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| style="text-align: center;"|A Game of Thrones | | style="text-align: center;"|A Game of Thrones | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|George R. R. | | style="text-align: center;"|Martin, George R. R. | ||
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|[[File:AGameOfThrones.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:AGameOfThrones.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|A Midsummer Night's Dream | | style="text-align: center;"|A Midsummer Night's Dream | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|William | | style="text-align: center;"|Shakespeare. William | ||
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|[[File:A_midsummer.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:A_midsummer.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Black Company | | style="text-align: center;"|The Black Company | ||
| style="text-align: center;"| | | style="text-align: center;"|Cook, Glenn | ||
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|[[File:The_Black_Company.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:The_Black_Company.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Chronicles of Amber | | style="text-align: center;"|The Chronicles of Amber | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Roger | | style="text-align: center;"|Zelazny, Roger | ||
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|[[File:Amber.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Amber.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Conan the Barbarian Anthology | | style="text-align: center;"|Conan the Barbarian Anthology | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Robert | | style="text-align: center;"|Howard, Robert | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Series of pulp-fiction stories featuring the original barbarian Conan. | | style="text-align: center;"|Series of pulp-fiction stories featuring the original barbarian Conan. | ||
|[[File:Conan.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Conan.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Dark Tower Series | | style="text-align: center;"|The Dark Tower Series | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Stephen | | style="text-align: center;"|King, Stephen | ||
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|[[File:The_gunslinger.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:The_gunslinger.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Darkness That Comes Before | | style="text-align: center;"|The Darkness That Comes Before | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|R. Scott | | style="text-align: center;"|Bakker, R. Scott | ||
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|[[File:The_darkness_that_comes.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:The_darkness_that_comes.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Earthsea Quartet | | style="text-align: center;"|The Earthsea Quartet | ||
| style="text-align: center;"| | | style="text-align: center;"|Le Guin, Ursula | ||
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|[[File:Earthsea.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Earthsea.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Elric Anthology | | style="text-align: center;"|Elric Anthology | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Michael | | style="text-align: center;"|Moorecock, Michael | ||
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|[[File:Elric.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Elric.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Exile | | style="text-align: center;"|Exile | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|R.A. | | style="text-align: center;"|Salvatore, R.A. | ||
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|[[File:Exile.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Exile.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Eye of the World | | style="text-align: center;"|The Eye of the World | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Robert | | style="text-align: center;"|Jordan, Robert | ||
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|[[File:TheEyeOfTheWorld.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:TheEyeOfTheWorld.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Fables | | style="text-align: center;"|Fables | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Bill | | style="text-align: center;"|Willingham, Bill | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|A series of comics dealing with a number of fairy tale and fable (hence the name) characters that have been forced out of their homes and formed a small chinatown like community within New York City. | | style="text-align: center;"|A series of comics dealing with a number of fairy tale and fable (hence the name) characters that have been forced out of their homes and formed a small chinatown like community within New York City. | ||
|[[File:Fables(4).jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Fables(4).jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Gardens of the Moon | | style="text-align: center;"|Gardens of the Moon | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Steven | | style="text-align: center;"|Erikson, Steven | ||
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|[[File:Gardens-of-the-moon.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Gardens-of-the-moon.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Good Omens | | style="text-align: center;"|Good Omens | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Terry | | style="text-align: center;"|Pratchet, Terry & Gaiman, Neil | ||
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|[[File:Good-omens1.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Good-omens1.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Grimm's Fairy Tales | | style="text-align: center;"|Grimm's Fairy Tales | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Jacob and Wilhelm | | style="text-align: center;"|Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|The collection that most people know their fairy tales from. Contains Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Little Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, and many many more. | | style="text-align: center;"|The collection that most people know their fairy tales from. Contains Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Little Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, and many many more. | ||
|[[File:Grimms_Fairy_Tales.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Grimms_Fairy_Tales.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Hobbit | | style="text-align: center;"|The Hobbit | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. | | style="text-align: center;"|Tolkien, J.R.R. | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|There and Back Again. The children's classic about the titular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins' adventure with the thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf to reclaim Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. | | style="text-align: center;"|There and Back Again. The children's classic about the titular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins' adventure with the thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf to reclaim Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. | ||
|[[File:Hobbit.JPG|center|100px]] | |[[File:Hobbit.JPG|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The House on the Borderland | | style="text-align: center;"|The House on the Borderland | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|William Hope | | style="text-align: center;"|Hodgson, William Hope | ||
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|[[File:House_on_the_borderland_first.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:House_on_the_borderland_first.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Last Unicorn | | style="text-align: center;"|The Last Unicorn | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Peter S. | | style="text-align: center;"|Beagle, Peter S. | ||
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|[[File:The_Last_Unicorn.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:The_Last_Unicorn.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Lord of the Rings | | style="text-align: center;"|The Lord of the Rings | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. | | style="text-align: center;"|Tolkien, J.R.R. | ||
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|[[File:LOTR.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:LOTR.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Name of the Wind | | style="text-align: center;"|The Name of the Wind | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Patrick | | style="text-align: center;"|Rothfuss, Patrick | ||
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|[[File:The-name-of-the-wind.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:The-name-of-the-wind.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Once and Future King | | style="text-align: center;"|The Once and Future King | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|T.S. | | style="text-align: center;"|White, T.S. | ||
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|[[File:Theonceandfuture.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Theonceandfuture.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Princess Bride | | style="text-align: center;"|The Princess Bride | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|William | | style="text-align: center;"|Goldman, William | ||
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|[[File:Princessbride.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Princessbride.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Silmarillion | | style="text-align: center;"|The Silmarillion | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. | | style="text-align: center;"|Tolkien, J.R.R. | ||
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|[[File:Silmarillion.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Silmarillion.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Wizard Knight | | style="text-align: center;"|The Wizard Knight | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Gene | | style="text-align: center;"|Wolfe, Gene | ||
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|[[File:Wizard_knightt.jpg|center|100px]] | |[[File:Wizard_knightt.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
Revision as of 00:50, 30 January 2011
The list is imperfect and always growing. Please add descriptions where necessary and if there is a book you feel is missing, feel free to add it.
| Title | Author | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 Arabian Nights | Various | Ancient collection of Middle-Eastern folk tales and short stories. Contains such famous tales as "Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp" and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor" |  |
| A Game of Thrones | Martin, George R. R. |  | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare. William |  | |
| The Aeneid | Virgil | An Epic Poem about the hero Aeneas' wanderings to Italy and victory in War against the Latins. | 
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Beowulf |
Anonymous | Epic Anglo-Saxon Poem about the hero Beowulf and his battles against the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and an unnamed red dragon. |  |
| The Black Company | Cook, Glenn |  | |
| The Chronicles of Amber | Zelazny, Roger |  | |
| Conan the Barbarian Anthology | Howard, Robert | Series of pulp-fiction stories featuring the original barbarian Conan. |  |
| The Dark Tower Series | King, Stephen |  | |
| The Darkness That Comes Before | Bakker, R. Scott |  | |
| The Earthsea Quartet | Le Guin, Ursula |  | |
| Elric Anthology | Moorecock, Michael |  | |
| Exile | Salvatore, R.A. |  | |
| The Eye of the World | Jordan, Robert |  | |
| Fables | Willingham, Bill | A series of comics dealing with a number of fairy tale and fable (hence the name) characters that have been forced out of their homes and formed a small chinatown like community within New York City. | .jpg) |
| Gardens of the Moon | Erikson, Steven |  | |
| Good Omens | Pratchet, Terry & Gaiman, Neil |  | |
| Grimm's Fairy Tales | Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm | The collection that most people know their fairy tales from. Contains Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Little Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, and many many more. |  |
| The Hobbit | Tolkien, J.R.R. | There and Back Again. The children's classic about the titular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins' adventure with the thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf to reclaim Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. |  |
| The House on the Borderland | Hodgson, William Hope |  | |
| The Iliad | Homer |  | |
| The King of Elfland's Daughter | Lord Dunsany |  | |
| The Last Unicorn | Beagle, Peter S. |  | |
| The Lord of the Rings | Tolkien, J.R.R. |  | |
| The Name of the Wind | Rothfuss, Patrick |  | |
| The Odyssey | Homer |  | |
| The Once and Future King | White, T.S. |  | |
| The Princess Bride | Goldman, William |  | |
| The Silmarillion | Tolkien, J.R.R. |  | |
| The Wizard Knight | Wolfe, Gene |  |
