Friday, October 1, 2010

List 02: 100 Fiction Books To Read

I love reading - I believe that literature is one of the most important aspects of a culture, and a generation should be, in part at least, definable by the literary works it produced. As I started to enter the working world, however, I found myself reading less and less. This is something that I really want to counteract - I'm legitimately upset with myself that I could possibly let my love of a good novel slip away...Well, I'm not going to let it go on any longer - I'm going to go back to the days when I could power through my reading list for the MS Readathon, and still be going strong.

Included in this list are titles that are considered "must reads" in terms of classic and modern fiction, some things so nice I want to read them again, as well as some entries that I've had my eye on for some time, but just "haven't gotten around to picking up".

The list below is, as of yet, incomplete and I am more than willing to accept any suggestions for additions. Just add them in the comments section below and (after a bit of research on the book) I will put them in the list!

  1. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
  2. The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
  3. Doctor Who And The Tomb Of The Cybermen - Gerry Davis
  4. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
  5. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
  6. The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
  7. The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe - Douglas Adams
  8. Life, The Universe, And Everything - Douglas Adams
  9. So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish - Douglas Adams
  10. Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
  11. The Illiad - Homer
  12. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  13. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
  14. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Caroll
  15. Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Caroll
  16. Wonderland Revisited And The Games Alice Played There - Keith Sheppard
  17. Foundation - Isaac Asimov
  18. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
  19. Ulysses - James Joyce
  20. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith
  21. The Book Of Atrus - Rand Miller
  22. The Book Of Ti'ana - Rand Miller
  23. The Book Of D'ni - Rand Miller
  24. Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters - Ben H. Millers
  25. Mr Darcy, Vampyre - Amanda Grange
  26. The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
  27. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis
  28. The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis
  29. The Silver Chair - C.S. Lewis
  30. The Horse And His Boy - C.S. Lewis
  31. The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis
  32. The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis
  33. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
  34. Sophie's World - Josteine Gaarder
  35. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
  36. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  37. A Spell For Chameleon - Piers Anthony
  38. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
  39. The Broom Of The System - David Foster Wallace
  40. Parallelities - Alan Dean Foster
  41. Soulless - Gail Carriger
  42. Changeless - Gail Carriger
  43. Blameless - Gail Carriger
  44. Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History Of A Dark Genius - Kevin J. Anderson
  45. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
  46. Breathers: A Zombie's Lament - S.G. Browne
  47. I Love You, Beth Cooper - Larry Doyle
  48. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
  49. The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul - Douglas Adams
  50. Who's Afraid Of Beowulf? - Tom Holt
  51. Super-Folks - Robert Mayer
  52. Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter - A.E. Moorat
  53. TimeRiders - Alex Scarrow
  54. Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
  55. Northern Lights - Phillip Pullman
  56. The Subtle Knife - Phillip Pullman
  57. The Amber Spyglass - Phillip Pullman
  58. The Princess Bride - William Goldman
  59. The Divine Comedy - Dante
  60. The Wind In The Willows - Kenneth Grahame
  61. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep - Phillip K. Dick
  62. The God Of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
  63. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat - Oliver Sacks
  64. The Importance Of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
  65. Finnegan's Wake - James Joyce
  66. Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett
  67. Mort - Terry Pratchett
  68. Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett
  69. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
  70. Sir Apropos Of Nothing - Peter David
  71. The Toyminator - Robert Rankin
  72. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse - Robert Rankin
  73. Practical Demonkeeping - Christopher Moore
  74. Coyote Blue - Christopher Moore
  75. Bloodsucking Fiends - Christopher Moore
  76. Island Of The Sequined Love Nun - Christopher Moore
  77. The Lust Lizard Of Melancholy Cove - Christopher Moore
  78. Syrup - Maxx Barry
  79. Jennifer Government - Maxx Barry
  80. The Colour Out Of Space - H. P. Lovecraft [Recommended By Necromancy Black]
  81. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman [Recommended By Necromancy Black]
  82. Neuromancer - William Gibson [Recommended By Necromancy Black]
  83. Jesus Incident - Frank Herbert [Recommended By Necromancy Black]
  84. House Of Leaves - Danielewski [Recommended By Rozencrab]
  85. War Of The Flowers - Tad Williams [Recommended By Andy]
  86. The Name Of The Wind - Patrick Rothfuss [Recommended By Andy]
  87. The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch [Recommended By Andy]
  88. Legend and Waylander - David Gemmell [Recommended By Andy]
  89. Future Eden [Recommended By Sam]
  90. And Another Thing - Eoin Colfer [Recommended By Siobhan]
  91. Eragon - Chris Paolini [Recommended By A Tall Dark Stranger]
  92. Eldest - Chris Paolini [Recommended By A Tall Dark Stranger]
  93. Brisingr - Chris Paolini [Recommended By A Tall Dark Stranger]
  94. The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton [Recommended By Alydd]
  95. The Neutronium Alchemist - Peter F. Hamilton [Recommended By Alydd]
  96. The Naked God - Peter F. Hamilton [Recommended By Alydd]
  97. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby [Recommended By Noni]
  98. Macbeth - William Shakespeare [Recommended By Noni]
  99. Animal Farm - George Orwell [Recommended By Jarrod]
  100. Something From The Nightside - Simon R Green [Recommended By Paul]

7 comments:

  1. Dune - Frank Herbert
    Jesus Incident - Frank Herbert
    Neuromancer - William Gibson
    Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
    American Gods - Neil Gaiman
    The Colour out of Space - H. P. Lovecraft

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  2. The Amber Chronicles - Roger Zelanzy
    War of the Flowers - Tad Williams
    The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
    The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
    The Abhorsen Trilogy - Garth Nix
    Memory, Sorrow, Thorn - Tad Williams
    Legend and Waylander - David Gemmell

    I can actually lend you most of these too.
    Andy

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  3. The Reality Dysfuction - Peter F Hamilton
    The Neutronium Alchemist - Peter F Hamilton
    The Naked God - Peter F Hamilton
    The Freedome Series - Anne McAffery
    I have all of these and more

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  4. Eragon, and sequels Eldest and Brisingr, - Chris Paolini

    Airman - Eoin Colfer

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  5. And Another Thing... - Eoin Colfer. ..It's the "6th" Hitchhikers Guide book in the series, but, written by Colfer and not Adams, obv. :)

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  6. Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
    To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
    Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
    Animal Farm - George Orwell
    Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

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  7. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

    Because I was stupid and forgot it. Best book I've ever read.

    You should also take the Nerdfighter challenge - read 50 books in a year. I'm going to give it a crack!

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