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Originally Posted by Jimmy Krack Korn

The Belgariad is a series of books in the same sort of vein that I enjoyed immensely many moons ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad

I remember borrowing this series from one of my school teachers and reading that wikipedia article brought back many memories. As photon says, a bit formulaic and in some ways reminds me of LOTR, but I really enjoyed it when I first read it as a kid.