Here's a recommended list of fantasy and science fiction reading
that my wife and I put together.
There are references down the left side.
Key:
F: Fantasy
SF: Science Fiction
*: Unqualified positive recommendation
/H: It's funny too/humorous
#: Series position, if it matters
+: Five stars
| Black, Holly |
|
| *F |
Valiant |
| *F |
Tithe |
| |
|
| Bradbury, Ray |
|
| *F |
Something
Wicked This Way Comes |
| |
|
| Brin, David |
|
| *SF |
Earth |
| +*SF |
The
Postman |
| *SF |
Startide
Rising |
| *SF |
The
Uplift War |
| |
|
| Bujold, Lois McMaster |
|
| +*SF/H |
Warrior's
Apprentice |
| +*SF/H |
The
Vor Game |
| *SF/H |
Border's
of Infinity |
| *SF/H |
Brothers
In Arms |
| *SF/H |
Cetaganda
|
| *SF/H |
Komarr |
| *SF/H |
Memory
|
| *F |
Curse
of Chalion |
| *SF/H |
A
Civil Campaign |
| |
|
| Bull, Emma |
|
| +*F |
War
for the Oaks |
| |
|
| Butcher, Jim |
|
| *F |
Storm
Front |
| *F |
Fool
Moon |
| *F |
Grave
Peril |
| +*F |
Summer
Knight |
| +*F |
Death
Masks |
| +*F |
Blood
Rites |
| +*F |
Dead
Beat |
| +*F |
Proven
Guilty |
| +*F |
White
Night |
| +*F |
Small
Favor |
| |
|
| 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 |
| |
|
| Flint, Eric |
|
| *SF |
1632 |
| *SF |
1633
(with David Weber) |
| |
|
| Forward, Robert L. |
|
| +*SF1 |
Dragon's
Egg |
| *SF2 |
Starquake |
| |
|
| Foster, Alan Dean |
|
| SF |
The
Tar-Aiym Krang |
| *SF |
Orphan
Star |
| SF |
The
End of the Matter |
| SF |
Bloodhype |
| SF |
Flinx
in Flux |
| SF |
Mid-Flinx |
| |
|
| Freisner, Esther |
|
| F |
Druid's
Blood |
| |
|
| Gaiman, Neil |
|
| *F |
Neverwhere |
| F |
Stardust |
| +F |
The
Graveyard Book |
| F |
American
Gods |
| |
|
| Gibson, William |
|
| SF |
Neuromancer |
| |
|
| Glass, Isabel |
|
| F |
Daughter
of Exile |
| Goldman, William |
|
| *F |
The
Princess Bride |
| |
|
| Haldeman, Joe |
|
| SF |
The
Forever War |
| SF |
Forever
Peace |
| |
|
| Harrison, Harry |
|
| SF |
The
Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat |
| |
|
| Hines, Jim |
|
| *F/H |
Goblin
Quest |
| *F/H |
Goblin
Hero |
| *F/H |
Goblin
War |
| |
|
| Hinz, Christopher |
|
| SF |
Liege
Killer |
| |
|
| Hoffman, Nina Kiriki |
|
| +*F |
The
Thread That Binds the Bones |
| +*F |
A
Fistful of Sky |
| +*F |
Past
the Size of Dreaming |
| +*F |
A
Red Heart of Memories |
| |
|
| Hughart, Barry |
|
| +*F/H |
Bridge
of Birds |
| *F/H |
The
Story of the Stone |
| *F/H |
Eight
Skilled Gentlemen |
| *F/H |
The
Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox: Omnibus Edition |
| |
|
| Kurtz, Katherine |
|
| F1 |
Deryni
Rising |
| F2 |
Deryni
Checkmate |
| F3 |
High
Deryni |
| F |
The
Adept (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 |
The
Fire Rose |
| F |
The
Firebird |
| |
|
| Lisle, Holly |
|
| *F |
Minerva
Wakes |
| |
|
| LeGuin, Ursula |
|
| *F |
A
Wizard of Earthsea |
| |
|
| Martin, George R. R. (Editing) |
|
| *F |
Wild
Cards Volume 1 |
| *F |
Wild
Cards 2 Aces High |
| *F |
Wild
Cards 3 Jokers Wild |
| *F |
Aces
Abroad |
| *F |
Wild
Cards 5 Down and Dirty |
| |
|
| McCaffrey, Anne |
|
| F1 |
Dragonflight |
| F2 |
Dragonquest |
| *F |
The
White Dragon |
| |
|
| McCrumb, Sharyn |
(mysteries set in SF community) |
| *F |
Bimbos
of the Death Sun |
| F |
Zombies
of the Gene Pool |
| |
|
| McCullough, Kelly |
| *F |
WebMage |
| *F |
Cybermancy |
| *F |
CodeSpell |
| *F |
MythOS |
| |
|
| McKillip, Patricia |
|
| *F1 |
The
Riddle Master |
| F2 |
Heir
of Sea and Fire |
| F3 |
Harpest
in the Wind |
| *F |
Song
for the Basilisk |
| *F |
The
Book of Atrix Wolfe |
| |
|
| McKinley, Robin |
|
| *F |
The
Hero and the Crown |
| *F |
The
Blue Sword |
| *F |
The
Outlaws of Sherwood |
| F |
Deerskin |
| F |
Spindle's
End |
| F |
Beauty |
| F |
Rose
Daughter |
| +*F |
Sunshine |
| |
|
| Myers Myers, John |
|
| +*F |
Silverlock |
| |
|
| Niven, Larry |
|
| *SF |
Ringworld |
| *SF |
The
Ringworld Throne |
| +*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 |
| |
|
| Nix, Garth |
|
| *F |
Sabriel |
| *F |
Lirael |
| *F |
Abhorsen |
| |
|
| Norton, Andre |
|
| SF |
The
Beast Master |
| SF |
Lord
of Thunder |
| |
|
| Pierce, Tamora |
|
| *F1 |
Trickster's
Choice |
| *F2 |
Trickster's
Queen |
| |
|
| Piper, H. Beam |
|
| SF |
Empire |
| SF |
Federation |
| *SF |
First
Cycle |
| *SF |
Four
Day Planet |
| SF |
The
Complete Paratime |
| SF |
Lord
Kalvin of Otherwhen |
| SF |
Space
Viking |
| *SF |
Uller
Uprising |
| |
|
| Powers, Tim |
|
| +*F |
The
Stress of Her Regard |
| *F |
The
Drawing of the Dark |
| *F |
On
Stranger Tides |
| *F |
The
Anubis Gates |
| +*F |
Last
Call |
| *F |
Expiration
Date |
| *F |
Declare |
| *F |
Three
Days to Never |
| |
|
| Pratchett, Terry |
|
| *F/H |
The
Colour of Magic |
| +*F/H |
The
Light Fantastic |
| F/H |
Sourcery |
| F/H |
Guards!
Guards! |
| F/H |
Pyramids |
| +*F/H |
The
Wee Free Men |
| +*F/H |
A
Hat Full of Sky |
| +*F/H |
Wintersmith |
| *F/H |
The
Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents |
| +*F/H |
Good
Omens (with Neil Gaiman) |
| +*F/H |
Monstrous
Regiment |
| *+F/H |
The
Fifth Elephant |
| +*F/H |
Nightwatch |
| +*F/H |
Thud |
| *F/H |
Going
Postal |
| *F/H |
Carpe
Jugulum |
| *F/H |
Lords
and Ladies |
| *F/H |
Maskerade |
| +*F/H |
Small
Gods |
| *F/H |
Feet
of Clay |
| F/H |
Johnny
and the Dead |
| |
|
| Rothfuss, Patrick |
|
| *F |
The
Name of the Wind |
| |
|
| 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 |
| *F |
Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| *F |
Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| *F |
Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
| |
|
| Saberhagen, Fred |
|
| F |
The
Dracula Tape |
| *F |
An
Old Friend of the Family |
| F |
Thorn |
| |
|
| Sawyer, Robert J. |
|
| +*SF |
Far-Seer |
| *SF |
Fossil
Hunter |
| SF |
Foreigner |
| |
|
| Shelley, Rick |
|
| F |
Varyan
Memoir 1, Son of the Hero |
| |
|
| Stephenson, Neal |
|
| +*SF/H |
Snowcrash |
| +*SF/H |
Zodiac |
| |
|
| Stevermer, Caroline |
|
| F |
A
College of Magics |
| F |
A
Scholar of Magics
| |
|
| Stirling, S. M. |
|
| SF |
Marching
Through Georgia |
| |
|
| Tolkein, J. R. R. |
|
| *F |
The
Hobbit |
| F |
The
Fellowship of the Ring |
| F |
The
Two Towers |
| F |
The
Return of the King |
| |
|
| Vinge, Vernor |
|
| +*SF |
A
Fire Upon the Deep |
| |
|
| Watt-Evans, Lawrence |
|
| *F |
The
Misenchanted Sword |
| |
|
| Weber, David |
|
| +*SF1 |
On
Basilisk Station |
| +*SF2 |
Honor
of the Queen |
| +*SF3 |
The
Short Victorious War |
| *SF4 |
Field
of Dishonor |
| *SF5 |
Flag
in Exile |
| *SF6 |
Honor
Among Enemies |
| SF |
Mutineer's
Moon |
| F |
Oath
of Swords |
| F |
The
War God's Own |
| F |
Windrider's
Oath |
| |
|
| Wells, Martha |
|
| +*F |
The
Element of Fire |
| +*F |
Death
of the Necromancer |
| |
|
| 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 |
| F4 |
The
Raven Ring |
| |
|
| Yolen, Jane |
|
| *F |
Briar
Rose |
| F |
White
Jenna |
| |
|
| Zelazny, Roger |
|
| F1 |
Nine
Princes in Amber |
| F2 |
The
Guns of Avalon |
| F3 |
Sign
of the Unicorn |
| F4 |
The
Hand of Oberon |
| F5 |
The
Courts of Chaos |
| *F |
Madwand |
| F |
Dilvish
the Damned |
| F |
The
Changing Land |
| *F |
Doorways
in the Sand |
| *F |
The
Last Defender of Camelot |
| F |
This
Immortal |
| F |
Lord
of Light |
| +*F |
A
Night in the Lonesome October |
