| The Nitrogen Fix | Hal Clement | A fascinating tale by the master of hard sci-fi. You'll never take oxygen for granted again. A personal favorite. | 
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| Needle | Hal Clement | A charming old classic with characters that you'll love. Take a fresh look at a much-used storyline by reading the very first of its kind. | 
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| The Gods Themselves | Isaac Asimov | Here's my favorite Asimov novel. Fascinating aliens, but I can't spoil it for you. Highly recommended. | 
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| The Ugly Little Boy | Isaac Asimov Robert Silverberg | When these two team up you are guaranteed a great read. Absolutely fabulous. | 
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| The Positronic Man | Isaac Asimov Robert Silverberg | So much better than the movie. This was a great book. | 
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| Ringworld | Larry Niven | If you haven't read Ringworld you don't know what you're missing. An absolute must have. | 
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| Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card | This is the sort of book you think about long after you've read it. Very highly recommended. Extremely well written. | 
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| Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card | The sequel to Ender's Game | 
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| Xenocide | Orson Scott Card | Third in the Ender Series. | 
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| Children of the Mind | Orson Scott Card | Fourth in the Ender Series. | 
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| Ender's Shadow | Orson Scott Card | Fifth in the Ender Series. | 
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| Shadow of the Hegemon | Orson Scott Card | Sixth in the Ender Series. | 
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| Shadow Puppets | Orson Scott Card | Seventh in the Ender Series. | 
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| Stranger In A Strange Land | Robert A. Heinlein | Simply the most famous sci-fi novel in history. Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith. | 
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| The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress | Robert A. Heinlein | Considered by many to be the masterpiece of a master. | 
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| Have Space Suit Will Travel | Robert A. Heinlein | Kip Russell is kidnapped. By aliens. | 
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| Tunnel in the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein | A struggle for survival far from Earth. | 
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| The Time Machine | H.G. Wells | You can't call yourself a sci-fi geek if you haven't read this old classic. | 
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| The Invisible Man | H.G. Wells | Another classic. | 
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| The Chanur Saga: The Pride of Chanur Chanur's Venture The Kif Strike Back | C.J. Cherryh | A complex alien society and the human who found himself within the midst of it. A trilogy of modern classics in one omnibus. | 
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| Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers | Grant Naylor | This is great; just great. You'll laugh from beginning to end. A brilliant book. You don't have to be familiar with the television series to read this book, but you'll want to watch it once you've read this. | 
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| Better Than Life | Grant Naylor | And the hysterical sequel. Loved this one too. | 
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| The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide | Douglas Adams | Contains all five wonderful books in the great Hitchhiker's Guide "trilogy." An absolute must have. | 
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| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | I loved this. You will too. Even includes a terrific little lesson in quantum theory. I defy you to put this book down! | 
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| The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul | Douglas Adams | So what Norse diety blew up Heathrow airport? And just what is with that Eagle? Find the answers in this hysterical work by the great Douglas Adams. | 
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| Starship Titanic | Douglas Adams Terry Jones | Can't get enough Adams? Well, see what happens when he teams up with Monty Python's Terry Jones. | 
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| The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy Once Last Time | Douglas Adams | This is what Douglas Adams was working on when he passed away. Savor it; there will be no more. | 
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| The Day the Martians Came | Frederik Pohl | I loved this, but it isn't for everyone. Very realistic look at the way people would react to the discovery of martians. | 
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| X-Files: Ruins | Kevin J. Anderson | This is an excellent novel, just ignore the excess adverbs and adjectives. | 
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| Best Destiny | Diane Carey | I've read this one a number of times. James T. Kirk as a rebellious teenager, The legendary Captain April...I don't want to spoil anything. This is a great read. | 
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| The Clan of the Cave Bear | Jean M. Auel | A fascinating use of anthropology in fiction with beautiful characterization. Very enjoyable. | 
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| Valley of Horses | Jean M. Auel | Beautiful love story meets fascinating exploration of Ice Age cultures. | 
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| The Mammoth Hunters | Jean M. Auel | Third book in the Earth's Children series. An enjoyable read. | 
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| Plains of Passage | Jean M. Auel | I loved this, but the pace was a bit deadly at times. Certainly wouldn't recommend it if you haven't read the earlier books, but it was enjoyable. | 
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| The Shelters of Stone | Jean M. Auel | Long awaited, the fifth Earth's Children book is here. It's like watching paint dry, but at least that paint is drying on a cave wall in Ice Age France. Slow moving and light on plot, but still worth reading for the setting. | 
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| Cloak and Dagger Dark Matters | Christie Golden | This is my favorite of the Voyager novels, and I will admit that the J/C parts are partially responsible for that. | 
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| Ghost Dance Dark Matters | Christie Golden | Second book in the absolutely wonderful Dark Matters trilogy | 
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| Shadow of Heaven Dark Matters | Christie Golden | Third book in the absolutely wonderful Dark Matters trilogy. | 
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| Neanderthal: A Novel | John Darnton | I don't usually go for the horror type stuff, but this was intelligent and scared me half to death. | 
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| The Paradise Snare The Han Solo Trilogy | A.C. Crispin | The early life of Han Solo. I absolutely loved this book, and in fact this whole trilogy. In my opinion, these are absolutely the best Star Wars novels. | 
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| The Hutt Gambit The Han Solo Trilogy | A.C. Crispin | Second in the trilogy, this great novel includes more than you ever wanted to know about the Hutts. | 
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| Rebel Dawn: The Han Solo Trilogy | A.C. Crispin | Third in the trilogy; learn the fate of Bria and see just how Han wound up in the Mos Eisley Cantina on that fateful day. | 
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| Before the Dawn Dark Angel #1 | Max Allan Collins | FOX doesn't want to give us more of the show, but at least we have the novels. | 
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| Dark Angel: Skin Game | Max Allan Collins Steve Saffel | With or without FOX, we can follow the fate of postapocalyptic Seattle and its genetically altered inhabitants. | 
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