Books on the list

courtesy of firecat :

Key:
Have read
Have started but not finished
Want to read or re-read
Hated!
!!!!! Loved!
????? Should I read this?

plus a few more comments, like "loved it then, embarrassed now"

1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien !!!!
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams !!!!
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card really mostly for angsty smart teens
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert, read the first few as a kid, got bored.
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin barely cracked the covers
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov !!!! as a kid
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman !!!!
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman !!!!
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan ????
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore????
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov !!!! as a kid. Now I wonder what Grace Hopper thought of it.
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss???
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
25. The Stand, by Stephen King
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury !!!! as a kid
28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut in school about sixth or seventh grade
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein didn't care for the politics even then, loved the writing
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey if I read this, I don't remember it.
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein !!!! as a kid. Still miss the invisible friend. Oh, and Steel Beach.
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller !!!!
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys !!!! as a kid. Made me cry.
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny After a while the writing just pissed me off.
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley???? -- so much else, but not this
43. The Mistborn Series,by Brandon Sanderson ????
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin !!!!
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien a letdown.
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson ????
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman !!!! as a kid. The impact of reading it serialized was way strong.
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson forced myself through one book.
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold !!!!
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett !!!! and all the others. Perhaps I liked Hogfather best. Or Mort.
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind????
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy????
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi intend to finish it some day when I can attend to it
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde liked the later ones better
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher????
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge!!!!
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle bleh
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis liked to say nothing of the dog much better.
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville loved the writing, but was in an altered state at the time
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony not so secret vice
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis