Reddit mentions of The Belgariad, Vol. 2 (Books 4 & 5): Castle of Wizardry, Enchanters' End Game

Lol, I just had this conversation with my husband about two hours ago. When I'm buying books that are in a series, I have to get them in all the same format. It doesn't matter whether they're all paperback or all hardcover (though I do prefer paperback), just as long as all the books in a series are the same. If at all possible, I like them to look all the same, too. I was buying The Belgariad series from my school's bookstore, and they had the first few books as separate books in paperback, but didn't have the last couple. I asked them to order the last ones, and they did, but it came like this. I feel kind of bad about it, but I made them re-order the two books so they were in this format.

• David Eddings: "The Belgariad" (volume 1 and volume 2) and "The Mallorean" (volume 1 and volume 2) - these are two story arcs told across multiple novels in each volume, both are related and follow each other.
  
• Terry Goodkind: Sword of Truth - 9 book epic fantasy, completed a couple of years ago (Books 1-3, 4-6, and 7-9)
  
• Brandon Sanderson: Mistborn Series (The trilogy and the new spinoff)
  
• Brandon Sanderson: Way of Kings (book 1) - This is a new series, book 2 is expected late in 2013 (grrr!)
  
  
  But by far, my favorite series:
  
  
• S. M. Stirling: Nantucket Trilogy (book one, two, and three)
  
• S. M. Stirling: Emberverse (amazon list of the 8 books so far)
  
  The first trilogy follows the Island of Nantucket, which is thrown back to the bronze age and loses access to high-energy physics. The Emberverse is the rest of the world (though mostly the US) who stay in present day, but also lose access to high-energy physics.
  
  If you want to go more Sci-Fi, I'm currently reading and enjoying:
  
  
• David Weber: Honor Harrington (Honorverse) Series (Amazon List, 22 books!)
  
  Also on my list to read:
  
  
• Eric Flint: Ring of Fire/The Assiti Shards Series (link)
  
• Roger Zelazny: Chronicles of Amber (link)
  

You can find physical copies of most older books on amazon for like $4.

Half price books, abebooks, thrift stores and shopping around for ebooks are all also options.

If you are looking for specific books there are some pretty reasonably priced compilations out there.

The Belgariad volumes one and two can be gotten for around $14.

All ten volumes of The Chronicles of Amber can be purchased for about $12.

All three volumes of the Dark Elf Trilogy can be purchased for around $12.

If you look around there are some pretty great deals out there.