Science Fiction & Fantasy

Respectable:

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

The Handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood

Player of Games by Iain M Banks

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Uplift by David Brin

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Dune by Frank Herbert

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Dispossesed by Ursula LeGuinn

Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuinn

I am Legend by Richard Matheson

Embassytown by Chia Melville

1984 (also, Animal Farm) by George Orwell

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

The Time machine by HG Wells

Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazney

Less Respectable:

The Wizard of Oz by Frank L Baum

The Magician’s Guild by Trudi Canavan

Soulless by Gail Carriger

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll

Graceling by Kirsten Cashore

Lord Foul’s Bane by Stephen Donaldson

gardens of the Moon by Steven Eriksen

Daughter Of the Empire by Raymond E Feist

Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

Earthsea by Ursula LeGuinn

A game of Thrones by George RR Martin

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

Garmenghast by mervyn Peake

The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman

Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve

The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S Tepper

The Lord of the Rings by JR Tolkein

Poison Study by Maria v Snyder

Memory, Sorrow & Thorn by Tad Williams

Howls Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones

 

Hide from your friends:

Kuchiel’s Dart by Jaqueline Carey

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

Mirror of her Dreams by Stephen RR Donaldson

Legend by David Gemell

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart

The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd ALexander

The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay

Deeds of Paksenarrion by Steven King

Recluce by LE Modesitt

Harry Potter by JK Rowling

Mistborn by Brian Sanderson

Archangel by Sharon Shinn

Sun sword Saga by Michelle West

War of Lights and Shadows by Janni  Wurts