No PCL board?

[usmc0331horn 968]

We can't all be savages like Cerrano over there. 

[gyroprotagonist 2595]

there's always the bookfags thread for GOT.    but yeah, let's make it happen

[SquishMitten 10466]

In the meantime, I ventured over to the darkside to salvage Texas Town's fine work on the SciFi/Fantasy Book thread. Begin quote...

I took a few hours and summarized all of the Shag's recommendations in the entire thread. 

- I used Goodreads to identify publish date and genre, though there's certainly grey area with a few of the genre categorizations. (For series I included the publish date for the first book.)

- I made a separate list for series and only included it if that series was specifically mentioned, i.e. if one book from a series was recommended I just kept it in the "standalone" list. 

- There was alot of back-and-forth about the Ender series and Dune series that I skimmed past and, as result, those are probably underrepresented in the number of "votes" they received. 

- There's some serious nerdz recommendations in this thread (says the guys who categorizes a 15 page thread). Drizzt Do'Urden. Amazing! I'm still trying to unpack that one. Had no idea. Well done, Shag. 

- The lists are categorized by genre, ranked by # of recommendations with a secondary sort by author

- A few books that I didn't see mentioned that I really liked: 

Rendezvous with Rama (Clarke) - fascinating story about an unknown object that enters our solar system. A small part of the book that I really liked was that most of planets close to Earth had been colonized and each had a unique perspective and motivation on how to deal with the mysterious structure.

Jurassic Park (Crichton) - loved this book as a kid, got me hooked on Crichton and made me want to dig deeper into sci-fi.

 

(# of recommendations) Title, Author (Year) 

 

SERIES - FANTASY

(15) Kingkiller Chronicles, Rothfuss (2007)
(5) Prince of Nothing, Bakker (2003)
(5) First Law Trilogy, Abercrombie (2007)
(5) Shannara (various), Brooks (1977)
(5) The Riftwar Saga, Feist (1982)
(4) Raven's Shadow (Blood Song), Ryan (2011)
(4) Demon Cycle (The Warden Man), Brett (2008)
(4) Fillory (The Magicians), Grossman (2009)
(4) Mistborn Trilogy, Sanderson (2009)
(4) Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Williams (2005)
(3) Discworld, Pratchett (1983)
(3) A Song of Ice and Fire, Martin (1996)
(3) The Dresden Files, Butcher (2000)
(3) The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Donaldson (1977)
(3) Codex Alera, Butcher (2004)
(3) Cosmere: The Stormlight Archive, Sanderson (2010)
(3) Wheel of Time, Jordan and Sanderson (1990)
(3) Sword of Truth, Goodkind (1995)
(3) Powder Mage Trilogy, McClellan (2013)
(3) Shattered Sea, Abercrombie (2014)
(3) Malazan Book of the Fallen, Erikson (1999)
(3) The Black Company (various), Cook (1984)
(3) The Death Gate Cycle, Weis and Hickman (1990)
(3) The Chronicle of The Unhewn Throne, Staveley (2014)
(3) The Chronicles of Amber, Zelazny (1999)
(2) Drenai Saga, Gemmell (1984)
(2) The Saga of Recluse, Modesitt (1991)
(2) Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Keyes (2003)
(2) (various) Drizzt Do'Urden character (Dark Elf-Homeland), Salvatore (1990)
(2) The Divine Cities (City of Stairs), Bennett (2014)
(2) Gentleman Bastard, Lynch (2006)
(2) Vlad Taltos, Brust (1983)
(2) The Dragonriders of Pern Trilogy, McCaffrey (1968)
(2) The Shadow Campaigns, Wexler (2013)
(2) The Malloreon, Eddings (1987)
(2) The Broken Empire, Lawrence (2011)
(2) Lord of the Rings, Tolkien (1954)
(2) The Belgariad, Eddings (1982)
(2) A Dream of Eagles, Whyte (1992)
(2) The First Law Universe, Abercrombie (2009)
(2) Magic Kingdom of Landover, Brooks (1986)
(2) The Elric Saga (Elric of Melnibone), Moor$#@! (1987)
(2) The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy, Hobb (2014)
(1) The Long Price Quartet, Abraham (2006)
(1) Myth Adventures, Asprin (1978)
(1) Tufa Trilogy, Bledsoe (2011)
(1) The Banned and the Banished (Wit'ch Series), Clemens (2002)
(1) Monster Hunter International, Correia (2007)
(1) The Farside Trilogy, Dalmas (1995)
(1) The Acacia Trilogy, Durham (2007)
(1) Runelords, Farland (1998)
(1) Sipstrasi(or Stones of Power), Gemmell (1988)
(1) The Iron Druid Chronicles, Hearne (2011)
(1) The Farseer Trilogy (Realm of the Elderlings), Hobb (1995)
(1) The Queen of the Tearling, Johansen (2014)
(1) Sandman Slim, Kadrey (2009)
(1) Tales of the Knights Templar, Kurtz (1998)
(1) Chronicles of The Deryni, Kurtz (1970)
(1) Stormlord, Larke (2009)
(1) The Red Queen's War, Lawrence (2014)
(1) Book of the Ancestor (Red Sister), Lawrence (2017)
(1) Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Leiber (1970)
(1) The Imager Portfolio, Modesitt (2009)
(1) Fever , Moning (2006)
(1) The Temeraire Series, Novik (2006)
(1) The Checquy Files (The Rook), O'Malley (2012)
(1) The Hungering Saga, Pfaff (2011)
(1) The Chathrand Voyage, Re$#@! (2008)
(1) The Books of the Swords, Saberhagen (1983)
(1) Book of the Gods, Saberhagen (1998)
(1) Dark Tower, St. King (1980)
(1) The Mongoliad, Stephenson and Bear (2012)
(1) Night Angel Trilogy, Weeks (2008)
(1) Starshield, Weis and Hickman (1996)
(1) Dragonlace (various), Weis and Hickman (1992)
(1) Darksword, Weis and Hickman (1987)
(1) Rose of the Prophet, Weis and Hickman (1988)
(1) The Traveler's Gate, Wight (2013)
(1) The Wars Light & Shadows, Wurts (1993)
(1) Cycle of Fire, Wurts (1984)

SERIES - SCI-FI

(8) The Hyperion Cantos, Simmons (1989)
(7) Red Rising, Brown (2014)
(6) The Expanse, Corey (2011)
(6) Dune Chronicles, Herbert (1965)
(5) Mars Trilogy (Red, Blue, Green), Robinson (1993)
(4) The Culture Cycle (Consider Phlebas), Banks (1987)
(4) Takeshi Kovacs (Altered Carbon), Morgan (2006)
(4) Old Man's War Series, Scalzi (2005)
(4) Thrawn, Zahn (2017)
(3) The Xeelee Sequence, Baxter (1991)
(3) Forge of God, Bear (1987)
(3) The Ender Wiggin Saga, Card (1985)
(3) The Passage , Cronin (2010)
(2) The Hunger Games, Collins (2008)
(2) The Sprawl Trilogy, Gibson (1984)
(2) The Night's Dawn Trilogy, Hamilton (1996)
(2) Silo (Wool), Howey (2012)
(2) The Ringworld Series, Niven (1970)
(2) The Heechee Saga (Gateway), Pohl (1977)
(2) Prayers to Broken Stones, Simmons (1990)
(2) Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Zahn (1991)
(1) Expeditionary Force Series, Alanson (2016)
(1) Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Anderson (1994)
(1) Polity Universe, Asher (2006)
(1) The Positronic Robot Stories (I, Robot), Asimov (1950)
(1) Robot Series (The Caves of Steel), Asimov (1950)
(1) Phule's Company, Asprin (1990)
(1) The Way Series (Eon), Bear (1985)
(1) Jason Wander, Buettner (2008)
(1) Cordelia Vorkosigan (The Vorkosigan Saga), Bujold (1986)
(1) The Sten Chronicles, Bunch and Cole (1982)
(1) The John Carter of Mars (The Princess of Mars), Burroughs (1917)
(1) The Worthing Chronicle, Card (1979)
(1) Saga of the Well World (Well Of Souls), Chalker (1977)
(1) The Chanur Series, Cherryh (1981)
(1) Dread Empire (various), Cook (1979)
(1) The Dorsai / Childe Cycle, $#@!son (1959)
(1) The Riverworld Saga, Farmer (1971)
(1) 163x, Flint (2000)
(1) The Ulysses Quicksilver Omnibus (Pax Britannia), Green (2007)
(1) The Void Trilogy, Hamilton (2007)
(1) Commonwealth Saga, Hamilton (2004)
(1) The Stainless Steel Rat , Harrison (1961)
(1) Deathworld, Harrison (1960)
(1) ATLAS Series, Hooke (2013)
(1) The Age of Unreason , Keyes (1999)
(1) Frontlines Series, Kloos (2013)
(1) Imperial Radch Trilogy (Ancillary Justice), Leckie (2013)
(1) Sunset WarriorCycle, Lustbader (1977)
(1) The Academy, McDevitt (1994)
(1) The Rho Agenda, Phillips (2006)
(1) The Origin Mystery Trilogy, Riddle (2013)
(1) Paladin of Shadows, Ringo (2005)
(1) The Legend of ZERO, Sa. King (2013)
(1) The Psalms of Isaak, Scholes (2009)
(1) Virga (The Sunless Countries), Schroeder (2006)
(1) The Ilium / Olympos Duology, Simmons (2003)
(1) Lensman Series, Smith (1939)
(1) Coyote Trilogy, Steele (2002)
(1) The Baroque Cycle, Stephenson (2003)
(1) Nantucket series (Island in the Sea of Time), Stirling (1998)
(1) The Laundry Files, Stross (2004)
(1) The Riyria Revelations, Sullivan (2011)
(1) Soldier of the Legion, Thomas (2001)
(1) The Alchemy Wars (The Mechanical), Tregillis (2015)
(1) Dying Earth, Vance (1950)
(1) Rifters Trilogy, Watts (1999)
(1) Dahak Series, Weber (1991)
(1) Safehold (Off Armageddon Reef), Weber (2007)
(1) Empire of Man, Weber (2001)
(1) Starfire, Weber and White (1990)
(1) The Disinherited, White (1993)
(1) Otherland, Williams (1996)
(1) Spin Series, Wilson (2005)
(1) Chung Kuo, Wingrove (1989)
(1) The Cobra Trilogy, Zahn (1985)
(1) Coldfire Trilogy, Friedman (1991) [sci-fi/fantasy]
(1) Wayward Pines Trilogy, Crouch (2012) [sci-fi/horror]
(1) Joe Ledger, Maberry (2009) [sci-fi/horror]

"STANDALONE" BOOKS - FANTASY

(2) American Gods, Gaiman (2001)
(2) Skin Trade, Martin (1988)
(2) Elantris, Sanderson (2005)
(2) The Way of Kings, Sanderson (2010)
(2) The Hobbit, Tolkien (1937)
(1) Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Adams (1987)
(1) The Goblin Emperor, Addison (2014)
(1) Crooken Kingdon, Bardugo (2016)
(1) Range of Ghosts, Bear (2012)
(1) Agyar (vampire), Brust (1994)
(1) Spellwright, Charlton (2011)
(1) Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Clarke (2004)
(1) The King of Elflands Daughter, Dunsany (1924)
(1) The Crown of Stars, Elliot (1977)
(1) Neverwhere, Gaiman (1996)
(1) The Half-Made World, Gilman (2010)
(1) Replay, Gimwood (1998)
(1) Crooked, Grossman (2015)
(1) The Burried Giant, Ishiguro (2015)
(1) The Shadow That Was Lost, Islington (2016)
(1) The Lions of al-Rassan, Kay (1995)
(1) A Song for Arbonne, Kay (1992)
(1) Under Heaven, Kay (2010)
(1) Tigana, Kay (1990)
(1) Of Blood and Honey, Leicht (2011)
(1) Redemption in Indigo, Lord (2010)
(1) The Dream of Perpetual Motion, Palmer (2010)
(1) The Fuzzy Papers, Piper (1964)
(1) The Hogfather, Pratchett (1996)
(1) Dreadful Skin (werewolf), Priest (2007)
(1) The Legend Of Nightfall, Reichert (1993)
(1) Blood Song, Ryan (2012)
(1) The Last Wish, Sapkowski (1993)
(1) The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break, Sherrill (2000)
(1) Talion: Revenant, Stackpole (1997)
(1) Vampire$, Steakley (1990)
(1) Silmarillion, Tolkien (1977)

"STANDALONE" BOOKS - SCI-FI

(8) The Forever War, Haldeman (1974)
(7) Ender's Game, Card (1985)
(5) Old Man's War, Scalzi (2004)
(4) Snow Crash, Stephenson (1992)
(3) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Adams (1979)
(3) Eon, Bear (1985)
(3) The Three-Body Problem, Cixin (2015)
(3) Ready Player One, Cline (2011)
(3) Leviathan Wakes (Expanse), Corey (2011)
(3) Ubik, $#@! (1969)
(3) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Heinlein (1966)
(3) Aurora, Robinson (2015)
(3) Sevenses, Stephenson (2015)
(3) The Diamond Age, Stephenson (1995)
(3) Anathem, Stephenson (1992)
(3) We are Legion (We are Bob), Taylor (2016)
(2) The Windup Girl, Bacigalupi (2009)
(2) Childhood's End, Clarke (1953)
(2) Starship Troopers, Heinlein (1959)
(2) Glory Road, Heinlein (1963)
(2) I Am Legend, Matheson (1954)
(2) A Canticle for Leibowitz, Miller (1959)
(2) Market Forces, Morgan (2005)
(2) Nexus, Naam (2013)
(2) Redshirts, Scalzi (2012)
(2) Armor, Steakley (1984)
(2) The Mechanical, Tregillis (2015)
(2) The Sirens of Titan, Vonnegut (1959)
(2) Starfish, Watts (1999)
(1) The Water Knife, Bacigalupi (2015)
(1) The Helmsman, Baldwin (1983)
(1) When Heaven Fell, Barton (1995)
(1) Dark Sky Legion, Barton (2011)
(1) The Berlin Project, Benford (2017)
(1) Fahreheit 451, Bradbury (1953)
(1) Speaker for the Dead, Card (1986)
(1) Earth Unaware, Card (2012)
(1) Treason, Card (1979)
(1) Airframe, Crichton (1996)
(1) Eaters of the Dead, Crichton (1976)
(1) Andromeda Strain, Crichton (1969)
(1) Prey, Crichton (2002)
(1) The Passage, Cronin (2010)
(1) Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy, Datlow (2010)
(1) The Bathrobe Knight, Dean (2015)
(1) Dhalgren, Delany (1974)
(1) The Man in the High Castle, $#@! (1962)
(1) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, $#@! (1975)
(1) The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, $#@! (1965)
(1) For the Win, Doctorow (2010)
(1) Neuromancer, Gibson (1984)
(1) Fallen Dragon, Hamilton (2001)
(1) The Gone-Away World, Harkaway (2008)
(1) Stranger In A Strange Land, Heinlein (1961)
(1) Battlefield Earth , Hubbard (1982)
(1) Fitzpatrick's War (steampunk), Judson (2004)
(1) The Dispossessed, Le Guin (1975)
(1) The Lathe of Heaven, Le Guin (1971)
(1) The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin (1969)
(1) His Master's Voice, Lem (1968)
(1) Gun, With Occasional Music, Lethem (1994)
(1) Up Against It, Locke (2011)
(1) Solar Express, Modesitt (2015)
(1) Black Man / Thirteen, Morgan (2007)
(1) Lucifer's Hammer, Niven (1977)
(1) Footfall, Niven and Pournelle (1985)
(1) Mote In God's Eye, Niven and Pournelle (1974)
(1) Anubis Gates, Powers (1997)
(1) Last Call, Powers (2013)
(1) The Sparrow, Russell (1996)
(1) Contact, Sagan (1985)
(1) The Collapsing Empire, Scalzi (2017)
(1) Ventus, Schroeder (2000)
(1) Empire Games, Stross (2017)
(1) Acts of the Apostles, Sundman (1999)
(1) Aurorama, Valtat (2010)
(1) Tales of the Dying Earth, Vance (1998)
(1) Lord of Light, Zelazny (1967)

ALL (MORE THAN ONE RECOMMENDATION)

(15) Kingkiller Chronicles, Rothfuss (2007) - Fantasy
(8) The Forever War, Haldeman (1974) - Sci-Fi
(8) The Hyperion Cantos, Simmons (1989) - Sci-Fi
(7) Red Rising, Brown (2014) - Sci-Fi
(7) Ender's Game, Card (1985) - Sci-Fi
(6) The Expanse, Corey (2011) - Sci-Fi
(6) Dune Chronicles, Herbert (1965) - Sci-Fi
(5) First Law Trilogy, Abercrombie (2007) - Fantasy
(5) Prince of Nothing, Bakker (2003) - Fantasy
(5) Shannara (various), Brooks (1977) - Fantasy
(5) The Riftwar Saga, Feist (1982) - Fantasy
(5) Mars Trilogy (Red, Blue, Green), Robinson (1993) - Sci-Fi
(5) Old Man's War, Scalzi (2004) - Sci-Fi
(4) The Culture Cycle (Consider Phlebas), Banks (1987) - Sci-Fi
(4) Demon Cycle (The Warden Man), Brett (2008) - Fantasy
(4) Fillory (The Magicians), Grossman (2009) - Fantasy
(4) Takeshi Kovacs (Altered Carbon), Morgan (2006) - Sci-Fi
(4) Raven's Shadow (Blood Song), Ryan (2011) - Fantasy
(4) Mistborn Trilogy, Sanderson (2009) - Fantasy
(4) Old Man's War Series, Scalzi (2005) - Sci-Fi
(4) Snow Crash, Stephenson (1992) - Sci-Fi
(4) Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Williams (2005) - Fantasy
(4) Thrawn, Zahn (2017) - Sci-Fi
(3) Shattered Sea, Abercrombie (2014) - Fantasy
(3) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Adams (1979) - Sci-Fi
(3) The Xeelee Sequence, Baxter (1991) - Sci-Fi
(3) Forge of God, Bear (1987) - Sci-Fi
(3) Eon, Bear (1985) - Sci-Fi
(3) The Dresden Files, Butcher (2000) - Fantasy
(3) Codex Alera, Butcher (2004) - Fantasy
(3) The Ender Wiggin Saga, Card (1985) - Sci-Fi
(3) The Three-Body Problem, Cixin (2015) - Sci-Fi
(3) Ready Player One, Cline (2011) - Sci-Fi
(3) The Black Company (various), Cook (1984) - Fantasy
(3) Leviathan Wakes (Expanse), Corey (2011) - Sci-Fi
(3) The Passage , Cronin (2010) - Sci-Fi
(3) Ubik, $#@! (1969) - Sci-Fi
(3) The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Donaldson (1977) - Fantasy
(3) Malazan Book of the Fallen, Erikson (1999) - Fantasy
(3) Sword of Truth, Goodkind (1995) - Fantasy
(3) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Heinlein (1966) - Sci-Fi
(3) Wheel of Time, Jordan and Sanderson (1990) - Fantasy
(3) A Song of Ice and Fire, Martin (1996) - Fantasy
(3) Powder Mage Trilogy, McClellan (2013) - Fantasy
(3) Discworld, Pratchett (1983) - Fantasy
(3) Aurora, Robinson (2015) - Sci-Fi
(3) Cosmere: The Stormlight Archive, Sanderson (2010) - Fantasy
(3) The Chronicle of The Unhewn Throne, Staveley (2014) - Fantasy
(3) Sevenses, Stephenson (2015) - Sci-Fi
(3) The Diamond Age, Stephenson (1995) - Sci-Fi
(3) Anathem, Stephenson (1992) - Sci-Fi
(3) We are Legion (We are Bob), Taylor (2016) - Sci-Fi
(3) The Death Gate Cycle, Weis and Hickman (1990) - Fantasy
(3) The Chronicles of Amber, Zelazny (1999) - Fantasy
(2) The First Law Universe, Abercrombie (2009) - Fantasy
(2) The Windup Girl, Bacigalupi (2009) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Divine Cities (City of Stairs), Bennett (2014) - Fantasy
(2) Magic Kingdom of Landover, Brooks (1986) - Fantasy
(2) Vlad Taltos, Brust (1983) - Fantasy
(2) Childhood's End, Clarke (1953) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Hunger Games, Collins (2008) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Malloreon, Eddings (1987) - Fantasy
(2) The Belgariad, Eddings (1982) - Fantasy
(2) American Gods, Gaiman (2001) - Fantasy
(2) Drenai Saga, Gemmell (1984) - Fantasy
(2) The Sprawl Trilogy, Gibson (1984) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Night's Dawn Trilogy, Hamilton (1996) - Sci-Fi
(2) Starship Troopers, Heinlein (1959) - Sci-Fi
(2) Glory Road, Heinlein (1963) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy, Hobb (2014) - Fantasy
(2) Silo (Wool), Howey (2012) - Sci-Fi
(2) Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Keyes (2003) - Fantasy
(2) The Broken Empire, Lawrence (2011) - Fantasy
(2) Gentleman Bastard, Lynch (2006) - Fantasy
(2) Skin Trade, Martin (1988) - Fantasy
(2) I Am Legend, Matheson (1954) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Dragonriders of Pern Trilogy, McCaffrey (1968) - Fantasy
(2) A Canticle for Leibowitz, Miller (1959) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Saga of Recluse, Modesitt (1991) - Fantasy
(2) The Elric Saga (Elric of Melnibone), Moor$#@! (1987) - Fantasy
(2) Market Forces, Morgan (2005) - Sci-Fi
(2) Nexus, Naam (2013) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Ringworld Series, Niven (1970) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Heechee Saga (Gateway), Pohl (1977) - Sci-Fi
(2) (various) Drizzt Do'Urden character (Dark Elf-Homeland), Salvatore (1990) - Fantasy
(2) Elantris, Sanderson (2005) - Fantasy
(2) The Way of Kings, Sanderson (2010) - Fantasy
(2) Redshirts, Scalzi (2012) - Sci-Fi
(2) Prayers to Broken Stones, Simmons (1990) - Sci-Fi
(2) Armor, Steakley (1984) - Sci-Fi
(2) Lord of the Rings, Tolkien (1954) - Fantasy
(2) The Hobbit, Tolkien (1937) - Fantasy
(2) The Mechanical, Tregillis (2015) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Sirens of Titan, Vonnegut (1959) - Sci-Fi
(2) Starfish, Watts (1999) - Sci-Fi
(2) The Shadow Campaigns, Wexler (2013) - Fantasy
(2) A Dream of Eagles, Whyte (1992) - Fantasy
(2) Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Zahn (1991) - Sci-Fi