Cindy’s Favorite Books

It definitely helps to know someone’s tastes when following recommendations, so I thought I’d put up some of my most favorites. It was waaaay harder than I thought to narrow this down. There are way more books on this page than I meant there to be…

Top 10

In no real order:

1. The Name of the Wind (Book 1 of the Kingkiller Chronicles) by Patrick Rothfuss
2. Dune by Frank Herbert
3. Hero (book 3 of Epic Saga) by Lee Stephen
4. Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
5. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
6. Wyvern by A. A. Attanasio
7. S. by J. J. Abrams
8. Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
9. Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
10. Blood Song (Book 1 of the Raven’s Shadow Series) by Anthony Ryan

Almost made the top list

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
• Evo Nation Series by K. J. Chapman
• Echo Series by Kent Wayne
• 14 by Peter Cline
• In Her Name Series by Michael Hicks (especially book 5)
• The Host by Stephanie Meyer
• The Wise Man’s Fear (Book 2 of Kingkiller Chronicles) by Patrick Rothfuss
• Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
• The Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks
• The Giver by Lois Lowry

Huge fan of:

• Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs
• First seven books in the Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Anne Rice
• Historical Fiction
• The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart
• The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
• The rest of the Dune books, including everything his son wrote
• A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin (though I almost threw the last one)
• Geodyssey by Piers Anthony
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Nighthawk by Marie Frances
• Supernaturals: A Ghost Story by David Lynn Goleman
• Xenogenesis Series by Octavia Butler

 I’m not a fan of:

• …Brandon Sanderson books. I typically find them dull, though the concepts are always fantastic. I think I’ve given 3 stars to every book of his I’ve read, except the first Mistborn book which was a 4 star. So, I guess it’s not that I’m not a fan, I just don’t love him like everyone else I know…
• …Stephen King. Not even The Dark Tower Series. So many words for no reason, though I did enjoy Misery and Pet Cemetary.
• …The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Sorry, Scott. I just don’t *shrug* Maybe because I’d already read Anita Blake and just couldn’t do another supernatural cop-mystery-who-done-it series? Maybe I’m just sexist when it comes to this kind of book…

Your Thoughts

I’d love to hear your comments on any of the above 🙂

Happy Reading! 🙂