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To Reign in Hell
Steven Brust

Before the creation of the world, there was a war in Heaven...

Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card

Ender Wiggin is six years old, a genius, and the best student in a school whose sole purpose is to produce the most effective soldiers in the universe; and Ender will lead them all.

The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin

Theoretical physicist Shevek left his self-exiled anarchist society on the moon Anarres to pursue an idea, an idea that would shake the foundations of civilizations across the universe.

Cavedweller
Dorothy Allison

Delia Byrd returns to her Georgia roots to pick up the pieces of her life shattered by abusive men, hard-drinking, and rock and roll.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John Le Carre

Retired British spy George Smiley is called back into action to ferret out one of his old cronies who has been working as a double agent for Russia.

The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien

This fantastic epic trilogy chronicles Frodo Baggins� attempt to destroy the ring of power and prevent the dark lord Sauron from conquering middle earth.

Going After Cacciato
Tim O'Brien

Spec Four Paul Berlin and company are tracking down the AWOL Cacciato, even if they have to march from Vietnam to Paris to recapture him.

The Game of Kings
Dorothy Dunnett

Francis Crawford, Master of Lymond, is a rogue, a thief, a perfect gentleman, a well versed renaissance scholar and a man trying to clear his name in 16th century Scotland.

The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley

Viviane, Lady of the Lake; Igraine, prophesied to bear a king of legend; Morgaine, beloved by fairies, priestess of Avalon; Gwenhwyfar, torn between her champion, Lancelet, and her husband, King Arthur.

© Eric Riley, 2002