storyrainthejournal | beloved and well worn books on my shelves

(This list is full of books that are not terribly literary, just really good reads; I've left off the ones I've only read twice.)

The Riddlemaster of Head, The Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind - Patricia McKillip

The Gate of Ivrel, Well of Shiuan, Fires of Azeroth and Exile's Gate - C.J. Cherryh

Merchanter's Luck, Rimrunners, Heavy Time and Hellburner (first two stand alone) - C.J. Cherryh

The Persian Boy - Mary Renault

Don't Bite the Sun and Drinking Sapphire Wine (reissued recently as Biting the Sun) - Tanith Lee

Delirium's Mistress - Tanith Lee

The Death of the Necromancer - Martha Wells

Gaudy Night - Dorothy Sayers

To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis

The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Mary L. King

Swordspoint - Ellen Kushner

The Sardonyx Net - Elizabeth A. Lynn

Falcon, Bone Dance (not related) - Emma Bull

Snowcrash - Neal Stephenson

Neuromancer - William Gibson

The Sword of Winter - Marta Randall