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A List of some of my All-Time Favorite Books

Books that for one reason or another "rang my bell" at the point in time at which they were read, and offered here in the general chronological order of that reading (that is, the books at the end of the list were read earlier in my life than the books at the beginning)

Hornblower Series -- C.S. Forester

11 books chronicling the life and career of his renowned sea Captain, Horatio Hornblower.

Miles Vorkosigan series -- Lois McMaster Bujold

The Warrior's Apprentice, The Vor Game, Memory, Cetaganda, Komarr

Tarzan Series -- Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Robin Hobb

            Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin

Connie Willis

            The Doomsday Book, Bellwether

Kathy Tyers

            Firebird, Fusion Fire

Dean Koontz

            Watchers, Twilight Eyes, Midnight, Intensity,

Frank Peretti

            This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness, The Visitation

Tom Clancy

            The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger

David Eddings

            The Belgariad series (Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, etc)

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Illusion -- Paula Volsky

City of Bones -- Martha Wells

Left Behind -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins

Endurance -- Shackleton

Into Thin Air -- Jon Krakauer

Eye of the World -- Robert Jordan

Jurassic Park -- Michael Crichton

Horses of Heaven -- Gillian Bradshaw

A Wind in Cairo -- Judith Tarr

The Prydain Chronicles -- Lloyd Alexander

The Walking Drum -- Louis L'Amour

Mara, Daughter of the Nile -- Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Roselynde Chronicles -- Roberta Gellis

Dream Park -- Niven, Barnes,

The Scarlet Pimpernel -- Baroness Orczy

Sea Hawk -- Rafael Sabatini

The Robe -- Lloyd C. Douglas

Ben Hur -- Lew Wallace

Sword of Shannara -- Terry Brooks

Dune -- Frank Herbert

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Zane Grey --   Nearly all of the 40 zillion books he wrote

 

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