Here's our
recommended list of fantasy and science fiction. There are references down the left side.
Here's our
recommended list of fantasy and science fiction.
There are references down the left side.
Key:
F: Fantasy
SF: Science Fiction
*: Unqualified positive recommendation (purple
titles)
/H: It's funny too/humorous
#: Series position, if it matters
+: Five stars (italicized titles)
| Brin, David | |
| *SF | Earth |
| +*SF | Postman, The |
| *SF | Startide Rising |
| *SF | Uplift War, The |
| Bujold, Lois McMaster | |
| +*SF/H | Warrior's Apprentice |
| +*SF/H | Vor Game, The |
| *SF/H | Borders Of Infinity |
| *SF/H | Brothers In Arms |
| *SF/H | Cetaganda |
| *SF/H | Komarr |
| *SF/H | Memory |
| *SF/H | A Civil Campaign |
| Bull, Emma | |
| +*F | War for the Oaks |
| Card, Orson Scott | |
| *SF | Ender's Game |
| Chalker, Jack L. | |
| F | And the Devil Will Drag You Under |
| Cook, Glen | |
| *F | Sweet Silver Blues |
| *F | Old Tin Sorrows |
| F | Bitter Gold Hearts |
| F | Cold Copper Tears |
| F | Dread Brass Shadows |
| F | Red Iron Nights |
| Crichton, Michael | |
| *SF | Jurassic Park |
| Dean, Pamela | |
| *F | Tam Lin |
| DeLint, Charles | |
| F | Jack the Giant Killer |
| *F | Moonheart |
| *F | Greenmantle |
| F | Mulengro |
| *SF | Svaha |
| Dickson, Gordon R. | |
| SF | Tactics of Mistake |
| SF | Dorsai |
| Drake, David | |
| F | Old Nathan |
| Eddings, David | |
| *F1 | Pawn of Prophecy |
| *F2 | Queen of Sorcery |
| *F3 | Magician's Gambit |
| *F4 | Castle of Wizardry |
| *F5 | Enchanter's End Game |
| Effinger, George Alec | |
| SF | When Gravity Fails |
| Feist, Raymond E. | |
| +*F | Faerie Tale |
| Forward, Robert L. | |
| +*SF1 | Dragon's Egg |
| *SF2 | Starquake |
| Foster, Alan Dean | |
| SF | Tar-Aiym Krang, The |
| *SF | Orphan Star |
| SF | End of the Matter |
| SF | Bloodhype |
| SF | Flinx in Flux |
| Freisner, Esther | |
| F | Druid's Blood |
| Gaiman, Neil | |
| *F | Neverwhere |
| F | Stardust |
| Gibson, William | |
| SF | Neuromancer |
| Goldman, William | |
| *F | Princess Bride, The |
| Harrison, Harry | |
| SF | Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat, The |
| Hinz, Christopher | |
| SF | Liege Killer |
| Hoffman, Nina Kiriki | |
| +*F | Thread That Binds the Bones, The |
| Hughart, Barry | |
| +*F/H | Bridge of Birds |
| *F/H | Story of the Stone, The |
| *F/H | Eight Skilled Gentlemen |
| Kurtz, Katherine | |
| F1 | Deryni Rising |
| F2 | Deryni Checkmate |
| F3 | High Deryni |
| F | The Adept Book 1 (with D. T. Harris) |
| Lackey, Mercedes | |
| *F | Children of the Night |
| F | Burning Water |
| F | Jinx High |
| *F1 | Magic's Pawn |
| *F2 | Magic's Promise |
| *F3 | Magic's Price |
| F1 | Arrows of the Queen |
| F2 | Arrow's Flight |
| F3 | Arrow's Fall |
| F | Fire Rose, The |
| F | Firebird, The |
| Lisle, Holly | |
| *F | Minerva Wakes |
| LeGuin, Ursula | |
| *F | A Wizard of Earthsea |
| McCaffrey, Anne | |
| F1 | Dragonflight |
| F2 | Dragonquest |
| *F | White Dragon, The |
| McCrumb, Sharyn | (mysteries set in SF community) |
| *F | Bimbos of the Death Sun |
| F | Zombies of the Gene Pool |
| McKillip, Patricia | |
| *F1 | Riddle Master of Hed, The |
| F2 | Heir of Sea and Fire |
| F3 | Harpist in the Wind |
| McKinley, Robin | |
| *F | Hero and the Crown, The |
| *F | Blue Sword, The |
| *F | Outlaws of Sherwood, The |
| F | Deerskin |
| F | Spindle's End |
| F | Beauty |
| F | Rose Daughter |
| Lyda Morehouse | |
| *SF | Archangel Protocol |
| Myers Myers, John | |
| +*F | Silverlock |
| Niven, Larry | |
| *SF | Ringworld |
| +*SF | Protector |
| SF | Tales of Known Space |
| SF | All the Myriad Ways |
| SF | Neutron Star |
| SF | A Hole in Space |
| *SF | A Gift from Earth |
| Norton, Andre | |
| SF | Beast Master, The |
| SF | Lord of Thunder |
| Piper, H. Beam | |
| SF | Empire |
| SF | Federation |
| *SF | First Cycle |
| *SF | Four Day Planet and Lone Star Planet |
| SF | Paratime |
| SF | Lord Kalvin of Otherwhen |
| SF | Space Viking |
| *SF | Uller Uprising |
| Powers, Tim | |
| +*F | Stress of Her Regard, The |
| *F | Drawing of the Dark, The |
| *F | On Stranger Tides |
| *F | Anubis Gates, The |
| +*F | Last Call |
| *F | Expiration Date |
| Pratchett, Terry | |
| *F/H | Colour of Magic, The |
| +*F/H | Light Fantastic, The |
| F/H | Sourcery |
| F/H | Guards! Guards! |
| F/H | Pyramids |
| +*F/H | Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman) |
| +*F/H | Small Gods |
| *F/H | Feet of Clay |
| F/H | Johnny and the Dead |
| Rowley, Christopher | |
| F | Bazil Broketail |
| Rowling, J. K. | |
| *F | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
| *F | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| *F | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| *F | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| Saberhagen, Fred | |
| F | The Dracula Tape |
| *F | An Old Friend of the Family |
| F | Thorn |
| Sawyer, Robert J. | |
| +*SF | Far-Seer |
| *SF | Fossil Hunter |
| Shelley, Rick | |
| F | Varayan Memoir,1: Son of the Hero |
| Stephenson, Neal | |
| +*SF/H | Snowcrash |
| +*SF/H | Zodiac |
| SF | Interface (writing as Stephen Bury) |
| Stevermer, Caroline | |
| F | A College of Magics |
| Stirling, S. M. | |
| SF | Marching through Georgia |
| Tolkein, J. R. R. | |
| *F | Hobbit, The |
| F | Fellowship of the Ring, The |
| F | Two Towers, The |
| F | Return of the King |
| Vinge, Vernor | |
| +*SF | A Fire Upon the Deep |
| Watt-Evans, Lawrence | |
| *F | Misenchanted Sword, The |
| Weber, David | |
| +*SF1 | On Basilisk Station |
| +*SF2 | Honor of the Queen |
| +*SF3 | Short Victorious War, The |
| *SF4 | Field of Dishonor |
| *SF5 | Flag in Exile |
| *SF6 | Honor Among Enemies |
| SF | Mutineer's Moon |
| F | Oath of Swords |
| Willey, Elizabeth | |
| *F | Well Favored Man, The |
| Wells, Martha | |
| +*F | Element of Fire, The |
| +*F | Death of the Necromancer (sort of sequel) |
| Wrede, Patricia | |
| *F1 | Mairelon the Magician |
| *F2 | Magician's Ward |
| F1 | Dealing with Dragons |
| F2 | Searching for Dragons |
| F3 | Calling on Dragons |
| F4 | Talking to Dragons |
| Yolen, Jane | |
| *F | Briar Rose |
| F | White Jenna |
| Zelazny, Roger | |
| F1 | Nine Princes in Amber |
| F2 | Guns of Avalon, The |
| F3 | Sign of the Unicorn |
| F4 | Hand of Oberon, The |
| F5 | Courts of Chaos, The |
| *F | Madwand |
| F | Dilvish the Damned |
| F | Changing Land, The (Dilvish sequel) |
| *F | Doorways in the Sand |
| *F | Last Defender of Camelot, The |
| F | This Immortal |
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