These are the stories that I read growing up that inspired me to create and to want to contribute my own stories.
Many of them I remember fondly, but even the ones that I didn't care for as much still taught me something and stuck in my mind. All of these stories helped shape the way I came to appreciate the genre.
I read recently that George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series is being adapted to a video game. If you're unfamiliar with this series, check out the first book, A Game of Thrones.
As a child, comic books are really what started me on my reading journey, but I remember seeing the covers to some of the books in the library. After that, I was hooked into the whole Fantasy genre.