[Grimmlokk]

Try the R.A. Salvatore books. Forgotten Realms ones, with Drizzt Do'urden and pals. Better written than the Dragonlance ones for the most part, but similar setting and also related to D&D I think.

That's really all I can think of for that type of high fantasy writing. If you want to try a heavier stuff with better writing go for the Martin's Ice and Fire or Erickson's Malazan like suggested earlier. Or Edding's trilogies(elenium/tamuli/belgariad). All good reads, Edding's stuff a little lighter and closer to the DL type stuff. The Saga of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt might interest you. Similar level of writing, but a totally different setting. Lot of books though(12 or 13 I think) so that's good. Easy to get in to, but very well written characters and if you stick with it the world is very well crafted. But no dragons/knights really. Can really pick up almost any one and start reading(think 2 or 3 are direct sequals of earlier ones), not written in order, almost all have different characters.