Books and books and more books.

So recently I was asked for book recommendations.

The list got long.

I was asked to post it.

I apologize in advance for the terrible formatting. I started out linking to the amazon entries, but then I realized the sheer number of books was overwhelming and started copy-and-pasting from wikipedia's entries wholesale. So here it is, consisting of way too many books. I've excluded the obvious classics and didn't include some enjoyable books that aren't quite as good as these.

Scifi

Vorkosigan Series by Lois McMaster Bujold

Cordelia's Honor

Young Miles

Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem

Miles Errant

Memory

Miles in Love

Miles, Mutants, and Microbes

The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks

Excession

Consider Phlebas

Player of Games

Use of Weapons

Look to Windward

Matter

Other books by Iain M. Banks

Feersum Endjinn

The Algebraist

The State of the Art

The Time of the Seventh Sun by Thomas Harlan

Wasteland of Flint

House of Reeds

Land of the Dead

Safehold Series by David Weber

Off Armageddon Reef

By Schism Rent Asunder

By Heresies Distressed

A Mighty Fortress

The Golden Age by John C. Wright.

The Golden Age

The Phoenix Exultant

The Golden Trancendance

Foreigner Series by CJ Cherryh

Trilogy arc 1
Foreigner
Invader
Inheritor
Trilogy arc 2
Precursor
Defender
Explorer
Trilogy arc 3
Destroyer
Pretender
Deliverer
Trilogy arc 4
Conspirator
Deceiver

Honor Harrington Series by David Weber

1. On Basilisk Station (April 1992) ISBN 0-671-57793-X
2. The Honor of the Queen (June 1993) ISBN 0-671-57864-2
3. The Short Victorious War (April 1994) ISBN 0-671-87596-5
4. Field of Dishonor (December 1994) ISBN 0-671-57820-0
5. Flag in Exile (September 1995) ISBN 0-671-31980-9
6. Honor Among Enemies (February 1996) ISBN 0-671-87723-2
7. In Enemy Hands (July 1997) ISBN 0-671-57770-0
8. Echoes of Honor (October 1998) ISBN 0-671-57833-2
9. Ashes of Victory (March 2000) ISBN 0-671-57854-5
10. War of Honor (October 2002) ISBN 0-7434-3545-1
11. At All Costs (November 2005) ISBN 1-4165-0911-9
12. Mission of Honor (June 2010) ISBN 1-4391-3361-1

Accelerando by Charles Stross

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

Anathem by Neil Stephenson

Fantasy

The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss

Day One: The Name of the Wind

Day Two: The Wise Man's Fear

The Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett

1	The Colour of Magic	1983	Rincewind	Came 93rd in the Big Read.
2	The Light Fantastic	1986	Rincewind
3	Equal Rites	1987	The Witches, The Wizards
4	Mort	1987	Death	Came 65th in the Big Read
5	Sourcery	1988	Rincewind, The Wizards
6	Wyrd Sisters	1988	The Witches	Came 135th in the Big Read
7	Pyramids	1989	Miscellaneous (Djelibeybi)	British Science Fiction Award winner, 1989[5]
8	Guards! Guards!	1989	The City Watch	Came 69th in the Big Read
9	Faust Eric	1990	Rincewind
10	Moving Pictures	1990	Miscellaneous (Holy Wood), The Wizards
11	Reaper Man	1991	Death, The Wizards	Came 126th in the Big Read
12	Witches Abroad	1991	The Witches	Came 197th in the Big Read
13	Small Gods	1992	Miscellaneous (Omnia), The History Monks	Came 102nd in the Big Read
14	Lords and Ladies	1992	The Witches, The Wizards
15	Men at Arms	1993	The City Watch	Came 148th in the Big Read
16	Soul Music	1994	Death, Susan Sto Helit, The Wizards	Came 151st in the Big Read
17	Interesting Times	1994	Rincewind, The Wizards
18	Maskerade	1995	The Witches
19	Feet of Clay	1996	The City Watch
20	Hogfather	1996	Death, Susan Sto Helit, The Wizards	Came 137th in the Big Read; British Fantasy Award nominee, 1997[6]
21	Jingo	1997	The City Watch
22	The Last Continent	1998	Rincewind, The Wizards
23	Carpe Jugulum	1998	The Witches
24	The Fifth Elephant	1999	The City Watch	Came 153rd in the Big Read; Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 2000[7]
25	The Truth	2000	The Ankh-Morpork Times, The City Watch	Came 193rd in the Big Read
26	Thief of Time	2001	Death, Susan Sto Helit, The History Monks	Came 152nd in the Big Read; Locus Award nominee, 2002[8]
27	The Last Hero	2001	Rincewind, The Wizards, The City Watch	Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by Paul Kidby
28	The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents	2001	Miscellaneous (Überwald)	A YA (young adult or children's) Discworld book; winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal
29	Night Watch	2002	The City Watch, The History Monks	Received the Prometheus Award in 2003; came 73rd in the Big Read; Locus Award nominee, 2003[9]
30	The Wee Free Men	2003	Tiffany Aching	The second YA Discworld book
31	Monstrous Regiment	2003	Miscellaneous (Borogravia), The City Watch, The Ankh-Morpork Times	The title is a reference to The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women[10]
32	A Hat Full of Sky	2004	Tiffany Aching, The Witches	The third YA Discworld book
33	Going Postal	2004	Moist von Lipwig	Locus and Nebula Awards nominee, 2005[11]
34	Thud!	2005	The City Watch	Locus Award nominee, 2006[12]
35	Wintersmith	2006	Tiffany Aching, The Witches	The fourth YA book.
36	Making Money	2007	Moist von Lipwig	Locus Award winner, Nebula nominee, 2008[13]
37	Unseen Academicals	2009[14]	The Wizards, Miscellaneous (Nutt)
38	I Shall Wear Midnight[15]	2010	Tiffany Aching	Fifth YA book

No seriously, everything but the YA stuff.

Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

1	Storm Front	2007 November 6	0-4514-6197-5	2000 April 1	0-4514-5781-1	2002 July	0-9657-2550-2	0-9657-2556-1
2	Fool Moon	2008 July 1	0-4514-6202-5	2001 January 1	0-4514-5812-5	2003 April 30	0-9657-2552-9	0-9657-2558-8
3	Grave Peril	2008 November 4	0-4514-6234-3	2001 September 1	0-4514-5844-3	2005 July 30	0-9657-2555-3	0-9657-2559-6
4	Summer Knight	2009 July 7	0-4514-6275-0	2002 September 3	0-4514-5892-3	2007 March 31	0-9790-7492-4	0-9790-7493-2
5	Death Masks	2009 November 3	0-4514-6294-7	2003 August 5	0-4514-5940-7	2009 October 29	0-1431-4519-3	—
6	Blood Rites	2010 July 5	0-4514-6335-8	2004 August 2	0-4514-5987-3	2010 April 15	0-1424-2806-X	—
7	Dead Beat	2005 May 3	0-4514-6027-8	2006 May 2	0-4514-6091-X	2010 April 15	0-1424-2807-8	—
8	Proven Guilty	2006 May 2	0-4514-6085-5	2007 February 6	0-4514-6103-7	2009 April 30	0-1431-4473-1	—
9	White Night	2007 April 3	0-4514-614-01	2008 February 5	0-4514-6155-X	2009 April 30	0-1431-4474-X	—
10	Small Favor	2008 April 1	0-4514-6189-4	2009 May 3	0-4514-6200-9	2008 April 1	0-1431-4339-5	—
11	Turn Coat	2009 April 7	0-4514-6256-4	2010 March 3	0-4514-6281-5	2009 April 30	0-1431-4472-3	—
12	Changes	2010 April 6	0-4514-6317-3	—	—	2010 April 15	0-1431-4534-7	—

Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs

Moon Called

Iron Kissed

Blood Bound

Bone Crossed

Silver Borne

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny

Nine Princes in Amber

The Guns of Avalon

Sign of the Unicorn

The Hand of Oberon

The Courts of Chaos

The Trumps of Doom

Blood of Amber

Sign of Chaos

Knight of Shadows

Prince of Chaos

The Black Company by Glen Cook

The Books of the North

1. The Black Company - May 1984
2. Shadows Linger - October 1984
3. The White Rose - April 1985

[edit]The Books of the South

1. Shadow Games - June 1989
2. Dreams of Steel - April 1990

[edit]The Books of the Glittering Stone

1. Bleak Seasons - April 1996
2. She Is the Darkness - September 1997
3. Water Sleeps - March 1999
4. Soldiers Live - July 2000

The Vlad Taltos Novels by Stephen Brust

The Vlad Taltos novels (19 are planned in this series)

1. Jhereg (1983)
2. Yendi (1984)
3. Teckla (1987)
4. Taltos (1988)
5. Phoenix (1990)
6. Athyra (1993)
7. Orca (1996)
8. Dragon (1998)
9. Issola (2001)
10. Dzur (2006)
11. Jhegaala (2008)
12. Iorich (2010)
13. Tiassa (forthcoming^[4])

The Kencyrath Cycle by PC Hodgell

1. God Stalk, 1982 (ISBN 978-0425060797)
2. Dark of the Moon, 1985 (ISBN 978-0689311710)
3. Seeker's Mask, 1994 (ISBN 978-0739418871)
4. To Ride a Rathorn, August 2006 (ISBN 978-1592221028)
5. Bound In Blood, March 2010 (ISBN 978-1439133408)

The Gentleman Bastard Sequence

1. The Lies of Locke Lamora (June 2006)
2. Red Seas Under Red Skies (July 2007)
3. The Republic of Thieves (forthcoming)

Obsidian and Blood by Aliette de Bodard.

• Servant of the Underworld
• Harbinger of the Storm

Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

The City & The City by China Meiville

Other

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall

Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman