Recs if you like The Light Fantastic...

fantasy books with main or prominent side characters that fit the D&D barbarian class (at least in part!). heavy on the muscles, the bare-fist punching, and the raging! recs and input welcome!

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle.

All main novels related to Discworld by Terry Pratchett

Have you ever wanted a PhD in English Lit? Do you think fantasy is a legitimate field of literary criticism? Would you like a glimpse into the psyche of someone who does?

These are the books included (or excerpted from) on my comprehensive exams list for a dissertation on fantasy. It is not even a remotely comprehensive list of fantasy texts and criticism (yes, I see the irony).