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.