EDITED ON 7/5/2024 TO REMOVE SOME PROBLEMATIC AUTHORS.
Readers love sharing excellent books with others. We love to tell folks our list of favorites, because when we do, the person inevitably rattles off their top ten (or forty) list and voila! We have more books to explore and read!
The world needs to read more. I cannot stress this enough. To do my part, here is my list of Recommended Reads of Sci-Fi & Fantasy.
- Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
- Blackout & All Clear by Connie Willis
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (+ The Hobbit ) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Book 1 is The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
- The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
- The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
- The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
- A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski
- The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist (Book 1 is Daughter of the Empire)
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Secret Texts series by Holly Lisle (Book 1 is Diplomacy of Wolves)
- The Dragon Price & Dragon Star Series by Melanie Rawn (Book 1 is Dragon Prince)
- The White Raven by Diana L. Paxson
- Paradox series by Rachel Bach (Book 1 is Fortune’s Pawn)
- Blood Orbit by K. R. Richardson
- Starter Villain by John Scalzi
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- Forty Proof Series by Shannon Mayer (Book 1 is Midlife Bounty Hunter)
- Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
- Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells (Book 1 is All Systems Red)
Outside the realm of speculative fiction, I would also recommend: