Dude, read anything in the Tales of Redwall series by Brian Jacques! I especially recommend Sunflash the Mace, Lord Brocktree, and Rakkety Tam, but there are seriously about 20 in the series and the early ones are the best. =D Basically, imagine a fantasy world setting, minus magic, and all of the characters are animals instead of humans, but they act just like humans. And they have wars and swordfighting mice and badger lords and it is incredibly awesome. I would call them a must-read for any fantasy lover. ^^

The Gil Beckman Mysteries are also amazing - they are about a security gaurd at an amusement park who used to be a policeman and who solves these mysteries that show up at the amusement park (which in itself provides a lot of fascinating settings and scenarios). There are four books in the series that progress into each other. It's a Christian series, but honest to goodness, the humor rivals Harry Dresden's. I am so serious. And the writer makes it seem really realistic. =D