80s and 90s. Both because there was simply so much more GOOD variety in my opinion. In both decades, I have favorites from many musical genres and styles. Now everything seems so stratified and really good songs are few and far between it seems.
So many to choose from... but I'm currently enjoying The Codex Alera by Jim Butcher.
Favorites include:
A Song of Ice and Fire - Martin
The Kingkiller Chronicles - Rothfuss
The Chathrand Voyage - Reddick
Acacia - Durham
Lord of the Ring/The Hobbit - Tolkien
The Riftwar Saga - Feist
Dragonlance Trilogy - Weiss & Hickman
And many many more....