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<h2>Fantasy</h2> | |||
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Lotr1sted235px.png|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]''<br/>(1954–1955)<br/> by J. R. R. Tolkien</small> | |style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Lotr1sted235px.png|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]''<br/>(1954–1955)<br/> by J. R. R. Tolkien</small> | ||
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Kingkiller Chronicle|The Kingkiller Chronicle]]'' (2007—) by Patrick Rothfuss</small> | |colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Kingkiller Chronicle|The Kingkiller Chronicle]]'' (2007—) by Patrick Rothfuss</small> | ||
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|colspan=5|<h3>Young Adult</h3> | |||
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Thehobbit.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Hobbit|The Hobbit]]''<br/>(1937)<br/> by J. R. R. Tolkien</small> | |style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Thehobbit.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Hobbit|The Hobbit]]''<br/>(1937)<br/> by J. R. R. Tolkien</small> | ||
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Watership Down|Watership Down]]'' (1972) by Richard Adams</small> | |colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Watership Down|Watership Down]]'' (1972) by Richard Adams</small> | ||
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:House on the Borderland.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The House on the Borderland|The House on the Borderland]]''<br/>(1908)<br/> William Hope Hodgson</small> | |style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:House on the Borderland.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The House on the Borderland|The House on the Borderland]]''<br/>(1908)<br/> William Hope Hodgson</small> | ||
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<h2>Science fiction</h2> | |||
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:BraveNewWorld FirstEdition.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Brave New World|Brave New World]]''<br/>(1931)<br/>by Aldous Huxley</small> | |style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:BraveNewWorld FirstEdition.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Brave New World|Brave New World]]''<br/>(1931)<br/>by Aldous Huxley</small> | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 9 July 2012
Fantasy
Epic fantasy | ||||
| Essential works | ||||
 The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955) by J. R. R. Tolkien |
 The Black Company (1984—) by Glen Cook |
 A Song of Ice and Fire (1996—) by George R. R. Martin |
 Malazan Book (1999–2011) by Steven Erikson |
 The First Law (2006—) by Joe Abercrombie |
| Additional epic fantasy | ||||
| The Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien | ||||
| Shannara (1977—) by Terry Brooks | ||||
| The Swordbearer (1982) by Glen Cook | ||||
| The Wheel of Time (1990—) by Robert Jordan | ||||
| The Deed of Paksenarrion (1992) by Elizabeth Moon | ||||
| Mistborn (2006–2008) by Brandon Sanderson | ||||
| The Kingkiller Chronicle (2007—) by Patrick Rothfuss | ||||
Young Adult | ||||
| Essential works | ||||
 The Hobbit (1937) by J. R. R. Tolkien |
 Earthsea (1968–2001) by Ursula K. LeGuin |
 The Belgariad (1982–1984) by David Eddings |
 His Dark Materials (1995–2000) by Philip Pullman |
 Harry Potter (1997–2007) by J. K. Rowling |
| Additional Young Adult | ||||
| Watership Down (1972) by Richard Adams | ||||
Weird fiction | ||||
| Essential works | ||||
 The House on the Borderland (1908) William Hope Hodgson |
 At the Mountains of Madness (1936) by H. P. Lovecraft |
 Perdido Street Station (2000) by China Miéville |
 City of Saints and Madmen (2001) by Jeff VanderMeer |
 The Emperor of Dreams (2002) by Clark Ashton Smith |
| Additional weird fiction | ||||
| The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1931) by H. P. Lovecraft | ||||
| Kraken (2010) by China Miéville | ||||
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Science fiction
Dystopian science fiction | ||||
| Essential works | ||||
 Brave New World (1931) by Aldous Huxley |
 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell |
 Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury |
 Logan's Run (1967) by William F. Nolan & George Clayton Johnson |
.jpg) A Scanner Darkly (1977) by Philip K. Dick |
| Additional dystopian science fiction | ||||
| The Iron Heel (1908) by Jack London | ||||
| We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin | ||||
| The Man in the High Castle (1962) by Philip K. Dick | ||||
| Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner | ||||
| The World Inside (1971) by Robert Silverberg | ||||
| Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974) by Philip K. Dick | ||||
| Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976) by Kate Wilhelm | ||||
| The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood | ||||
| The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry | ||||
