Well, my all time faves are Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. I Have the Rivan Codex and I think the book is more like a reference book for the rest of the series. It actually has some interesting info in it. ROA imo, was a bit flabby, it needed some serious toning up, but it was an interesting idea. I liked the Sparhawk books as well, really couldn't stand the Elder Gods. Oh, by the way, I read some people that said that Eddings wrote Prequels to the Belgariad and the Mallorean, what books were those?