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Here is a list of fantasy books. I have
bolded the ones I have read already. I plan on reading the rest. I agree with the books on the list as far as I have read them. I do not necessarily agree with the ordering.
the 50 most influential science fiction and fantasy books: "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002
1.
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 2.
The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov 3.
Dune, Frank Herbert 4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
7.
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke 8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10.
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury 11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21.
Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey 22.
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card 23.
The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. DonaldsonI won't be reading this one again. 24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling 27.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29.
Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice 30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38.
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke 39.
Ringworld, Larry Niven 40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41.
The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien 42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
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