1. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Like, duh.
In my opinion, it's both the best YA series ever and the best fantasy series ever. Why? Harry Potter is the best of everything - the best characters, the best plots, the best writing.
The characters are people you can fall in love with, and not just the main heroes and the main villains. Even more minor characters are pretty extensively developed, like Snape, Pettigrew, Neville, even Dean or Seamus. They all have histories and quirks and unique personalities and very few authors are able to so vividly create such a huge cast of characters.
Similarly, the...
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