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Sunday 1 October 2017

Basic/Expert: The B/X Inspirational Reading List


FICTION
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Author
Alexander, Lloyd

  • The Book of Three
  • Black Cauldron
  • Castle of Llyr
Baum, L. Frank

  • The Wizard of Oz
  • The Emerald City of Oz
  • The Land of Oz
Bellairs, John

  • The Face in the Frost
  • The House Without a Clock on Its Walls
  • The Figure in the Shadows
Burroughs, Edgar Rice

  • A Princess of Mars
  • At the Earth's Core
  • Tarzan of the Apes
Carroll, Lewis

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • Through the Looking Glass
Garner, Alan

  • Elidor
  • The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
  • The Moon of Gomrath
Le Guin, Ursula K.

  • A Wizard of Earthsea
  • The Tombs of Atuan
  • The Farthest Shore
Lewis, C. S.

  • The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
  • Prince Caspian
  • The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"

ADULT FANTASY
Author
Anderson, Poul

  • Three Hearts and Three Lions
  • The Broken Sword
  • The Merman's Children
Anthony, Piers

  • A Spell for Chameleon
  • The Source of Magic
  • Castle Roogna
Asprin, Robert

  • Another Fine Myth
Brackett, Leigh

  • The Coming of the Terrans
  • The Secret of Sinharat
  • People of the Talisman
Campbell, J. Ramsey
  • Demons by Daylight
Davidson, Avram
  • The Island Under the Earth
  • Ursus of Ultima Thule
  • The Phoenix in the Mirror
de Camp, L. Sprague
  • The Fallible Fiend
  • The Goblin Tower
de Camp, L. Sprague & Pratt, Fletcher
  • The Incomplete Enchanter
  • Land of Unreason
Dunsany, Lord

  • Over the Hills and Far Away
  • Book of Wonder
  • The King of Elfland's Daughter
Eddison, E. R.

  • The Worm Ouroboros
Eisenstein, Phyllis

  • Born to Exile
  • Sorcerer's Son
Farmer, Phillip Jose

  • The Gates of Creation
  • The Maker of Universes
  • A Private Cosmos
Finney, Charles G.

  • The Unholy City
  • The Circus of Dr. Lao
Heinlein, Robert A.

  • Glory Road
Howard, Robert E.

  • Conan
  • Red Nails
  • Pigeons from Hell
Lee, Tanith

  • Night's Master
  • The Storm Lord
  • The Birthgrave
Leiber, Fritz

  • The Swords of Lankhmar
  • Swords Against Wizardry
  • Swords Against Death
Lovecraft, H. P.

  • The Doom that Came to Sarnath
  • The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
  • The Dunwich Horror
Merritt, A. E.

  • The Moon Pool
  • Dwellers in the Mirage
  • The Ship of Ishtar
Moorcock, Michael

  • The Stealer of Souls
  • The Knight of the Swords
  • Gloriana
Mundy, Talbot

  • Tros of Samothrace
Niven, Larry

  • The Flight of the Horse
  • The Magic Goes Away
Norton, Andre

  • Witch World
  • The Year of the Unicorn
  • The Crystal Gryphon
Offutt, Andrew

  • The Iron Lords
  • Shadows Out of Hell
Pratt, Fletcher

  • The Blue Star
  • The Well of the Unicorn
Smith, Clark Ashton

  • Xiccarph
  • Lost Worlds
  • Genius Loci
Stewart, Mary

  • The Crystal Cave
  • The Hollow Hills
  • The Last Enchantment
Stoker, Bram

  • Dracula
Swann, Thomas Burnett

  • Cry Silver Bells
  • The Tournament of the Thorns
  • Moondust
Tolkien, J. R. R.

  • The Hobbit
  • The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
Vance, Jack
  • The Eyes of the Overworld
  • Dying Earth
  • The Dragon Masters
Wagner, Karl Edward

  • Bloodstone
  • Death Angel's Shadow
  • Dark Crusade
White, Theodore H.

  • The Once and Future King

Zelazny, Roger

  • Jack of Shadows
  • Lord of Light
  • Nine Princes in Amber

Some additional authors of fantasy fiction are:
  • Beagle, Peter S.
  • Bok, Hannes
  • Cabell, James Branch
  • Carter, Lin
  • Cherryh, C. J.
  • Delany, Samuel R.
  • Fox, Gardner
  • Gaskell, Jane
  • Green, Roland
  • Haggard, H. Rider
  • Jakes, John
  • Kurtz, Katherine
  • Lanier, Sterling
  • McCaffrey, Anne
  • McKillip, Patricia A.
  • Moore, C. L.
  • Myers, John Myers
  • Peake, Mervyn
  • Saberhagen, Fred
  • Walton, Evangeline
  • Wellman, Manly Wade
  • Williamson, Jack
Somewhat different to the works of Appendix N.

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