Books

I’m a writer and lover of books — especially the fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical genres. Below I’ve included a list of books and authors I admire and/or recommend. I try to keep this list as up-to-date as possible, including all of the books I’ve read most recently and any new additions to series that I plan to read right when they come out. (In addition I have a TBR list elsewhere.)

I’ve inevitably left some out so definitely check out your local library or book retailer before you take my word on anything.

Contact me if you want my personal opinion of any of the books below, or search my blog for the authors or titles — I’ve reviewed or discussed many of them. Also, if there is a note saying (tag) next to an author or book’s name, click on it to check out the posts in which I’ve discussed them and their books at length.

 

Children’s books

Alexander, Lloyd

• The Chronicles of Prydain
  • The Book of Three
  • The Black Cauldron
  • The Castle of Llyr
  • Taran Wanderer
  • The High King
• The Westmark trilogy
  • Westmark
  • The Kestrel
  • The Beggar Queen

Cooper, Susan

• The Dark is Rising sequence:
  • Over Sea, Under Stone
  • The Dark is Rising
  • Greenwitch
  • The Grey King
  • The Silver on the Tree

Gardner, Alan

• The Owl Service

Levine, Gail Carson

• Ella Enchanted
• The Two Princesses of Bamarre

Jones, Diana Wynne (tag)

• The Chronicles of Chrestomanci series
  • Charmed Life
  • The Lives of Christopher Chant
  • Witch Week
  • The Magicians of Caprona
  • Conrad’s Fate
• Set in Howl & Sophie’s world(s):
  • Howl’s Moving Castle
  • Castle in the Air
  • House of Many Ways
• The Dalemark Quartet
  • Cart and Cwidder
  • Drowned Ammet
  • The Spellcoats
  • The Crown of Dalemark

YA Books

Anderson, M. T.

• The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (duology)

Constable, Kate

• The Chanters of Tremaris trilogy:
  • The Singer of All Songs
  • The Waterless Sea
  • The Tenth Power

Hale, Shannon

• The Goose Girl
• Enna Burning (companion to The Goose Girl)
• Princess Academy (for children)
• River Secrets (companion to The Goose Girl & Enna Burning)

Lee, Tanith (tag)

• The Claidi Journals
  • Wolf Tower
  • Wolf Star
  • Wolf Queen
  • Wolf Wing

LeGuin, Ursula K.

• Earthsea (sequence) (Note: There are more but I haven’t read them!)
  • A Wizard of Earthsea
  • The Tombs of Atuan
  • The Farthest Shore
  • Tehanu

McKinley, Robin (tag)

• Beauty, A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
• The Blue Sword
• The Hero and the Crown (prequel to The Blue Sword)
  
• A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories
• The Outlaws of Sherwood
• Spindle’s End
• Rose Daughter
• Deerskin
• Water and Other Stories (with Peter Dickinson)
  
• Sunshine (for adults)
• Dragonhaven
• Chalice
  

Meyer, Stephenie (tag)

I have very complex feelings regarding the series. Check out this post before you take my recommendation on them, to understand where I stand on them.

• The Twilight series:
  • Twilight
  • New Moon
  • Eclipse
  • Breaking Dawn 

Nix, Garth

• The Abhorsen trilogy
  • Sabriel
  • Lirael
  • Abhorsen
  • “Across the Wall” in the anthology called Across the Wall

Pierce, Tamora

• The Song of the Lioness quartet:
  • Alanna: The First Adventure
  • In the Hand of the Goddess
  • The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
  • Lioness Rampant
• The Immortals quartet
• The Circle of Magic quartet
• The Circle Opens quartet
• The Protector of the Small quartet
  • First Test
  • Page
  • Squire
  • Lady Knight
• Trickster’s Choice & Trickster’s Queen (duology)
• Beka Cooper: Terrier (I haven’t read this one yet)

Pullman, Philip (tag)

• The His Dark Materials trilogy (Note: The Golden Compass can be classified as a children’s book while The Amber Spyglass might also be considered an adult book.)
  • The Golden Compass
  • The Subtle Knife
  • The Amber Spyglass

Sagara, Michelle

• The Chronicles of Elantra series:
  • Cast in Shadow
  • Cast in Courtlight
  • Cast in Secret (Haven’t finished this yet)

Smith, Sherwood (tag)

• Crown Duel (Crown Duel & Court Duel)

Snyder, Maria V.

• Poison Study
• Magic Study
• Fire Study (Still on my library wait list, ugh)

Adult Books

Andrews, Ilona

• The Kate Daniels series
  • Magic Bites
  • Magic Burns

Armstrong, Kelley

• The Women of the Otherworld series
  1. Bitten
  2. Stolen
     
  3. Dime Store Magic
     
  4. Industrial Magic
     
  5. Haunted
     
  6. Broken
     
  7. No Humans Involved
     
  8. Personal Demon
  9. Living with the Dead [Forthcoming -- Oct 2008]
• Darkest Powers series (For YA)
  • The Summoning

Briggs, Patricia (tag)

• Dragon Bones
• Dragon Blood
• The Mercy Thompson series:
  • Moon Called
  • Blood Bound
  • Iron Kissed
  • Bone Crossed [Forthcoming - 2009]

• Alpha & Omega book(s):
  • Cry Wolf 

Butcher, Jim (tag)

• The Harry Dresden Files (Currently on #10)
  1. Storm Front
  2. Fool Moon
  3. Grave Peril
  4. Summer Knight
  5. Death Masks
  6. Blood Rites
  7. Dead Beat
  8. Proven Guilty
  9. White Night
  10. Small Favor
  11. Welcome to the Jungle [Forthcoming - Oct 2008]
• Note: The Dresden Files have been adapted into a [canceled] television series of the same name on the Sci Fi channel. The first season is available on DVD.

• The Codex Alera series
  • The Furies of Calderon
  • Academ’s Fury
  • Cursor’s Fury
  • Captain’s Fury
  • Princep’s Fury [Forthcoming - Dec 2008]
    

Chance, Karen

• The Cassandra Palmer series:
  • Touch the Dark
  • Claimed by Shadow
  • Embrace the Night

Cole, Kresley

• The Immortals After Dark series
  • A Hunger Like No Other
  • No Rest for the Wicked
  • Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night
  • Dark Deeds at Night’s Edge
  • Dark Desires After Dusk

Eddings, David

• The Belgariad (heptology)
  • Pawn of Prophecy
  • Queen of Sorcery
  • Magician’s Gambit
    
  • Castle of Wizardry
  • Enchanter’s End Game
• The Malloreon (heptology)
  • Guardians of the West
  • King of the Murgos
  • Demon Lord of Karanda
    
  • Sorceress of Darshiva
  • The Seeress of Kell
• Belgarath the Sorcerer
• Polgara the Sorceress
• The Rivan Codex

Frost, Jeaniene

• The Night Huntress Series
  • Halfway to the Grave
  • One Foot in the Grave
  • At Grave’s End [Forthcoming - Jan 2009]

Goodkind, Terry

• The Sword of Truth series

Hamilton, Laurell K.

• The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series (Stopped before Blue Moon)
  1. Guilty Pleasures
     
  2. The Laughing Corpse
     
  3. Circus of the Damned
     
  4. The Lunatic Cafe
  5. Bloody Bones
     
  6. The Killing Dance
     
  7. Burnt Offerings
     
  8. Blue Moon
     
  9. Obsidian Butterfly
     
  10. Cerulean Sins
      
  11. Incubus Dreams
      
  12. Micah
      
  13. Danse Macabre
      
  14. The Harlequin
      
  15. Blood Noir

Harris, Charlaine

• The Southern Vampire (Sookie Stackhouse) series
  1. Dead Until Dark
     
  2. Living Dead in Dallas
     
  3. Club Dead
     
  4. Dead to the World
     
  5. Dead as a Doornail
     
  6. Definitely Dead
     
  7. All Together Dead
     
  8. From Dead to Worse

  Note: The Sookie Stackhouse series is being made into a television series for HBO premiering this fall, entitled True Blood, starring Anna Paquin as Sookie. (Check it out on IMDB.)

• The Lily Bard (Shakespeare) series
  • Shakespeare’s Landlord
  • Shakespeare’s Champion
  • Shakespeare’s Christmas
  • Shakespeare’s Trollop
  • Shakespeare’s Counselor

Harrison, Kim

• The Rachel Morgan series (Currently on #2)
  1. Dead Witch Walking
     
  2. The Good, The Bad, and the Undead
     
  3. Every Which Way But Dead
     
  4. A Fistful of Charms
     
  5. For a Few Demons More
     
  6. The Outlaw Demon Wails
  7. White Witch, Black Curse [Forthcoming - Mar 2009]

Haydon, Elizabeth

• The Symphony of Ages series
  • Rhapsody
  • Prophecy
  • Destiny
  • Requiem for the Sun
  • Elegy for a Lost Star
  • Assassin King
    

Hobb, Robin (tag)

• The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin’s Apprentice; Royal Assassin; Assassin’s Quest)
• The Liveship Traders Trilogy (Ship of Magic; Mad Ship; Ship of Destiny)
• The Tawny Man Trilogy (Fool’s Errand; Golden Fool; Fool’s Fate)
• The Soldier Son Trilogy (Shaman’s Crossing; Forest Mage; Renegade’s Magic)

Jordan, Robert

• The Wheel of Time series
  • New Spring (Prequel)
  • The Eye of the World
  • The Great Hunt
  • The Dragon Reborn
  • The Shadow Rising
  • The Fires of Heaven
  • Lord of Chaos
    
  • A Crown of Swords
  • The Path of Daggers
  • Winter’s Heart
  • Crossroads of Twilight
    
  • Knife of Dreams

Kenyon, Sherrilyn

• The Dark-Hunter series (Currently awaiting #13)
  • Fantasy Lover (#1)
    
  • Dragonswan (#1.5)
  • Night Pleasures (#2)
    
  • Night Embrace (#3)
  • Dance with the Devil (#4)
    
  • Kiss of the Night (#5)
    
  • Night Play (#6)
    
  • Seize the Night (#7)
    
  • Sins of the Night (#8 )
    
  • Unleash the Night (#9)
    
  • Dark Side of the Moon (#10)
    
  • Devil May Cry (#11)
    
  • Acheron (#12)
  • One Silent Night (#13) [Forthcoming - Nov 2008]
• The Dream-Hunter series

• The Dream-Hunter
• Upon the Midnight Clear
• Dream-Chaser

Lackey, Mercedes

• The Heralds of Valdemar trilogy (Arrows of the Queen; Arrow’s Flight; Arrow’s Fall)
• The Mage Winds trilogy (Winds of Fate; Winds of Change; Winds of Fury)

Martin, George R. R.

• A Song of Ice and Fire series
  • A Game of Thrones
  • A Clash of Kings
  • A Storm of Swords
  • A Feast for Crows

Richardson, Kat

• The Greywalker series
  • Greywalker
  • Poltergeist
  • Underground [Forthcoming - Aug 2008]

Smith, Sherwood

• The Inda books:
  • Inda
  • The Fox
  • King’s Shield

Stein, Jeanne C.

• The Anna Strong Chronicles
  • The Becoming
  • Blood Drive
  • The Watcher
  • Legacy [Forthcoming - Aug 2008]

Tolkien, J. R. R.

• The Hobbit
• The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King)

Vaughn, Carrie

• The Kitty Norville series
  • Kitty and the Midnight Hour
    
  • Kitty Goes to Washington
    
  • Kitty Takes a Holiday
    
  • Kitty and the Silver Bullet

Warren, Christine

• The Others series:
  • Wolf at the Door
  • She’s No Faerie Princess
  • The Demon You Know
  • Howl at the Moon
  • Walk on the Wild Side

Wilks, Eileen

• The Lupi series
  • Tempting Danger
    
  • Mortal Danger
    
  • Blood Lines
    
  • Night Season

Anthologies

• On the Prowl
  • “Alpha and Omega” by Patricia Briggs
  • “Inhuman” by Eileen Wilks
  • “Buying Trouble” by Karen Chance
  • “Mona Lisa Betwining” by Sunny

• Stroke of Midnight
  • “Winter Born” by Sherrilyn Kenyon

• Many Bloody Returns
  • “Dracula Night” by Charlaine Harris

• My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon
  • “Stalked” by Kelley Armstrong

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