Book List
Jul 4, 2016
Here is my list of every book I have ever read—the ones I can think of at least. I'm sure I'm missing a whole bunch, but this is a good stab at remembering. This list consists mostly of fantasy and science fiction novels (because that's the cool nerdy stuff). I haven't included boring stuff like any text books I have read, or any of the awesome comic books I have read (over and over). I also included the books I could remember from my childhood, so yeah, there are some 5th grade reading level stuff here such as Roald Dahl, but I also tackled Prisoner of the Horned Helmet in 5th grade too. Additionally I would like to note that even though I'm a bit of a completionist, if a book doesn't grab me in a hundred pages or so I will typically stop reading it with no regrets.
I'll do my best to maintain this list as I move into the future and experience more awesome (and some not so awesome) literature. I'll also try to update this when I think of more books I have read in the past. Finally I would like to give a few shout outs, these books are absolutely incredible and I highly recommend you read them: Shōgun by James Clavell, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Endymion by Dan Simmons (make sure you read the other three books in the Hyperion Cantos as well – they are all outstanding!), and Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams.
| Title | Series | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions | Edwin A. Abbott | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | |
| A Spell for Chameleon | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| The Source of Magic | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Castle Roogna | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Centaur Aisle | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Ogre, Ogre | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Night Mare | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Dragon on a Pedestal | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Golem in the Gears | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Vale of the Vole | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Heaven Cent | The Magic of Xanth | Piers Anthony |
| Thieves' World | Robert Asprin | |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | Earth's Children | Jean M. Auel |
| The Valley of Horses | Earth's Children | Jean M. Auel |
| Legends & Lattes | Travis Baldree | |
| Last Night a DJ Saved My Life | Bill Brewster | |
| The Sword of Shannara | The Sword of Shannara Trilogy | Terry Brooks |
| The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | |
| The Tracker | Tom Brown Jr. | |
| A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett | |
| Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card | |
| Alice In Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | |
| Silent Spring | Rachel Carson | |
| The City of Brass | The Daevabad Trilogy | S. A. Chakraborty |
| The Kingdom of Copper | The Daevabad Trilogy | S. A. Chakraborty |
| The Empire of Gold | The Daevabad Trilogy | S. A. Chakraborty |
| Shōgun | James Clavell | |
| Tai-Pan | James Clavell | |
| Atomic Habits | James Clear | |
| Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad | |
| Eaters of the Dead | Michael Crichton | |
| Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton | |
| Pirate Latitudes | Michael Crichton | |
| The BFG | Roald Dahl | |
| Fantastic Mr Fox | Roald Dahl | |
| James and the Giant Peach | Roald Dahl | |
| Matilda | Roald Dahl | |
| The Twits | Roald Dahl | |
| The Witches | Roald Dahl | |
| Fup | Jim Dodge | |
| Not Fade Away | Jim Dodge | |
| Stone Junction | Jim Dodge | |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Umberto Eco | |
| The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | |
| Pawn of Prophecy | The Belgariad | David Eddings |
| Queen of Sorcery | The Belgariad | David Eddings |
| Magician's Gambit | The Belgariad | David Eddings |
| Castle of Wizardry | The Belgariad | David Eddings |
| Enchanters' End Game | The Belgariad | David Eddings |
| Gardens of the Moon | Malazan Book of the Fallen | Steve Erikson |
| Surrounded by Idiots | Thomas Erikson | |
| The Stranger in the Woods | Michael Finkel | |
| The Morphodite | The Transformer Trilogy | M.A. Foster |
| Transformer | The Transformer Trilogy | M.A. Foster |
| Preserver | The Transformer Trilogy | M.A. Foster |
| The Warriors of Dawn | The Ler Books | M.A. Foster |
| The Gameplayers of Zan | The Ler Books | M.A. Foster |
| The Day of the Klesh | The Ler Books | M.A. Foster |
| Waves | M.A. Foster | |
| The Magus | John Fowles | |
| My Side of the Mountain | Jean George | |
| On the Far Side of the Mountain | Jean George | |
| The Lord of the Flies | William Golding | |
| The Princess Bride | William Goldman | |
| Wizard's First Rule | The Sword of Truth | Terry Goodkind |
| Stone of Tears | The Sword of Truth | Terry Goodkind |
| Blood of the Fold | The Sword of Truth | Terry Goodkind |
| Temple of the Winds | The Sword of Truth | Terry Goodkind |
| Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales | The Brothers Grimm | |
| The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching | Thich Nhat Hanh | |
| The Traveler | John Twelve Hawks | |
| Dune | Frank Herbert | |
| The Iliad | Translated by W.H.D. Rouse | Homer |
| The Odyssey | Translated by W.H.D. Rouse | Homer |
| Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | |
| The Eye of the World | The Wheel of Time | Robert Jordan |
| The Great Hunt | The Wheel of Time | Robert Jordan |
| The Dragon Reborn | The Wheel of Time | Robert Jordan |
| The Phantom Toolbooth | Norton Juster | |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Ken Kesey | |
| The Gunslinger | The Dark Tower | Stephen King |
| The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up | Marie Kondo | |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | E.L. Konigsburg | |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Milan Kundera | |
| Prince of Thorns | The Broken Empire | Mark Lawrence |
| King of Thorns | The Broken Empire | Mark Lawrence |
| Emperor of Thorns | The Broken Empire | Mark Lawrence |
| To Kill A Mockingbird | Harper Lee | |
| The Giver | Lois Lowry | |
| The Bourne Identity | Robert Ludlum | |
| The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck | Mark Manson | |
| Life of Pi | Yann Martel | |
| A Game of Thrones | A Song of Ice and Fire | George R.R. Martin |
| Kaffir Boy | Mark Mathabane | |
| The Road | Cormac McCarthy | |
| My First Summer in the Sierra | John Muir | |
| Sabriel | Old Kingdom | Garth Nix |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | Scott O'Dell | |
| 1984 | George Orwell | |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | |
| Hatchet | Gary Paulsen | |
| Gateway | Frederik Pohl | |
| Ishmael | Daniel Quinn | |
| The Long Walk | Slavomir Rawicz | |
| Dragon Prince | Dragon Prince | Melanie Rawn |
| The Star Scroll | Dragon Prince | Melanie Rawn |
| Sunrunner's Fire | Dragon Prince | Melanie Rawn |
| Stronghold | Dragon Star | Melanie Rawn |
| The Dragon Token | Dragon Star | Melanie Rawn |
| Skybowl | Dragon Star | Melanie Rawn |
| Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates | Tom Robbins | |
| The Name of the Wind | The Kingkiller Chronicles | Patrick Rothfuss |
| The Wise Man's Fear | The Kingkiller Chronicles | Patrick Rothfuss |
| The Highwayman | R. A. Salvatore | |
| The Final Empire | Mistborn | Brandon Sanderson |
| The Well of Ascension | Mistborn | Brandon Sanderson |
| The Hero of Ages | Mistborn | Brandon Sanderson |
| Requiem for a Dream | Hubert Selby Jr. | |
| The Illuminatus! Trilogy | Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson | |
| Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | |
| Prisoner of the Horned Helmet | Death Dealer | James Silke |
| Lords of Destruction | Death Dealer | James Silke |
| Tooth and Claw | Death Dealer | James Silke |
| Plague of Knives | Death Dealer | James Silke |
| Black Hills | Dan Simmons | |
| Hyperion | Hyperion Cantos | Dan Simmons |
| The Fall of Hyperion | Hyperion Cantos | Dan Simmons |
| Endymion | Hyperion Cantos | Dan Simmons |
| The Rise of Endymion | Hyperion Cantos | Dan Simmons |
| Ilium | Ilium/Olympos | Dan Simmons |
| Olympos | Ilium/Olympos | Dan Simmons |
| Phases of Gravity | Dan Simmons | |
| Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck | |
| Schismatrix Plus | Bruce Sterling | |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Earth Abides | George R. Stewart | |
| Dracula | Bram Stoker | |
| Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift | |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Hunter S. Thompson | |
| The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| The Fellowship of the Ring | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| The Two Towers | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| The Return of the King | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| The Silmarillion | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | |
| A Fire Upon the Deep | Zones of Thought | Vernor Vinge |
| A Deepness in the Sky | Zones of Thought | Vernor Vinge |
| Cat's Cradle | Kurt Vonnegut | |
| Lightning Bird | Lyall Watson | |
| The Martian | Andy Weir | |
| Dragons of Autumn Twilight | Dragonlance Chronicles | Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman |
| Dragons of Winter Night | Dragonlance Chronicles | Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman |
| Dragons of Spring Dawning | Dragonlance Chronicles | Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman |
| The War of the Worlds | H. G. Wells | |
| The Once and Future King | T. H. White | |
| The Dragonbone Chair | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn | Tad Williams |
| Stone of Farewell | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn | Tad Williams |
| To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn | Tad Williams |
| To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn | Tad Williams |
| City of Golden Shadow | Otherland | Tad Williams |
| Shadowmarch | Shadowmarch | Tad Williams |
| The War of the Flowers | Tad Williams | |
| Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter | Liz Wiseman | |
| The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | Tom Wolfe |
169 Books Total
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