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My Top Fifty Favorite Novels

Important to note is that A) this is a favorites list, rather than a what I think are the best list (so the books here are what are emotionally important to me (there's a lot of childhood-significant Rick Riordan in there), as well as the prose, characters, stories, and worldbuilding I simply vibe with); and B) this list WILL be in constant motion (ie, expect the order to wildly change as time goes on and I read new stuff). You have been warned.

For some of these, I kinda stretch the definition of a novel, such as with Beowulf and Homer's works since those aren't really books in our modern sense. Basically any piece of story-based/fictional literature that's longer than like 50 pages, I'm gonna consider a book. Within reason.

Also, you may notice there are many books by the same authors on here. I'm gradually fixing that by reading a wider range of book.

But hey, it's a good indication of who my favorite authors are.

  1. Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin
  2. To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams
  3. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
  4. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
  5. The Navigator's Children by Tad Williams
  6. The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
  7. Into the Narrowdark by Tad Williams
  8. Empire of Grass by Tad Williams
  9. The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
  10. The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams
  11. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
  12. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
  13. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
  14. A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
  15. Unsong by Scott Alexander (the webnovel version)
  16. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
  17. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  18. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
  19. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
  20. Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams
  21. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
  22. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
  23. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
  24. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
  25. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
  26. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
  27. The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
  28. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
  29. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  30. Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
  31. Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
  32. Dune by Frank Herbert
  33. Brothers of the Wind by Tad Williams
  34. Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey
  35. The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
  36. Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
  37. Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey
  38. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
  39. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
  40. Beowulf by Unknown (translation by Seamus Heaney)
  41. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
  42. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
  43. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
  44. Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey
  45. (The) Odyssey by Homer
  46. (The) Iliad by Homer
  47. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
  48. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
  49. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
  50. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami