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5 | 1 | Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | All-Time-FAV! This series was very important in my formation as a young man! i read these books over and over again through my middle school years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2 | The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Doiuglas Adams | All-Time-FAV! Another formative series, helped me hone my sense of humor and affected my worldview that caused me to question the world around me | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 3 | Ender's Game | Orscon Scott Card | First one is solid, concepts actually get better as they go along but writting degrades | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 4 | The Dune Chronicles | Frank Herbert | Starts out strong, slowly fades. One of the best stories of political intrigue. i like it through Lato-the-Hutt (tina does not like Lato-the-Hutt) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 5 | A Song of Fire and Ice | George R R Martin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 6 | 1984 | George Orwell | Another book that influenced my thoughts about authority, moreso as an older teen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 7 | Farehgeit 451 | Ray Bradbury | The first time i read this book i didn't think to classify it as a sci-fi/fantasy book, Well written! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 8 | The Foundation Trilogy | Isaac Azimov | Solid, Concepts are amazing. (should not have beaten out LOTR for the award it recieved) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 9 | Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | what we're probably falling into. Everyone worries about 1984 but Brave New World is probably closer to what we are actually headed towards. Where we willingly give up freedoms for convinence | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 10 | American Gods | Neil Gaiman | All-Time-Fav! Gaiman to me represents the re-birth of fantasy to the modern world. He writes tales with a deep well of mysticism that keeps you on your toes and pushes you off the ledge and into freefall of suspension of disbelief | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 11 | The Princess Bride | William Goldman | Well Written, same feel as the movie. Movie is one of my mosy beloved of all times. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 12 | The Wheel of Time Series | Robert Jordan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 13 | Animal Farm | George Orwell | Shall we say... Orwellian haha! It's a HEAVY light read! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 14 | Neuromancer | William Gibson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 15 | Watchmen | Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons | All-Time-Fav Def my allt-time favorite graphic novel. It feels like a look into superheroes if the actually existed in the real world. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 16 | I, Robot | Isaac Azimov | All-Time-Fav Hands down one of the greatest collections of short stories compiled into a book that has ever been penned. Azimov's rules of robotics have become embedded into our modern and futurist views of robots, excellent book! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 17 | Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert A Heinlein | Classic, Written in 1961 i feel like this book embraces some of the bohemian philosphies that were becoming pervasive in western culture. It does some interesting things setting those in front of us but overall just wasn't all that compelling to me. i did enjoy Jubal througought | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 18 | The Kingkiller Chronicles | Patrick Rothfuss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 19 | Slaughterhouse Five | Kurt Vonnegut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 20 | Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | Solid Gold Classic! If you've never read the book READ THE BOOK! it will shatter every hollywood portraial of Frankentien's monster that is burnt into your brain. Shelley does an amazing job forcing us to look at humanity and morality on a very deep level through this entrancing tale! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 21 | Do Androids Dream of Electrick Sheep? | Philip K Dick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 22 | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | GUT PUNCH! So good, so frustrating! Captures the journey of an empowered woman as societty shifts underneath her leaving her powerless and alone... a warning and thought provoking | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 23 | The Dark Tower Series | Stephen King | All-Time-Fav Roland is a great flawed hero! The deeper you dig through this series the more surreal it gets! You eventually reach a point where you're reading absurd things and just accepting them. i consider this series King's master-work | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 24 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Arthur C Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 25 | The Stand | Stephen King | possibly King's second best work. The Stand is an amazing ride down a dark and diseased trail | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 26 | Snow Crash | Neal Stephenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 27 | The Marian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 28 | Cat's Cradle | Kurt Vonnegut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 29 | The Sandman Series | Neil Gaiman | i'm a HUGE Gaiman fan but i'm pretty cool on the Sandman Series. It never seems to capture the depth that i see in his other works. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 30 | A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | Immersive! From the first pages you're plunged into a Milk Bar and drowned in street lingo that transports you to the violent delinqunet world of the protaganist! Forces us to question what justice really means. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 31 | Starship Troopers | Robert A Heinlein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 32 | *Watership Down | Richard Adams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 33 | *Dragonflight* | Anne McCaffrey | Fresh and deep spin on dragons, Pern is a very well developed world. Grear read (pacing of the writing is slower but in a pleasnat way) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 34 | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Robert A Heinlein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 35 | A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M Miller JR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 36 | The Time Machine | HG Wells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 37 | 20,000 Leages Under the Sea | Jules Verne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 38 | Flower for Algernon | Daviel Keyes | Love this book! One of the first books to make me cry, and it still gets me with every re-read! Made me question the use of intelect as a quotent for evaluation the worth of a person | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 39 | The War of the Worlds | HG Wells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 40 | The Amber Chronicles | Roger Zelazny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 41 | The Belgariad | David Eddings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 42 | The Mists of Avalon | Marlon Zimmer Bradley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 43 | Mistborn Trilogy | Brandon Sanderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 44 | Ringworld | Larry Niven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 45 | The Left Hand of Darkness | Usula K Le Guinn | Starts slow. But eventually gets it's hooks into you. Great thoughts on gender and nationalism. Especially considering the age of the book. Published 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 46 | The Simarillion | J R R Tolkien | Don't open this tome expecting to read LOTR. This is a reference work. i find that it's best read in smaller chunks between other books | |||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 47 | The Once and Future King | T H White | Sooooo good! In my opinion the best of the Autharian re-tellings! If you haven't read it, read it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 48 | Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman | Good stuff, plops you into Gaiman fantasy but without the jarring impact of some of his other work | |||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 49 | Childhood's End | Autur C Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 50 | Contact | Carl Sagan | The first 80% feel like scientific fiction, the end dives into Sci-Fi turf. Sagan does a great job writing a female protagonist and confronts some serious spiritual matters by the end of the book | |||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 51 | The Hyperion Cantos | Dan Simmons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 52 | Stardust | Neil Gaiman | probably my least favorite Gaiman book. It was ok, not a waste of time but not as engaging as most of his writtings | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 53 | Cryptonomicon | Neal Stephenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 54 | World War Z | Max Brooks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 55 | The Last Unicorn | Peter S Beagle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 56 | The Forever War | Joe Haldeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 57 | Small Gods * | Terry Pratchett | a definite read! Small Gods is my favorite Pratchett novel! Nothing like laughing your way into deep introspection haha! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 58 | The Chronicles of Thomas Convenant the Unbeliever | Stephen R Donaldson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | 59 | The Vorkosigan Saga | Lous McMaster Bujold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 60 | Going Postal | Terry Pratchett | Solid offering in the writings of disc world. Not as compelling as small gods but still a fun read | |||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 61 | *The Mote In God's Eye* | Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 62 | The Sword of Truth Series | Terry Goodkind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 63 | The Road* | Cormac McCarthy | Dark as black coffee in a black cup in a lightless room in a cave! it'll pull you down, but it does it in an amazing way. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 64 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell* | Susanna Clarke | Book was pretty well written. But something about it never pulled me in. Her treatment of magic and it’s operation was pretty compelling though, characters were wonderfully flawed too so I’m not sure how to quantify my struggle getting through this one . | |||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | 65 | I Am Legend | Richard Matheson | Written in 1954, so that has to be weighed in for me. It birthed a style of story telling so it gets mad props for that! But its not a book that i'll reread over and over again | |||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | 66 | The Riftwar Saga* | Raymone E Feist | Not bad at all but also not great either. A solid Meh for me. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | 67 | The Sword of Shannara Series | Terry Brooks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | 68 | The Conan the Barbarian Series | Robert E Howard & Mark Schultz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | 69 | The Farseer Trilogy* | Robin Hobb | Solid concepts, great politcal intrigue, just a little too purple prose for my tastes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | 70 | *The Time Travelers Wife* | Audrey Niffenegger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | 71 | The Way of Kings* | Brandon Sanderson | A tome of a read... but for a reason. The pool of this tale just gets deeper and deeper the longer you swim in it . Great read! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | 72 | *Journey to the Center of the Earth | Jules Verne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | 73 | The Legend of Drizzt Series | R A Salvatore | D&D classic series, read some of them. It was good as source material for ideas but the story-telling wasn't as compelling as i'd hoped it would be. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | 74 | Old Man's War* | John Scalzi | What a ride! just a smidge of irreverance, a scoop of graphic violence, a cup of thoughful material. Easy read to blow through! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | 75 | The Diamond Age* | Neal Stephenson | Another gem from the pen of Stephenson! a tale of the power of education? a tale of the power of love and nurture! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | 76 | Rendevous with Rama* | Arthur C Clarke | Masterfully done I very much so enjoyed that Clarke left the mystery locked up inside Rama instead of spoon-feeding the readers an easily digestible package like modern SF often does | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | 77 | The Kushiel's Legacy Series | Jacqueline Carey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | 78 | The Dispossessed* | Usula K Le Guinn | Digs into some heavy ideas, like the characters and the writing but for some reason i can't pin down the book did drag a little for me. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | 79 | Something Wicked This Way Comes* | Ray Bradbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | 80 | Wicked* | Gregory Maguire | Elphaba's character development arc is one of the best ever written! Didn't expect to love this one... but man do i! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | 81 | The Malazon Book of the Fallen Series | Steven Erikson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | 82 | The Eyre Affair* | Jasper Fforde | Tons of fun, si-fi buffet set in the 80s has everything from advanced tech, time travel, super powerful “demonic-esque” villains, to blurred lines between reality and fiction! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | 83 | The Culture Series* | Iain Banks | Fast Paced Space-Opera style Sci-Fi. Only read the opener to the series but it was interesting througout and the characters were interesting and likeable | |||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | 84 | The Crystal Cave* | Mary Stewart | Fun, well written, great and refreshing view of Merlin before he was MERLIN! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 85 | Anathem* | Neal Stephenson | A tour from simple monastic life to space travel. A vehicle to discuss philosophical ideas. Concludes with an interesting thought experiment on multi-verses and the potential that they are interconnected | |||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 86 | The Codex Alera Series* | Jim Butcher | So.... I pulled the eject lever on this one. Some neat concepts but the style it’s written in made it a brain numbing slog for me | |||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | 87 | The Book of the New Sun* | Gene Wolfe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | 88 | The Thrawn Trilogy* | Timothy Zahn | Fan Fic from back in the day! (but he did get paid to write it!) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | 89 | The Outlander Series* | Diana Gabaldon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | 90 | The Elric Saga | Micheal Moorcock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | 91 | The Illistrated Man* | Ray Bradbury | Bradbury is (of course) a very competent sci-fi writer. A collection of short stories assembled in 1951 they ranged from very engaging and profound to just meh for me. i loved when he looked forward and went after things like racism and technology addiction. i do like seeing the expectations of a great sci-fi writter of a by-gone era. Decent read but not earth moving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | 92 | Sunshine * | Robin McKinley | Had some potential but wound up feeling like the forerunner to the twighlight series to me. Bland heroine who is both repulsed and infatuated with vampire... it's a pass for me, i survived it once, that's enough for me (published 2003, twighlight published 2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 93 | A Fire Upon the Deep * | Vernor Vinge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | 94 | The Caves of Steel | Isaac Azimov | Much loved Azimov book... for me it's a pass. Read it, finished it.... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | 95 | The Mars Trilogy * | Kim Stanley Robinson | Loooooooong.... interesting thought experiment about settling mars and how that effects society and people it all comes back around to interpersonal relationships. Not bad but aLSO NOT SUPER COMPELLING | |||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | 96 | Lucifers Hammer | Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle | Fun little ride through asteroid disaster! It's what we wished all those bad 90's asteroid movies would have been. |