I like the author, and will look out for this.
2. The Kif Strike Back by C.J. Cherryh – I have been underimpressed by the author’s other books.
3. Expiration Date : A Novel by Tim Powers –
4. Heir of Sea and Fire by Patricia A. McKillip – Have never tried this author, but maybe it’s time I did.
5. Chanur’s Venture by C.J. Cherryh –
6. Grass by Sheri S. Tepper – I have read and enjoyed this book though for some reason it’s not in my Library Thing catalogue.
7. The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh –
8. Harpist in the wind by Patricia A. McKillip –
9. The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod –
10. Life, the universe, and everything by Douglas Adams –
11. Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress – I’ve read part of this book, and will look out for the full version.
12. The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams –
13. China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh –
14. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson –
15. Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz –
16. The tough guide to fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones –
17. Diaspora by Greg Egan –
18. The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson – I have read this book but wasn’t really overwhelmed.
19. Dragonquest by Anne Mccaffrey –
20. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams –
21. Lord Foul’s Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson –
22. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers –
23. Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds –
24. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams –
25. Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks –
26. The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin –
27. Camber of Culdi by Katherine Kurtz –
28. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers –
29. Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke –
30. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper –
31. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip –
32. Little, Big by John Crowley –
33. White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson –
34. The book of night with moon by Diane Duane –
35. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey –
36. Saint Camber by Katherine Kurtz –
37. Parable of the sower by Octavia E. Butler –
38. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett –
39. Deryni checkmate by Katherine Kurtz –
40. Deryni rising by Katherine Kurtz –
41. Jingo by Terry Pratchett –
42. All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey –
43. The white dragon by Anne McCaffrey –
44. A swiftly tilting planet by Madeleine L’Engle –
45. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams –
46. Silver on the tree by Susan Cooper –
47. The One Tree by Stephen R. Donaldson –
48. The hero and the crown by Robin McKinley –
49. The amber spyglass by Philip Pullman –
50. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett –
51. The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle –
52. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett –
53. Zodiac by Neal Stephenson –
54. The Power that Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson –
55. 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke –
56. The lathe of heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin –
57. The grey king by Susan Cooper –
58. Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers –
59. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett –
60. Over sea, under stone by Susan Cooper –
61. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams –
62. The man in the high castle by Philip K. Dick –
63. Dune messiah by Frank Herbert –
64. Greenwitch by Susan Cooper –
65. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett –
66. The illustrated man by Ray Bradbury –
67. Pawn of prophecy by David Eddings –
68. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett –
69. The Illuminatus! trilogy by Robert Shea –
70. Maskerade by Terry Pratchett –
71. The fellowship of the ring by J. R. R. Tolkien –
72. Going Postal by Terry Pratchett –
73. Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey –
74. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett –
75. The name of the rose by Umberto Eco –
76. Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov –
77. Dandelion wine, a novel by Ray Bradbury –
78. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey –
79. Programming Perl by Larry Wall – it’s most unlikely that I’ll ever want or need to read this
80. A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking –
81. A wind in the door by Madeleine L’Engle –
82. Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings –
83. Watership Down by Richard Adams –
84. The eye of the world by Robert Jordan –
85. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett –
86. The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert A. Heinlein –
87. Xenocide by Orson Scott Card – I’ve been advised not to bother with his novels after “Speaker for the Dead”
88. Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian –
89. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien –
90. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein –
91. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett –
92. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien –
93. The golden compass by Philip Pullman –
94. Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone by J. K. Rowling –
95. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke –
Not a bad strike rate. I should get rid of books I own but don’t actually like, that would certainly improve the strike rate of the recommendations!
[Edited to add: I discovered that I’d left one shelf uncatalogued – and four of these books were on it!]
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