Fantasy

• Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
• C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World
• Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
• Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire
• Philip Pullman, Northern Lights
• Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice
• Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
• Stephen King, The Gunslinger
• J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales
• Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself
• William Goldman, The Princess Bride
• Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon
• Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora
• Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea
• Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows
• Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns
• R.A. Salvatore, Homeland
• Brian Jacques, Redwall
• Terry Brooks, The Sword of Shannara
• Terry Brooks, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
• Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon
• Glen Cook, The Black Company
• Michael Swanwick, The Iron Dragon's Daughter
• George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire
  • A Game of Thrones
  • A Clash of Kings
  • A Storm of Swords
  • A Feast for Crows
  • A Dance with Dragons
  • The Winds of Winter
  • A Dream of Spring

Dystopian future

• Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
• Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
• Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
• Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
• William Golding, Lord of the Flies
• Ernest Cline, Ready Player One
• William F. Nolan & George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run
• Scott Westerfeld, Uglies
• Cormac McCarthy, The Road
• Olivia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
• Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

Urban Fantasy

• Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
• Patricia Briggs, Moon Called
• Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
• Neil Gaiman, American gods
• Jim Butcher, Storm Front
• Karen Marie Moning, Darkfever

Werewolves!

• Kelley Armstrong, Bitten
• Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver
• Glen Duncan, The Last Werewolf
• Robert R. McCammon, The Wolf’s Hour
• Patricia Briggs, Cry Wolf

Altre cose

• Lindsay Ellis, Axiom's End
• Elisa Hansen, The company of death