There have been times when friends have asked for book recommendations, and I forget things that I've read and liked. This is a list of books that I've enjoyed, sorted by genre. Some may seem obvious, but not everyone has the same experiences. I'll incld
Fantasy
Fantasy
- Harry Potter
- Percy Jackson and the series that follow on;
- Heroes of Olympus
- Trials of Apollo
- Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard aren't independent, but their interaction with the rest of the Percy Jackson universe is fairly minor.
- Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel
- The Mither Mages Series
- Trilogy starts with The Lost Gate
- Stonefather is set in the same universe, but is independent of the trilogy.
- Ranger's Apprentice though the final book Royal Ranger didn't add anything in my opinion. Probably the reason they decided that it was worth spinning off into its own series, which does get better as time goes on
- Brotherband Same universe as Ranger's Apprentice but about vikings it's more interesting than Rangers Apprentice
- The Black Magician Trilogy Don't bother with the prequel (Magician's Apprentice) it doesn't add anything to the world and if anything it detracts from it.
- Though I prefer the sequel trilogy The Traitor Spy
- Spellslinger
- Inheritence Cycle
- Edge of the World The introduction is a perfect example of the butterfly effect. I also have sympathy for the governments getting forced to take actions they know will only make things worse so as to avoid a revolt.
Science Fiction
- Ender's Game
- Ender's Shadow is a parallel series that's equally interesting.
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Worthing Saga A collection of short stories set in a common world of psychic powers and cryogenics. Weirdly one of the better tales is one that's a throwaway story after the plot gets tied up about reality tv.
- Lovelock sadly the rest of the Mayflower trilogy wasn't released due to the death of a co-author.
- Animal Farm
- Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency
- The plot is different to the tv show. Didn't care much for the second book
- State of Fear Anything that goes on longer than it should is because someone is getting paid to drag it out.
- The Saga of Seven Suns haven't finished The Saga of Shadows yet but I'm optimistic.
- The Day of the Triffids
- Star Wars: Catalyst, a Rogue One Novel.
- Star Wars: Aftermath
- Altered Starscape really heavy on the technobabble but it's not a bad setting
- Homecoming Saga one of the few books I've read with a benevolent AI overlord. goes off the rails a bit in the later books, particularly once we switch protagonists.
- Brave New World
- The Martian
- Edge of Tomorrow
Historical Fiction
Non-Fiction
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