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Confessions of an Aging Book Nerd: Fantastic Fiction Favorites

Fantastic Fiction: Myth, Fairy Tale, High Fantasy, Dark Fantasy (AKA Horror), Science Fiction. I've loved this stuff since the 4th grade, when the school librarian pointed me toward The Mushroom Planet series by Eleanor Cameron and Heinlein's juveniles. I still love it all these years later. Here are some of my favorites (not all of them; and certainly not a "Best of…" list.). Some of them you may have heard of; others will be more obscure. They are, however, all worth the time spent reading them.
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
1
Homer
The Odyssey (Rieu Trans.)
The Odyssey
2
Rieu Trans.
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
3
Crossley-Holland
The Saga of the Volsungs (Jesse L. Byock (Translator))
The Saga of the Volsungs
4
Jesse L. Byock (Translator)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Stone)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
5
Stone
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
6
Shakespeare
The Once and Future King (White)
The Once and Future King
7
White
The Hobbit (Tolkien)
The Hobbit
8
Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
9
Tolkien
The Two Towers (Tolkien)
The Two Towers
10
Tolkien
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
11
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Tolkien Reader (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Tolkien Reader
12
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
13
Edgar Allan Poe
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
14
Jules Verne
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
15
H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
16
H. G. Wells
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
17
Lefanu
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
18
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
19
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
20
Stoker
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (M R James)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
21
M R James
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (James)
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
22
James
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
23
H. P. Lovecraft
1984 (Orwell)
1984
24
Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
25
George Orwell
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
26
Miller
Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon
27
Frank
On the Beach (Shute)
On the Beach
28
Shute
When Worlds Collide (Balmer & Wylie)
When Worlds Collide
29
Balmer & Wylie
Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
30
Heinlein
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
31
Heinlein
The Past Through Tomorrow (Heinlein)
The Past Through Tomorrow
32
Heinlein
Three by Heinlein (Heinlein)
Three by Heinlein
33
Heinlein
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
34
Bradbury
The Illustrated Man (Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
35
Bradbury
Dandelion Wine (Bradbury)
Dandelion Wine
36
Bradbury
R Is for Rocket (Ray Bradbury)
R Is for Rocket
37
Ray Bradbury
Twice 22 (Ray Bradbury)
Twice 22
38
Ray Bradbury
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
39
Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
40
Bradbury
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