Leaving this pinned for a bit as people are enjoying them. New posts are below.
The below is the fiction titles of all time I recall and have enjoyed the most. No doubt some escape me, but overall, if you are looking for a good read, these are it. Where they are available for purchase online somewhere I have added a link.
The Sub-Genre column needs a little explanation. For Example, my book 2 in the Overlords of Mars series says “film” because the events in it are written more as you would expect them to appear in a film. And the Hyperion series is sort of, kinda, about Christianity, in a way, but a very cool, sci-fi way. Anyway, I hope you enjoy them.
| Genre | Sub-Genre | Book Title |
| Fantasy | Christianity | The High Crusade |
| Fantasy | Poetry | The Lost Books of the Odyssey |
| Fantasy | Romance | All My Friends Are Superheroes |
| Fantasy | Venice Mythology | The Stress of Her Regard |
| Humour | Cartoons | Calvin & Hobbes |
| Poetry | Poetry | John Keats Complete Poems |
| Reincarnation | Love | Cloud Atlas (See the film which is better) |
| RPG | Fantasy | The Rules Cyclopedia – D&D or PDF |
| RPG | Sci-Fi | Classic Traveller Role Playing Game (the three little black books 1, 2 and 3) |
| Sci-Fi | Androids | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep |
| Sci-Fi | Christianity | The Hyperion Series (get the whole thing) |
| Sci-Fi | History | Overlords of Mars – Inception (book 1) |
| Sci-Fi | Graphic Novel | Aldebaran |
| Sci-Fi | Graphic Novel | Antares |
| Sci-Fi | Graphic Novel | Betelgeuse |
| Sci-Fi | Greek Mythology | Ilium |
| Sci-Fi | Film | Overlords of Mars – Stasis (book 2) |
| Sci-Fi | Mars | John Carter of Mars the film too is good |
| Sci-Fi | Precognition | The Stochastic Man |
| Sci-Fi | Telepathy | The Hollow Man |
And of course, I did forget some in the table there, so they are here:
The continuation of the Bladerunner (the original film) but in book format (and bury that foulness from the pit that was the film Bladerunner 2049) by KW Jeter. He actually has 3 more out, I didn’t even know as I had only read the second one. Which was brilliant.
I am sure I have forgotten many more, or perhaps I simply have outgrown some I really enjoyed when younger, like the Dragonlance Series, which I read when I was 16 and played Dungeons and Dragons quite a bit, but these above are the ones that stuck in my mind off the top of my head.
A reader reminded me in the comments I did not include anything by gene Wolf. For which I will lash myself in penance. My personal best loved of his books is Soldier of the Mist. But the man was a genius, you can’t go wrong with any of his stuff.
Tags: Best Fiction, Best Fiction Books ever, History, Romance, Science Fiction
Ooohhh! Two of my favourites are on there! Hyperion was awesome, and the story of a father seeing his daughter age backwards nearly had me in tears at 15 years old. Blade Runner also, very cool. I’m surprised that Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun is not in there. He was a Catholic too, if I recall correctly. Thanks for the list! I shall be reading the rest next.
You are absolutely correct. I forgot Gene Wolf’s Soldier of the mist and follow ups! Adding it now!
So for Hyperion, that’s everything, including the Endymion books?
Yup. And with Ilium you will probably want the follow up called Olympus too.
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