Reddit mentions of A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, Book 1)

One of my personal favorites, the Xanth series:

[First one] (http://www.amazon.com/Spell-Chameleon-Xanth-Book/dp/0345347536)

[Second] ( http://www.amazon.com/Source-Magic-Xanth-Piers-Anthony/dp/0345350588/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y/183-9033970-4796761)

[Third] ( http://www.amazon.com/Castle-Roogna-The-Magic-Xanth/dp/0345350480/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z)

Stardust by Neil Gaiman. http://www.amazon.com/Stardust-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060934719

His Dark Materials Trilogy is good, though the movie was bad. http://www.amazon.com/Materials-Trilogy-Golden-Compass-Spyglass/dp/0375842381/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334109041&sr=1-2

Piers Anthony writes funny fantasy. I enjoyed the first dozen or so of his Xanth novels. http://www.amazon.com/Spell-Chameleon-Xanth-Book/dp/0345347536/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334109146&sr=1-1

The Hunger Games Trilogy. I liked the Wheel of Time and others mentioned below.

When I was very young I really liked Piers Anthony's Xanth series (first three or so anyway) and although not exactly the same:
Discworld. Read it bitches. Yeah, it's comedy. It's Sir Terry Friggin Pratchett and there are so many Discworld books I don't know the count...but they're all good, and some pass into the realm of great. Every. Damn. One. Read some.

Piers Anthony - A Spell For Chameleon

I had read a little when younger, but had stopped reading. Sophomore year in HS, a friend gave me A Spell for Chameleon. I devoured the first three Xanth books, read a bunch of other Piers Anthony books (Apprentice Adept & Incarnations of Immortality, and have never stopped.

It's tough to compete wit hall these suggestions but I see that the Xanth series by Piers Anthony has not yet been mentioned. It's the series that had me fall in love with fantasy. A Spell for Chameleon (4.5/5 stars on Amazon after 179 votes!!) is the first in the series.

Based on your criteria, I'd say start with some Young Adult stuff first, it tends to be shorter and less convoluted than the adult high fantasy stuff like WoT and GoT. Maybe Graceling would interest you?

If you want something light hearted that won't take up too much of your brain space, I'd say try Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, the Landover series by Terry Brooks, or the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. All fantasy books plenty of comic relief.

A series of books written by Piers Anthony back in the day. About a world where everyone could do magic. It starts here:

http://www.amazon.com/Spell-Chameleon-Xanth-Book/dp/0345347536/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413553868&sr=1-1&keywords=a+spell+for+chameleon

Or maybe the Xanth books by the same author?

I fondly remember the Xanth series from my youth, but I haven't read it in ages, so I don't know if it holds up.

Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez has a kobold protagonist trying to keep their master's castle running while the master is gone. It's pretty hilarious, imo.

I don't know if he'd be into fantasy at all, but I absolutely loved the Xanth series by Piers Anthny

Taken from the link:

"Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled--where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. That is, except for Bink of North Village. He was sure he possessed no magic, and knew that if he didn't find some soon, he would be exiled. According to the Good Magician Humpfrey, the charts said that Bink was as powerful as the King or even the Evil Magician Trent. Unfortunately, no one could determine its form. Meanwhile, Bink was in despair. If he didn't find his magic soon, he would be forced to leave...."

A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony

In 8th grade I had to read a book and give a book report. My friend lent me this and I discovered I love berks.

If you like Discworld you might like Piers Anthony's Xanth series. Book #1: A Spell For Chameleon. They're similar to Discworld in tone but fantasy oriented where Discworld is SF. There are many of them; as in, over 40 now and still more to be released. I would never suggest you use kat.cr to acquire them, of course. That's why I linked to Amazon.

In the same satirical sort of style as Discworld is also Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman's Good Omens. I like a lot of Gaiman's work, which ranges from the strange and humorous (see: GO) to the strange and creepy (Anasazi Boys), but what I'd recommend from him depends on what you're looking for.

In the funny but harder scifi range I'd rec the beloved classic Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. This is seriously one of the wittiest books I've ever read besides being an action-packed scifi romp.

If you're interested in urban fantasy I have all the recs. Everything from Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series Book 1: Storm Front, for the grown-up wizard, to Seanan McGuire's October Daye series Book 1: Rosemary and Rue, if you're more into fae.

For the dark and more sexual (seriously, there is sex in these books) I highly recommend the Fever Series by Karen Moning, Book 1: Darkfever.

If you like SF/F books (like Discworld, Animorphs, etc.) let me know what subgenres (e.g. hard scifi, urban fantasy, urban scifi, fantasy romance, young adult _____ ) you think you might like and I guarantee you I have a recommendation or two. I read a lot.