Importing some books from J.G Keely's suggested readings in fantasy.

From the above link:

Moorcock is an inventive and ever-changing fantasy author who was contemporary with Tolkien, and who is still writing today. His Elric saga has been very influential, combining a mythic fantasy based upon quantum mechanics with an antiheroic protagonist. However, I found the magic in the Elric books somewhat more interesting than the plot or characters. Moorcock is very creative, but sometimes his pen moves faster than his mind. In his own words: "I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas." While the Elric books are competent and interesting fantasies, Gloriana is his real masterpiece. It takes much of its theme and tone from Peake's Gormenghast, but Moorcock filters this through his own style and purview. While Gormenghast is the story of a man from growth to adulthood, Gloriana is about the sensual coming-of-age of a great queen. However, the sexuality is psychological, not pornographic. Otherwise it is a very unusual book, and better to read than to describe. His SF series The Dancers at the End of Time is also quite unusual, and more character-driven than his other work, if not as complex as Gloriana.