As an avid reader, I'm always on the hunt for those books that seem to pass by everyone's radar. Some books that others find so fascinating are ones that I never really found myself invested in..."Harry Potter" and "The Hunger Games" are two major examples. Not that I didn't find their premises interesting or thought the writing was bad but it seemed as those two garnered so much hype that, by the time I heard about them, I had inadvertently known the entire plot or had been introduced to the movies at an age when I didn't realize the books would be so much better.

Finding other original stories that created such vivid landscapes and utilized so much imagination is what I seem to devote most of my pastime to. Here are six fantasy novels that you should read before they get the hype they deserve.