Standard rules: bold the ones you've read, * the ones you found particularly outstanding, / the novels or series you've only read a fraction of, that is, not finished. ? if you're not sure. (I haven't read much new SF in 20 years, so I have a number in that category; memories are not forever. Add notes as desired. Make a suggestion or two for ones they missed. Or, you know, make up your own rules.
- Ubik, Philip K. Dick
- Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card*
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien*
- The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood ?
- Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
- A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin
- Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
- The Gormenghast series, Mervyn Peake Excellent, but too depressing for a *
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein
- Kindred, Octavia Butler- I know I've read a couple novels by her, but not this one.
- The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin It's been a LONG time, but I think*
- Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
- Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut*
- The City & The City, China MiƩville
- The Once and Future King, T.H. White
- The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Zone One, Colson Whitehead
- The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling / First book only and movies, but in process of acquiring the whole series. When complete, I'll read the whole thing.
- The Time Quartet, Madeleine L’Engle / 1st book only (Wrinkle in Time)
- The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis Loved this as a youngster, hated it as adult. Like I need to be beaten about the head with Christian symbolism.
- His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
- The Female Man, Joanna Russ
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
- Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson
- Solaris, Stanislaw Lem
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams *for the first three, then it gets too dark.
- The Dune Chronicles, Frank Herbert*
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell Like Gormenghast, excellent, but too depressing for a *
- Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
- The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
- Neuromancer, William Gibson
- American Gods, Neil Gaiman Only thing I've read by him, and not terribly impressed. Need to try others.
- The Foundation series, Isaac Asimov
- Discworld, Terry Pratchett / Only 2 or 3 of series, damned if I know which ones.
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll** My all-time, life long, favorite book. By the end of elementary school, I darned near had the whole thing memorized.
- Among Others, Jo Walton
- Brave New World, Aldous Huxley / Bored me to death. Didn't finish
- The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle ?
- The Drowned World, J.G. Ballard
- Witch World, Andre Norton ?
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
- The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro Movie only. Despite comments at the source site, I quite liked it.
- Little, Big, John Crowley
- The Dragonriders of Pern series, Anne McCaffrey / A few, but again, they got dull
- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu
- The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Patricia C. Wrede
- The Castle trilogy, Diana Wynne Jones
- The Giver, Lois Lowry
Here's the "blank." Wanna play?
- Ubik, Philip K. Dick
- Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
- Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
- A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin
- Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
- The Gormenghast series, Mervyn Peake
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein
- Kindred, Octavia Butler
- The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
- Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
- Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
- The City & The City, China MiƩville
- The Once and Future King, T.H. White
- The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Zone One, Colson Whitehead
- The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling
- The Time Quartet, Madeleine L’Engle
- The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
- His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
- The Female Man, Joanna Russ
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
- Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson
- Solaris, Stanislaw Lem
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
- The Dune Chronicles, Frank Herbert
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
- Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
- The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
- Neuromancer, William Gibson
- American Gods, Neil Gaiman
- The Foundation series, Isaac Asimov
- Discworld, Terry Pratchett
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
- Among Others, Jo Walton
- Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
- The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
- The Drowned World, J.G. Ballard
- Witch World, Andre Norton
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
- The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
- Little, Big, John Crowley
- The Dragonriders of Pern series, Anne McCaffrey
- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu
- The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Patricia C. Wrede
- The Castle trilogy, Diana Wynne Jones
- The Giver, Lois Lowry
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