My Top Fifty Favorite Books

Important to note is that A) this is a favorites list, rather than a what I think are the best list (so the books here are what are emotionally important to me (there's a lot of childhood-significant Rick Riordan in there), as well as the prose, characters, stories, and worldbuilding I simply vibe with); and B) this list WILL be in constant motion (ie, expect the order to wildly change as time goes on and I read new stuff). You have been warned.

For some of these, I kinda stretch the definition of a book, such as with Beowulf and Homer's works since those aren't really books in our modern sense. Basically any piece of literature that's longer than like 50 pages, I'm gonna consider a book. Within reason.

Also, you may notice there are many books by the same authors on here. I'm gradually fixing that by reading a wider range of book.

But hey, it's a good indication of who my favorite authors are.

1. To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams
2. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
3. The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
4. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
5. The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
6. The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams
7. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
8. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
9. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
10. A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
11. Unsong by Scott Alexander (the webnovel version)
12. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
13. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
14. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
15. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
16. Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams
17. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
18. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
19. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
20. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
21. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
22. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
23. The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
24. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
25. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
26. Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
27. Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
28. Dune by Frank Herbert
29. Brothers of the Wind by Tad Williams
30. Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey
31. The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
32. Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
33. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
34. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
35. Beowulf by Unknown (translation by Seamus Heaney)
36. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
37. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
38. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
39. Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey
40. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
41. (The) Odyssey by Homer
42. (The) Iliad by Homer
43. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
44. (The) Republic by Plato
45. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
46. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
47. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riodan
48. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
49. The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
50. The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan