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Book Recommendations

Please note that this rating scale is subjective, non-linear, somewhat inconsistent, and reflective of multiple variables.

5 Stars: - Absolutely Stellar!

4 Stars: - Great!

3 Stars: - Good! Would recommend.

2 Stars: - Okayish.

1 Stars: - Not my favorite.

Richard Bach

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

A Gift of Wings

One

Running from Safety

Biplane

Nothing By Chance

Stranger to the Ground

Illusions-The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

The Bridge Across Forever

Hypnotizing Maria

William Kershner

The Student Pilot's Flight Manual

Rod Machado

Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook

Robert N. Buck and Robert O. Buck

Weather Flying

Bob Gardner

Say Again, Please Guide to Radio Communications

Isaac Asimov

View from a Height

Adding a Dimension

Atom

The Neutrino

Guide to Earth and Space

Brian Greene

The Elegant Universe

Simon Winchester

The Perfectionists

Jack Williamson

Terraforming Earth

The Stonehenge Gate

Jack McDevitt

The Engines of God

Deepsix

Stephen Baxter

Vacuum Diagrams

Greg Bear

The Forge of God

Alfred Coppel

Glory

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Time

Children of Ruin

Children of Memory

Robert Charles Wilson

Bios

Andy Wier

The Martian

Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars

Robert J. Sawyer

Calculating God

Dan Simmons

Hyperion

Hyperion

The Fall of Hyperion

Endymion

The Rise of Endymion

Ilium

Olympos

Roger Macbride Allen

The Corellian Trilogy

Ambush at Corellia

Assault at Selonia

Showdown at Centerpoint

The Ocean of Years

James S. A. Corey

The Expanse

Leviathan Wakes

Caliban's War

Abaddon's Gate

Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune

Dune Messiah

Children of Dune

Kim Stanley Robinson

The Mars Trilogy

Red Mars

Green Mars

Blue Mars

The Martians

Forty Signs of Rain

Icehenge

New York 2140

2312

Isaac Asimov

Foundation Series

Prelude to Foundation

Foundation

Foundation and Empire

Second Foundation

Foundation's Edge

Foundation and Earth

Robot Series

I, Robot

The Edge of Tomorrow

The Martian Way and other stories

The End of Eternity

Earth is Room Enough

The Stars, Like Dust

Carl Sagan

Contact

The Dragons of Eden

Piers Anthony

Isle of Woman

Arthur C. Clarke

The Deep Range

Rama Series

Rendezvous with Rama

Rama II

The Garden of Rama

The Hammer of God

Cradle

Imperial Earth

The Space Odyssey Series

2001 A Space Odyssey

2010: Odyssey Two

2061: Odyssey Three

3001 The Final Odyssey

Mary Doria Russell

The Sparrow

Larry Niven

Achilles' Choice

Ringworld

The Ringworld Engineers

The Integral Trees

The Legacy of Heorot

Ray Bradbury

R is for Rocket

Michael Crichton

Jurassic Park

The Lost World

The Andromeda Strain

Sphere

Steve Aiten

Meg

Pierre Boulle

Planet of the Apes

Robert A. Heinlein

Starship Troopers

Stranger in a Strange Land

David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas

Douglas Adams

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Life, the Universe and Everything

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Mostly Harmless

Young Zaphod Plays it Safe

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Matthew Hughes

Fools Errant

Raymond F. Jones

Renegades of Time

Robert Hoskins

To Control the Stars

Ernest Cline

Ready Player One

Karl Schroeder

Lady of Mazes

Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game

Ender's Shadow

Nancy Kress

Beggars in Spain Trilogy

Beggars in Spain

Beggars and Choosers

Beggars Ride

Edited by Brian Aldiss

Galactic Empires Vol.1

Galactic Empires Vol.2

Tanya Huff

A Confederation of Valor

Severna Park

The Annunciate

Tricia Sullivan

Lethe

Steven Brust

Issola

T J McLaughlin

Exogenesis

Peter Tieryas

United States of Japan

Chris Moriarty

Spin State

Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice

H. G. Wells

The Time Machine

Alastair Reynolds

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

John Cramer

Einstein's Bridge

Edward Llewellyn

Word-Bringer

Margaret St.Clair

The Dolphins of Altair

Ben Bova

Powersat

Moonrise

Katherine Applegate

Animorphs Series

Anne McCaffrey

Pern

Dragonsdawn

The Dragonriders of Pern

Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern

Nerika's Story

The Renegades of Pern

The Coelura

Christopher Paolini

Eldest

Lawrence Watt-Evans

Dragon Weather

Barbara Hambly

Dragonsbane

Marie Brennan

A Natural History of Dragons

Voyage of the Basilisk

J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

The Return of the King

Silmarillion

Tales from the Perilous Realm

Unfinished Tales

The Children of Hurin

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Philosopher'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 Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Patrick Rothfuss

The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Name of the Wind

The Wise Man's Fear

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

David Eddings

The Belgariad

Pawn of Prophecy

Queen of Sorcery

Magician's Gambit

Castle of Wizardry

Enchanters' End Game

The Mallorean

Guardians of the West

King of the Murgos

Demon Lord of Karanda

Sorceress of Darshiva

The Seeress of Kell

Belgarath the Sorcerer

Polgara the Sorceress

Robert Jordan

Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time

The Great Hunt

The Dragon Reborn

The Shadow Rising

The Fires of Heaven

Lord of Chaos

A Crown of Swords

The Path of Daggers

Winter's Heart

Crossroads of Twilight

Knife of Dreams

The Gathering Storm

Towers of Midnight

A Memory of Light

New Spring

Peter Valentine Timlett

The Seedbearers Trilogy

The Seedbearers

The Power of the Serpent

The Twilight of the Serpent

Brent Weeks

The Way of Shadows

Madeleine L'Engle

The Time Quintet

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wind in the Door

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

An Acceptable Time

Many Waters

C. S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Magician's Nephew

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Horse and His Boy

Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

The Screwtape Letters

Frank Peretti

The Door in the Dragon's Throat

Escape from the Island of Aquarius

The Tombs of Anak

Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea

The Secret of the Desert Stone

The Deadly Curse of Toco-Rey

The Legend of Annie Murphy

Flying Blind

Tim Lahaye

Left Behind

Sharon Shinn

The Alleluia Files

Neil Gaiman & Terry Prachett

Good Omens

Brian Jacques

Redwall

Redwall

Mossflower

Mattimeo

Mariel of Redwall

Salamandastron

Martin the Warrior

The Bellmaker

The Outcast of Redwall

The Pearls of Lutra

The Long Patrol

Marlfox

The Legend of Luke

Lord Brocktree

Taggerung

Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows

Richard Adams

Watership Down

Robert C. O'Brien

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Elizabeth Winthrop

The Castle in the Attic

Erin Hunter

Warriors: Into the Wild

Peter S. Beagle

The Last Unicorn

The Brothers Grimm

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales

Jean Craighead George

My Side of the Mountain Trilogy

Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jack London

The Call of the Wild

White Fang

The Sea-Wolf

Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island

Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Johann David Wyss

Swiss Family Robinson

William Golding

Lord of the Flies

Sir Thomas More

Utopia

Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers

Jules Verne

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Around the World in Eighty Days

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

Herman Melville

Moby Dick

C. S. Forester

Hornblower

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

Lieutenant Hornblower

Hornblower and the Hotspur

Hornblower and the Atropos

Beat to Quarters

Ship of the Line

Flying Colors

Commodore Hornblower

Lord Hornblower

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

Hornblower During the Crisis

Alexander Kent

The Flag Captain

Robert Ludlum

Bourne Series

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Ultimatum

Eric Van Lustbader

The Bourne Legacy

Tom Clancy

The Hunt for Red October

Rainbow Six

Sebastian Junger

The Perfect Storm

Elleston Trevor

The Flight of the Phoenix

Dale Brown

Eagle Station

Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged

Robert M. Pirsig

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Téa Obreht

The Tiger's Wife

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Books

Roald Dahl

The BFG

Scott O'Dell

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Katherine Paterson

Bridge to Terabithia

Norton Juster

The Phantom Tollbooth

Natalie Babbitt

Tuck Everlasting

Lois Lowry

The Giver

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

Philip K. Dick

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Minority Report

Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

George Orwell

1984

Animal Farm

Joseph Heller

Catch-22

J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

Translated by Burton Raffel

Beowolf

Translated by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Meyers

The Iliad of Homer

Translated by W. H. D. Rouse

The Odyssey

Emily Bront

Wuthering Heights

Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Pride and Prejudice

Mansfield Park

Emma

Northanger Abbey

Persuasion

Lady Susan

William Goldman

The Princess Bride

Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

C. P. Dadant

First Lessons in Beekeeping

Matther J. Hatami, P.E.

The Oilfield Survival Guide Vol.1

Jeffery K. Liker

The Toyota Way

Jocko Willink

Extreme Ownership

Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual

W. Edwards Deming

Out of the Crisis

Charles J. Pellerin

How NASA Builds Teams

Tyler Parris

Chief of Staff

Grant Cardone

Sell or be Sold: How to get your way in business and in life

Mike Kaplan

Secrets of a Master Closer

Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV

The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance

Thomas Sowell

Basic Economics - Fifth Edition

Linda K. Treviño & Katherine A. Nelson

Managing Business Ethics - Sixth Edition

Jordan B. Peterson

12 Rules for Life - An Antidote to Chaos

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

David Keirsey

Please Understand Me II

Col. Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Amy Chua

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century

Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler

The Future is Faster than you Think

Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

Algorithms to Live By - The Computer Science of Human Decisions

García, Héctor

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Amanda Ripley

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

Wim Hof

The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential

John Lanchester

The Debt to Pleasure