1. The Liaden books, by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee. Space Opera covering the death of a universe and migration into a new one; dastardly villains, reluctant heros, gripping plots, sentient tree.
2. The tales of Vlad Taltos, by Steven Brust. Gods, swords, elves, humans, cooking, and one of the best snarky first-person narrators ever. Has a side series of five books pastiching Alexander Dumas.
3. The Vorkosigan universe, by Lois McMaster Bujold. Best characters; you'll care about their fates.
4. Seanan McGuire's Incryptid series. There are monsters hiding among us; the Covenant of St. George was founded to find them and kill them. The Covenant are the bad guys.
2. The tales of Vlad Taltos, by Steven Brust. Gods, swords, elves, humans, cooking, and one of the best snarky first-person narrators ever. Has a side series of five books pastiching Alexander Dumas.
3. The Vorkosigan universe, by Lois McMaster Bujold. Best characters; you'll care about their fates.
4. Seanan McGuire's Incryptid series. There are monsters hiding among us; the Covenant of St. George was founded to find them and kill them. The Covenant are the bad guys.