re: Is this where we discuss books?

C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy


You'll thank me later

anathem by neal stephenson is one of my favorite books.

i just finished the three body problem. its the first in a trilogy that just got translated from chinese and its a very imaginative first contact book.

I'd recommend the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Huge scope, varied characters, and quite the twisting plot.

Humanus Diabolicus (fantasy/horror/apocalyptica) got great reviews on amazon ??

Look into Stephen R Lawhead and Morgan Llewellyn. Both are high fantasy/historical fiction writers, and both are fantastic. You cant go wrong with anything they write. But I advise The Lion of Ireland from Llewellyn, and from Lawhead The Song of Albion or The Pendragon Cycle. From Lawhead, the former is pure fantasy mixed with celtic lore and history, and the latter is an exquisite retelling of the Autherian legend.

Also look into Louis L'Amour's book The Walking Drum. Might be my favorite book ever. Its historical fiction, set in medievial Europe, and the middle east. His best book, it is so engrossing that I lose myself in it every time I read, and I've read over 30 times.

Try: The Worm Ourobourus by E. R. Edison; Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis; A Wrinkle in Time Quintet by Madelaine L'Engle.

Classic Sci-fi:

Anything by Heinlein, Burroughs, Asimov, Welles, etc.

Specifically: Stranger in a Strange Land, Fehrenheit 451, A Brave New World, Starship Troopers, a Princess of Mars, The Foundation Series,and Rendezvous with Rama. And the Ender saga.


Contemporary Sci-fi: Wool and the Silo Series, the Red Rising series, Ready Player One, the Martian


Classic Fantasy: Tolkien and Lewis, obviously, but also LeGuin. If you haven't read them, the Dark is Rising Sequence and the Lloyd Alexander books are worth reading, though for a younger audience.

Specifically: the Earthsea Trilogy, Taran Wanderer, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, the Silmarillion, Watership Down, Redwall, the Once and Future King, Nine Princes in Amber, Elric of Melnibone, The Book of the New Sun. (Some of these border on contemporary, to be fair)

Contemporary: American Gods, Neverwhere, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Good Omens, The Raven's Shadow Series, the Lightbringer Series, the Night Angel Trilogy, the Gentlemen Bastards Sequence, Chronicles of the black company, The kingkiller chronicles (presuming it's ever finished)

BTW - this is a really good reference. Sure, I'll disagree with the rankings of quite a few but overall it is a great starting point. But only a starting point, too much recent fluff and too little classic 60's/70's.

NPR top 100 sci-fi

Great list. I've read many of the books on the list. There's plenty I haven't. Unfortunately I may never read all of them. But I'll try my best to get to as many as possible. I'll have to prioritize.

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I'll disagree with the rankings of quite a few but overall it is a great starting point.

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Well, yeah. Depends on your personal taste. I know many people that can't stand Tolkien's writing style. While I like it so much that I find myself comparing everything else to it.