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. The Color of Magic by  (Discworld, #1)

    4 stars

    Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position …

  2. Atlas Shrugged by 

    3 stars

    Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. Rand's fourth and final novel, it was also her longest, and …

  3. The fountainhead by 

    3 stars

    Here is the story of an intransigent young architect, Howard Roark, of his violent battle against a mindless status quo, …

  4. Under a Graveyard Sky by 

    4 stars

    Steve Smith is a history teacher who is teaching his family how to prepare for disaster and to make it …

  5. Aurora by 

    4 stars

    A major new novel from one of science fiction's most powerful voices, Aurora tells the incredible story of our first …

  6. Berserker by  (Thorndike Press large print science fiction series)

    4 stars

    [Berserkers][1]: Relentless, remorseless, pity less, tireless, adaptive, cunning, self replicating, artificially intelligent, genocidal doomsday weapons of a long forgotten interstellar …

  7. Golden reflections by 

    No rating

    Collects stories set in Fred Saberhagen's alternate universe in which the Incas and Aztecs are at war over who controls …

  8. Archmage by  (Homecoming, #1)

    3 stars

    Victory reigns at Mithral Hall but Drizzt knows that the dark elves of Menzoberranzan, including the powerful Archmage Gromph, aren't …

  9. Night of the Hunter by  (Companions Codex, #1)

    4 stars

  10. The Ashes of Eden by  (Star Trek Odyssey, #1)

    4 stars

    For almost three decades, William Shatner has portrated STAR TREK's gallant commander of the legendary Starship Enterprise and her crew. …

  11. The Mongoliad by  ([Foreworld saga])

    No rating

    The conclusion of the epic adventures of the Shield-Brethren.

  12. Dies the Fire by 

    4 stars

    An electrical storm over Nantucket island causes all electrical devices to cease function, and as some people band together, others …

  13. A Taint in the Blood by  (Shadowspawn, #1)

    5 stars

  14. The Hobbit by 

    4 stars

    In this delightful and enthralling tale, J.R.R. Tolkien first created the imperishable world of fantasy called Middle-earth and those charming, …

  15. The Fellowship of the Ring by  (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

    4 stars

    Part one of The Lord of the Rings, in a lavish hardcover edition illustrated in full color by Alan Lee. …

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