A Wizard of Earthsea

This is known far and wide as one of the best high fantasy novels of all time, and it probably does live up to that claim. It's gorgeously written, lyrical, eloquent, and the author is adept at making her characters real without having the reader dwell in their every waking thought; that said, it didn't catch my interest enough to go pick up the other books in the series. Or maybe it's just not for me right now. Either way, it's seriously well written.