Denver Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club

List of books we've read, sorted by author
This is a list of the many books read and discussed by the Denver Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club, sorted by alphabetically by author's (or editor's) last name.

Click on the book titles with links to visit our web page for that book, which feature cover art, cover blurbs, author bibliography, our book ratings, links to related web pages, and, if available, a book commentary and/or a book summary.

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A

Abraham, Daniel
A Shadow in Summer
A Betrayal in Winter
An Autumn War

Adams, Douglas
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Adams, Richard
Watership Down

Anderson, Kevin J.
Hidden Empire

Anthony, Patricia
Brother Termite *

Anthony, Piers
A Spell for Chameleon
On A Pale Horse

Asaro, Catherine
Quantum Rose

Asher, Neal
Gridlinked

Asimov, Isaac
Foundation
I, Robot
The Caves of Steel
The Gods Themselves

Asprin, Robert
Phule's Company

Atwood, Margaret
The Handmaid's Tale

B

Bacigalupi, Paolo
The Windup Girl

Baker, Kage
Sky Coyote

Ball, Margaret
No Earthly Sunne

Banks, Iain M.
Look to Windward
Matter

Baum, L. Frank
The Wizard of Oz

Beagle, Peter S.
The Last Unicorn

Bear, Elizabeth
All the Windwracked Stars

Bear, Greg
Blood Music
Darwin's Radio
Eon

Benford, Gregory
Heart of the Comet (with David Brin) *
Timescape

Bester, Alfred
Stars My Destination

Blish, James
A Case of Conscience

Bova, Ben
Venus

Bradbury, Ray
Dandelion Wine
Fahrenheit 451
Martian Chronicles
The Illustrated Man

Bradley, Marion Zimmer
The Mists of Avalon
Thendara House

Briggs, Patricia
Moon Called

Brin, David
Brightness Reef *
Heart of the Comet (with Gregory Benford *
Kiln People *
Uplift War
Startide Rising
The Postman

Brooks, Terry
Magic Kingdom for Sale-Sold!

Brunner, John
Stand on Zanzibar

Brust, Steven
The Phoenix Guards
To Reign in Hell

Buckner, M. M.
Watermind

Bujold, Lois McMaster
A Civil Campaign *
The Sharing Knife : Beguilement
Memory *
Paladin of Souls *
The Curse of Chalion *
The Vor Game
The Warrior's Apprentice *

Bull, Emma
Finder
War for the Oaks
Territory

Burroughs, Edgar Rice
A Princess of Mars
Tarzan of the Apes

Butler, Octavia E.
Fledgling
Kindred
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Talents

C

Card, Orson Scott
Enchantment *
Ender's Game
Hart's Hope
Pastwatch *
Shadow of the Hegemon *
Speaker for the Dead *

Carriger, Gail
Soulless

Carroll, Jerry Jay
Top Dog *

Carroll, Jonathan
The Wooden Sea *

Chabon, Michael
The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Cherryh, C.J.
Downbelow Station *
Foreigner

Clarke, Arthur C.
Childhood's End
Rendezvous with Rama
Songs of Distant Earth
2001: A Space Odyssey

Clarke, Susanna
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Crowther, Peter (editor)
Cities *

D

David, Peter
Imzadi

de Lint, Charles
Moonheart *

Delany, Samuel R.
Nova
They Fly at Ciron

DiCamillo, Kate
The Tale of Despereaux

Dick, Philip K.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Blade Runner
The Man in the High Castle
Ubik
Valis

Di Filippo, Paul
"A Year in the Linear City" in anthology Cities *
Fuzzy Dice *

Dickson, Gordon R.
The Dragon and the George

Donaldson, Stephen R.
Lord Foul's Bane *

Duane, Diane
A Wizard Alone *

Duncan, Dave
Hunters' Haunt *

E

Ecklar, Julia
Kobayashi Maru

Eddings, David
Pawn of Prophesy
Polgara the Sorceress (with Leigh Eddings)

Eddings, Leigh
Polgara the Sorceress (with David Eddings)

Edelman, David Louis
Infoquake

Effinger, George Alec
When Gravity Fails

Egan, Greg
Quarantine

Ende, Michael
The Neverending Story *

F

Farmer, Philip Jose
To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Feist, Raymond E.
Magician: Apprentice

Fforde, Jasper
The Eyre Affair *

Forsyth, Kate
The Tower of Ravens

Forward, Robert L.
Dragon's Egg

Foster, Alan Dean
The Tar-Aiym Krang

Friedman, C.S.
This Alien Shore

Furey, Maggie
The Heart of Myrial *

G

Gaiman, Neil
American Gods
Anansi Boys
Coraline
Fragile Things
Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett)
Neverwhere
Stardust

Gardner, James Alan
Commitment Hour

Gentle, Mary
A Secret History, Book of Ash #1 *

Gibbons, Dave
Watchmen (graphic novel, with Alan Moore)

Gibson, William
Neuromancer
Pattern Recognition *
Virtual Light

Gilman, Felix
Thunderer

Godwin, Parke
Sherwood

Golden, Christie
King's Man & Thief *

Goldman, William
The Princess Bride

Goodkind, Terry
Wizard's First Rule   (Sword of Truth 1)

Goonan, Kathleen Ann
Queen City Jazz *

Gould, Steven
Blind Waves
Jumper

Gregory, Daryl
Pandemonium

Grimwood, Ken
Replay

H

Haggard, H. Rider
She

Haldeman, Joe
Camouflage
Forever Peace *
Forever War *

Hambly, Barbara
Dragonsbane
Those Who Hunt the Night

Hamilton, Laurell K.
A Kiss of Shadows

Harris, Charlaine
Dead Until Dark

Harris, Deborah Turner
The Adept (with Katherine Kurtz) *

Heinlein, Robert A.
Citizen of the Galaxy
Double Star
Friday
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
The Star Beast
Starman Jones
Stranger in a Strange Land
Time Enough for Love

Herbert, Frank
Dune

Hickman, Tracy
Dragons of Autumn Twilight (with Margaret Weis) *

Hobb, Robin
Ship of Magic *

Hoffman, Nina Kiriki
A Red Heart of Memories *

Holdstock, Robert
Mythago Wood

I

Irvine, Alexander C.
A Scattering of Jades

Ishiguro, Kazuo
Never Let Me Go

J

Jacques, Brian
Redwall

Jordan, Robert
The Eye of The World   (Wheel of Time 1)

 

K

Kay, Guy Gavriel
A Song for Arbonne
Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy
The Last Light of the Sun
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Ysabel

Kenyon, Kay
Bright of the Sky

Kerr, Katharine
Daggerspell

King, Stephen
The Green Mile
The Gunslinger   (Dark Tower 1)

Knight, E.E.
Dragon Champion

Koontz, Dean
Lightning

Kotzwinkle, William
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Fata Morgana

Kress, Nancy
Beggars in Spain *

Kurtz, Katherine
Deryni Rising *
The Adept (with Deborah Turner Harris) *

Kurzawa, Greg
Gideon's Wall

L

Lackey, Mercedes
By the Sword
The Lark and the Wren

Lake, Jay
Mainspring

Le Guin, Ursula K.
Tehanu
The Dispossessed
The Earthsea "Trilogy"
The Lathe of Heaven
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Telling

Leiber, Fritz
Lankhmar-Tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser *

Lem, Stanislaw
The Cyberiad

L'Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time

Lethem, Jonathan
Gun, with Occasional Music

Levin, Ira
The Stepford Wives

Lewis, C.S.
Screwtape Letters

Lindsay, David
A Voyage to Arcturus

Lindskold, Jane
Thirteen Orphans

Llywelyn, Morgan
The Elementals

Lowry, Lois
The Giver

Lynch, Scott
The Lies of Locke Lamora

M

McCaffrey, Anne
Dragonflight
Dragonsinger
Dragonsong

McCarthy, Wil
Bloom *

McCrumb, Sharyn
Bimbos of the Death Sun *

McDevitt, Jack
The Engines of God

McIntrye, Vonda N.
The Moon and the Sun *

McKillip, Patricia
The Book of Atrix Wolfe
The Riddle-Master of Hed

McKinley, Robin
Blue Sword
The Hero and the Crown
Sunshine

MacLeod, Ken
Cosmonaut Keep

Maguire, Gregory
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Marley, Louise
The Terrorists of Irustan *

Martel, Yann
Life of Pi *

Martin, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones   (Song of Ice and Fire 1)
Dying of the Light

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
One Hundred Years of Solitude

Miéville, China
Perdido Street Station
"The Tain" in anthology Cities *
The City & The City
The Scar

Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Of Tangible Ghosts

Moon, Elizabeth
Remnant Population *

Moorcock, Michael
Elric of Melnibone
"Firing the Cathedral" in anthology Cities *

Moore, Alan
Watchmen (graphic novel, with Dave Gibbons)

Morgan, Richard K.
Altered Carbon

Morrow, James
Towing Jehovah *
Blameless in Abaddon *
Only Begotten Daughter *

Murphy, Pat
The Falling Woman *

N


Nagata, Linda
Vast *

Naylor, Grant
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers *

Niffenegger, Audrey
The Time Traveler's Wife

Niven, Larry
The Mote in God's Eye (with Jerry Pournelle)
Ringworld *

Novik, Naomi
His Majesty's Dragon

O

Osborne, Cary
Iroshi

Orwell, George
1984

P


Palahniuk, Chuck
Lullaby

Paolini, Christopher
Eragon

Park, Paul
A Princess of Roumania

Piercy, Marge
He, She and It

Pohl, Frederik
Gateway *

Pournelle, Jerry
The Mote in God's Eye (with Larry Niven)

Powers, Tim
Expiration Date
Last Call
The Anubis Gates
Three Days to Never

Priest, Cheri
Boneshaker

Priest, Christopher
The Prestige

Pratchett, Terry
Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman)
Guards! Guards!
Hogfather
Small Gods
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
The Fifth Elephant
The Truth
The Wee Free Men

Pullman, Philip
The Golden Compass   (His Dark Materials 1)
The Subtle Knife   (His Dark Materials 2)
The Amber Spyglass   (His Dark Materials 3)

R

Renault, Mary
The King Must Die

Resnick, Mike
Kirinyaga *

Reynolds, Alastair
Chasm City
Revelation Space

Rice, Anne
Interview with the Vampire

Riordan, Rick
The Lightning Thief

Robb, J.D. (Nora Roberts)
Naked in Death *

Roberson, Jennifer
Sword-Dancer

Roberts, Keith
Pavane *

Robinson, Kim Stanley
Red Mars
The Years of Rice and Salt *

Robinson, Spider
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon *

Rowe, Rebecca K.
Forbidden Cargo

Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Rucker, Rudy
Software *

Russell, Eric Frank
Wasp

Russell, Mary Doria
Children of God
The Sparrow *

Ryman, Jeff

"V.A.O." in anthology Cities *

S

Sachar, Louis
Holes

Sagan, Carl
Contact

Sanderson, Brandon
Elantris

Sawyer, Robert J.
Starplex

Scalzi, John
Old Man's War
Zoe's Tale

Scholes, Ken
Lamentation

Schroeder, Karl
Lady of Mazes

Shakespeare, William
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shea, Robert
The Eye in the Pyramid: Illuminatus! Part 1 (with Robert Anton Wilson) *

Shelley, Mary
Frankenstein

Shinn, Sharon
Archangel

Silverberg, Robert
Dying Inside *
Lord Valentine's Castle *
Shadrach in the Furnace *

Simmons, Dan
Hyperion
Ilium

Smith, E. E. Doc Smith
Triplanetary

Steakley, John
Armor

Stephenson, Neal
Cryptonomicon
Diamond Age
Quicksilver
Snow Crash
Zodiac

Stewart, Sean
Clouds End *
Mockingbird *

Stith, John
Manhattan Transfer *

Stross, Charles
The Atrocity Archives
Halting State
Singularity Sky

Sturgeon, Theodore
More Than Human

Swainston, Steph
The Year of Our War

Swanwick, Michael
Vacuum Flowers *

T

Tepper, Sheri S.
Beauty
Grass *
The Fresco *

Tolkien, J.R.R.
The Hobbit
Fellowship of the Ring   (Lord of the Rings 1)
The Two Towers   (Lord of the Rings 2)
The Return of the King   (Lord of the Rings 3)

Turtledove, Harry
How Few Remain *

Twelve Hawks, John
The Traveller

V

Vance, Jack
Big Planet

van Vogt, A. E.
Slan

Valente, Catherynne M.
Palimpsest

Varley, John
Steel Beach
Titan

Vaughn, Carrie
Kitty and the Midnight Hour

Vinge, Joan D.
The Snow Queen
Catspaw

Vinge, Vernor
A Deepness in the Sky
Fire Upon the Deep
Rainbows End

Vonnegut, Kurt
Slaughterhouse-Five

W


Weber, David
On Basilisk Station

Weis, Margaret
Dragons of Autumn Twilight (with Tracy Hickman) *

Wells, H.G.
The Time Machine
The War of the Worlds

White, T.H.
The Once and Future King

Wilhelm, Kate
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Williams, Tad
Tailchaser's Song *
The War of the Flowers *

Williams, Walter Jon
Metropolitan *

Willis, Connie
Bellwether
Doomsday Book
Lincoln's Dreams
Passage
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Uncharted Territory

Williams, Sean
The Crooked Letter

Wilson, Robert Anton
The Eye in the Pyramid: Illuminatus! Part 1 (with Robert Shea) *

Wilson, Robert Charles
Blind Lake
Julian Comstock
Spin

Wolfe, Gene
The Shadow of the Torturer

Z

Zelazny, Roger
A Night in the Lonesome October
Lord of Light
Nine Princes in Amber

Zubrin, Robert
The Holy Land *

Thanks to Gary for putting together this web page from the books read by date lists on the web site, with links to the book web pages and the bookmark links on the letters of the alphabet. 
Thanks also to Cynthia whose alphabetical list by author was very helpful in correcting and verifying the accuracy of this list.


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