marydell | Book Recommendations: Summary

Thanks for all of the great responses to my rec request! I'll be sending Paladin of Souls and its series companions to my friend to start with, and then will go hunting for The Interior Life and Brisingamen--those all seem to have things in them that suit her situation. For handy furture reference, I've put a summary list together of all the recs. Useful caveats offered by commenters are noted by the books.

Multiple recs:

Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls. (seconded, thirded, fourthed, fifth’d…)
Tamora Pierce, anything by, but particularly the Protector of the Small series. (YA) (seconded and thirded)
Ellen Kushner, Privilege of the Sword (seconded)
Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock (seconded)
Katherine Blake, The Interior Life. (seconded, thirded)

Single recs:

M.Z. Bradley's The Shattered Chain and Thendara House. (SF/F hybrid)
Lois McMaster Bujold, The Sharing Knife series
Kristin Cashore, Fire or Graceling (YA)
Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts, Daughter of the Empire and sequels
Deborah Hale,The Wizard's Ward and The Destined Queen (cheesy-but-good)
Barbara Hambly, Dragonsbane (really seriously skip the sequels)
Jim C. Hines, Princess books--The Stepsister Scheme and the Mermaid's Madness
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, A Fistful of Sky
N.K. Jemisin The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (maybe depressing)
Kij Johnson, Fudoki
Mercedes Lackey, The Fairy Godmother and The Serpent's Shadow.
Ursula Le Guin, Tehanu
Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted. (Children’s)
Margaret Mahy, The Changeover
Margaret Mahy, The Tricksters (YA)
Patricia McKillip, The Tower at Stony Wood
China Miéville, Un Lun Dun (YA)
Elizabeth Moon Deed of Paksennarion (triggery)
Diana Paxton, Brisingamen
Terry Pratchett, any of the 'Witches' novels, or the Susan+Death books
Spider & Jeanne Robinson, Stardance (skip the sequels)
Michelle Sagara, Chronicles of Elantra series beginning with Cast in Shadow
Lisa Shearin Magic Lost, Trouble Found
Sharon Shinn, Archangel books (romancey)
Sherwood Smith, Crown Duel
Nancy Springer, Larque on the Wing
Caroline Stevermer, A College of Magics and When the King Comes Home (maybe elegaic)
Shanna Swendson, series beginning with Enchanted, Inc.
Jo Walton, The King's Peace and The King's Name (maybe elegaic)
Martha Well The Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy, starting with the Wizard Hunters