seven
Mark T Barnes	Echoes of Empire
Markus Heitz	Dwarves
Martha Wells	Cloud Roads, the | Death of the Necromancer
Mary Gentle	Ash: A Secret History
Maryna Dyachenko	Scar, the
Mat Nastos	Wier Codex
Matthew Stover	Acts of Caine
Max Gladstone	Three Parts Dead
Mazarkis Williams	Emperor's Knife
Melina Marchetta	Finnikin of the Rock
Mercedes Yardley	Bone Angel Trilogy, the
Mervyn Peake	Gormenghast
Michael Montoure	Still Life
Michael Scott Rohan	Winter of the World series
Michael Stackpole	Once a Hero
Michael Swanwick	Iron Dragon's Daughter, the
Michelle West	Sun Sword | House War
Mike Carey	Felix Castor
Mike Shevdon	Courts of the Feyre
Miles Cameron	Traitor Son Cycle
Mitchell Hogan	Sorcery Ascendant Sequence
Moses Siregar	Black God's War
Multiple Authors	Sundering D&D series
Myke Cole	Shadow Ops series
N.K. Jemisin	Dreamblood Duology | Inheritence Trilogy
Nick Harkaway	Gone Away World, the
Nnedi Okorafor	Who Fears Death
P. C. Hodgell	Kencyrath
Pamela Dean	Tam Lin
Patrica A McKillip	Riddle Master trilogy | Alphabet of Thorn | In the Forests of Serre | Od Magic
Patricia Bray	Sword of Change, the
Paul Kearney	Monarchies of God | Macht Trilogy
Paul S Kemp	Egil and Nix series, the
Paula Volsky	Illusion
Peter Orullian	Unremembered, the
Peter Stenson	Fiend
Poul Anderson	Broken Sword
Rachel Aaron	Legend of Eli Monpress, the
Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts	Empire Series
Richard Adams	Shardik
Rob J Hayes	Ties That Bind series
Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey	Thieves' World series edited
Robert E Howard	Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
Robert Evert	Riddle in the Stone series
Robert Holdstock	Mythago Woods
Robert Jackson Bennett	Troupe, the | American Elsewhere
Robert Silverberg	Lord Valentine's Castle
Robert VS Redick	Chathrand Voyage
Robin Lythgoe	As the Crow Flies
Rosemary Kirstein	Steerswoman
Rowena Cory Daniells	King Rolen's Kin
Russel Kirkpatrick	Fire of Heaven series
S M Wheeler	Sea Change
Saladin Ahmed	Throne of the Cresent Moon
Sam Bowring	Strange Threads Duology
Sam Sykes	Aeon's Gate series
Sarah Monette	Bone Key, the
Sean Williams	Books of the Cataclysm
Sebastien de Castell	Greatcoats series, the
Sherwood Smith	Inda
Simon Brown	Chronicles of Kydan
Simon R Green	Blue Moon Rising
Snorri Kristjansson	Valhalla Saga, the
Stella Gemmell	City, the
Stephen R Lawhead	Dragon King Trilogy | King Raven Trilogy
Steven Brust	Vlad Taltos series
Tad Williams	Bobby Dollar series | Shadowmarch Series | Otherland series
TC McCarthy	Germline
Ted Chiang	Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Dekker	Circle, the series
Teresa Frohock	Miserere: An Autumn Tale
Terry Brooks	Genesis of Shannara, the
Tim Powers	Drawing of the Dark, the
Tom Lloyd	Twilight Reign | Empire of a Hundred Houses series, the
Wesley Chu	Lives of Tao, the
Wil Wight	Traveler's Gate
wildbow	Worm
William Horwood	Hyddenworld Quartet
William King	Gotrek and Felix series
William Nicholson	Noble Warrior Trilogy
Wu Ch-Eng-En	Monkey
Ysabeu S Wilce	Flora Segunda Series, the
Zachary Jernigan	No Return