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