It definitely helps to know someone’s tastes when following recommendations, so I thought I’d put up some of my favorites. It was way harder than I thought to narrow this down. There are way more books on this page than I meant there to be…

Top 10

In no particular order:

1. The Name of the Wind (Book 1 of the Kingkiller Chronicles) by Patrick Rothfuss
2. Dune by Frank Herbert
3. Hero (book 3 of Epic Saga) by Lee Stephen
4. Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
5. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
6. Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
7. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
8. Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
9. The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
10. Blood Song (Book 1 of the Raven’s Shadow Series) by Anthony Ryan

Almost made the top list

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Evo Nation Series by K. J. Chapman
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• Echo Series by Kent Wayne
• 14 by Peter Cline
• In Her Name Series by Michael Hicks (especially book 5)
• The Host by Stephanie Meyer
• The Legion & the Lioness by Robert D. Armstrong
• Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
• The Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons
• Wyvern by A. A. Attanasio
• The Dragonian Series paired with the Moonbeam Series by Adrienne Woods
• Stain by A.G. Howard
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Huge fan of:

• Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs
• First seven books in the Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Anne Rice
• Science Fiction
• The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart
• The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
• The rest of the Dune books, including everything his son wrote
• A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin (though I almost threw the last one)
• Geodyssey by Piers Anthony
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Nighthawk by Marie Frances
• Supernaturals: A Ghost Story by David Lynn Goleman
• Xenogenesis Series by Octavia Butler
• S. by J.J. Abrams
• Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
• To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

I’m not a fan of:

• …Brandon Sanderson books. I typically find them dull, though the concepts are always fantastic. I think I’ve given 3 stars to every book of his I’ve read, except the first Mistborn book which was a 4 star. So, I guess it’s not that I’m not a fan, I just don’t love him like everyone else I know…
• …Stephen King. Not even The Dark Tower Series. So many words for no reason, though I did enjoy Misery and Pet Cemetary.
• …The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Sorry, Scott. I just don’t *shrug* Maybe because I’d already read Anita Blake and just couldn’t do another supernatural cop-mystery-who-done-it series? Maybe I’m just sexist when it comes to this kind of book…

Books I re-read over & over

• Dune
• Enemies by Tijan
• Made of Steel Series by Ivy Smoak
• Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
• Stain by A.G. Howard
• The Burning Series by Evan Winter

Your Thoughts

I’d love to hear your comments on any of the above 🙂