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This is a selection of books that are suggested reading. Crossed off books have been read by dp.

Fantasy Novels that would make good tv

• Gods Behaving Badly
• Kushiels Legacy
• The Belgariad
• The Chronicles of Amber
• The Curse of Challon and Paladin of Souls
• The Kingkiller Chronicle
• The Necroscope Series
• The Night Angel Trilogy
• The Outlander Series
• The Riftwar Saga
• The Sword of Shannara Trilogy

NPR Top 100 Scifi / Fantasy Books

• 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne
• 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke
• A Song of Ice and Fire, Books 1-4 - George R.R. Martin
• Anathem - Neal Stephenson
• Animal Farm - George Orwell
• Assassins Apprentice - Robin Hobb
• The Belgariad - David Eddings
• A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr
• Cats Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
• The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
• Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
• Chronicles of Thomas the Unbeliever - Stephen Donaldson
• A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
• The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian - Robert E. Howard
• Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks
• Contact - Carl Sagan
• Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
• The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer - Neal Stephenson
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Phillip K. Dick
• Doomsday Book - Connie Willis
• Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern) - Anne McCaffrey
• Dune - Frank Herbert
• Elric of Melnibone 1 - Michael Moorcock
• The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
• A Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge
• Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
• The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
• Foundation - Isaac Asimov
• Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• Furies of Calderon - Jim Butcher
• Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
• Going Postal - Terry Pratchett
• The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles - Roger Zelazny
• The Gunslinger - Stephen King
• Handmaids Tale Everymans Library
• Hitchhikers Guide Galaxy - Douglas Adams
• Homeland Trilogy Forgotten Realms Legend
• I Robot - Isaac Asimov
• Illustrated Man Grand Master Editions
• Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell Novel
• Journey Center Earth - Jules Verne
• Kushiels Dart Jacqueline Carey
• Last Unicorn - Peter S Beagle
• Left Hand Darkness - Ursula Guin
• Lucifers Hammer - Larry Niven
• Magician Apprentice - Raymond Feist
• Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
• Mistborn Trilogy Boxed - Brandon Sanderson
• Mists Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Moon Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
• Mote Gods Eye - Larry Niven
• Name Wind Kingkiller Chronicles Day
• Neuromancer William Gibson
• Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
• Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
• Old Mans War John Scalzi
• Once Future - Terence Hanbury White
• Outlander 20th Anniversary Diana Gabaldon
• Perdido Street Station China Mieville
• Preludes Nocturnes Sandman Book 1
• Princess Bride Morgensterns Classic Adventure
• Red Mars Trilogy - Stanley Robinson
• Rendezvous Rama Arthur C Clarke
• Ringworld - Larry Niven
• Road Oprahs Book Club
• Shadow Claw First Half Book
• Shards Honor Lois McMaster Bujold
• Silmarillion - J R R Tolkien
• Slaughterhouse Five Novel - Kurt Vonnegut
• Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
• Snow Crash Bantam Spectra Book
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Space Trilogy Perelandra Hideous Strength
• Spell Chameleon Xanth Book
• Stand - Stephen King
• Star Wars Trilogy Mike Baron
• Stardust - Neil Gaiman
• Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein
• Stranger Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
• Sunshine Robin McKinley
• Sword Shannara Trilogy - Terry Brooks
• The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia - Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Time Machine - H G Wells
• The Time Travelers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
• The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
• Watchmen - Alan Moore
• Watership Down - Richard Adams
• The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
• The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire
• Wizards First Rule - Terry Goodkind

• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks

• American Gods - Neil Gaiman

• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
• Enders Game - Orson Scott Card
• Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
• Hyperion Fall - Dan Simmons
• I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
• Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien