| Science Fiction |
| Adams, Douglas. | �Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul ��The abridged audio version is also highly recommended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bury, Stephen. | Interface � The political thriller meets cyberspace. Card, Orson Scott. | �Ender's Game | Card, Orson Scott. | PastWatch: the Redeption of Christopher Columbus | Card said at a recent reading that there will be two more � �PastWatch novels, one about the great flood, � �and one about Adam and Eve. Bold. Card, Orson Scott. | �Speaker for the Dead | ��Both Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead are elegant �� and engrossing tales filled with intensely sympathetic characters. Card, Orson Scott. | �Xenocide | ��A little slow, but well worth the wait. Card, Orson Scott. | �Homecoming | ��Pick up a copy of the Book of Mormon to go with this series. Finney, Jack. | �Time and Again | ��A classic story that has readers saying "If only that could happen �� in real life." Gaimon, Neal. | �Neverwhere
��Alice meets Jack (Sawyer). | Gibson, William. | �Neuromancer | ��There are so many complex and cool things that could be said �� about this book I don't know where to begin. Gibson, William. | �Count Zero | Gibson, William. | �Mona Lisa Overdrive | ��This is my favorite of the three, though it could be argued that �� Neuromancer is a more complex, better thought-out work simply �� because it has the task of introducing us to Gibson's world. Gibson, William. | �Virtual Light | ��I will have to re-read this one again before passing final �� judgement; my first thoughts are that it is bland and �� not-very-well-executed. Gibson, William. | �Idoru | ��Did anyone besides me see Y.T. and Hiro in the main characters? �� I still loved the story. Lighter that Gibson's usual fare. Nailor, Grant. | �Red Dwarf | ��Proof positive that cats really should rule the world. Stephenson, Neal. | �Snow Crash | ��What Gibson started, Stephenson perfected. Stephenson, Neal. | �Zodiac | ��Not as computer-filled as Snow Crash, but fun just the same. Stephenson, Neal. | �The Diamond Age | ��Don't read this in bed, and be sure to bring a dictionary. Tepper, Sherry. | �Gate to Women's Country | ��Proof positive that women should really rule the world. Tepper, Sherry. | �Grass | Tepper, Sherry. | �Northshore | Tepper, Sherry. | �Southshore | Various. | �The Way It Wasn't | ��Jack Finney's Time and Again got me started on this trend. �� Creepy and imaginative. Review. |
| Horror |
| King, Stephen. | �The Stand |
| King, Stephen. | �'Salem's Lot |
| Koontz, Dean. | �Dark Rivers of the Heart |
| Saul, John. | The Blackstone Chronicles
�After Suffer the Children, I swore I would never read ��John Saul again, but this wasn't bad at all. It could ��stand a little more development and a little less � patness, but all-in-all, not bad. |
| Realist Fiction |
| Banks, Russell. | �Continental Drift | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clancy, Tom. | �Hunt for Red October | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clancy, Tom. | �Patriot Games | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doyle, Roddy. | �The Commitments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doyle, Roddy. | �The Snapper | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doyle, Roddy. | �The Van | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gaarder, Jostein. | Sophie's World � This novel, centering around the history of philosophy, � took quite a while to muddle through, � but was ultimately worth it. Irving, John. | �The Cider House Rules | Irving, John. | �A Prayer for Owen Meaney | Lamb, Wally. | �She's Come Undone | Mosher, Frank Howard. | �A Stranger in the Kingdom | Olshan, Joseph. | �Nightswimmer | Tan, Amy. | �The Joy Luck Club | Tan, Amy. | �The Kitchen God's Wife | Tan, Amy. | �The Hundred Secret Senses | Wells, Rebecca. | The Divine Secrets of the | ��Ya-Ya Sisterhood Wells, Rebecca. | Little Altars Everywhere | |
| Non-Fiction |
| Hernandez, Michael. | Database Design for Mere Mortals If you're a computer snob, don't touch this book. ��If you're a computer use who needs a basic, ��plain-English introduction to the terminology ��and how-tos of relational databases, then ��this is for you. |
| McCourt, Frank. | �Angela's Ashes Really, who *hasn't* thrown up the �Body of Christ in his grandmother's yard? |
| Offutt, Chris. | The Same River Twice |
| Children's |
| Patterson, Katherine. | �Bridge to Terabithia |
| NOT Recommended |
| Clancy, Tom. | Any Tom Clancy over 400 pages, except maybe �� Clear and Present Danger, if you've got a lot of �� patience and are interested in a great deal of military �� details. The two listed above are the only ones that �� were truly edited. | ||
| Card, Orson Scott. | The other 4 books of the Children of the Earth series �� that begins with Homecoming. These are for dedicated �� Card fans and not for the faint of heart. | ||
| Gibson, William and ��Bruce Sterling. | The Difference Engine. ��Skip the last 30 pages and it's no so bad. Finney, Jack. | From Time to Time | �� Come on, get over yourself. |
I've read the last couple of years. Real interesting, I know. At some point, I will take the time to write a little about each book. You don't know me from Eve, right? Why should you trust my recommendations? |