Recommended Reading, Abby Style
The BEST BOOKS Ever
Some of my favorites, grouped by genre.
- A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
- The Great Hunt, by Robert Jordan
- Otherland Book 1 and Book 4, by Tad Williams
- The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
- A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin
- The Shadow Rising, by Robert Jordan
- The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice
- The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
- Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
- The Tommyknockers, by Stephen King
- Firestarter, by Stephen King
- Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
- Clan of the Cave Bear, by Jean Auel
- Kindred, by Octavia Butler
- The Book of Splendor, by Frances Sherwood
- The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani
- Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
- Infected, by Scott Sigler
- Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
- The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson
- Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
- Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
- Sphere, by Michael Crichton
- Quarantine, by Greg Egan
- It, by Stephen King
- The Shining, by Stephen King
- Pet Semetary, by Stephen King
- Geek Love, by Katherine Dunn
- Night, by Elie Wiesel
- The Long Walk, by Stephen King
- 1984, by George Orwell
- Guilty Pleasures, by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Still Life With Crows, by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Watchers, by Dean Koontz
- Over the Edge, by Jonathan Kellerman
- On a Pale Horse, by Piers Anthony
- Jumper, by Steven Gould
- The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
- Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld
- The Pocket and the Pendant, by Mark Jeffrey
- The Girl Who Could Fly, by Victoria Forester
- The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende
- Matilda, by Roald Dahl
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
- Shardik, by Richard Adams
- The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
- The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas
More books I've read ...
... and here's the latest books I'm reading.
Favorite Contemporary Authors
I own multiple books by these authors, because I think they're cool.
If you agree, then you may enjoy my book reviews, and perhaps my
writing.
- Stephen King (I'm a #1 fan, but luckily for him, I'm not
a psychotic nurse)
aka Richard Bachman (even crazier than King, but it's the same guy we know and love)
- George R.R. Martin (prose as engaging as Stephen King's; need I say more?)
- Robert Jordan
(I'm addicted to his Wheel of Time series)
aka Reagan O'Neal (competent
writing, but the characters of the Fallon historical fiction series lack charisma)
- Diana Gabaldon (historical adventure, time travel, romance, beautifully written)
- Scott Sigler (latest wave in horror and science fiction)
- Dan Simmons (I imagine that his books will be considered timeless classics someday)
- Neal Stephenson (fresh style)
- Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (they pull you along)
- Richard Adams (If you even remotely enjoy fantasy, try Shardik and Watership Down)
- Lois McMaster Bujold (I really love what I've read from her so far)
- Anne Rice (always disturbing, and usually riveting)
- Greg Egan (hard science fiction with awesome characters and page-turning plots)
- Tad Williams (I am awed by his Otherland series)
- Octavia Butler (avante garde style, and strong characters)
- Jean Auel (her series was awe-inspiring when it began, but has lost momentum)
- Margaret Atwood (beautiful wordsmith)
- Jonathan Kellerman (I don't usually enjoy the thriller/mystery genre, but he's worth it)
- Brian Lumley (the Necroscope series is highly entertaining, but avoid his attempts at science fiction)
- Dean Koontz (fun for airplane reading)
- Thomas Harris (he's good with suspense)
- Robert R. McCammon (When he's good, he's good)
- Daniel Keyes (Flowers For Algernon)
- Michael Crichton (he made science fiction popular in the 80s)
Last Ten I've Finished
Updated August 2013
Print, ebook, or unabridged audiobook:
Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue, by Hugh Howey
Shift, by Hugh Howey
Duma Key, by Stephen King
The Conqueror's Shadow, by Ari Marmell ... didn't finish
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
Marco Polo, by Laurence Bergreen non-fiction
Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman ... didn't finish
Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
The MVP, by Scott Sigler
The Belgariad: Books 1 - 5, by David Eddings