Taylor Ranch Library's 100 Sci-fi/Fantasy Books/Series to Read Before You Die, 2015 Public

Created by Absurd Sage

Transferred from a paper handout to Goodreads, so I don't know how it ended out more than 100

  1. Written in My Own Heart's Blood by  (Outlander, #8)

    4 stars

    "In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks …

  2. The Eye of the World by  (The Wheel of Time, #1)

    4 stars

    The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and …

  3. Arrows of the Queen by  (Heralds of Valdemar, #1)

    4 stars

    Talia, a runaway Holdgirl, is chosen to become a trainee herald in the queen's elite guard and to care for …

  4. The Name of the Wind by  (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

    4 stars

    My name is Kvothe.

    I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. …

  5. Olympos by 

    4 stars

    Olympos is a science fiction novel by American writer Dan Simmons published in 2005; it is the sequel to Ilium …

  6. Breakfast of Champions by 

    4 stars

    Breakfast Of Champions is vintage Vonnegut. One of his favorite characters, aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that …

  7. Outlander by  (Outlander (1))

    4 stars

    The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her …

  8. 2001: A Space Odyssey by  (Space Odyssey, #1)

    4 stars

    On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered.

    So great are the implications of this discovery that for the first time …

  9. Rendezvous With Rama by  (Rama, #1)

    4 stars

    Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried …

  10. Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy) by  (Kushiel's Legacy (1))

    4 stars

    The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the …

  11. Kindred by  (Black women writers series)

    4 stars

    The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination …

  12. Iron Gold by  (Red Rising Saga, #4)

    4 stars

    "Ten years after the events of Morning Star, Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces and …

  13. Baptism of Fire by  (The Witcher, #3)

    4 stars

    The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is …

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