Tom Pilgård's Booklist

I have books marked [P] in paper version,and books marked [E] in Ebook version. If a book is not marked, it is not yet part of my collection. Most of these books will hopefully be puchased in the future. However, some of the books are only listed for completeness.

I rate the books on a scale from 1 to 5. 1 for trash, 3 for average books and 5 for a few really brilliant books.

The qualities that I value most in a book are interesting and likable characters, a different and fascinating world, and a story that is both entertaining and thought provoking.
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  • Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: The Increasingly Inaccurate Trilogy 1-5 (3)
    • * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (4) [EP]
    • * The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (3) [EP]
    • * Life, The Universe and everything (3) [EP]
    • * So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish (3) [EP]
    • * Mostly Harmless (2) [EP]
    • Science fiction/Humor
      The first book is obligatory for every SF fan. I like them, but I find the later books a bit repetitive.
  • * Watership Down [E] (3)
  • Modern fable
    Mostly for young adults, but still good.
  • * Shardik (2)
  • * Maya 1-4 (3)
  • Medieval fiction
    Shardik and Maya is about slave girls and kings, and weird religious cults. Not really traditional fantasy though.
  • Grimspace
    • * Grimspace [E] (4)
    • * Wanderlust [E] (3)
    • * Doubleblind [E] (3)
    • Science Fiction
      The atmosphere in these books reminded me of the TV series Firefly.
  • The Orokon Series
    • The Harlequin's Dance [P]
    • The King and Queen of Swords [P]
    • Sultan of the Moon and Stars [P]
    • Sisterhood of the Blue Storm [P]
    • Empress of the Endless Dream [P]
    • Fantasy
  • Guardian (4)
    • * Full Moon Rising [E]
    • * Kissing Sin [E]
    • * Tempting Evil [E]
    • * Dangerous Games [E]
    • * Embraced by Darkness [E]
    • * The Darkest Kiss [E]
    • * Deadly Desire [E]
    • * Bound to Shadows [E]
    • * Moon Sworn [E]
    • Urban Fantasy
      Another Anita Blake/Rachel Morgan/Sookie clone, but entertaining and well written. Riley Jenson is half werewolf, half vampire. She works for The Directorate solving crimes that involves supernaturals. There's plenty of sex in the books, but fortunately not in amounts that get in the way of the story like in Anita Blake.
  • The Polity
    • * Gridlinked [P] (4)
    • * Line of Polity [P] (4+)
    • * Brass Man [P](4+)
    • * Polity Agent (4+) [P]
    • * Line War (4+) [P]
    • * Prador Moon (Prequel novelette) (4)
    • * Shadow of the Scorpion (Prequel) (4)
    • * The Technician (4) [EP]
    • Science fiction
      Neal Asher is the latest addition to a whole batch of new British science fiction writers. His style is similar to Alastair Reynolds and Richard Morgan. Gridlinked is the first book in a loosely linked series featuring Polity Agent Cormac as main character. It includes weird aliens, rogue AI's and psychotic battle droids :) Line of polity is an even better followup. The pace is not as forced as in gridlinked, and we learn a bit more about the various alien threats to the polity. P
    • Spatterjay
    • * The Skinner [P] (4+)
    • * The Voyage of the Sable Keech [P] (4+)
    • * Hilldiggers [P] (4+)
    • * Orbus [P] (4+)
    • Science fiction
      These books are stand-alones taking place in the same universe as Gridlinked. They are at least as bizarre as Asher's other books. The skinner has a really nice ending too. I especially enjoyed the little "games" between the old battle droid and the runcible AI
  • * Cowl [P] (4)
  • Science fiction
    This is a stand alone book not related to the Runcible universe. It involves grand scale timetravel spanning billions of years. A future civilisation has created a superior genetically engineered being. But now this Frankensteins monster has escaped into the past, and is trying to destroy its creators. We follow a girl and a mercenary from the 22nd century as they become involved in the battle raging across time. Neal Asher is well aware of the paradoxes inherent in time travel, and unlike most authors of timetravel stories, he doesn't sidestep these problems, but actually incorporates them into the storyline. Very impressive!
  • * The Engineer Reconditioned (Shortstories) (4+)
  • Science fiction
  • * The Gabble and other stories (4+)
  • Science fiction
  • * Africa Zero (4+)
  • Science fiction
  • Foundation: Original Trilogy (4)
    • * Foundation [EP]
    • * Foundation and Empire [EP]
    • * Second Foundation [EP]
  • Foundation Prequels (3)
    • * Prelude to Foundation [EP]
    • * Forward the Foundation [EP]
  • Foundation Sequels (2)
    • * Foundation's Edge (2) [EP]
    • * Foundation and Earth (1) [EP]
    • * Foundation's Friends (Short Stories) (1) [P]
  • The Second Foundation Trilogy (3)
    • Foundation's Fear (Gregory Benford) [EP]
    • * Foundation and Chaos (Greg Bear) (3) [EP]
    • Foundation's Triumph (David Brin) [EP]
    • Science fiction
      This is a classic. The main subjects are politics and psychology. The original trilogy should be read first. I really really liked the foundation books back when I first read them as a teenager, but I was a bit disappointed when I recently re-read them. I think it is because there are so many great SF books available today that Asimov doesn't stand out like he did earlier.
  • The Positronic Robots (3)
    • * I Robot [E]
    • * Caves of Steel [E]
    • The Naked Sun [E]
    • * The Complete Robot [E]
    • Robots of Dawn [E]
    • Robots and Empire [E]
    • Science fiction
  • The Trantorian Empire
    • Pebble in the Sky [E]
    • The Stars Like Dust [E]
    • The Currents of Space [E]
    • Triangle
    • Science fiction
  • Incarnations of Immortality (3)
    • * On A Pale Horse (Death) [EP]
    • * Bearing An Hour Glass (Time) [EP]
    • * With A Tangled Skein (Fate) [EP]
    • * Wielding A Red Sword (War) [EP]
    • * Being A Green Mother (Nature) [EP]
    • * For Love Of Evil (Satan) [EP]
    • * And Eternity (God) [EP]
    • Light fantasy
      Rather funny at times. Piers Anthony has some really weird ideas about the nature of the incarnations. I don't think there's a single mythological tradition that he didn't steal from when he wrote these books. The later books, especially the last two, tell essentially the same story as the first five, but from very different viewpoints. All the books are entertaining; not just the first two or three in the series which is usually the case with Piers Anthony.
  • Xanth (2)
    • * A Spell For Chameleon (3) [EP]
    • * The Source of Magic (3) [EP]
    • * Castle Roogna (2) [EP]
    • * Centaur Aisle (1) [EP]
    • Ogre, Ogre [EP]
    • Night Mare [EP]
    • Dragon on a Pedestal [EP]
    • Crewel Lye [EP]
    • Golem in the Gears [EP]
    • Heaven Cent [EP]
    • Vale of the Vole [EP]
    • Question Quest [EP]
    • Man From Mundania [EP]
    • Isle of View [E]
    • The Color of Her Panties [E]
    • Demons Don't Dream [E]
    • Harpy Thyme [E]
    • Geas of the Gargoyle [E]
    • Roc and a Hard Place [E]
    • Yon Ill Wind [E]
    • Faun and Games [E]
    • Zombie Lover [E]
    • Xone of Contention [E]
    • The Dastard [E]
    • Swell Foop [E]
    • Up in a Heaval [E]
    • Cube Route
    • Light fantasy
      Standalone books sharing the same world, and some of the characters. Cute and weird. Great for young adults, but not very original. The quality deteriorates quickly after the first few books.
  • Bio of a Space Tyrant (2)
    • * Refugee [EP]
    • * Mercenary [EP]
    • Politician [EP]
    • Executive [EP]
    • Statesman [E]
    • Iron Maiden
    • Light Science fiction
      Rather sad at times.
  • Apprentice Adept (2)
    • * Split Infinity (3) [EP]
    • * Blue Adept (2) [EP]
    • * Juxtaposition (2) [EP]
    • Out of Phaze [E]
    • Robot Adept [E]
    • Unicorn Point [E]
    • Phaze Doubt [E]
    • Light Science fiction/Fantasy
      Parallel worlds. Some original ideas, but very repetitive already at the third book
  • Cluster (2)
    • * Cluster
    • * Chaining the Lady [E]
    • Kirlian Quest [E]
    • Thousandstar [E]
    • Viscous Circle [E]
    • Light Science fiction
  • Battle Circle (1)
    • * Sos The Rope [EP]
    • Var The Stick [EP]
    • Neq The Sword [E]
    • Light Science fiction
      Post nuclear SF.
  • Of Man and Manta
    • Omnivore [E]
    • Orn [E]
    • Ox [E]
  • Chthon
    • Chthon [E]
    • Phthor [E]
  • Tarot (2)
    • * God of Tarot [E]
    • * Vision of Tarot [E]
    • * Faith of Tarot [E]
    • Light Science fiction/Fantasy
      Explores the relationship between science and religion
  • Mode
    • Virtual Mode [E]
    • Fractal Mode [E]
    • Chaos Mode [E]
    • DoOon Mode [E]
    • Light Science fiction
  • Kelvin
    • Dragon's Gold [E]
    • Serpent's Silver [E]
    • Chimera's Copper [E]
    • Orc's Opal [E]
    • Mouvar's Magic [E]

  • Geodyssey
    • Isle of Woman [E]
    • Shame of Man [E]
    • Hope of Earth [E]
    • Muse of Art [E]
    • Climate of Change

  • Thieves' World (3)
    • * Thieves' World [E]
    • Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn [E]
    • Shadows of Sanctuary [E]
    • Storm Season [E]
    • The Face of Chaos [E]
    • Wings of Omen [E]
    • The Dead of Winter [E]
    • Soul of the City [E]
    • Blood Ties [E]
    • Aftermath [E]
    • Uneasy Alliances [E]
    • Stealers Sky [E]
    • Fantasy
      Shortstories by many different authors. All the books are edited by Robert Asprin and they all take place in the same universe. This is one of the most ambitious shared world projects. The authors frequently include each others main characters in secondary roles. There are no true heroes in thieves' world. Everybody is more or less a lying, cheating, selfish bastard. This combined with a generally dark atmosphere and a bizzarre twist to many of the stories, makes this series really great. I would have preferred some longer stories, but if you like shortstories, this is guaranteed hit. (Janny Wurts' Lythande takes place in the same universe)
  • Myth
    • Another Fine Myth [E]
    • Myth of Conceptions [E]
    • Myth Directions [E]
    • Hit or Myth [E]
    • Myth-ing Persons [E]
    • Little Myth Marker [E]
    • MYTH Inc Link [E]
    • Myth Nomers [E]
    • Myth Inc in Action [E]
    • Sweet Myth-tery [E]
    • Myth-ion Improbable [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Phule's Company
    • Phule's Company [E]
    • Phule's Paradise [E]
    • A Phule and his Money[E]
    • Phule me Twice[E]
    • Fantasy
  • Time Scout
    • Time Scout [E]
    • Wages of Sin [E]
    • Ripping Time [E]
    • The House That Jack Built [E]
    • SF
  • The Cold Clash War [E]
  • The Bug Wars [E]
  • Earth's Children
    • * Clan of the Cavebear (3) [EP]
    • * Valley of Horses (3) [EP]
    • * The Mammoth Hunters (2) [EP]
    • * Plains of Passage (2) [P]
    • The Shelters of Stone [E]
    • Historical fiction
      We follow Ayla, a Cro-Magnon girl who is adopted by Neanderthals when her parents die in an earthquake. The first book and the first half of the second book are good. The rest of the series deteriorates into equal amounts of really bad romance/erotica and descriptions of how Ayla makes another revolutionary invention, or finds another miraculous medical herb.
  • * Emma (4) [E]
  • Mansfield Park [E]
  • Northanger Abbey [E]
  • Persuasion [E]
  • Lady Susan [E]
  • Love and Friendship [E]
  • * Pride and Prejudice (5) [E]
  • * Sense and Sensibility (4) [E]
  • Romance
    19th century romance is not usually my favourite genre, but I had to surrender completely to Jane Austen's books. They are witty and intelligent and touching at the same time. Austen's characters deliver the most insulting and sarcastic comments in the politest possible manner. Several of the books have also been made into really great movies. The BBC miniseries version of Pride and Prejudice is among my all time favourite movies.
  • The Prince of Nothing (4)
    • * The Darkness that Comes Before [E]
    • * The Warrior Prophet [E]
    • * The Thousandfold Thought [E]
    • Fantasy
      Strange and fascinating fantasy trilogy. This is a promising first series from R Scott Bakker. We have a polyteistic religion waging holy war on the heathen monotheists. Sorcerers that relive a millenia old apocalypse in their nightmares every night. An ancient alien enemy the noone has seen for centuries. An emperor who dreams of rebuilding his declining empire, and finally a warrior-monk who is a master of manipulation. All of them are trying to hijack the holy war for their own reasons. Even with all these goodies, I was a bit disappointed. It turns out this trilogy is only the beginning of the saga. Almost nothing is resolved at the end of the 3rd book, and the following books haven't been written yet. The storylines that I found most fascinating filled very few pages in the otherwise pretty long books and even with further books coming to complete the saga, I still suspect that Bakker has left so many loose ends out there that it will be difficult for him to get them all tied up. We'll have to wait and see what he comes up with.
  • The Aspect-Emperor (4)
    • * The Judging Eye [E]
    • * The White-luck Warrior [E]
    • The Horns of Golgotterath
    • Fantasy
      Sequels to The Prince of Nothing
  • * Neuropath [E] (5)
  • Psycho Thriller
    This is really a philosophy book disguised as a thriller. Bakker takes on the implications of modern neuro-science. For example the idea of free will, consciousness and all the other rationalizations and fairy tales we tell each other to maintain the illusion that we are special and above the rest of nature.
  • The Culture (4)
    • * Consider Phlebas (4) [E]
    • * The Player of Games (3) [E]
    • * Use of Weapons (3) [E]
    • * The State of The Art (Shortstories) (3)[E]
    • * Against a Dark Background (3) [E]
    • * Fearsum Endjinn (2) [EP]
    • * Excession [EP] (4+)
    • Inversions [E]
    • * Look to Windward (4) [E]
    • Matter [E]
    • The Algebraist [E]
    • Science Fiction
      Standalone books all taking place in the community known as The Culture. All the books are weird and of very uneven style and quality.
  • The Business [E]
  • Mainstream
  • A Song of Stone [E]
  • Mainstream
  • The Wasp Factory [E]
  • Mainstream
  • Walking on Glass [E]
  • Mainstream
  • Espedair Street [E]
  • Mainstream
  • Canal Dreams [E]
  • Mainstream
  • Complicity [E]
  • Mainstream
  • The Crow Road [E]
  • Mainstream
  • The Bridge [E]
  • Mainstream
  • Whit [E]
  • Mainstream
  • The Last Unicorn [EP]
  • Fantasy.
  • Tamsin [E]
  • Fantasy.
  • The Folk of the Air [E]
  • Fantasy.
  • Wetwired (4)
    • * Hammered [E]
    • * Scardown [E]
    • * Worldwired [E]
    • Science fiction
      Nice first series from Elizabeth Bear. This is a setting of global warming, disturbed sea currents, collapsed ecosystems and resulting food wars. An alien starship is found on Mars and the two remaining superpowers: Canada and China are both desperately trying to copy the technology and win the race to the stars away from the dying earth. The major players involve an ex-soldier rebuilt more or less from scratch after a planecrash who just might be able to fly FTL starships, a psycology professor released from jail to continue her work on sentient AI's to help control the ship and finally the rogue AI based on Richard Feynman that she was imprisoned for releasing on the internet.
  • * The Face In The Frost (2) [EP]
  • Light Fantasy.
    Two wizards on a quest to find out why it has suddenly become winter
  • Dark Jewels
    • * Daughter of the Blood (4+) [E]
    • Heir to the Shadows [E]
    • Queen of the Darkness [E]
    • The Invisible Ring (Prequel) [E]
    • Fantasy
      On the surface this is a classic fantasy tale of an evil sorceress who has dominated the world for hundreds of years, and of course a prophecy of a child who will be the bane of the sorceress. The world and all of the main characters are both bizarre and very fascinating. Even the "good guys" are really terrifying.
  • Tir Alainn
    • The Pillars of the World [E]
    • Shadows and Light [E]
    • The House of Gaian [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Realm of the Blood
    • Dreams Made Flesh [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Ephemera
    • Sebastian [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Darkover Chronicles (3)
    • The Founding
      • * Darkover Landfall [EP]
    • The Age Of Chaos
      • * Stormqueen [EP]
      • * Hawkmistress [EP]
    • The Hundred Kingdoms
      • Two To Conquer [EP]
      • Heirs of Hammerfell [EP]
    • The Renunciates
      • The Shattered Chain [EP]
      • Thendara House [EP]
      • City of Sorcery [EP]
    • Against The Terrans: 1st Age
      • Star of Danger [EP]
      • Winds of Darkover [EP]
      • The Spell Sword [EP]
      • The Forbidden Tower [EP]
      • Rediscovery [EP]
    • Against The Terrans: 2nd Age
      • The Sword of Aldoness [E]
      • The Planet Savers [EP]
      • The Bloody Sun [EP]
      • The World Wreckers [EP]
      • The Heritage of Hastur [EP]
      • Sharra's Exile [EP]
      • Return to Darkover
    • Clingfire Triology
      • The Fall of Neskaya [E]
      • Zandru's Forge [E]
      • A Flame in Hali [EP]
    • Hilary Cycle
      • Firetrap [E]
      • The Keepers Price [E]
      • The Lesson of the Inn [E]
      • Hilary's Homecoming [E]
      • Hilary's Wedding [E]
    • Anthologies (With the friends of darkover)
      • Sword of Chaos
      • Free Amazons of Darkover
      • The Other Side of The Mirror
      • Red Sun of Darkover
      • Four Moons of Darkover [P]
      • Domains Of Darkover [P]
      • Renunciates of Darkover
      • Leroni of Darkover [P]
      • Towers of Darkover
      • Snows of Darkover [P]
      • Traitor's Sun [E]
      • Exile's Song [EP]
      • The Shadow Matrix [EP]
    • Fantasy/Science fiction
      The series starts out as typical medieval fantasy. As it progresses it gradually becomes science fiction. All books are standalones, but are loosely linked. Many of the main characters are female. The books are not written in the above order, and Bradley has no aversion to revisionism, so the chronology becomes very cryptic.
  • Avalon (3+)
    • * Mists of Avalon [E]
    • * The Forest House [E]
    • * Lady of Avalon [E]
    • * Priestess of Avalon [E]
    • Fantasy
      This is Marion Zimmer Bradley's take on the tale of King Arthur. The books are written for young adults, but they are pretty dark.
  • * Lythande (Shortstories) (4) [P]
  • Fantasy.
    Small episodes all revolving around the wizard Lythande. Original and entertaining.
  • Outremer
    • * Tower of the King's Daughter [P] (4+)
    • * Feast of the King's Shadow [P] (3)
    • * Hand of the King's Evil [P] (3)
    • High Fantasy
      I read a sample of this and I just had to try the whole series. The style is similar to Guy Gavriel Kay's. This means complex characters, wonderful language and a slowly revealed main plot that brings all the characters together for the grand finale. Also like most of Kay's books, the setting for this series is easily recognizable but with a bit of magic added. It takes place in the holy land during the rule of the crusaders. The series starts out with great promise when the daughter of the King's Shadow meets a djinni on the way to her wedding. But I was dissappointed when I got past the first book. Book 2 and 3 are extremely slow moving, and we don't get much character development either. The grand finale is also somewhat dissappointing. Many significant events that only happened after serious manipulation by the powers working behind the scenes, are left totally unexplained, and seemingly unnecessary to the story.
  • The Samaritan
  • Fantasy
  • The Refuge
  • Fantasy
  • The Garden
  • Fantasy
  • Mall Time
  • Fantasy
  • Dead of Light
  • Fantasy
  • Dispossession
  • Fantasy
  • Light Errant
  • Fantasy
  • Shelter
  • Fantasy
  • Uplift Universe (3)
    • * Sundiver (4) [EP]
    • * Startide Rising (2) [EP]
    • The Uplift War [EP]
    • Brightness Reef [EP]
    • Ininity's Shore [EP]
    • Heaven's Reach [EP]
    • Science Fiction
      The series begins in the near future, when mankind discovers that the galaxy is filled with aliens. The plot revolves around the difficulties in dealing with aliens with superior technology. One threat is purely physical, but another perhaps more serious threat is the cultural influence. We have numerous examples of primitive cultures that were wiped out in the meeting with western civilization. This is essentially the same situation. The books are standalone stories each dealing with a separate incident. They vary in both style and tone. I found the second book very depressing.
  • Kiln-people [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Glory Season [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Earth [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Landover
    • * Magic Kingdom For Sale/Sold (2) [EP]
    • The Black Unicorn [E]
    • Wizard At Large [E]
    • The Tangle Box [E]
    • Witches Brew [E]
    • Light fantasy
      A man buys a magic kingdom for $1.000.000 Unfortunately it is not quite as easy to be king as he first thought
  • Shannara (2)
    • * Sword of Shannara [EP]
    • Elfstones of Shannara [EP]
    • Wishsong of Shannara [EP]
  • Heritage of Shannara (2)
    • Scions of Shannara [E]
    • Druid of Shannara [E]
    • Elfqueen of Shannara [E]
    • Talismans of Shannara [E]
    • First King of Shannara (Prequel) [E]
  • The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
    • Ilse Witch [E]
    • Antrax [E]
    • Mogawr [E]
    • Light fantasy
      Shannara is a typical Tolkien ripoff. Ok, but very predictable.
  • Word
    • Running With the Demon [E]
    • A Knight of the Word [E]
    • Angel Fire East [E]
    • Light fantasy
  • * The Da Vinci Code (3-)
  • Angels and Demons
  • Deception Point
  • Digital Fortress
  • Religious thriller
    Dan Brown is the new bestseller of conspiracy theory thrillers. I was very disappointed. The plot is pretty thin, and the main characters are even thinner. They have absolutely no depth and they don't evolve at all through the book. Dan Brown even uses them as props to drive the plot. When he needs a little suspense, the history professor and cryptologist become extremely stupid. When he wants the plot to move on, the same characters suddenly receive brilliant insights out of nowhere. The only thing that saves this book from total failure is Brown's description of the history of religion. While this is very popularised it might provide some new insights to readers unfamiliar with a scientific approach to religion.
  • The Vorkosigan Saga (4+)
    • * Falling Free (Prequel) (3) [EP]
    • * Shards of Honor (AKA Cordelia's Honor part 1) [EP]
    • * Barrayar (AKA Cordelia's Honor part 2) [EP]
    • * The Warrior's Apprentice [EP]
    • * The Vor Game [EP]
    • * Cetaganda [EP]
    • * Ethan of Athos [EP]
    • * Brothers in Arms [EP]
    • * Mirror Dance [EP]
    • * Memory [EP]
    • * Komarr [EP]
    • * A Civil Campaign [EP]
    • * Diplomatic Immunity [EP]
    • * Cryoburn [E]
    • * Borders of Infinity (Short stories) [EP]
    • * Dreamweaver's Dilemma (Short stories)
    • Science Fiction
      Very high quality space opera. Something like Anne McCaffrey/Elizabeth Moon +30 IQ Points :)
  • The Spirit Ring [EP]
  • Fantasy
  • * Women at War (Short stories) (3) [P]
  • Science Fiction
    Very Mixed Quality.
  • Chalion (4+)
    • * The Curse of Chalion [EP]
    • * Paladin of Souls (5) [EP]
    • * The Hallowed Hunt [EP]
    • Fantasy
      Classic fantasy tale of a cursed kingdom, and a prophecy on how to lift the curse. Fascinating mix of magic, religion, and court intrigue. The second book is even better. Bujold's flawed heroine reminds me of Terisa Morgan from Stephen Donaldson's Mordant's Need series. Bujold also expands on the very strange and fascinating mix of magic and religion in the Chalion universe. I don't recall seeing anything quite like it before. Bujold started out writing highly entertaining space opera, and now she's getting even better in a fantasy setting. I'm really looking forward to her new fantasy series.
  • The Sharing Knife
    • * Beguilement [E] (4)
    • * Legacy [E] (3)
    • * Passage [E] (3+)
    • Horizon [E]
    • Fantasy
      This Bujold's new fantasy series. It's not quite as complex as the Chalion series and the last half of Beguilement actually reads more like a romance novel than actual fantasy. It's still very nice, but definitely a light read compared to Bujold's other recent books.
  • Dresden Files (3+)
    • * Storm Front [E]
    • Fool Moon [E]
    • Grave Peril [E]
    • Summer Knight [E]
    • Death Masks [E]
    • Blood Rites [E]
    • Dead Beat [E]
    • Proven Guilty [E]
    • Fantasy
      Harry Dresden is a professional wizard. He even has an ad in the newspaper. These books are yet another flavour of supernatural mysteries.
  • Alera
    • Furies of Calderon [E]
    • Academ's Fury [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Ender Saga (4)
    • * Ender's Game (3) [EP]
    • * Speaker For The Dead (5) [EP]
    • * Xenocide (4) [EP]
    • * Children of the Mind (3) [EP]
    • * Ender's Shadow [EP] (4)
    • Shadow of the Hegemon [EP]
    • Shadow Puppets [EP]
    • Science Fiction
      Ender's Game is written for young adults. The rest are definitely not! The main theme in the series is humankind's meeting with aliens. Both more and less advanced than humans, but all VERY different from humans.
  • Alvin Maker
    • Seventh Son [E]
    • Red Prophet [E]
    • Prentice Alvin [E]
    • Alvin Journeyman [E]
    • Heartfire [E]
    • The Crystal City [E]
    • Historical Fiction
      Parallel world where magic is a little more common than in ours. The rest is identical. The plot takes place in America a couple of centuries ago.
  • Homecoming
    • The Memory of Earth [E]
    • The Call of The Earth [E]
    • The Ships of The Earth [E]
    • Earthfall [E]
    • Earthborn [E]
  • Enchantment
  • * Songmaster (4) [E]
  • Science Fiction
    A young boy with an incredible voice is sent to the emperor to be his human songbird
  • Saints
  • Historical Fiction
    About the founding of the Mormon faith
  • Homebody [E]
  • Ghost Story
  • Treasure Box [E]
  • Ghost Story
  • Lost Boys [E]
  • Capitol [E]
  • The Changed Man and the King of Words [E]
  • Cruel Miracles [E]
  • Flux Tales of Human Miracles [E]
  • Grinning Man [E]
  • Pastwatch, The Redemption of Christopher Columbus [E]
  • Hart's Hope
  • Wyrms [E]
  • Treason [E]
  • Sarah
  • Lovelock
  • Kushiel (4)
    • * Kushiel's Dart [E]
    • * Kushie's Chosen [E]
    • * Kushiel's Avatar [E]
    • High Fantasy
      This is high fantasy Guy Gavriel Kay style. Slow complex plot, deep characters and beautiful language. In the beginning of the story, the girl Phedre is sold by her mother to the prostitute-priestesses of the Night Court. Later she becomes involved in high politics in Terre D'Ange, an alternate history version of renaissance France.
  • The Sundering
    • Banewreaker [E]
    • Godslayer [E]
    • Fantasy
  • House of Night (3)
    • * Marked [E]
    • Betrayed [E]
    • Chosen [E]
    • Untamed [E]
    • Hunted [E]
    • Tempted
    • Fantasy
      This is a young adult series where vampires have gone (semi)legal. The story is that vampirism is a medical condition caused by a genetic anomaly. This manifests sometime during puberty and causes the teenager to become a "fledgling" - a sort of intermidiate stage between human and full vampire. The final change occurs a few years later. As there is a lot of stuff fledglings need to learn during this period, the stage is set for vampire finishing school Hogwarts style, but for vampires instead of wizards.
      Like in the Twilight, Sookie and Anita Blake books, vampires are not (universally) evil. They worship a nature goddess inspired by native american mythology. The books are a bit cheesy, but still much better than the popular but horrible Twilight series.
  • Well of Souls (4)
    • * Midnight at the Well of Souls [EP]
    • * Exiles at the Well of Souls [EP]
    • * Quest for the Well of Souls [EP]
    • * The Return of Nathan Brazil [EP]
    • * Twilight at the Well of Souls [EP]
    • The Sea is Full of Stars [EP]
    • Ghost of the Well of Souls [E]
    • * Echoes of the Well of Souls [EP]
    • * Shadow of the Well of Souls [EP]
    • * Gods of the Well of Souls [EP]
    • Currents of the Well of Souls
  • Four Lords of the Diamond (4)
    • * Lilith: A Snake In The Grass [E]
    • * Cerberus: A Wolf In The Fold [E]
    • * Charon: A Dragon At The Gate [E]
    • * Medusa: A Tiger By The Tail [E]
  • The Quintara Marathon (4)
    • * The Demons at Rainbow Bridge [EP]
    • * The Run to Chaos Keep [EP]
    • * 90 Trillion Fausts [EP]
  • The Rings of the Master
    • Lords of the Middle Dark [E]
    • Pirates of the Thunder [E]
    • Warriors of the Storm [E]
    • Masks of the Martyrs [E]
  • The Dancing Gods (4)
    • * The River of Dancing Gods [EP]
    • * Demons of the Dancing Gods [EP]
    • * Vengence of the Dancing Gods [E]
    • * Songs of the Dancing Gods [E]
    • * Horrors of the Dancing Gods [P]
  • The Wonderland Gambit (3)
    • * The Cybernetic Walrus
    • * The March Hare Network
    • * The Hot Wired Dodo [E]
  • GOD Inc
    • Labyrinth of Dreams [E]
    • The Shadow Dancers [E]
    • The Maze in the Mirror [E]
  • Changewinds (3)
    • * When The Changewinds Blow [EP]
    • * Rides of the Wind [EP]
    • * War of the Maelstroem [EP]
  • Soul Rider Saga (3+)
    • * Spirits of Flux and Anchor [EP] (4)
    • * Empires of Flux and Anchor [P] (3)
    • * Masters of Flux and Anchor [P] (3)
    • * Birth of Flux and Anchor [P] (3+)
    • * Children of Flux and Anchor [P](3)
  • * The Identity Matrix (2) [P]
  • * The Moreau Factor [EP] (3)
  • * Priam's Lens (3+)[P]
  • Balshazzar's Serpent [EP]
  • A Jungle of Stars [E]
  • Melchior's Fire [E]
  • Downtiming the Nightside [E]
  • The Web of the Chosen [E]
  • Hotel Andromeda [E]
  • Light Science fiction
    All Chalker's books are similar in both style and content. His cast of characters consists of lots of weird and fascinating creatures, described in great detail. Every Chalker book I have read have at least one body swap and/or sex change :) Begin with Well of Souls or Quintara Marathon if you haven't read any Chalker before. He has a tendency to run out of new ideas after the first two or three books in a series, but until then his books are great.
  • Age of Exploration
    • Port Eternity
    • Voyager in Night
    • Cuckoo's Egg
    • Science Fiction
  • Arafel
    • Ealdwood
    • The Dreamstone [E]
    • The Three Swords and Jewels
    • Fantasy
  • Compact Space
    • The Pride of Chanur [E]
    • Chanur's Venture [E]
    • The Kif Strike Back [E]
    • Chanur's Homecoming [E]
    • Chanur's Legacy [E]
    • Science Fiction
  • Company Wars
    • Downbelow Station [E]
    • Merchanter's Luck [E]
    • Rimrunners [E]
    • Heavy Time
    • Hellburner [E]
    • Science Fiction
  • Cyteen
    • The Betrayal [E]
    • The Rebirth
    • The Vindication
    • Science Fiction
  • Faded Sun
    • Kesrith [E]
    • Shon'Jir [E]
    • Kutath [E]
    • Science Fiction
  • Foreigner
    • Foreigner
    • Invader [E]
    • Inheritor [E]
    • Precursor [E]
    • Defender
    • Explorer
    • Science Fiction
  • Gene Wars
    • Hammerfall
    • Science Fiction
  • Hanan Rebellion
    • Brothers of Earth [E]
    • Hunter of Worlds [E]
    • Science Fiction
  • Merovingen Nights
    • Festival Moon
    • Angel With The Sword
    • Fever Season [E]
    • Troubled Waters
    • Divine Right
    • Flood Tide
    • Endgame
    • Science Fiction
  • Morgaine
    • Gate of Ivrel [E]
    • Well of Shiuan [E]
    • Fires of Azeroth [E]
    • Troubled Waters
    • Exile's Gate
    • Fantasy
  • Rusalka
    • Rusalka
    • Chernevog
    • Yvgenie
    • Science Fiction
  • Tristan
    • Fortress In The Eye of Time [E]
    • Fortress of Eagles
    • Fortress of Owls
    • Fortress of Dragons
    • Science Fiction
  • Hestia
  • Serpent's Reach [E]
  • Wave Without a Shore
  • Forty Thousand in Gehenna
  • Alien Stars
  • Visible Light [E]
  • Glass and Amber
  • The Paladin
  • Smuggler's Gold
  • The Goblin Mirror [E]
  • Faery In Shadow
  • Tripoint [E]
  • Rider at the Gate
  • Cloud's Rider
  • Finity's End [E]
  • Devil to the Belt
  • Jack Ryan
    • * Hunt For Red October (4) [EP]
    • * Patriot Games (3) [EP]
    • * Cardinal of the Cremlin (3) [EP]
    • * Clear and Present Danger (4) [EP]
    • * Sum of All Fears (3) [EP]
    • * Without Remorse (3) [EP]
    • Debt of Honor [EP]
    • Executive Orders [EP]
    • Rainbow Six [EP]
    • The Bear and the Dragon [E]
    • Red Rabbit [E]
    • "HITS"
    • Thrillers
      Good oldfashioned cold (and hot) war. We all know the movie: Hunt for Red October. Surprisingly the movie reflects the book very well. All Clancy's books are similar to Hunt for Red October.
  • OP Center
    • OP Center [E]
    • Mirror Image [E]
    • Games of State [E]
    • Acts of War [E]
    • Balance of Power [E]
    • State of Siege [E]
    • Divide and Conquer [E]
  • * Red Storm Rising (4) [EP]
  • * SSN (4) [E]
  • A Space Odyssey
    • * 2001 (4) [E]
    • * 2010 (3) [E]
    • * 2061 (2) [E]
    • * 3001 (3) [E]
    • The Lost Worlds of 2001 [E]
    • Science Fiction
      This is real SCIENCE fiction, as opposed to fantasy in space like Starwars. Clarke really tries to predict how the future could turn out.
  • Rama
    • * Rama [E] (4)
    • * Rama II [E] (4)
    • * Garden of Rama [E] (3)
    • * Rama Revealed [E] (2)
    • Science Fiction
      In this series mankind meets aliens. Some very advanced, and some well below humans in technological knowledge. As with all Clarke's books this series is also very realistic, with emphasis on SCIENCE and not fiction. The books are well written, but I also find them very depressing. When humans meet inferior aliens, they destroy them, and when they meet superior aliens, they whine like babies. And the few heroic and unprejudiced humans cannot do a thing about it. Very realistic, but not very optimistic. This is the main reason, that the grades drop as the series progresses.
  • * Childhood's End [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • * Songs of Distant Earth [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Cradle [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Fall of Moondust [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • The Fountains of Paradise [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • From Beyond [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • The Nine Billion Names of God [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Deep Range [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Expedition to Earth [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Venus Prime [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • The Ghost From The Grand Banks [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Richter 10 [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • * Shogun (3) [E]
  • * Taipan (3)
  • * Noble House (3)
  • Whirlwind
  • Gai Jin
  • King Rat [E]
  • Historical fiction
    Clavell's books take place in the far east and spans several centuries. The subject is always the meeting of East and West
  • Artemis Fowl (3+)
    • * Artemis Fowl [E]
    • The Arctic Incident [E]
    • The Eternity Code [E]
    • The Opal Deception [E]
    • The Lost Colony [E]
    • Fantasy
      Artemis Fowl is a 13-year-old master criminal. In the first book he attempts to steal a ton of gold from the fairies.
  • The Dread Empire
    • A Shadow of All Night Falling
    • October's Baby
    • All Darkness Met
  • The Dread Empire Prequels
    • The Fire In His Hands
    • With Mercy Toward None
  • The Dread Empire Sequels
    • Reap The East Wind
    • An Ill Fate Marshalling
    • Fantasy
  • The Starfishers
    • Shadowline [E]
    • Starfishers [E]
    • Star's End [E]
    • Passage at Arms [E]
    • Fantasy
  • The Black Company (4)
    • * The Black Company [E]
    • * Shadows Linger [E]
    • The White Rose [E]
    • Shadow Games [E]
    • Dreams of Steel [E]
    • Bleak Seasons [E]
    • She is the Darkness [E]
    • Water Sleeps [E]
    • Soldiers Live [E]
    • The Silver Spike [E]
    • Fantasy
      The tale of a mercenary company caught in a dangerous contract. Nice plot and complex characters. Every major player has hidden motives, including many of the officers in the black company. No fairy-tale heroes on white steeds here :)
  • Darkwar
    • Doomstalker [E]
    • Warlock [E]
    • Ceremony [E]
    • Passage at Arms [E]
    • Fantasy
  • The Garrett Files (4)
    • * Sweet Silver Blues [E]
    • * Bitter Gold Hearts [E]
    • * Cold Copper Tears [E]
    • * Old Tin Sorrows [E]
    • * Dread Brass Shadows [E]
    • * Red Iron Nights [E]
    • * Deadly Quicksilver Lies [E]
    • * Petty Pewter Gods [E]
    • * Faded Steel Heat [E]
    • * Angry Lead Skies [E]
    • * Whispering Nickel Idols [E]
    • * Cruel Zinc Melodies [E]
    • * Gilded Latten Bones [E]
    • Fantasy
  • The Dragon Never Sleeps [E]
  • Call for the Dead [E]
  • Filed Teeth [E]
  • Ghost Stalk [E]
  • In the Wind [E]
  • Quiet Sea [E]
  • Raker [E]
  • Severed Heads [E]
  • Soldier of an Empire [E]
  • Song from a Forgotten Hill [E]
  • Sung in Blood [E]
  • Heirs of Babylon [E]
  • The Seventh Fool [E]
  • The Swordbearer [E]
  • The Tower of Fear [E]
  • Fantasy
  • An Age Of Darkness
    • * The Wizards And The Warriors (3) [P]
    • The Wordsmiths And The Warguild [P]
    • The Women And The Warlords [P]
    • The Walrus and the Warwolf
    • The Wicked and the Witless
    • The Wishstone and the Wonderworkers
    • The Wazir and the Witch
    • The Werewolf and the Wormlord
    • The Worshippers and Way
    • The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster
    • Light Fantasy
      Classic quest fantasy. The books are said to be rather diverse in style.
  • Time Master
    • The Initiate [E]
    • The Outcast [E]
    • The Master [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Kay Scarpetta
    • * Postmortem (3+) [E]
    • Body of Evidence [E]
    • All That Remains [E]
    • Cruel and Unusual [E]
    • The Body Farm [E]
    • From Potter's Fiels [E]
    • Cause of Death [E]
    • Hornet's Nest [E]
    • Unnatural Exposure [E]
    • Point of Origin [E]
    • Southern Cross [E]
    • Black Notice [E]
    • The Last Precinct [E]
    • Blow Fly [E]
    • Trace [E]
    • Mystery
      The Kay Scarpetta books have become very popular, so I thought I would try one out. They are basically standard mystery books, but seen from the perspective of female medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. I thought the first book in the series was nice, but nothing special. Probably in an effort to be realistic, Kay Scarpetta has a bit too much self-doubt and general low self-esteem for my taste.
  • * The Passage (2) [EP]
  • Apocalyptic Fantasy
    A genetic experiment at a military lab goes terribly wrong and unleashes vampire-like creatures on the world. The first third reads like a really good Stephen King novel. Deep and interesting characters etc. Then everybody dies and the next chapter begins 80 years later. At this point Justin Cronin seems to have tired of character descriptions and decided to use cardboard cutouts instead.
  • Blue Bloods (3)
    • * Blue Bloods [E]
    • * Masquerade [E]
    • Revalations [E]
    • The Van Alen Legacy [E]
    • The Keys to the Repository [E]
    • Misguided Angel [E]
    • Lost in Time [E]
    • Supernatural mystery
      Cool setup where vampires are actually immortal. They still die but are reincarnated and regain their powers and memories as teens. Too much teenage drama and designer clothes for my taste though.
  • Betsy (3)
    • * Undead and Unwed [E]
    • * Cravings (ss) [E]
    • * Undead and Unemployed [E]
    • * Biting in Plain Sight (ss) [E]
    • * Undead and Unappreciated [E]
    • * Undead and Unreturnable [E]
    • * A Fiend in Need (ss) [E]
    • * Undead and Unpopular [E]
    • Undead and Uneasy [E]
    • Light fantasy
      Betsy (Elizabeth) dies and wakes up as a vampire. More or less by accident she kills the old king and takes over the position as queen of the vampires. Apart from the Vampire stuff this is pretty much a lighter version of the Stephanie Plum mysteries. It's cheesy and predictable and the plots are almost non-existing, but for some reason I enjoy the books anyway :)
  • Gorgeous
    • Hello Gorgeous [E]
    • Drop Dead Gorgeous [E]
    • Light fantasy
  • Wyndham Werewolves
    • Love's Prisoner [E]
    • Jared's Wolf [E]
    • Derik's Bane [E]
    • Light fantasy
  • Dying for Icecream (ss) [E]
  • Monster Love (ss) [E]
  • Santa Claws (ss) [E]
  • Sleeping Witht the Fishes [E]
  • There is no Such Thing as a Werewolf (ss) [E]
  • Witch Way (ss) [E]
  • Forgotten Wishes [E]
  • Really Unusual Bad Boys [E]
  • The World is Too Damned Big (ss) [E]
  • Lone Wolf (ss) [E]
  • The Prism Pentad (Troy Denning)(3)
    • * The Verdant Passage
    • * The Crimson Legion
    • * The Amber Enchantress
    • * The Obsidian Oracle
    • * The Cerulean Storm
    • Fantasy.
  • Tribe of One (Simon Hawke)
    • The Outcast
    • The Seeker
    • The Nomad
  • Fantasy.
  • Chronicles of Athas
    • The Brazen Gambit (Lynn Abbey)
    • The Darkness Before The Dawn (Ryan Hughes)
    • The Broken Blade (Simon Hawke)
    • Cinnabar Shadows (Lynn Abbey)
    • The Rise And Fall of a Dragon King (Lynn Abbey)
    • Fantasy.
  • All the books take place in the Dark Sun AD&D setting. Athas is a very harsh environment, and the books also tend to have a darker atmosphere than most other AD&D novels. It is still basic quest-driven heroic fantasy with no surprises or deeper meanings, but is is well done.
  • Mordants Need (5)
    • * The Mirror of Her Dreams [EP]
    • * A Man Rides Through [EP]
    • Fantasy. Very complex, and somewhat gloomy at times. However, this is probably the simplest and lightest of Donaldson's series, so this might be a good place to begin. If you like Mordant, perhaps you are ready to take on Covenant or Gap. If you don't like Mordant, then stay away from the others. Trust me, they are far worse! :)
  • Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever 1st Chronicles (4+)
    • * Lord Fouls Bane [EP]
    • * The Illearth War [EP]
    • The Power That Preserves [EP]
  • Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever 2nd Chronicles (4+)
    • The Wounded Land [EP]
    • The One Tree [EP]
    • White Gold Wielder [EP]
  • Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever Last Chronicles (4+)
    • Runes of the Earth [EP]
    • Fatal Revenant
    • Fantasy.
      Thomas Covenant is the worst antihero imaginable. He is a notorious coward, very egoistic, he is always whining, and oh by the way: He is also a leper! This is absolutely the darkest series Donaldson has written. The first chronicle is about the need to strike back at evil. In the second chronicle the theme is how to avoid becoming evil yourself, when using violence to strike back.
  • Gap Series (5)
    • * Gap Into Conclict: The Real Story [EP]
    • * Gap Into Vision: Forbiddin Knowledge [EP]
    • * Gap Into Power: A Dark And Hungry God Arises [EP]
    • * Gap Into Madness: Chaos And Order [EP]
    • * Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die [EP]
    • Science Fiction
      Horribly complicated plot, and many of the main characters should be in a closed psyciatric ward. This said, most of the characters possess a peculiar dignity. This is the best quality of the series. I actually like many of these sick people! Warning: People are NOT nice to each other in Gap!
  • * Daughter of Regals (Short Stories) (5) [P]
  • * Reave the Just (Short Stories) (5) [P]
  • All books share a dark atmosphere. Especially Gap and Mordant are very good, but you either love Donaldson, or you hate him. There's no middle ground. Donaldson has said in an interview, that when he gets an idea for a new book, he asks himself if he would write the book even if he was certain that it would never be published. Only if the answer is yes, will he begin.
  • Axis Trilogy
    • Battle Axe [EP]
    • Enchanter [EP]
    • Starman [EP]
    • Fantasy
  • The Wayfarer Redemption
    • Sinner [E]
    • Pilgrim [E]
    • Fantasy
  • The Troy Game
    • Hades' Daughter [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Dragonlance Chronicles (Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman)(3)
    • * Dragons of Autumn Twilight [EP]
    • * Dragons of Winter Night [EP]
    • * Dragons of Spring Dawning [EP]
  • Dragonlance Legends (Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman)(3)
    • * Time of the Twins [E]
    • * War of the Twins [E]
    • * Test of the Twins [E]
  • The Second Generation (Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman)(3)
    • * The Second Generation [E]
    • Dragons of Summer Flame [E]
  • War of Souls (Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman)
    • Dragons of a Fallen Sun [E]
    • Dragons of a Lost Star [E]
    • Dragons of a Vanished Moon [E]
  • Dragons of a New Age (Jean Rabe)
    • The Dawning of a New Age
    • The Day of the Tempest [E]
    • The Eve of the Maelstrom
  • Raistlin Chronicles (Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman)
    • The Soul Forge
    • Brothers in Arms
  • The Dhamon Saga(Jean Rabe)
    • Downfall
    • Betrayal
    • Redemption
  • Dragonlance Tales Volume I (Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman)(4)
    • * The Magic of Krynn [E]
    • * Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes [E]
    • * Love And War [E]
  • Dragonlance Tales Volume II (Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman)(4)
    • * The Reign of Istar [E]
    • * The Cataclysm [E]
    • * The War of the Lance [E]
  • Dragonlance Heroes (3)
    • * The Legend of Huma (Richard A Knaak)[E]
    • * Stormblade (Nancy Berberick) [E]
    • * Weasel's Luck (Michael Williams)
    • * Kaz, The Minotaur (Richard A Knaak)
    • * The Gates of Thorbardin (Dan Parkinson) [E]
    • * Galen Beknighted (Michael Williams)
  • Crossroads (Mary Herbert)
    • The Clandestine Circle
    • The Thieves Guild
    • Dragon's Bluff
  • The Icewall Trilogy (Douglas Niles)
    • The Messenger
    • The Golden Orb
    • ?
  • The Kingpriest Trilogy (Chris Pierson)
    • Chosen of the Gods
    • ?
    • ?
  • Age of Mortals
    • Conundrum (Jeff Crook)
    • The Lioness (Nancy Berberick)
  • Dragonlance Classics
    • Murder in Tarsis (John Maddox Roberts)
    • Dalamar The Dark (Nancy Berberick)[E]
    • The Citadel (Richard A Knaak)
    • The Inheritance (Nancy Berberick)
  • Anthologies
    • Dragons of Krynn [E]
    • Dragons at War [E]
    • Dragons of Chaos [E]
    • Relics and Omens
    • Heroes and Fools
    • Rebels and Tyrants
    • The Search For Magic
  • Bridges of Time
    • Spirit of the Wind (Chris Pierson)
    • Legacy of Steel (Mary Herbert)
    • The Silver Stair (Jean Rabe)
    • The Rose and the Skull (Jeff Crook)
    • Dezra's Quest (Chris Pierson)
  • Barbarians (Paul B Thompson)
    • Children of the Plains
    • Brother of the Dragon
    • Sister of the Sword
  • Kang's Regiment (Margaret Weis)
    • The Doom Brigade
    • Draconian Measures
  • Adventures in Krynn (Dixie Lee McKeone)
    • Tales of Uncle Trapspringer [E]
    • Draconian Measures
  • Dragonlance Preludes
    • * Darkness and Light (Paul B Thompson)[E]
    • * Kendermore (Mary Kirchoff)[E]
    • Brothers Majeree (Kevin Stein)[E]
    • Riverwind the Plainsman (Paul B Thompson)
    • Flint the King (Mary Kirchoff)[E]
    • Tanis, The Shadow Years (Barbara Siegel)
  • Elven Nations
    • First Born (Paul B Thompson) [E]
    • The Kinslayer War (Douglas Niles) [E]
    • The Qualinesti (Paul B Thompson) [E]
  • Meetings Sextet
    • * Kindred Spirits (Mark Anthony)
    • * Wanderlust (Mary Kirchoff)
    • * Dark Heart (Tina Daniel)
    • * The Oath and the Measure (Michael Williams)
    • Steel and Stone (Ellen Porath)
    • The Companions (Tina Daniel)
  • Dwarven Nations (Dan Parkinson)
    • Covenant of the Forge [E]
    • Hammer and Axe [E]
    • The Swordsheath Scroll
  • Defenders of Magic (Mary Kirchoff)
    • Night of the Eye
    • The Medusa Plague
    • The Seventh Sentinel
  • Dragonlance Villains
    • * Before the Mask (Michael Williams)
    • * The Black Wing (Mary Kirchoff)
    • Emperor of Ansalon (Douglas Niles)
    • Hederick The Theocrat (Michael Williams)
    • Lord Toede (Ellen Dodge Severson)
    • The Dark Queen (Michael Williams)
  • Lost Histories
    • The Kagonesti (Douglas Niles)
    • The Irda (Linda P Baker)
    • The Dargonesti (Paul B Thompson)
    • Land of the Minotaurs (Richard A Knaak)
    • The Gully Dwarves (Dan Parkinson)
    • The Dragons (Douglas Niles)
  • Warriors
    • Knights of the Crown (Roland Green)
    • Maquesta Kar-Thon (Tina Daniell)
    • Knights of the Sword (Roland Green)
    • Theros Ironfield (Don Perrin)
    • Knights of the Rose (Roland Green)
    • Lord Soth (Edo Van Belkom)
    • The Wayward Knights (Roland Green)
  • Lost Legends
    • Vinas Solamnus (J Robert King)
    • Fistandantilus Reborn (Douglas Niles)
  • Dragonvald Trilogy
    • Mistress of Dragons [E]
    • ?
    • ?
  • Fantasy
    All of the books take place in the Dragonlance Universe. They are all classic quest fantasy inspired by the AD&D roleplaying system. Most of them are ok for young adults, but definitely not works of art. As you can see, Weis and associates have written thousands of pages in the Dragonlance series. Some of them are even good :)
  • Young Wizards (3-)
    • * So You Want to Be a Wizard [E]
    • Deep Wizardry [E]
    • High Wizardry [E]
    • A Wizard Abroad [E]
    • The Wizard's Dilemma [E]
    • A Wizard Alone [E]
    • Fantasy
      Okay fantasy for pre-teens. Since I'm not excactly part of that demographic, I was not impressed :)
  • Harbinger
    • Starrise at Corrivale [E]
    • Storm at Eldala [E]
    • Nightfall at Algemron [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Tales of the Five
    • The Door into Fire [E]
    • The Door into Shadow [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Elenium (4+)
    • * Diamond Throne [EP]
    • * Ruby Knight [EP]
    • * Sapphire Rose [EP]
    • Light Fantasy
  • Thamuli (3)
    • * Domes of Fire [EP]
    • * The Shining Ones [EP]
    • * The Hidden City [EP]
    • Light Fantasy
      Sequel to the Elenium
  • Belgariad (4)
    • * Pawn of Prophecy [EP]
    • * Queen of Sorcery [EP]
    • * Magician's Gambit [EP]
    • * Castle of Wizardry [EP]
    • * Enchanter's Endgame [EP]
    • Light Fantasy
  • Malloreon (4)
    • * Guardian of the West [EP]
    • * King of the Murgos [EP]
    • * Sorceress of Darshiva [EP]
    • * Demon Lord of Karanda [EP]
    • * Seeress of Kell [EP]
    • Light Fantasy
      Sequel of the Belgariad
  • Belgariad Prequels
    • * Belgarath The Sorcerer (4) [EP]
    • * Polgara The Sorceress (3) [EP]
    • * The Rivan Codex (2) [EP]
    • Light Fantasy
      Read after Belgariad og Malloreon. Essentially the same story three times.
  • The Dreamers
    • * The Elder Gods [E] (2)
    • The Treasured One [E]
    • Crysal Gorge [E]
    • The Younger Gods [E]
    • Light Fantasy
      New fantasy series from Eddings.
  • * The Redemption of Althalus (3) [EP]
  • Light Fantasy
    This is a standalone.
  • * The Losers (2) [EP]
  • Mainstream
    This is about a wheelchair user's struggle with a society, that doesn't think he can take care of himself. Booooring!
  • * High Hunt (3) [EP]
  • Mainstream
    Deerhunting. OK.
  • Regina's Song [E]
  • Mainstream
  • Eddings writes light fantasy with simple plots, and not very deep characters. Apparently he only knows one plot. All the books are different wrappings of the same story. The books are nice light reads beacuase you never have to worry about anything going wrong. The question is not so much if the hero or the villain wins, but rather how long it will take for the hero to catch the villain and mete out the proper punishment for all his evil deeds
  • The Dragoncharm Trilogy
    • Dragoncharm [P]
    • Dragonstorm [P]
    • Dragonflame [P]
    • Fantasy
  • The Stone Trilogy
    • Stone and Sky [P]
    • Stone and Sea [P]
    • Stone and Sun [P]
    • Fantasy
  • Malazan: Book of the Fallen (5)
    • * Gardens of the Moon [E]
    • * Deadhouse Gates [EP]
    • * Memories of Ice [EP]
    • * House of Chains [EP]
    • Midnight Tides [EP]
    • The Bonehunters [EP]
    • Reaper's Gale [EP]
    • Toll the Hounds [EP]
    • Dust of Dreams [EP]
    • The Crippled God
    • * Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach (shortstories)
    • Epic Fantasy
      Malazan is different from any other fantasy I've read. I would highly recommend it. I will not say anything about the plot. Partly because it's so complex that I can't really describe it anyway, and partly because I really haven't figured it out myself yet. I'm on the 4th book now, and I'm still not completely sure what's really going on, or even if several of the main character are actually good or evil! Malazan has a history that goes back several hundred thousand years, and all this history is slowly revealed, often putting events from previous books in a different light. This means I will definitely have to re-read the entire series once I'm done. There are hundreds of characters, most of them interesting. And minor characters (even those presumed dead) have a habit of turning up later in the books. This is one long story, so don't expect anything to be resolved until the last book. Further this is not light reading. I think people's reaction to Malazan will depend on whether they enjoy figuring out the complex plot starting with very little information.
  • Novels of the Malazan Empire
    • Night of Knives [EP]
    • Return of the Crimson Guard [EP]
    • Stonewielder
    • Epic Fantasy
      Standalone books taking place in Steven Erikson's Malazan world
  • Stephanie Plum (3+)
    • * One for the Money [E]
    • * Two for the Dough [E]
    • * Three to get Deadly [E]
    • * Four to Score [E]
    • * High Five [E]
    • * Hot Six [E]
    • * Seven Up [E]
    • * Hard Eight [E]
    • * To the Nines [E]
    • * Ten Big Ones [E]
    • * Eleven on Top [E]
    • * Twelve Sharp [E]
    • Lean Mean Thirteen [E]
    • Fearless Fourteen [E]
    • Finger Lickin' Fifteen [E]
    • Sizzling Sixteen [E]
    • * Visions of Sugar Plums (Shortstories)
    • * Plum Lovin' (Shortstories)
    • * Wicked Appetite [E] (standalone) (3)
    • Private Eye
      These are really funny. Stephanie Plum is kind of a wannabe Anita Blake without all the monsters. She is a bounty hunter who relies more on stubbornness, doughnuts, a smart mouth, and plain luck than any actual skill. It seems she always ends up getting her guy in the end though.
  • Dance of the Rings
    • Ring of Lightning [E]
    • Ring of Intrigue [E]
    • Ring of Destiny [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Riverworld (3-)
    • * To Your Scattered Bodies Go [E]
    • * The Fabulous Riverboat [E]
    • The Dark Design [E]
    • The Magic Labyrinth [E]
    • God of the Riverworld [E]
    • Science Fiction
      This was a major dissappointment. Philip Jose Farmer is one of the 'great old' science fiction writers. He has won lots of awards, but I really can't imagine why. He starts out with a really nice idea here. Every human who has EVER lived wakes up at the same time along the 10 million miles long river on riverworld. Every age and culture is mixed together. There's almost no technology, but people cannot die permanently. They just wake up next morning at a random spot along the river. The very slowly advancing main plot centers on the question of how and why this has happened. In the meantime just about nothing happens. Characters are cardboard thin stereotypes, and all the wonderful opportunities of the mix of cultures are totally wasted in some occasional cheap pocket philosophy and feeble attemts at ethic discussions. There's even (gasp) sex in the books! This is of course also made bland and boring. I have no idea how the story ends, and I don't intend to find out. I wasted enough time plodding through book two in the naive hope that there must have been SOME reason for the Hugo award, but no...
  • World of Tiers
    • The Maker of Universes [E]
    • The Gates of Creation [E]
    • A Private Cosmos [E]
    • Behind the Walls of Terra [E]
    • The Lavalite World [E]
    • Red Orc's Rage [E]
    • More Than Fire
  • Dayworld
    • Dayworld [E]
    • Dayworld Rebel [E]
    • Dayworld Breakup
  • After King Kong Fell [E]
  • Dayworld Rebel [E]
  • Red Orc's Rage [E]
  • Riders of the Purple Wage [E]
  • The Green Odyssey [E]
  • Time's Last Gift [E]
  • Night of Light [E]
  • The Gate Of Time [E]
  • The Wind Whales of Ishmael [E]
  • Riftwar Saga (Midkemia) (4)
    • * Magician (4) [EP]
    • * Silverthorn (3) [EP]
    • * Darkness at Sethanon (3) [EP]
    • * Prince of the Blood (Standalone sequel) (4) [EP]
    • * King's Buccaneer (Standalone sequel) (4) [EP]
  • Empire Trilogy (with Janny Wurts) (Kelewan: The other side of the rift) (4)
    • * Daughter of the Empire [EP]
    • * Servant of the Empire [EP]
    • * Mistress of the Empire [EP]
  • The Serpentwar Saga (Midkemia) (4)
    • * Shadow of a Dark Queen [EP]
    • * Rise of a Merchant Prince [EP]
    • Rage of a Demon King [EP]
    • Shards of a Broken Crown [EP]
  • The Riftwar Legacy (Midkemia)
    • Krondor: The Betrayal [EP]
    • Krondor: The Assassins [EP]
    • Krondor: Tear Of The Gods [P]
  • Legends of the Riftwar (Midkemia)
    • Honoured Enemy [EP]
    • Murder in Lamut [EP]
    • Jimmy the Hand [EP]
  • Conclave of Shadows (Midkemia)
    • Talon of the Silver Hawk [EP]
    • King of Foxes [EP]
    • Exile's Return [E]
  • Darkwar (Midkemia)
    • Flight of the Nighthawks [E]
  • * Faerie Tale: A dark, modern fairy tale. [E] (2)
  • Fantasy
    Very dark atmosphere
  • Light Fantasy
    The writing style is similar to Eddings'. Feist's books are not quite as funny as Eddings' but they have better plots. Bad things actually do happen occasionally in these books. The Empire Trilogy is much better than the others. Janny Wurts contibutes with a darker atmosphere and a much better plot. Wurts and Feist complements each other very well. Feist delivers the action, and Wurts the atmosphere and complex characters. Wurts has a tendency to write very long and gloomy books when she is on her own.
  • Horatio Hornblower (3)
    • Mr Midshipman Hornblower [E]
    • Lieutenant Hornblower [E]
    • Hornblower and the Hotspur [E]
    • Hornblower and the Atropos [E]
    • The Happy Return [E]
    • A Ship of the Line [E]
    • Flying Colors [E]
    • The Commodore [E]
    • Lord Hornblower [E]
    • Hornblower in the West Indies [E]
    • Hornblower and the Crisis [E]
    • Historical Fiction
      Entertaining navy hero books
  • The Elminster Series (Ed Greenwood)
    • Elminster The Making of a Mage
    • Elminster In Myth Drannor
    • The Temptation of Elminster
    • Elminster in Hell
  • Stories of the Seven Sisters (Ed Greenwood)
    • Silverfall
  • The Cormyr Saga (Ed Greenwood)
    • Cormyr
    • Beyond the High Road
    • Death of the Dragon
  • Shandril's Saga (Ed Greenwood)
    • * Spellfire [E] (3)
  • Starlight and Shadows (Elaine Cunningham)
    • Daughter of the Drow [E]
    • Tangled Webs
    • Windwalker [E]
  • Evermeet (Elaine Cunningham)
    • Evermeet: Island of Elves
  • Songs and Swords (Elaine Cunningham)
    • The Dream Spheres
  • Counselors and Kings (Elaine Cunningham)
    • The Magehound [E]
    • The Floodgate
  • Moonshae Trilogy (Douglas Niles)(2)
    • * Darkwalker on Moonshae [E]
    • * Black Wizards [E]
    • * Darkwall [E]
  • Druidhome Trilogy (Douglas Niles) (2)
    • * Prophet of Moonshae
    • * The Coral Kingdom
    • * The Druid Queen
  • Maztica Trilogy (Douglas Niles)
    • Ironhelm [E]
    • Viperhand [E]
    • Feathered Dragon
  • Empires Trilogy
    • Horselords (David Zeb Cook)
    • Dragonwall (Troy Denning)
    • Crusade (James Lowder)
  • Finder's Stone Trilogy (Kate Novak) (4)
    • * Azure Bonds [E]
    • * The Wyvern's Spur [E]
    • * Song of the Saurials [E]
  • Heroes of Phlan (James Ward)
    • Pool of Radiance
    • Pools of Darkness
    • Pools of Twilight
  • Mysteries
    • Murder in Halruaa (Richard Meyers)
    • Murder in Cormyr (Chet Williamson)
    • Murder in Raven's Bluff (?)
  • The Avatar Trilogy (Richard Awlinson) (3)
    • * Shadowdale [E]
    • * Tantras [E]
    • * Waterdeep [E]
  • The Avatar Trilogy Sequels
    • * Prince of Lies (James Lowder) (3) [E]
    • The Trial of Cyric the Mad (Troy Denning] [E]
  • Shadow of the Avatar (Ed Greenwood)
    • Shadows of Doom
    • Cloak of Shadows
    • All Shadows Fled [E]
  • The Harpers
    • The Parched Sea (Troy Denning) [E]
    • Elfshadow (Elaine Cunningham)
    • Red Magic (Jean Rabe)
    • The Night Parade (Scott Ciencin)
    • The Ring of Winter (James Lowder)
    • Crypt of the Shadowking (Mark Anthony)
    • Soldiers of Ice (David Cook)
    • Elfsong (Elaine Cunningham)
    • Crown of Fire (Ed Greenwood) [E]
    • Masquerades (Kate Novak)
    • Curse of the Shadowmage (Mark Anthony)
    • The Veiled Dragon (Troy Denning) [E]
    • Silver Shadows (Elaine Cunningham)[E]
    • The Mage in the Iron Mask (Brian Thomsen)
    • Stormlight (Ed Greenwood)
    • Finder's Bane (Kate Novak)
    • Thornhold (Elaine Cunningham)
  • Double Diamond Triangle Saga
    • The Abduction (J Robert King)
    • The Paladins (James Ward)
    • The Mercenaries (Ed Greenwood)
    • Errand of Mercy (Roger E Moore)
    • An Opportunity For Profit (Dave Gross)
    • Conspiracy (J Robert King)
    • Uneasy Alliances (David Cook)
    • Easy Betrayals (Richard Baker)
    • The Diamond (Ed Greenwood)
  • Return of the Archwizards (Troy Denning)
    • The Summoning
    • The Siege
    • The Sorceror
  • The Threat From the Sea (Mel Odom)
    • Rising Tide
    • Under Fallen Stars
    • The Sea Devil's Eye
  • Sembia
    • The Halls of Stormweather (Ed Greenwood)
    • Shadow's Witness (Paul Kemp)
    • The Shattered Mask (Richard Lee Byers)
    • Black Wolf (Dave Gross)
    • Heirs of Prophecy
    • Sands of the Soul
  • Cities
    • The City of Ravens (Richard Baker)
    • Temple Hill (Drew Karpyshyn)
  • The Netheril Trilogy (Clayton Emery)
    • Sword Play
    • Dangerous Games
    • Mortal Consequences
  • The Nobles
    • King Pinch (David Cook)
    • War in Thethyr (Victor Milan)
    • Escape from Undermountain (Mark Anthony)
    • The Council of Blades (Paul Kidd)
    • The Simbul's Gift (Lynn Abbey)
  • Lost Empires
    • The Lost Library of Cormanthyr (Mel Odom)
    • Faces of Deception (Troy Denning)
    • Star of Cursrah (Clayton Emery)
    • The Nether Scroll (Lynn Abbey)
  • The Twilight Giants (Troy Denning)
    • The Ogre's Pact
    • The Giant Among Us
    • The Titan of Twilight
  • Anthologies
    • Realms of Valor
    • Realms of Infamy
    • Realms of Magic [E]
    • Realms of The Underdark [E]
    • Realms of The Arcane
    • Realms of Mystery
    • Realms of Shadow
    • Realms of the Deep [E]
  • Adventures
    • The Shadow Stone (Richard Baker)
    • The Glass Prison (Monte Cook)
    • Once Around The Realms (Brian Thomsen)
    • Tymora's Luck (Kate Novak)
  • Computer Games Tie-ins
    • Baldur's Gate (Philip Athans)
    • Baldur's Gate II (Philip Athans)
    • Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (Carrie A Bebris)
  • Fantasy
    These books all take place in the AD&D Forgotten Realms Setting. Most of them are targeted at young adults, and they are pretty standard quest-fantasy. R A Salvatore has written so many Forgotten Realms books, that he earned a seperate entry in my list. He always writes all the books in a series himself and he is consistently a class better than the other forgotten realms authors with the possible exception of Kate Novak
  • Spellsinger
    • * Spellsinger (2) [EP]
    • The Hour of the Gate [EP]
    • The Day of Dissonance [EP]
    • The Moment of the Magician [EP]
    • The Paths of the Perambulator [EP]
    • The Time Of The Transferance [E]
    • Son Of Spellsinger [E]
    • Chorus Skating
    • Season of the Spellsong (Collection)
    • Spellsinger's Scherzo (Collection)
    • Light Fantasy
      Standard quest fantasy
  • Humanx Commonwealth
    • Humanx
      • * Nor Crystal Tears (3)[E]
      • Voyage to the City of the Dead [E]
      • * Midworld (3) [E]
      • Drowning World [E]
      • Sentenced to Prism [E]
      • Cachalot [E]
      • The Howling Stones [E]
    • Icerigger Trilogy
      • Icerigger [E]
      • Mission to Moulokin [E]
      • The Deluge Drivers [E]
    • The Founding of the Commonwealth
      • * Phylogenesis (3)[E]
      • Dirge [E]
      • Diuturnity's Dawn [E]
    • Flinx
      • For Love of Mother Not [E]
      • The Tar-Aiym Krang [E]
      • Orphan Star [E]
      • The End of the Matter [E]
      • Flinx in Flux [E]
      • Mid-Flinx [E]
      • Reunion
      • Flinx's Folly [E]
      • Sliding Scales [E]
      • Running From the Deity
      • BloodHype [E]
    • Science Fiction
  • The Damned
    • A Call To Arms
    • The False Mirror [E]
    • Spoils of War
    • Light Fantasy
      Standard quest fantasy
  • Krull [E]
  • The Approaching Storm [E]
  • The Man Who Used The Universe [E]
  • Cyber Way [E]
  • Quozl [E]
  • Codgerspace [E]
  • Vanishing Point [E]
  • With Friends Like These [E]
  • The Mocking Program [E]
  • Night Huntress (3+)
    • * Halfway to the Grave [E]
    • * One Foot in the Grave [E]
    • * At Grave's End [E]
    • Destined for an Early Grave [E]
    • This Side of the Grave [E]
    • First Drop of Crimson (standalone)[E]
    • Eternal Kiss of Darkness (standalone)[E]
    • Supernatural romance/mystery
      Sookie clone. Ok, but I frequently get irritated by Cat's immaturity.
  • The Sprawl Series (3)
    • * Neuromancer [E]
    • Count Zero [E]
    • Mona Lisa Overdrive[E]
    • Cyberpunk
      The creator of the genre. The usual dark atmosphere and really weird people.
  • The Bridge Trilogy (3)
    • Virtual Light [E]
    • Idoru [E]
    • All Tomorrows Parties [E]
    • Cyberpunk
  • Agrippa (Shortstory) [E]
  • Burning Chrome (Collection) [E]
  • Johnny Mnemonic (Shortstory) [E]
  • The Difference Engive [E]
  • Sword of Truth
    • * Wizard's First Rule (4) [EP]
    • * Stone of Tears (4) [EP]
    • * Blood of the Fold (2) [EP]
    • Temple of the Winds [EP]
    • Soul of the Fire [EP]
    • Faith of the Fallen [EP]
    • Pillars of Creation [EP]
    • The Naked Empire [E]
    • Fantasy
      Complex and original plot. Very brutal and tragic in some passages. Wizard's First Rule is: People are stupid! If you tell them a lie they hope is true, or a lie they fear is true, then they will believe the lie over the truth every time. This is the most important rule to learn for every wizard. Even the mightiest spells are of no use if you're up against an opponent who understands this rule, and you don't.
  • Deathstalker
    • * Deathstalker (3+) [E]
    • * Deathstalker Rebellion (3-) [E]
    • Deathstalker War [E]
    • Deathstalker Honor [E]
    • Deathstalker Destiny [E]
    • Deathstalker Legacy [E]
    • Science fiction
      Very light space opera. Entertaining but very shallow and repetitive already in the 2nd book
  • Deathstalker Prelude
    • Mistworld [E]
    • Ghostworld [E]
    • Hellworld [E]
  • Haven
    • Hawk and Fisher [E]
    • Winner Takes All [E]
    • God Killer [E]
    • Wolf in the Fold [E]
    • Guard Against Dishonor [E]
    • Bones of Haven [E]
  • Nightside
    • Something from the Nightside [E]
    • Angels of Light and Darkness [E]
    • ?
    • Hex in the City [E]
  • * Klienten [Danish] (3) [P]
  • Thriller
    Conflict between a little boy, the mafia and the FBI.
  • * The Client (3) [E]
  • A Painted House [E]
  • A Time to Kill [E]
  • Skipping Christmas [E]
  • Summons [E]
  • The Brethren [E]
  • The Chamber [E]
  • The Firm [E]
  • The Partner [E]
  • The Pelican Brief [E]
  • The Rainmaker [E]
  • The Runaway Jury [E]
  • The Street Lawyer [E]
  • The Testament [E]
  • * Naturvidenskab og Livssyn [Danish] (3) [P]
  • Philosophy
    The relationship between the natural scienced on one side, and religion, psychology and philosophy on the other.
  • Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers [P]
  • Math
    Description of the history of numbers and math. From old Egypt and Sumer up to modern chaos theory.
  • Anita Blake Vampire Hunter
    • * Guilty Pleasures [EP] (4)
    • * The Laughing Corpse [EP] (4)
    • * Circus of the Damned [EP] (4)
    • * Lunatic Cafe [EP] (4)
    • * Bloody Bones [EP] (4)
    • * The Killing Dance [EP] (4)
    • * Burnt Offerings [E] (4)
    • * Blue Moon [EP] (4)
    • * Obsidian Butterfly [EP] (4+)
    • * Narcissus in Chains [EP](3)
    • * Cerulean Sins [EP] (3-)
    • * Incubus Dreams [EP] (3-)
    • * Micah [E] (3-)
    • * Danse Macabre [EP] (2)
    • * The Harlequin [EP] (2)
    • * Blood Noir [E] (2)
    • * Skin Trade [E] (2)
    • * Flirt [E] (2)
    • * Bullet [E] (3-)
    • * Hit List [E] (3)
    • Fantasy
      Really cool vampire saga. Vampirism has become legal in the US. The problem is that if a vampire actually eats his victims, (instead of just tasting :) he cannot be held in any prison. This is where Anita Blake: Professional Vampire Hunter steps in with stakes and silver bullets. In the first book she is hired by none other than the master vampire of the city to find out who's killing off all the powerful vampires of St. Louis one by one. The series starts out as more or less standalone murder mysteries involving something supernatural.
      Warning: From book 10 onwards, the series deteriorates into low-quality porn. It seems Hamilton has completely stopped writing supernatural mysteries and all there's left is a sexual Mary Sue fantasy. Very sad. Go read some Charlaine Harris or Kim Harrison instead.
  • Merry Gentry
    • * A Kiss of Shadows [EP] (4)
    • * Caress of Twilight [EP] (4)
    • * Seduced by Moonlight [EP] (4)
    • * Stroke of Midnight [EP] (3)
    • * Mistral's Kiss [EP] (3)
    • * A Lick of Frost [E] (3)
    • * Swallowing Darkness [E] (3)
    • * Divine Misdemeanors [E] (3)
    • Fantasy
      Same style as the Anita Blake series. Merry Gentry is a princess of the Royal Elven Court. She is unfortunately also a halfbreed, so no immortality for her. After a series of assasination attemps she fled the elven court to live among humans, but now she has been found, and someone wants her to come back home. Merry Gentry is more mature and pragmatic than Anita Blake. I like it better than Anita's frequent hysterics. The plot in this series is almost as sex driven as the latest Anita Blake books, but it works a bit better in this series, so I'll probably finish it.
  • * Night Seer (4)[EP]
  • Fantasy
    Laurell Hamilton's First novel. Classic fantasy. Well written with a heroine that is clearly an early version of both Anita Blake and Meredith NicEssus
  • * Night Shade (3) [P]
  • SF: Star Trek
    Not quite as good as Hamilton's other books. The timid, sensitive Deanna Troy, just doesn't work as well in Hamilton's hands as her tougher heroines.
  • The Night's Dawn Trilogy (4+)
    • * The Reality Dysfunction [EP]
    • * The Neutronium Alchemist [EP]
    • * The Naked God [EP]
    • * The Confederation Handbook (Guide) [P]
    • Science Fiction
      Very good series. It spans more than 3000 pages, and the first 6-700 pages are used mainly to describe the very complex world, that the story takes place in. It can be hard to get started, but it is worth it! The world in itself is so different from ours, that those first 700 pages are simply necessary to be able to keep up, when the plot begins to unfold, and the really weird things begin to happen. This series would get a (5) if it wasn't for the "Deus ex machina" ending, and the fact that Hamilton uses up to ten story-lines simultaneously!
  • * A Second Chance at Eden (4) [EP]
  • Shortstories.
    Prequels to Night's Dawn. Some of the stories are very good, and others are very strange. I guess Hamilton wanted to experiment a bit :)
  • Greg Mandel Trilogy (4+)
    • * Mindstar Rising [EP]
    • * Quantum Murder [EP]
    • * Nano Flower [EP]
    • Scince Fiction/Detective
      These are almost as good as Night's Dawn, but the series is much smaller, and easier to get started on. The books are more or less standalone, but share the same main characters. Greg mandel is a post global-warming private detective with psychic abilities. Begin with this series, and continue to Night's Dawn if you like it.
  • * Lightstorm(2) [P]
  • Virtual Reality
    Children's Book.
  • * Fallen Dragon (4+)[P]
  • Science Fiction
    Similar to the Night's Dawn series in style. Lots of story-lines, and slow moving in the first half of the book. Since this is only one book it isn't nearly as bad as in Night's Dawn though. This one also has a proper ending, which is a big plus :) The main character left home to become a space pilot, but ended up as a mercenary instead. During a raid for his employer, he is planning a little personal raid just for himself. He has heard rumors of a great treasure in the temple of the Fallen Dragon, but what he actually finds is quite a bit different from what he had imagined.
  • * Misspent Youth (4)[EP]
  • Science fiction
    Short novel about the first human to be rejuvenated. Set in England around 2040.
  • The Commonwealth Saga (4+)
    • * Pandora's Star [EP]
    • * Judas Unchained [EP]
    • Scince Fiction
      Very similar to Night's Dawn in both plot and style. This is a saga at least as complex as Night's Dawn. But Hamilton has gotten rid of the excess storylines and put in a proper ending instead :) This work clearly shows Hamilton's growing experience in the craftmanship of writing SF. There are however still a few opportunities for improvement. I found many of the characters a bit annoying, and missed someone I could really identify with. I actually think Hamilton did a better job with the Joshua and Louise storylines in Night's Dawn. I also found it a bit disappointing that Hamilton felt it necessary to let people be so incredibly stupid to set off the crisis. Finally the moral dilemma of what to do about the Prime Aliens seemed a bit forced, and I don't feel that any serious arguments were presented. Well, enough criticism, this is still an extremely well written and entertaining story :)
  • The Void (4-)
    • * The Dreaming Void [EP]
    • * The Temporal Void [EP]
    • * The Evolutionary Void [EP]
    • Scince Fiction
      This trilogy is a sort of sequel to The Commonwealth saga. It takes place in the same universe 1500 years after Judas Unchained. Some characters from the original saga are still around, but most of them not quite in the same form as before. It seems the black hole in the center of the galaxy is not quite a black hole after all. A religious sect is founded when 'The dreamer' shares his dreams of the paradise within the void. Now they are planning a pilgrimage to this supposed paradise, but the alien Raiel warns that such a pilgrimage will cause the void to expand and consume the entire galaxy. Around half of this series takes place inside the void. These parts are actually more fantasy than science fiction. I found them pretty boring and predictable. The Commonwealth part is good, but there were too many unexplained events and loose ends for my taste. Once again Peter Hamilton has written a trilogy that should really have been edited down to two books.
  • Aurora Teagarden (3+)
    • * Real Murders [E]
    • * A Bone To Pick [E]
    • * Three Bedrooms One Corpse [E]
    • * The Julius House [E]
    • * Dead Over Heals [E]
    • * A Fool and His Honey [E]
    • * Last Scene Alive [E]
    • * Poppy Done To Death [E]
    • Mysteries
      These are fairly standard whodunnit mystery novels. The main Chacacter Aurora Teagarden is a 30 year old unmarried, mousy librarian, who somehow manages to be caught up in one murder case after another. These are Charlaine Harris' first books, and it shows. The later books are much better than the first ones.
  • Lily Bard (4)
    • * Shakespeare's Landlord [E]
    • * Shakespeare's Champion [E]
    • * Shakespeare's Christmas [E]
    • * Shakespeare's Trollop [E]
    • * Shakespeare's Counselor [E]
    • Mysteries
      Similar to the Teagarden series, but with a darker atmosphere and a bit more assertive heroine.
  • Southern Vamp (4+)
    • * Dead Until Dark [EP]
    • * Living Dead In Dallas [EP]
    • * Club Dead [EP]
    • * Dead to the World [EP]
    • * Dead as a Doornail [E]
    • * Definitely Dead [EP]
    • * All together Dead [EP]
    • * From Dead to Worse [EP]
    • * Dead and Gone [EP]
    • * Dead in the Family [E]
    • * Dead Reckoning [E]
    • * Death's Excellent Vacation (shortstories)
    • Fantasy/Mystery
      These books are fun mysteries with a sprinkle of vampires, werewolves, and witches. These are much better than the Aurora Teagarden mysteries. The characters have more depth, and the plots are more complex. The main character Sookie Stackhouse is cursed with the 'gift' of being able to hear other people's thoughts. This is a serious handicap for your social life in a small southern town. Things get exciting when a vampire moves into the neighbourhood. I can't help comparing these to Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake novels. They share the idea of vampires coming out of the closet and becoming semi-legit members of society. The writing style is very similar (strict first person perspective), and Sookie's personality is very similar to Anita Blake's. So, if you like Anita Blake, you'll almost certainly also like these. There are some differences though. Sookie doesn't 'level up' in power in each book like Anita does, so we don't get the cataclysmic battles between supernatural powers that Anita provides in almost every book. On the other hand, this means that Harris doesn't have to think up worse and worse end-of-level baddies to keep the stories going, and I think this is actually an advantage as the seris progresses. Also, this series doesn't seem to deteriorate into softporn as the latest Anita books have, even though Sookie gets her part of romance with the different supernatural beings inhabiting the series :)
  • Harper Conelly (4-)
    • * Grave Sight [E]
    • * Grave Surprise [E]
    • * An Ice Cold Grave [E]
    • * Grave Secret [E]
    • Mystery
      We're almost back to basic mysteries, but with the twist that the main character can 'feel' dead bodies. This can be an invaluable help when people have gone missing, but also causes much suspicion and hostility from the authorities. I like the Southern Vamp and Lily Bard books better.
  • Rachel Morgan (4+)
    • * Dead Witch Walking [EP]
    • * The Good, The Bad, And the Undead [EP]
    • * Every Which Way but Dead [EP]
    • * A Fistful of Charms [EP]
    • * For a few Demons More [EP]
    • The Outlaw Demon Wails [EP]
    • White Witch, Black Curse [EP]
    • Black Magic Sanction [EP]
    • Urban Fantasy
      Rachel Morgan is yet another Anita Blake clone. And I'm happy to say that the books are really great. The Inderlanders (mainly vampires werewolves and witches) have come out of the closet like in the Anita Blake books, but with the twist that a genetic disease have killed off much of humanity, so the two poplulation groups are almost the same size. This leads to an entire mirror society of Inderlanders including police and courts, since the human police are just not equipped to handle werewolves or vampires, or even demons. As Rachel Morgan says: It's not illegal or even immoral to summon a demon. Just very VERY stupid :) Rachel Morgan is a young earth witch who has just quit the Inderland police force and started out as a private investigator together with two partners Ivy and Jenks. Ivy is a very scary 'living' vampire, and Jenks is a 6" tall pixie. The first books are more or less murder mysteries, but there are hints that Rachel Morgan has hidden abilities that will be explored in later books.
  • Madison Avery (3-)
    • * Once Dead Twice Shy [E]
    • Early to Death Early to Rise
    • Something Deadly This Way Comes [E]
    • Young Adult Fantasy
      Madison is killed by a Dark Reaper on her 17th birthday, but she manages to steal his amulet and somehow goes on hanging between life and death. Targeted at too young an audience for my taste.
  • Truth (as Dawn Cook)
    • First Truth
    • Hidden Truth
    • Forgotten Truth
    • Lost Truth
    • Fantasy
  • Princess (as Dawn Cook)
    • Decoy Princess
    • Princess at Sea
    • Fantasy
  • Dates from Hell (Shortstories) [EP]
  • Fantasy
  • * Stranger In a strange Land (3) [EP]
  • Science Fiction
    The main character was raised by martians. Now he has been "rescued" and brought back to earth. The first part of the book where all the strange things we humans do, are seen through the eyes of a stranger works really well. The last part however is one more attempt to describe how to achieve a utopia, where everybody lives in love and harmony. I guess Heinlein's version is no worse than most other versions, but I still find it rather naive.
  • * Starship Troopers (4) [EP]
  • Science Fiction
    This story is very different from the movie based on it. True, there are bugs and mobile infantry, and the main character is named Johnny Rico, but that's about it. The movie is clearly an attempt to make a satire of the book. The government is portrayed as manipulative control-freaks. The propaganda clips are ridiculous and it is strongly hinted that the government provoked the war with the bugs. The portrayel of Carl as a Nazi-scientist with telepathic abilities doesn't help either. The book on the other hand, explores the possibility of a militaristic meritocracy, and compares it with democracy as we know it. There's nothing ridiculous about the government that Heinlein describes in the book. He also dedicates several chapters to a description of the philosophy of such a system. Heinlein clearly feels that democracy has failed, and would like to promote a system where you have to earn the right to vote, by proving that you are willing to risk your life for others. This is the true form of science fiction, where you ask the question: What would the world be like if... I think the book is very good. Even if you disagree with Heinlein, he asks some very hard questions about the western version of democracy, that critics will have to consider. I really don't understand the motive behind the movie. It is easy to make a satire if you first change the original to something stupid and ridiculous, but then you have achieved excactly nothing. I have the feeling that the director wanted to make a fun action-movie, and just picked a novel at random from a known author with some alien bugs in it. Then he discovered, that the story really doesn't work without the philosophical parts, and since they obviously had to go (this is a hollywood movie after all!) he had to make it into a satire instead. After all this criticism, I would like to say that I also like the movie very much. You just have to remember that it has almost nothing to do with the book. A nice review of both the book and the movie is posted here
  • 6th Column [E]
  • A Comedy of Justice [E]
  • A Tenderfoot In Space [E]
  • Between Planets [E]
  • Blowups Happen [E]
  • Citizen of the Galaxy [E]
  • Common Sense [E]
  • Coventry [E]
  • Door into Summer [E]
  • Double Star [E]
  • Expanded Universe [E]
  • Farmer in the Sky [E]
  • Farnham's Freehold [E]
  • Friday [E]
  • I Will Fear No Evil [E]
  • Glory Road [E]
  • Have Space Suit, Will Travel [E]
  • If This Goes On [E]
  • Lost Legacy [E]
  • Magic Inc [E]
  • Methuselah's Children [E]
  • Orphans of the Sky [E]
  • Past Through Tomorrow [E]
  • Red Planet [E]
  • Rocket Ship Galileo [E]
  • Space Cadet [E]
  • Space Family Stone [E]
  • Starman Jones [E]
  • The Cat Who Walked Through Walls [E]
  • The Man Who Sold the Moon [E]
  • The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [E]
  • The Number of the Beast [E]
  • The Puppet Masters [E]
  • The Star Beast [E]
  • Time Enough for Love [E]
  • Time for the Stars [E]
  • To Sail Beyond the Sunset [E]
  • Tunnel in the Sky [E]
  • Waldo [E]
  • The Worlds of Robert Heinlein [E]
  • Dune (5)
    • * Dune (5) [EP]
    • * Dune Messiah (4) [EP]
    • * Children of Dune (3) [EP]
    • * God Emperor of Dune (4) [EP]
    • * Heretics of Dune (5) [EP]
    • * Chapterhouse Dune (5) [EP]
    • Dune Encyclopedia [E]
    • Science Fiction/fantasy
      This is a classic. Herbert has created a very fascinating world. It is very advanced in some areas, and almost medieval in others. Computers are outlawed, but human mentats more than compensate for this loss. The invention of personal shields have made combat a one-on-one business with swords. However, advanced genetic engineering has made these warriors truly awesome. The key to everything in this world is the mysterious Spice. It is used in countless religious rituals, it prolongs life dramatically, and no spaceship captain can pilot his ship without it. It is only found on one planet in the entire galaxy, and it cannot be manufactured artificially, so of course everybody wants that planet: Dune.
  • Dune Prequels
    • Dune: House Atreides [EP]
    • Dune: House Harkonnen [EP]
    • Dune: House Corrino [E]
    • Dune: The Butlerian Jihad [E]
    • Science Fiction/fantasy
      A trilogy of prequels to Dune. It is written by Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's son, based on notes left by Frank Herbert.
  • Destination Void
    • * Destination Void (3) [E]
    • The Jesus Incident [E]
    • The Lazarus Effect [E]
    • The Ascension Factor [E]
    • Science Fiction
  • Calebans
    • * Whipping Star (3+) [EP]
    • * The Dosadi Experiment (4+) [EP]
    • Science Fiction
      These two books are essentially standalone, but linked through the main character. Calebans are very strange creatues. They can talk, but apparently they see the world in a very different context than humans do. However, the fate of the human civilization depends on reaching an understanding of the Calebans very quickly. In the second book some scientists are conducting an experiment on evolution. The experiment runs over many generations, and suddenly they find that it cannot be controlled any more. Both stories are very strange and fascinating. Frank Herbert always concentrates on the development and capabilities of people rather than machines and gadgets. This approach works especially well in these two books.
  • The White Plague [EP]
  • * The Heaven Makers (1) [EP]
  • Science Fiction
    Apparently the entire human population are acutally actors in a weird movie recorded by bored aliens. Weird story!
  • * The Green Brain (2) [EP]
  • Science Fiction/Eco Thriller
    All insects are slowly being replaced by genetically engineered bees, but something goes very wrong.
  • * The Santaroga Barrier (3) [EP]
  • Psychological Thriller
    The town Santaroga is almost closed to the surrounding world. It is totally self-sufficient. No salesman has ever succeded in selling anything at all in Santaroga. People occasionally move to the town, but no-one ever leaves again.
  • * The Godmakers (3) [EP]
  • Science Fiction
    A man is kidnapped by a religious sect, who adamantly claims that he is their new god. Weird! :)
  • * The Eyes of Heisenberg (1) [EP]
  • Science Fiction
    What will happen if a small group of people become immortal? Strange story.
  • * The Dragon in the Sea (1) [EP]
  • Psychological Thriller
    Psycological dynamics in a submarine crew. A bit boring
  • Hellstrom's Hive [E]
  • Scince Fiction
  • Direct Descent [E]
  • Scince Fiction
  • * Man of Two Worlds [E] (3)
  • Scince Fiction
  • Soul Catcher [E]
  • Scince Fiction
  • Under Pressure [E]
  • Scince Fiction
  • Zone Null [E]
  • Scince Fiction
  • Farseer Trilogy
    • * Assassin's Apprentice (3)[E]
    • Assassin's Quest [E]
    • Royal Assassin [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Liveshop Traders
    • Ship of Magic [E]
    • Mad Ship [E]
    • Ship of Destiny [E]
    • Fantasy
  • The Tawny Man
    • Fool's Errand [E]
    • Golden Fool [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Conan (3)
    • * The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian [E]
    • * The Bloody Crown of Conan [E]
    • The Conquering Sword of Conan [E]
    • Fantasy
      I decided to read a bit of Conan as a preparation for the upcoming Age of Conan MMORPG. The listed books are recent collections of Howard's original stories from the early thirties. The Books include the lore that Howard compiled as a background for the Conan stories including the ancient history of the world Tolkien style. The stories are all pretty similar action adventures with monsters and damsels in distress and of course Conan emerging victorious with the monsters dead and the damsels rescued and VERY grateful :)
  • Valor
    • Valor's Choice
    • The Better Part of Valor
    • Fantasy
  • The Keeper's Chronicles
    • Summon The Keeper [E]
    • The Second Summoning
    • Fantasy
  • Victory Nelson (3+)
    • * Blood Price [E]
    • Blood Trail
    • Blood Lines
    • Blood Pact
    • Blood Debt
    • Mysteries
  • Quarters
    • Sing the Four Quarters
    • Fifth Quarter
    • No Quarter
    • The Quartered Sea
    • Fantasy
  • Crystal
    • Child of the Grove
    • The Last Wizard
    • Fantasy
  • Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light
  • Fantasy
  • The Fire's Stone
  • Fantasy
  • Scholar of Decay
  • Fantasy
  • Wheel of Time
    • * The Eye Of The World (3) [EP]
    • * The Great Hunt (4-) [EP]
    • * The Dragon Reborn (4-) [EP]
    • The Shadow Rising [EP]
    • The Fires Of Heaven [EP]
    • Lord Of Chaos [EP]
    • A Crown of Swords [EP]
    • The Path of Daggers [EP]
    • Winter's Heart [EP]
    • Crossroads of Twilight [EP]
    • Knife of Dreams [EP]
    • High Fantasy
      Very large and complex story. A bit slow sometimes.
  • Fionavar Tapestry (5)
    • * The Summer Tree [EP]
    • * The Wandering Fire [EP]
    • * The Darkest Road [EP]
    • High Fantasy
      This is Kay's version of the tale of King Arthur, Queen Guinivere and Sir Lancelot. It is however set in a different world, and intermixed with numerous other celtic myths. The series tells the story of the epic struggle between good and evil. Guy Gavriel Kay has edited much of the Middle Earth material published after Tolkien's death, and this is Kay's first attempt to produce something similar himself. He succeeds very well. I think he has surpassed the Lord of the Rings.
  • * Tigana (5) [EP]
  • High Fantasy
    The country Tigana has offended a mighty sorceror, and are now suffering under a terrible curse.
  • * A Song For Arbonne (5) [EP]
  • High Fantasy/Historical fiction
    Arbonne is a country of troubadours and goddesses. It is also a fertile and prosperous country, that enemies on all sides want to claim. Arbonne is modelled from medieval France, and the fantasy component is almost non-existant.
  • * Lions of Al-Rassan (5) [P]
  • High Fantasy/Historical Fiction
    This story takes place in Spain in the beginning of the second millenium, when the christians and muslims struggle for control of southern Europe. As in A Song For Arbonne, there is very little fantasy left.
  • Sarantine Mosaic (3)
    • * Sailing to Sarantium [EP]
    • * Lord of Emperors [EP]
    • High Fantasy/Historical fiction
      This series is continues the style from Kay's previous books. It is set in the remains of the Ancient Roman Empire. I found it very slow- moving compared to Kay's other books.
  • Last Light of the Sun [P]
  • High Fantasy/Historical Fiction
    This book takes place in the northlands among Vikings, Anglo-saxons and Celts
  • Kay is my favourite author of high fantasy. His main qualities are his very elegant language and his detailed and multifaceted characters. Begin with Fionavar if you like fantasy, or Song for Arbonne if you fancy a medieval romance.
  • Standalones as Himself
    • * Christine (3)
    • * Cujo (3) [E]
    • * Cycle of the Werewolf (3) [E]
    • * Fire Starter (3) [E]
    • * Gerald's Game (3) [E]
    • * Insomnia (4) [Danish] [EP]
    • * It (4) [E]
    • * Misery (3) [E]
    • * Needful Things [Danish] (3) [EP]
    • * Night Shift (Shortstories) (3) [E]
    • * Pet Sematary (3) [E]
    • * Salem's Lot (3)
    • * The Dead Zone (3) [E]
    • * The Shining (3) [E]
    • * The Stand (3) [E]
    • * The Talisman (3) [E]
    • * Carrie (3) [E]
    • * Dolores Claiborne [Danish] (4) [EP]
    • * The Dark Half (3) [E]
    • * The Eyes of The Dragon (4) [E]
    • * Tommyknockers [E] (3)
    • Bag of Bones [EP]
    • Black House [E]
    • Dance Macabre [E]
    • Desperation
    • Dolan's Cadillac [E]
    • Dreamcatcher [E]
    • Everything is Eventual [E]
    • Hearts in Atlantis [E]
    • Mist [E]
    • Riding the Bullet [E]
    • Rose Madder [E]
    • Six Stories [E]
    • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon [E]
    • The Green Mile [E]
    • The Plant [E]
    • Umney's Last Case [E]
  • Standalones as Richard Bachman
    • Rage [E]
    • * The Long Walk (3) [E]
    • Roadwork (3) [E]
    • * Running Man (3) [Danish] [EP]
    • * Thinner (3) [E]
    • * The Regulators (3)
  • The Dark Tower (3)
    • * The Gunslinger [E]
    • The Drawing of The Three [E]
    • The Waste Lands [E]
    • Wizard and Glass [E]
    • The Wolves of the Calla [E]
  • Horror
    I guess we all know this one. I pick up his books when I find them on discount.
  • Mageverse (3-)
    • * Seduction's Gift [E]
    • * Master of the Night [E]
    • Master of the Moon [E]
    • Galahad [E]
    • Master of Wolves [E]
    • Master of Swords [E]
    • Fantasy/Erotica
      Pretty cheesy 'romance' of the kind you find in airports. Usually decorated with a pink cover and a picture of Fabio. Now mix this up with vampires, witches and the knights of the round table and you get Mageverse. Very strange mixture. I'm just about able to enjoy this in small doses if I'm in the mood, but great litterature it ain't!
  • * Cold Fire [Danish] (2) [EP]
  • * Lightning [Danish] (2) [EP]
  • * Midnight [Danish] (2) [P]
  • * Phantoms [Danish] (2) [EP]
  • * Strangers [Danish] (3) [P]
  • A Darkness In My Soul [E]
  • Door to December [E]
  • Dragon Tears
  • Fear Nothing [E]
  • From The Corner of His Eye
  • House of Thunder
  • Intensity [E]
  • Mr Murder
  • One Door Away From Heaven [E]
  • Seize The Night [E]
  • Shadow Fires [E]
  • Sole Survivor [E]
  • Storm Front
  • Strange Highways [E]
  • The Bad Place
  • The Book of Counted Sorrows [E]
  • The Eyes of Darkness
  • The Funhouse
  • The Mask [E]
  • Ticktock
  • Trapped
  • Watchers [E]
  • Winter Moon [E]
  • Horror
    Koontz writes Stephen King clones, but he doesn't do it as well as King. Koontz has written lots of books under pseudonyms. My list only covers the newest of the books written as himself. Strangers is not a complete cliché like many of his other books.
  • Deverry (2)
    • * Daggerspell [EP]
    • Darkspell [EP]
    • Dawnspell [E]
    • Dragonspell [E]
    • A Time of Exile [E]
    • A Time of Omens [E]
    • ?
    • ?
    • Red Wyvern [E]
    • Fantasy.
      Standard quest fantasy. Kerr has this fascination with stories in stories in stories... Kind of like Arabian Nights. It is not done especially well though.
  • Deryni Chronicles
    • * Deryni Rising (3) [EP]
    • Deryni Checkmate [EP]
    • High Deryni [EP]
  • Camber Series
    • Camber of Culdi [E]
    • Saint Camber [E]
    • Camber the Heretic [E]
  • Histories of King Kelson
    • The Bishop's Heir [E]
    • King's Justice [E]
    • The Quest For Saint Camber [E]
    • King Kelson's Bride [E]
  • The Heirs of Saint Camber
    • The Harrowing of Gwynedd [E]
    • King Javan's Year [E]
    • The Bastard Prince [E]
  • The Childe Morgan Triloy
    • In the King's Service
    • ?
    • ?
  • Fantasy.
    All books takes place in The Kingdom of Gwynedd, and focuses on the conflict between humans and the magic-wielding, long-lived Deryni. The conflict is complicated by the fact that humans and deryni can interbreed, producing halfbloods that inherit some of the magic powers of the deryni. Classic story about the need for good magic to battle evil magic. Of course the Church's standpoint is that all magic is evil, and all magic-wielders should be burned alive. Very traditional, but nonetheless nicely written.
  • Mage Winds
    • Winds of Fate [E]
    • Winds of Change [E]
    • Winds of Fury [EP]
  • Heralds of Valdemar (3)
    • * Arrows of the Queen [EP]
    • * Arrow's Flight [EP]
    • * Arrow's Fall [EP]
  • The Last Herald Mage
    • Magic's Pawn [EP]
    • Magic's Promise [EP]
    • Magic's Price [EP]
  • Mage Storms
    • Storm Warning [E]
    • Storm Rising [E]
    • Storm Breaking [EP]
  • Vows and Honor
    • Oathbound [E]
    • Oathbreakers [E]
    • Oathblood [E]
  • Mage Wars
    • Black Gryphon [P]
    • White Gryphon [P]
    • Silver Gryphon
  • Darian's Tale
    • Owlflight [EP]
    • Owlsight [EP]
    • Owlknight [EP]
  • Sword of Ice (shortstories)
  • Brightly Burning
  • Exile's Honor
  • By the Sword
  • Take a Thief [E]
  • Bardic Voices
    • The Lark and the Wren [EP]
    • The Robin and the Kestrel [EP]
    • The Eagle and the Nightingales [P]
    • Four & Twenty Blackbirds
    • A Cast of Corbies
  • Bard's Tale
    • Wrath of the Princess (Aaron Allston)
    • Castle of Deception
    • Fortress of Frost and Fire
    • Prison of Souls
    • The Chaos Gate
    • Escape From Roksamur
  • Bedlam's Bard
    • Bedlam Boyz[E]
    • A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows [E]
    • Summoned to Tourney
    • Spirits White as Lightning [E]
    • Beyond World's End [E]
    • Mad Maudlin
  • Diana Tregarde (3)
    • * Burning Water [E]
    • * Children of the Night [E]
    • Jinx High
  • The Serrated Edge
    • Born to Run [E]
    • Wheels of Fire [E]
    • When the Bough Breaks [E]
    • Chrome Circle [E]
    • Elvendude
    • Spiritride
    • Lazerwarz
  • Elemental Mage
    • The Fire Rose [E]
    • Gates of Sleep [E]
    • The Serpent's Shadow
  • Fairy Tale
    • The Black Swan
    • Firebird
    • The Fairy Godmother
  • Halfblood Chronicles
    • Elvenbane [E]
    • Elvenblood [E]
    • Elvenborn
    • Elvenbred
  • Sacred Ground [E]
  • The Shadow of the Lion [E]
  • Lamma's Night [E]
  • Light Fantasy
    Standard quest fantasy. Many female main characters in the same style as Anne McCaffrey and Zimmer Bradley. Lackey's stories are a bit more grim and unpredictable than McCaffrey's and Bradley's which is a definite plus. All books are similar in style and format. A solid (3) but lacking some variation and originality.
  • Dominions of Irth
    • * The Dark Shore (3) [P]
    • The Shadow Eater [P]
    • Octoberland [P]
    • Fantasy
      This is a fascinating world. The collection and use of magic energy (charm) has been organised into an industry of charm collectors and amulet makers and rechargers. With proper amulets entire cities can be levitated. In the first book a lord from the dark shore arises, bringing with him monsters that are immune to the effects of charm. The plot and characters are ok, but nothing special. Standard quest fantasy culminating in the defeat of the apparently invulnerable dark lord.
  • Earthsea (3)
    • * A Wizard of Earthsea [E]
    • * The Tombs of Atuan [E]
    • * The Farthest Shore [E]
    • * Tehanu [E]
    • The Other Wind [E]
    • Fantasy
  • * A Wrinkle in Time (4) [E]
  • Fantasy
    Fantasy for young adults. Nice, but a bit naive.
  • Many Waters [E]
  • Fantasy
  • A Wind in the Door [E]
  • Fantasy
  • Narnia (3)
    • * The Magician's Newphew [E]
    • * The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe [E]
    • * The Horse and His Boy [E]
    • * Prince Caspian [E]
    • * The Voyage of the Dawn Treader [E]
    • * The Silver Chair [E]
    • * The Last Battle [E]
    • Fantasy
      Classic fantasy for young adults. Really great if you don't mind the Christian propaganda.
  • Necroscope
    • Necroscope [E]
    • Wamphyri [E]
    • The Source [E]
    • Deadspeak [E]
    • Deadspawn [E]
    • Horror
  • Vampire World
    • Blood Brothers [E]
    • The Last Aerie [E]
    • Bloodwars [E]
    • Horror
  • E-Branch
    • Defilers [E]
    • Invaders [E]
    • Horror
  • A Song of Ice and Fire
    • A Game of Thrones [EP]
    • A Clash of Kings [EP]
    • A Storm of Swords Book one: Steel and Snow [EP]
    • A Storm of Swords Book two: Blood and Gold [P]
    • A Feast for Crows [P]
    • Fantasy
  • Wildcards (3-)
    • * Wildcards [E]
    • Aces High [E]
    • Jokers Wild [E]
    • Aces Abroad [E]
    • Down and Dirty [E]
    • Ace In The Hole [E]
    • Dead Man's Hand [E]
    • One Eyed Jacks [E]
    • Jokertown Shuffle [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Dying of the Light [E]
  • The Hedge Knight [E]
  • Intervention (4)
    • * Surveillance [EP]
    • * Metaconcert [EP]
  • Galactic Millieu (4)
    • * Jack The Bodyless [EP]
    • * Diamond Mask [EP]
    • Magnificat [EP]
  • Exile (4)
    • * Many Colored Land [EP]
    • * Golden Torc [EP]
    • * Nonborn King [EP]
    • * Adversary [EP]
    • Science Fiction/Fantasy
      This is a complex and entertaining saga. All three series are linked. The books are listed chronologically. Exile was written first though, and should also be read first. Then Intervention, and finally Galactic Millieu. The saga spans six million years, beginning at the present time. As always time travel results in a lot of problems, but May handles it better than most other time-travel writers :) The other main theme is psychic abilities like farseeing, mindreading and telekinesis. May also uses these possibilities very well.
  • The Rampart Worlds (3)
    • * Perseus Spur [EP]
    • Orion Arm [EP]
    • Sagittarius Whorl [EP]
    • Light Science Fiction.
      This is a mystery/thriller series with spaceships and aliens thrown in for fun. The plot is similar to Hamilton's Greg Mandel books and Donaldson's Gap, but the style is more like Eddings/Feist.
  • Boreal Moon
    • Conqueror's Moon [EP]
    • Ironcrown Moon [EP]
    • Sorcerer's Moon
    • Fantasy
  • Acorna
    • Acorna The Unicorn Girl [EP]
    • Acorna's Quest [EP]
    • Acorna's People [EP]
    • Acorna's World [EP]
    • Acorna's Search [E]
    • Acorna's Rebels [E]
    • Acorna's Triumph [E]
    • First Warning [E]
  • Crystal Singer (4)
    • * Killashandra [EP]
    • * Crystal Singer [EP]
    • * Crystal Line [EP]
  • Dinosaur Planet
    • Dinosaur Planet [EP]
    • Dinosaur Planet Survivors [EP]
  • Petaybee
    • * Powers That Be (3) [EP]
    • Power Lines [EP]
    • Power Play [EP]
  • Dragonriders of Pern (4)
    • * Dragonflight [EP]
    • * Dragonquest [EP]
    • * The White Dragon [EP]
    • Moreta Dragonlady of Pern [EP]
    • * Nerilka's Story [EP]
    • * Dragonsdawn [EP]
    • Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (Collection) [EP]
    • Dragonseye (AKA Red Star Rising) [EP]
    • The Girl Who Heard Dragons (Collection) [EP]
    • * The Renegades of Pern [P]
    • Masterharper of Pern [EP]
    • * All The Weyrs of Pern [EP]
    • The Dolphins of Pern [EP]
    • Rescue Run
    • The Dolphins Bell [E]
    • Skies of Pern [E]
    • Dragon's Kin [E]
    • Runners of Pern (shortstory) [EP]
    • Weirsearch (shortstory) [E]
  • Harper's Hall trilogy (Pern) (3)
    • * Dragonsong [EP]
    • * Dragonsinger [EP]
    • * Dragondrums [EP]
  • Pern Guidebooks
    • A Diversity of Dragons (Illustrated Bestiary)
    • Dragonlovers Guide to Pern
    • People of Pern (Illustrated)
    • Dragonholder (Biography)
    • Atlas of Pern
  • Brain and Brawn (2)
    • * The Ship Who Sang [EP]
    • * Partnership [EP]
    • The Ship Who Searched [EP]
    • The City Who Fought [EP]
    • The Ship Who Won [EP]
    • The Ship Errant (Jody Lynn Nye) [E]
    • The Ship Avenged (S M Stirling) [E]
  • Planet Pirates (3)
    • * Sassinak [P]
    • * Death of Sleep [P]
    • * Generation Warriors [EP]
  • Tower And The Hive (3+)
    • * The Rowan [EP]
    • * Damia [EP]
    • Damia's Children [EP]
    • Lyon's Pride [EP]
    • The Tower and The Hive [EP]
  • Talent Series
    • To Ride The Pegasus [EP]
    • Pegasus in Flight [EP]
    • Pegaus in Space [EP]
  • Doona
    • Decision at Doona [EP]
    • Crises on Doona [EP]
    • Treaty at Doona [EP]
    • Treaty Planet [P]
  • Catteni Sequence (3)
    • * Freedom's Landing [EP]
    • Freedom's Choice [EP]
    • Freedom's Challenge [EP]
    • Freedom's Ransom [E]
  • Restoree
  • Get of The Unicorn (short stories) [EP]
  • An Exchange of Gifts
  • Ninisha's Ship [E]
  • If Wishes Were Horses
  • Black Horses For The King [E]
  • Noone Noticed The Cat
  • Space Opera
  • The Coelura [E]
  • Light Fantasy/Science Fiction
    McCaffrey almost always uses female main characters. I think her main audience is teenage girls, but nevertheless I have enjoyed many of her books. The stories are nice, but not very complex or original. Her most well known work is probably the Pern novels. Begin with Dragonriders if you like fantasy, and Freedom or Crystal Singer if you like Science Fiction. There are however elements of both SF and fantasy in most of the books.
  • Twilight (2)
    • * Twilight [E]
    • * New Moon [E]
    • * Eclipse [E]
    • * Breaking Dawn [E]
    • Fantasy
      This is a hugely popular vampire series now including a series of movies. The target audience is clearly teenage girls. The books are absolutely horrible: The plot is barely adequate for one book, but here it is stretched out over four using mainly purple prose as filler. The characters have no personality and seem completely unable to have healthy relationships. Despite that I actually finished them all. Mainly because they provide a fascinating (but scary!) insight into what apparently makes American teenage girls tick.
      Here is a more detailed and pretty funny review
  • Bas-Lag
    • * Perdido Street Station (4-)[EP]
    • * The Scar (4) [E]
    • The Iron Council [EP]
    • Fantasy
      Bizarre and very dark tale taking place in a decadent metropolis.
  • * The City and the City (3)
  • Science fiction
    This is a murder mystery taking place in twin cities that apparently partly occupy the same physical space. I found the murder mystery pretty boring and the interesting properties of the cities were more or less ignored.
  • Recluce
    • * The Magic of Recluce (3) [EP]
    • The Towers of the Sunset [EP]
    • The Magic Engineer [EP]
    • The Order War [EP]
    • The Death of Chaos [EP]
    • Fall of Angels [EP]
    • The Chaos Balance [EP]
    • The White Order [EP]
    • The Colors of Chaos [E]
    • Magi'i of Cyador [EP]
    • Scion of Cyador [EP]
    • Wellspring of Chaos [E]
    • Ordermaster [E]
    • Fantasy
      This is standard quest fantasy. All books are standalone, but related. The plots are not very complex or original, but the magic system is a kind of science based on chaos and order, with some rather weird dependencies. Some of it reminds me of enthropy and thermodynamics and conservation of energy. It actually makes sense, and many complex situations arise when wizards battle each other. It is very far removed from the standard D&D fireballs and magic missiles :)
  • The Ecolitan Institute
    • * The Ecologic Envoy [E]
    • The Ecolitan Operation
    • The Ecologic Secession
    • The Ecolitan Enigma [E]
    • Empire and Ecolitan
    • SF
  • The Forever Hero
    • Dawn for a Distant Earth [E]
    • In Endless Twilight [E]
    • The Silent Warrior [E]
    • SF
  • Timegods
    • The Fire of Paratime [E]
    • The Timegod
    • Timediver's Dawn
    • Timegods World
    • SF
  • The Hammer of Darkness
  • The Parafaith War
  • * Flash (4)
  • Science fiction
    This stand alone book is really good. Set a 100 years in the future, the main character is a disillusioned ex-marine who is now an independant consultant. He becomes involved in a corporate conspiracy involving more or less fixed elections and a rebellion on Mars. Oh, and he also manages to fall in love with and AI along the way :) I found Modesitt's take on the political climate in the future very realistic, and very probable.
  • Green Gables
    • * Anne of Green Gables (4) [E]
    • * Anne of Avonlea (3) [E]
    • * Anne of the Island (3) [E]
    • Young adult
      Really nice series about the Canadian orphan Anne and her experiences when she is adopted by the Cuthbert family
  • Deed of Paksenarrion (4)
    • * Sheepfarmer's Daughter [EP]
    • * Divided Allegiance [EP]
    • * Oath of Gold [EP]
    • Fantasy
      Classic fantasy. A realistic description of life in a mercenary company. The style is light fantasy, but occasionally VERY bad things happen to the main characters.
  • Legacy of Gird
    • Surrender None [EP]
    • Liar's Oath [EP]
    • Fantasy
      Prequels to Deed of Paksenarrion. Read after Paksenarrion
  • Serrano (3)
    • * Hunting Party [EP]
    • * Sporting Chance [EP]
    • * Winning Colours [EP]
    • * Once A Hero [EP]
    • Light Science Fiction
      This is very similar to Anne McCaffrey's SF books. This is not very surprising since Moon was cowriter on Sassinak. The only difference is that Moon sometimes lets her characters go through very bad experiences before the final unavoidable happy end :)
  • Remnant Population [EP]
  • Elric
    • Elric of Melniborne [E]
    • The Sailor on the Seas of Fate [E]
    • The Weird of the White Wolf [E]
    • The Vanishing Tower [E]
    • The Bane of the Black Sword [E]
    • The Storm Bringer [E]
    • Elric at the End of Time [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Runestaff
    • Jewel in the Skull [E]
    • Sorcerer's Amulet [E]
    • The Sword of Dawn [E]
    • The Runestaff [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Takeshi Kovacs
    • * Altered Carbon (4)[EP]
    • * Broken Angels (4)[EP]
    • * Woken Furies (3+)[EP]
    • Science Fiction/Virtual Reality
      The human mind can be backup up and stored in a computer or transmitted instantaneously to a distant world and downloaded into a new body. This makes it very hard to commit actual murder. Nevertheless in the first book someone has tried and nearly succeeded doing just that to a very powerful man. He hires the main character to solve the peculiar case of his own murder. Richard Morgan is very entertaining and creative. This is an extremely well written debut. A bit unpolished here and there, but that is only to be expected in a first attempt. I'm already looking forward to future books.
  • * Market Forces (3+)[EP]
  • Science fiction
    Very dark story taking place in the near future. Society is stratified into a majority of poor people living in cordoned off slum areas and a superrich elite running large corporations that have become more powerful than most states. The main character works in a "Conflict investment" department of one of the most succesful and ruthless companies. Conflict investment is really a euphemism for dealing arms to third world countries plagued by civil war. Often to both sides simultaneously! And if the conflict is slowing down, a few choice assassinations are usually enough to get it going again.
  • * Black Man (4)[P]
  • Science fiction
    Similar to the Takeshi Kovacs books, but with more emphasis on plot and character development than technology.
  • The Keltiad (3)
    • * The Throne of Scone [P]
    • * The Silver Branch [P]
    • * The Copper Crown [P]
    • Fantasy/SF
      Classic keltic mythology mixed with Atlantis and a bit of SF. This is a nice and complex story, but some parts are very long and boring.
  • King Arthur
    • The Hawk's Grey Feather [E]
    • The Oak Above the Kings [E]
    • The Hedge of Mist [E]
    • Fantasy/SF
  • Blackmantle [P]
  • The Deer's Cry [P]
  • Chicagoland Vampires (3+)
    • * Some Girls Bite[E]
    • * Friday Night Bites [E]
    • Twice Bitten [E]
    • Bard Bitten [E]
    • Drink Deep
    • Biting Cold
    • Urban Fantasy
      Merit, a 28 year-old English Literature Ph.D. candidate is saved from a rogue vampire attack by the master Vampire of Cadogan House... by turning her into a vampire. Light hearted and pretty funny.
  • The Dark Elite
    • Firespell
    • Hexbound
    • Charmfall
    • Fantasy
  • Orcs (3-)
    • * First Blood: Bodyguard of Lightning [E]
    • First Blood: Legion of Thunder [E]
    • First Blood: Warriors of Tempest [E]
    • Bad Blood: Weapons of Magical Destruction
    • Bad Blood: Army of Shadows
    • Bad Blood: Inferno
    • Fantasy
      Nice idea to have orcs as main characters. But it's all wasted on a pretty standard quest fantasy tale. It really wouldn't have made any difference if the orcs were human instead.
  • Smoke Ring
    • The Integral Trees [EP]
    • The Smoke Ring [EP]
    • SF
  • Ringworld (3)
    • * Ringworld [EP]
    • * Ringworld Engineers [EP]
    • Ringworld Throne [E]
    • Hardcore SF
      Nice and fascinating story
  • Heorot
    • Legacy of Heorot [E]
    • Beowulf's Children[E]
    • Dragons of Heorot [E]
    • SF
  • Dream Park
    • Dream Park [E]
    • Barsoom Project [E]
    • California Voodoo Game [E]
    • SF
  • * Neutron Star (Shortstories) (2)
  • Science Fiction
    Very mixed quality
  • * The World of Ptavvs (2)
  • Science Fiction
    Weird
  • * A World Out of Time (2)
  • Science Fiction
    Weird
  • Fantasy
  • Lucifer's Hammer [E]
  • Fantasy
  • * Protector (4)
  • Science Fiction
    In the far past mankind lost its protector. Now he has returned, but humans are not especially interested in getting controlled and protected. Very good story.
  • A Gift From Earth [E]
  • Achilles' Choice [E]
  • Destiny's Road [E]
  • Fallen Angels [E]
  • Footfall [E]
  • Inferno [E]
  • Mote in God's Eye [E]
  • The Flying Sorcerors [E]
  • The Gripping Hand [E]
  • The Burning City [E]
  • The Old Kingdom
    • * Sabriel [P] (4)
    • * Lirael [P] (3)
    • * Abhorsen [P] (4)
    • The Creature in the Case
    • Fantasy
      Nice fantasy series for young adults. Refreshingly grim! The plot is a fairly simple sequence of encounters. Probably to avoid confusing the teenage target audience, but nevertheless really well written. Gah, just when everything was going so well, a pathetic whining teenager shows up in the second book. Why does every other author writing for young adults think this is such a great idea? Things pick up again in the last book. It would have been better to drop the last half of the second and the first half of the third book though.
  • The Keys to the Kingdom
    • Mister Monday [E]
    • Grim Tuesday [E]
    • Drowned Wednesday [E]
    • Sir Thursday
    • Lady Friday
    • Superior Saterday
    • Lord Sunday
    • Fantasy
  • The Ragwitch
  • Vurt
    • * Vurt [E] (3+)
    • Pollen
    • Nymphomation
    • Science fiction
      Very weird story. The main character has lost his sister/lover in the world Vurt. Vurt may be all hallucination from taking drugs, or it may be partly or entirely real. Or maybe it is this world that is a dream, and Vurt that is real. In the real world, Humans, animals, robots and spirits have mated and formed entirely new species and mutations. Try this if you want something very different and very surreal.
  • Automated Alice
  • Pixel Juice
  • Woundings
  • Random Factor
  • Cobralingus
  • Needle in the Groove
  • Falling out of Cars
  • Legends of Gor
    • * Tarnsman of Gor [E] (1)
    • Outlaw of Gor [E]
    • Priest Kings of Gor [E]
    • Nomads of Gor [E]
    • Assassin of Gor [E]
    • Raiders of Gor [E]
    • Captive of Gor [E]
    • Hunters of Gor [E]
    • Marauders of Gor [E]
    • Tribesmen of Gor [E]
    • Slave Girl of Gor [E]
    • Beasts of Gor [E]
    • Explorers of Gor [E]
    • Fighting Slave of Gor [E]
    • Rogue of Gor [E]
    • Guardsmen of Gor [E]
    • Savages of Gor [E]
    • Blood Brothers of Gor [E]
    • Kajira of Gor [E]
    • Players of Gor [E]
    • Mercenaries of Gor [E]
    • Dancer of Gor [E]
    • Renegades of Gor [E]
    • Vagabonds of Gor [E]
    • Magicians of Gor [E]
    • Fantasy
      This is very poor quality heroic fantasy combined with equally poor quality chauvinistic erotica of the kind where all the beautiful women are arrogant bitches until they are conquered by a "real" man and realise that their only purpose in life is to please their man. A New England college teacher (the author's alter ego?) is transported to the counter-earth which has never been discovered because it circles the sun excactly opposite the earth. He is briefly trained and then saves the day by besting countless experienced warriors in battle, and of course he also finds "love" in the proces. The characters are all stereotypes and the plot is a primitive sequence of seperate incidents.
  • Witch World
    • Estcarp Cycle
      • Witchworld [E]
      • Web of the Witch World [E]
      • Three Against The Witch World [E]
      • Warlock of the Witch World [E]
      • Sorceress of the Witch World [E]
      • Trey of Swords
      • Ware Hawk
      • Gate of the Cat
    • High Hallack Cycle
      • Horn Crown [E]
      • Year of the Unicorn [E]
      • Spell of the Witch World [E]
      • Jargoon Pard
      • Zarsthor's Bane
      • The Crystal Gryphon [E]
      • Gryphon in Glory
      • Gryphon's Eyrie
      • The Songsmith
    • The Turning
      • Port of Dead Ships
      • Seakeep
      • Exile
      • Falcon Hope
      • We, The Women
      • Falcon Magic
      • The Key of Keplian
      • Ciara's Song
      • The Mage Stone
      • The Warding of the Witch World
    • Fantasy
      A full bibliography can be found here
  • Time War
    • The Time Traders
    • Galactic Derelict [E]
    • The Defiant Agents
    • Key out of Time
    • Echoes in Time
    • Firehand
    • Atlantis Endgame
  • Hosteen Storm
    • The Beastmaster
    • Lord of Thunder [E]
    • Beast Master's Ark
  • Daybreak 2250 AD [E]
  • Huon of the Horn [E]
  • Ice Crown [E]
  • Merlin's Mirror [E]
  • Night of Masks [E]
  • Star Gate [E]
  • The Stars are Ours [E]
  • Wizard's Worlds [E]
  • The Mark of the Cat [E]
  • Trillium Saga (3)
    • * Black Trillium (by all three) [P]
    • Blood Trillium (by Julian May) [EP]
    • Golden Trillium (by Andre Norton)
    • Lady of the Trillium (by Marion Zimmer Bradley) [P]
    • Sky Trillium (by Julian May) [EP]
    • Fantasy: Shared World
      Classic adventures for young adults.
  • Inheritance
    • * Eragon [E] (3-)
    • Eldest [E]
    • Fantasy
      Dragons, an evil emperor, an orhan and a prophecy. Sounds familiar? These books are not quite as bad as the movie. Nevertheless Paolini's story is boring, predictable and not very well written.
  • Gormenghast
    • * Titus Groan (1) [EP]
    • Gormenghast [P]
    • Titus Alone [P]
    • Fantasy
      This is supposed to be a fantasy classic. I fail to see one single reason for this! First of all it doesn't really seem to be fantasy. There are a few mystical elements, but they are never explained and apparantly they have no relavance to the rest of the plot. The plot is very depressing. All of the main characters are unhappy most of the time. The king for instance is only happy when he can escape from his duties for a little while and read a book from his beloved library. It is typical for the plot that the library is burned down, thus leaving the king with absolutely no pleasure left in his life. The message seems to be that most people are given cruel and joyless lives by fate or whatever. People can certainly try to change their miserable lives, but they probably won't succeed, and evil will probably triumf in the end. All this is delivered in a style strictly following the rule: Why use two sentences when you can say the same in five? I'm normally quite patient with slow-starting books, but in this one absolutely nothing happens for the first 150 pages. The only thing I got out of this book was some speed-reading practice.
  • Discworld (4+)
    • Rincewind
      • * The Color of Magic [EP]
      • * The Light Fantastic [EP]
      • * Sourcery [EP]
      • * Eric [EP]
      • * Interesting Times [EP]
      • * The Last Continent [EP]
      • The first two are the duology that introduced Discworld. Rincewind is an incredibly incompetent wizard who gets mixed up with Discworld's first tourist and his very dangerous luggage.
    • Witches
      • * Equal Rites [EP]
      • * Wyrd Sisters [EP]
      • * Witches Abroad [EP]
      • * Lords and Ladies [EP]
      • * Maskerade [EP]
      • * Carpe Jugulum [EP]
      • Granny and her fellow witches from Lancre are the favorites of many Pratchett fans. Unlike Rincewind, Granny is FRIGHTENINGLY competent.
    • DEATH
      • * Mort (5) [EP]
      • * Reaper Man (5) [EP]
      • * Soul Music [EP]
      • * Hogfather [EP]
      • * Thief of Time [EP]
      • Yes, Death is a regularly appearing character, with a horse named Binky and taste for curry. In Mort Death takes an apprentice, who of course messes everything up.
    • City Watch of Ankh-Morphork
      • * Guards, Guards (5) [EP]
      • * Men At Arms (5) [EP]
      • * Feet of Clay [EP]
      • * Jingo [EP]
      • * Fifth Elephant (5) [EP]
      • * Night Watch (5) [EP]
      • * Monstrous Regiment (5) [EP]
      • Thud [EP]
      • And then there's Carrot, the six-foot-tall dwarf (he's adopted), who's come to Ankh-Morpork to make his fortune. And commander Vimes, a depressed and cynic alcoholic destined to marry the richest woman in the world.
    • Standalones
      • * Moving Pictures [EP]
      • * Pyramids [EP]
      • * Small Gods (5) [EP]
      • * The Truth [EP]
      • * The Last Hero [EP]
      • * Going Postal [EP]
      • These are all standalones about The Discworld, and all good.
    • Discworld books for Young Adults
      • * The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents [EP]
      • * The Wee Free Men [EP]
      • * Hat Full of Sky (5)[EP]
      • * Wintersmith [EP] (5)
      • I Shall Wear Midnigth [EP]
    • Other Discworld books
      • * Nanny Ogg's Cookbook [EP]
      • * Science of Discworld (5) [EP]
      • * Science of Discworld 2 (5) [EP]
      • Nanny Ogg (One of the witches) have made a cookbook. Also included is a section on etiquette. An example: If you come to other people's funeral, then they will probably also come to yours. I don't know if this should be considered good advice, or a warning :) The Science of Discworld is a surprisingly serious and informative book on the state of science today.
    • Pratchett is the funniest writer alive! And the latest books in the 25+ Discworld series are as good, if not better the the first books.
  • Bromeliad Trilogy (4)
    • * Truckers[E]
    • Diggers [E]
    • Wings [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Johnny and the Dead
    • * Only You Can Save Mankind (3) s[E]
    • Johnny and the Dead [E]
    • Johnny and the Bomb [E]
    • Fantasy
  • * Good Omens (4) [EP]
  • Funny
    This is about the Devil's son and the apocalypse. Unfortunately (or luckily depending on your viewpoint) the devil's son gets switched at birth. This causes great complications. Warning: This book is not intended for religious fundamentalists :)
  • Strata [E]
  • The Computer Who Believed in Santa [E]
  • The Dark Side of the Sun [E]
  • The Unadultered Cat [E]
  • His Dark Materials (5)
    • * The Golden Compass [EP]
    • * The Subtle Knife [EP]
    • * The Amber Spyglass [EP]
    • Fantasy
      This is a brilliant series. The main characters may be children, but this is far from a children's book. The characters are complex and believable. None of them are entirely good or evil. The underlying philosophical theme of the series is about growing up, gaining knowledge and experience. There are obvious parallels to original sin, where knowledge was gained at the cost of "innocense". Pullman is critical of organised religion and as a consequence the plot was simplified and much of the philosophical content was removed from the movie version of The Golden Compass to avoid insulting American fundamentalists. Even this amputated version of the story is a great fantasy tale on its own.
  • * The Quantum Thief [E] (3+)
  • Cyberpunk
    Reminds me of Charles Stross. I enjoyed it but found it pretty confusing. Too much was left unexplained for my taste.
  • * The Fountainhead [E] (3)
  • * Atlas Shrugged [E] (4)
  • * Anthem [E] (4)
  • * For the New Intellectual [E] (4)
  • * The Virtue of Selfishness [E] (4)
  • Philosophy
    Ayn Rand is the creator of the philosophy called Objectivism. It is a challenge to the traditional western "turn the other cheek" ethics. Ayn Rand celebrates the rational mind, and fiercely maintains that Man is an end in himself, not just in sacrificial service to other people or society or god. The books can be preachy and Objectivism has turned into a pretty narrowminded cult. Nonetheless it's almost scary how accurate Atlas shrugged was in its predictions on how the western welfare states would develop.
  • Ravenloft Chronicles (3)
    • * Vampire of The Mists (Christie Golden)
    • * Knight of the Black Rose (James Lowder)
    • * Dance of the Dead (Christie Golden)
    • * Heart of Midnight (J Robert King)
    • * Tapestry of Dark Souls (Elaine Bergstrom)
    • * Carnival of Fear (J Robert King)
    • * The Enemy Within (Christie Golden)
    • * Mordenheim (Chet Williamson)
    • Tales of Ravenloft
    • * I Strahd (P N Elrod)
    • Baroness of Blood (Elaine Bergstom)
    • Death of a Darklord (Laurell K Hamilton)
    • Scholar of Decay (Tanya Huff)
    • To Sleep With Evil (Andrie Cardarelle)
    • King of the Dead (Gene DeWeese)
    • Lord of Necropolis (Gene DeWeese)
    • Shadowborn (William W Connors)
    • I Strahd: The War Against Azalin (P N Elrod)
    • Fantasy
      These books all take place in the AD&D Ravenloft Setting. They are considerable darker than most other AD&D novels. Even the heroes in Ravenloft have been touched by evil.
  • The Dragon Prince Trilogy
    • Dragon Prince [EP]
    • Star Scroll [EP]
    • Sunrunner's Fire [EP]
    • Fantasy
  • Dragon Star Trilogy
    • Stronghold [EP]
    • The Dragon Token [EP]
    • Skybowl [EP]
    • Fantasy
  • Exiles Trilogy
    • The Ruins of Ambrai
    • The Mageborn Traitor
    • The Captal's Tower
    • Fantasy
  • Schofield (1)
    • Ice Station [E]
    • Area 7 [E]
    • Scarecrow
    • Thriller
      I was tricked into trying Ice station. Someone mentioned Reilly as an example of military scifi together with Neal Asher and Richard Morgan. It turns out the scifi part consists of a new generation stealth bomber that everybody wants their hands on, and the rest reads like a Tom Clancy novel written by a 12-year-old with attention deficit disorder. I'm sure these books will be a huge succes...
  • Revelation Space (4)
    • * Revelation Space [P]
    • * Chasm City
    • * Redemption Ark [P]
    • * Absolution Gap [P]
    • * The Prefect [E]
    • Science Fiction
      Dark high-tech science fiction. A curious mix of advanced technology and decadent decline. Humanity is plagued by rogue AI's and alien viruses. Huge slower-than-light spaceships that noone knows how to build anymore are crewed by chimeric ultras modified until they are closer to being machines than human. The plot centers around an archeologist who discover a dead alien civilization that was wiped out very suddenly and violently 900.000 years ago. Perhaps the same menace is still around and threatening humans too. None of the main characters are really likeable, but as the story progresses and they have to make ever harder decicions, it is hard to avoid a certain admiration. The atmosphere is similar to both Donaldson's Gap series and Mieville's Perdido street station.
  • Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Novellas) [EP]
  • Science Fiction
  • A Spy in Europe (Shortstory) [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • * Galactic North [EP]
  • Science Fiction
  • Century Rain [EP]
  • Science Fiction
  • * Pushing Ice [EP] 3+
  • Science Fiction
  • * House of Suns [EP] 3+
  • Science Fiction
  • Terminal World [EP]
  • Science Fiction
  • The Vampire Chronicles (5)
    • * Interview With The Vampire [EP]
    • * The Vampire Lestat [EP]
    • * Queen of the Damned [EP]
    • * Tale Of The Body Thief [EP]
    • * Memnoch The Devil [EP]
    • * Pandora [EP]
    • * Vittorio [EP]
    • Armand [EP]
    • Merrick [EP]
    • Blood And Gold [EP]
    • Julian of Norwich [E]
    • Blackwood Farm [EP]
    • Horror
      Very untraditional vampire chronicle. As the series progresses the amount of religious and filosophical discussion increases. Highly recommended!
  • The Mayfair Witches (4)
    • Witching Hour [EP]
    • * Lasher [EP]
    • Taltos [P]
    • Horror
      Same style as Vampire Chronicles
  • Sleeping Beauty (Written as A N Roquelaure) (4)
    • * The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty [EP]
    • * Beauty's Punishment [EP]
    • * Beauties Release [P]
    • Fantasy/Erotica
  • Erotica (Written as Anne Rampling)
    • * Exit To Eden [P]
    • Belinda [P]
  • * Servant Of The Bones (4) [EP]
  • Horror
    In old Babylon a genie is created. Now he has resurfaced, after many years of silence, in connection with the murder of the daughter of a mysterious cult-leader.
  • The Feast of All Saints [P]
  • The Mummy [EP]
  • Cry To Heaven [P]
  • Violin [P]
  • Christ the Lord Out of Egypt [E]
  • Mars Trilogy (4)
    • * Red Mars [EP]
    • * Green Mars [EP]
    • * Blue Mars [EP]
    • Hardcore SF
      Realistic account of the colonization of Mars.
  • Orange County
    • Pacific Edge [P]
    • Coast of Gold [P]
    • The Wild Shore [P]
    • Science Fiction
      Standalones taking place in the same area of California.
  • Antarctica [P]
  • Harry Potter (3)
    • * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone in some editions) [EP]
    • * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [EP]
    • * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [EP]
    • * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [EP]
    • * Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix [E](2)
    • * Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (2)
    • * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    • Harry Potter Encyclopedia
    • Fantasy
      Classic adventure for young adults. Nice, but nothing we haven't seen before. The complete series consists of seven books: One for each year Harry spends on Hogwarts. Each book is written for readers of the same age as Harry, ie 11 in the first book and 17 in the last. Book four for example is more than doble the size of book one and has a considerably more complicated plot. Book five is essentially a repetition of the same plot as the first four. Apparently Rowling only knows one story and just keeps on telling it. And it really doesn't help to make each book 50% longer than the previous one! I can understand that an 11 year old can act a bit foolish at times, but I thought people were supposed to become smarter, not dumber, as they grow up. You would think even Harry Potter would have learned how the plot goes by now...
  • Lost Swords
    • Woundhealer's Story [E]
    • Sightblinder's Story [E]
    • Stonecutter's Story [E]
    • Farslayer's Story [E]
    • Coinspinner's Story [E]
    • Mindsword's Story [E]
    • Wayfinder's Story [E]
    • Shieldbreaker's Story [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Berserker Series
    • The Berserker [E]
    • Berserker Base
    • Blue Death
    • Berserker Fury
    • Berserker Kill
    • Berserker Man
    • Berserker's Planet
    • The Berserker Throne
    • Shiva in Steel
    • Brother Assassin (Collection) [E]
    • Berserker Attack (Collection) [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Dark Elf Trilogy (Dark Elf Chronicles Volume 1)(4)
    • * Homeland [EP]
    • * Exile [EP]
    • * Sojourn [EP]
    • Fantasy
  • Icewind Dale (Dark Elf Chronicles Volume 2) (3)
    • * The Crystal Shard [EP]
    • * Streams of Silver [EP]
    • * The Halfling's Gem [EP]
    • Fantasy
  • Legacy of the Drow (Dark Elf Chronicles Volume 3) (3)
    • * The Legacy [EP]
    • Starless Night [EP]
    • Siege of Darkness [EP]
    • Passage to Dawn [EP]
    • Fantasy
  • Paths of Darkness (Dark Elf Chronicles Volume 4)
    • The Silent Blade [EP]
    • The Spine of the World [E]
    • Servant of the Shard [E]
    • Sea of Swords [E]
    • Fantasy
  • War of the Spiderqueen (Dark Elf Chronicles Volume 5)
    • Dissolution (Richard Lee Byers) [E]
    • Insurrection [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Spearwielder's Tale
    • The Woods Out Back [EP]
    • The Dragon's Dagger [EP]
    • Dragonslayer's Return [P]
    • Fantasy
  • Crimson Shadow Trilogy
    • The Sword of Bedwyr [P]
    • Luthien's Gamble [P]
    • The Dragon King [P]
    • Fantasy
  • The Demon Wars
    • The Demon Awakens [EP]
    • The Demon Spirit [EP]
    • The Demon Apostle [EP]
    • Mortalis [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Second Demon Wars
    • Ascendance [E]
    • Transcendence [E]
    • Immortalis [E]
    • Fantasy
  • The Cleric Quintet
    • * Canticle (3) [P]
    • In Sylvan Shadows [EP]
    • Night Masks [EP]
    • The Fallen Fortress [EP]
    • The Chaos Curse [EP]
    • Fantasy
  • The Hunter's Blades
    • The Thousand Orcs [E]
    • ?
    • Fantasy
  • Salvatore writes AD&D novels. Mainly in the Forgotten Realms setting. The best known books in this genre is probably Weis/Hickmans Dragonlance Chronicles. These books are often targeted at young adults, and most of them are not very good. Salvatore is one of the best in this genre. Especially his Dark Elf chronicles are good.
  • Argeneu Vampires (3-)
    • * A Quick Bite [E]
    • * Love Bites [E]
    • * Single White Vampire [E]
    • Tall Dark and Hungry [E]
    • A Bite to Remember [E]
    • Bite me If You Can [E]
    • Supernatural romance
      Occasionally funny, but very shallow and repetitive.
  • Majipoor Cycle (4+)
    • * Valentines Castle [EP]
    • * Chronicles of Majipoor (Shortstories) (5) [P]
    • * Valentine Pontifex [P]
    • * Mountains of Majipoor [P]
    • Sorcerers of Majipoor [P]
    • Lord Prestimion [P]
    • The King of Dreams [P]
    • Fantasy/Science Fiction
      On the surface this is the classic tale of the prince on a quest to reclaim his kingdom. The world that Valentine travels through is however extremely complex and fascinating. Wildly different cultures, creatures and technologies coexist.
  • * The Face of the Waters (3) [P]
  • Fantasy/SF
    Waterworld clone
  • To Live Again [E]
  • To Open The Sky [E]
  • Hyperion Cantos (5)
    • * Hyperion [EP]
    • * Fall of Hyperion [EP]
    • * Endymion [EP]
    • * Rise of Endymion [EP]
    • Science Fiction
      This is among the best SF that I have ever read. The series is so different from most other SF books, that it is very difficult to give an impression without revealing too much. The first book consists of seven tales of seven pilgrims traveling together to the strange planet Hyperion. Religion plays a large part in most of the series.
  • Iliad (3)
    • * Ilium [EP]
    • * Olympos [EP]
    • Science Fiction
      Post-human 'gods' on Mars are recreating the siege of Troy. Sentient robots on the edge of the solar system are worried about the amount of quantum disturbances on Mars. On Earth excactly 1.000.000 humans live excactly 100 years each in an absolutely carefree environment where everything is provided for them and every injury healed and the memory of the traumatic incident erased. They are also analfabets and have no knowledge of human history. This is even weirder than Hyperion, and there are some really great bits here and there. Unfortunately none of it is properly tied together in the end. Several events requiring great effort to orchestrate for the powers behind the scenes are left totally unexplained and seemingly irrelevant to the rest of the fragmented plot. So we're unfortunately still waiting for another work matching the Hyperion Cantos.
  • * The Hollow Man (3) [P]
  • Science Fiction
    A man suffers from a terrible curse: He can hear other people's thoughts.
  • * Phases of Gravity (2) [P]
  • Mainstream
    This is about a disillusioned former astronaut traveling the world.
  • * Prayers to Broken Stones (2) [P]
  • Short stories
    Some of these have later been converted into novels, or integrated as part of the Hyperion Cantos.
  • Summer of Night [P]
  • Song of Kali [P]
  • Crook Factory [P]
  • Hardcase (4)[P]
  • Mystery
    Joe Kurtz, a former private detective has just been released from prison when he accepts a job for the local mafia. They need him to flush out an inside traitor, but Kurtz is a little more thorough than they had anticipated :)
  • Children of the Night [EP]
  • * Darwin's Blade (3) [P]
  • * Carrion Comfort (2) [EP]
  • Thriller
    Classic thriller with a little horror added. Rather predictable and dull.
  • Lovedeath [P]
  • Unfortunately it looks like Hyperion was a one-shot effort. The rest of Simmons' books are classes below Hyperion in quality. We can only hope he gets inspired again in the future.
  • Rogue Wizard (2)
    • * Wizard in Mind [E]
    • Wizard in Bedlam [E]
    • ...
    • Science Fiction
      A 'wizard' is flying around in his spaceship looking for a primitive world in need of a push toward democracy. Using superior technology he singlehandedly sparks revolutions. Often within a week or two. I found the politics naive the action pretty boring. I also have an aversion to plots designed solely to support the heavy-handed delivery of a 'Message' to the reader.
  • * Snow Crash (3) [EP]
  • Cyberpunk
    Nice Neuromancer clone. The plot is ok, and the world is very fascinating. The only reason this book doesn't get a (4) is that Neal Stephenson has a rather unlucky pen when it comes to describing complex computer science. But that of course is also in the tradition of Neuromancer :)
  • Cryptonomicon [E]
  • The Big U [E]
  • In the Beginning Was the Command Line [E]
  • Diamond Age [E]
  • Zodiac [E]
  • Mother Earth, Mother Board [E]
  • Interface [E]
  • Quicksilver [E]
  • The Eschaton (4+)
    • * Singularity Sky [EP]
    • * Iron Sunrise [EP]
    • Science Fiction
      This is a space opera that takes place some time after a technological singularity has resulted in a being known as The Eschaton. The Eschaton announces itself to humanity with the following message: "I am the Eschaton. I am not your god. I am descended from you, and I exist in your future. Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else." This is tremendous fun if you like the science behind the books. (Follow the links to get a basic idea of the concepts) Unlike most other science based fiction (Stephen Baxter springs to mind), Stross manages to get all the science right and at the same time develop compelling characters and plot. Humanity discovers that the "Or else" in the message from the Eschaton should be taken extremely serious. Attempts to timetravel has resulted in suns 'spontaneously' going nova, thus effectively containing the causality violation.
  • The Merchant Princes (4)
    • * The Family Trade [P]
    • The Hidden Family [P]
    • The Clan Corporate
    • The Merchant's War
    • ?
    • ?
    • Parallel worlds fantasy
      A baby girl is found in a park beside her murdered unidentified mother. Her identity is never discovered, so she is adopted and grows up to become a biotech journalist. At the age of 32 she finds a locket owned by her real mother and finds out she can use it to enter a parallel world stuck in a medieval feudal social structure. Not all is as it seems though and meeting her original family is a bit of a culture shock :) The parallel worlds setting is used extremely well in this series, playing a very active role in the plot other than just the usual way to get the main characters into a fantasy setting.
  • * Accelerando (4) [P]
  • Science Fiction
    We follow a man and his family through a techonological singularity. Different and entertaining. And once again Stross gets all the science and computer stuff absolutely right.
  • * Glasshouse (4-)
  • Science Fiction
  • * Saturn's Children (3)
  • Science Fiction
  • Lord of the Rings (3+)
    • * The Fellowship of the Ring [EP]
    • * The Two Towers [EP]
    • * The Return of the King [EP]
  • * The Silmarilion (2) [EP]
  • * The Hobbit (4) [EP]
  • Unfinished Tales [E]
  • History of Middle Earth 1-12 [E]
  • The Elder Isles
    • Lyonesse [E]
    • The Green Pearl [E]
    • Madouc [E]
  • Gaea
    • * Titan (3) [E]
    • Wizard [E]
    • Demon [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • * Weapon Shops of Isher (3+) [E]
  • Science Fiction
    Very strange science fiction
  • The Silkie [E]
  • Transfinite The Essential [E]
  • Slan [E]
  • The Book of Ptath [E]
  • The Voyage of the Space Beagle [E]
  • The Worlds of Null-A [E]
  • Gotrek and Felix (William King) (4)
    • * Trollslayer [EP]
    • * Skavenslayer [EP]
    • * Daemonslayer [EP]
    • Dragonslayer [EP]
    • Beastslayer [EP]
    • Vampireslayer [EP]
    • Giantslayer [EP]
    • Orcslayer (by Nathan Long)[EP]
    • Manslayer (by Nathan Long)[EP]
    • Elfslayer (by Nathan Long)
    • Shamanslayer (by Nathan Long)
    • Zombieslayer (by Nathan Long)
    • Fantasy
  • Ciaphas Cain (Sandy Mitchell) (4)
    • * For the Emperor [E]
    • * Caves of Ice [E]
    • * The Traitor's Hand [E]
    • * Death or Glory [E]
    • Duty Calls
    • Cain's Last Stand
    • The Emperor's Finest
    • Science fiction
      Ciaphas Cain is a comissar (morale officer) in the space marines. Through no fault of his own, he has gained a reputation for being a hero. Actually he's a selfish coward, but every time he thinks he has found a quiet corner of the battlefield he stumbles over a hidden enemy headquarter or similar, and end up as an even greater hero. Funny and lighthearted which is a rarity in the warhammer 40K universe. Reminds me of the Flashman novels.
  • Ethshar (3)
    • * The Misenchanted Sword [E]
    • * With a Single Spell [E]
    • * The Unwilling Warlord [E]
    • The Blood of a Dragon [E]
    • Taking Flight [E]
    • Fantasy
      What I find interesting about these otherwise very average fantasy novels is that Watt-Evans breaks with several fantasy conventions. While the tale of the unwilling hero is pretty typical, the main characters in these books frequently succeed in living normal boring lives for long periods. The Great War in The Misenchanted sword isn't won as the climax of the book, but very early and off-page! Magic isn't just taken for granted and used as an unquestioned Deus ex Machcina. The main character of The Misenchanted Sword performs science-like experiments to figure out the abilities and limits of his enchanted/cursed sword. The "wizard" in With a Single Spell needs to figure out how to kill a firebreathing dragon with a single fire-spell at his disposal. My main problem with the books is that the characters just aren't as clever and rational as the author tries to convey. I think that young adults would really enjoy the books though.
  • Lords of Dûs (3-)
    • * The Lure of the Basilisk [E]
    • The Seven Altars of Dûsarra [E]
    • The Sword of Bheleu [E]
    • The Book of Silence [E]
    • Taking Flight [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Honor Carrington
    • * On Basilisk Station (3-) [EP]
    • Honor of the Queen [E]
    • Short Victorious War [E]
    • Field of Dishonor [E]
    • Flag in Exile [E]
    • Honor among Enemies [E]
    • In Enemy Hands [E]
    • Echoes of Honor [E]
    • Ashes of Victory [E]
    • War of Honor [E]
    • Service of the Sword
    • More Than Honor (Anthology) [E]
    • Worlds of Honor (Anthology) [E]
    • Changer of Worlds (Anthology) [E]
    • Light Science Fiction
      VERY predictable space opera. I guess you could try this series if you've finally run out of similar books by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon, and find that you are still hungry for more.
  • March Upcountry
    • March Upcountry
    • March to the Sea
    • March to the Stars [E]
  • War Gods
    • Oath of Swords [E]
    • The Wargod's Own
  • Starfire
    • Insurrection
    • Crusade [E]
    • In Death Ground
    • The Shiva Option [E]
  • Dahak
    • Mutineer's Moon [E]
    • The Armageddon Inheritance
    • Heirs of Empire
  • 1633
  • Fantasy
  • Oath of Swords [E]
  • Fantasy
  • The Apocalypse Troll [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Path of the Fury [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • The Excalibur Alternative
  • Science Fiction
  • The Warmasters [E]
  • Death Gate Cycle (3)
    • * Dragon Wing [E]
    • * Elven Star [E]
    • * Fire Sea [E]
    • * Serpent Mage [E]
    • * The Hand of Chaos [E]
    • * Into the Labyrinth [E]
    • * The Seventh Gate [E]
    • Fantasy
  • Mag Force Seven
    • Knights of the Black Earth [E]
    • Robot Blues [E]
    • Science Fiction
  • Starshield Sentinels [E]
  • Science Fiction
  • Memory Sorrow And Thorn
    • The Dragonbone Chair [EP]
    • Stone of Farewell [E]
    • To Green Angel Tower [E]
    • Fantasy
  • * Tailchaser's Song (3) [E]
  • Modern Fable
    A cat goes on a quest to find his beloved.
  • Otherland (3-)
    • * City of Golden Shadow [EP]
    • River of Blue Fire [EP]
    • Mountain of Black Glass [EP]
    • Sea of Silver Light [EP]
    • Fantasy
      Fascinating, but extremely long and slow moving story. I gave up after the first book
  • The Burning Man [E]
  • Chung Kuo (3)
    • * The Middle Kingdom [EP]
    • * The Broken Wheel [EP]
    • The White Mountain [EP]
    • The Stone Within [EP]
    • Beneath The Tree of Heaven [EP]
    • White Moon, Red Dragon [E]
    • Days of Bitter Strength [E]
    • The Marriage of the Living Dark [E]
    • Science Fiction
      Bladerunner meets Shogun. Large and complex story, but very slow moving.
  • Book of the New Sun (3)
    • * The Shadow of the Torturer [E]
    • * The Claw of the Conciliator [E]
    • * The Citadel of the Autarch [E]
    • * The Sword of the Lictor [E]
    • * The Urth of the New Sun [E]
    • Science Fiction/Fantasy
      I read this a long time ago and I remember only that the story is very strange :) I'll probably try to read it again some day.
  • Book of The Long Sun (3)
    • Nightside The Long Sun [E]
    • Lake of the Long Sun [E]
    • Caldé of the Long Sun [E]
    • Exodus from the Long Sun [E]
    • Science Fiction/Fantasy
  • Wars of Light and Shadow (4)
    • * Curse of the Mistwraith [P]
    • * Ships of Merior [P]
    • Warhosts of Vastmark [P]
    • The Fugitive Prince [P]
    • Grand Conspiracy [P]
    • Peril's Gate [P]
    • Fantasy
      Independant series from the cowriter of Feist's Empire trilogy. These books are much darker than Feist's. Two halfbrothers and mortal enemies are the only ones who can lift the curse that keeps the entire planet shrouded in eternal fog.
  • The Cycle of Fire (3)
    • * Stormwarden [P]
    • Keeper of the Keys [P]
    • Shadowfane [P]
  • * That Way Lies Camelot (Shortstories) [P]
  • * Master of Whitestorm (1) [P]
  • Fantasy
    Standalone. Not very good. This is an early work. It is obvious that the main character is an early version of the Shadowmaster Arithon form Wars of Light and Shadow.
  • The Unbalanced Earth (2)
    • * Dreams of Stone [P]
    • Age of Chaos [P]
    • The Lightless Kingdom [P]
    • Standard fantasy
  • Chronicles of Amber (4+)
    • * Nine Princes in Amber [EP]
    • * The Guns of Avalon [EP]
    • * Sign of the Unicorn [EP]
    • * The Hand of Oberon [EP]
    • * The Courts of Chaos [EP]
    • * Trumps of Doom [EP]
    • * Blood of Amber [EP]
    • * Sign of Chaos [EP]
    • * Knight of Shadows [EP]
    • * Prince of Chaos [EP]
    • Fantasy
      There are nine princes and four princesses of Amber. They are all tough, ruthless and cunning, and they all want the throne. This series is a magnificent Machiavellian saga, where it is very difficult to tell the heroes and villains apart :) Unlike any other fantasy I've ever read.