Phew. As I got towards the end of this massive series (wikipedia says that, in their most widely available paperback editions, they range from 704 to 1024 pages each), or at least as much of it as has been written so far, I began to wonder what I'd do with the sort of post-11pm ish parts of my evenings that they'd largely consumed in recent weeks (not that reading was restricted to those times, of course). Having said that, I suppose it goes without saying that these are darn good - possibly the most epic series going around today in a genre for which 'epic' is practically the raison d'etre, and just as good on the intimate scale. I read up to book 7 back in high school - as far as Jordan had got at that point - but never followed through because it was getting a bit boring, but no such problems here.
(There's one book to go - Jordan passed away between completing Knife of Dreams, the most recent, and the projected 12th in the series, but apparently he left detailed notes and someone else is going to finish it off down the track.)
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The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, A Crown of Swords, The Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, Crossroads of Twilight and Knife of Dreams
