I can't resist a book meme
Aug. 13th, 2011 09:31 amThe usual standard....bold what you've read. (I'm going to put the partially read ones in italics).
Yoinked from weirdodragoncat
- The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
- Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
- The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert - Another that I've read dozens of times, I was so OBSESSED with these books when I was younger.
- A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin - I'm on book 5 right now, almost done with it.
- 1984, by George Orwell - got distracted halfway through and haven't gone back to it
- Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
- The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
- American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
- The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
- The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
- Animal Farm, by George Orwell
- Neuromancer, by William Gibson
- Watchmen, by Alan Moore
- I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
- Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
- The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss - I've read the first one, eventually I will read the second one. I enjoyed the first one immensely.
- Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
- Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick - I checked it out from the library, started to read it, had to return it and haven't gone back to it yet.
- The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood - this book gave me nightmares (read it when I was in high school).
- The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King - I've read the first one, eventually I'll read the rest
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke - the movies put me to sleep, no urge to read the book
- The Stand, by Stephen King
- Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
- The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
- Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman - I've read the first one
- A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess - I love his use of language, this book is almost poetic in my opinion. Also depressing as hell.
- Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
- Watership Down, by Richard Adams - I've read this a dozen times or more, it used to be one of the books I re-read at least once a year.
- Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
- The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
- A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller - I read this for an awesome college honors English class in Cold War lit. The book (and the class) were pretty interesting.
- The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
- 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
- Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
- The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
- The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
- The Belgariad, by David Eddings - I read the first one and really did not care for it
- The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson - Still need to read the last book. I enjoyed the first two a lot though I feel like the author is kinda screwing with me sometimes.
- Ringworld, by Larry Niven
- The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin - I love LeGuin.
- The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
- Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
- Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
- Contact, by Carl Sagan
- The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons - I got bored halfway through the second book and haven't gone back yet.
- Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
- Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
- World War Z, by Max Brooks
- The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
- The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
- Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett - I've tried reading some of his books and I just can't get into them.
- The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
- The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold - I love Miles. Apparently I have a thing for short smart men because I feel similarly about Tyrion Lannister.
- Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
- The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
- The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
- The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
- I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
- The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist - I was obsessed with these books when I was 12, but eventually I got over it.
- The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
- The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
- The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb - Robin Hobb is evil. She torments her characters but once I start reading one of her books I can't put it down even through I feel like throwing it across the room about a dozen times a book.
- The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
- The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
- A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
- The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
- Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
- The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
- Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
- The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
- Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
- The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson - I have this in a box somewhere waiting to be read...
- The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
- The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
- The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
- Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
- The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher - I'm partway through book 3.
- The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
- The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
- The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan
- The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock - I read them on a boyfriend's recommendation (much like the Belgariad books) but I didn't really dig them.
- The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
- Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
- A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
- The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
- The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson - I love this series. Really political and detailed. His other stuff I haven't been able to get into as much.
- Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
- Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis - Connie Willis is another of my favorites, though I think I liked "To Say Nothing of the Dog" and "Bellwether" better.
- Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
- The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
- The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis - I read one of these for school strangely enough.