Read LOTR and the Inheritance Cycle, loved them both. Would definitely recommend them.
Currently I'm reading “The Word for World is Forest” by Ursula LeGuin. It's a sci-fi book with a similar concept to Avatar, but without the (seemingly compulsory for blockbuster films!) love story.
I tend to read either fantasy or sci-fi, but I will occasionally read something else when the mood strikes me. Btw, I count urban fantasy, vampires and werewolves as fantasy.
