My Library Thing recommendations

   1. Declare : A Novel by Tim Powers –  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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