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| style="text-align: center;"|Ancient collection of Middle-Eastern folk tales and short stories. Contains such famous tales as "Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp" and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor" |
| style="text-align: center;"|Ancient collection of Middle-Eastern folk tales and short stories. Contains such famous tales as "Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp" and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor" |
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| style="text-align: center;"|A Game of Thrones |
| style="text-align: center;"|A Game of Thrones |
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| style="text-align: center;"|George R. R. Martin |
| style="text-align: center;"|George R. R. Martin |
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| style="text-align: center;"|A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| style="text-align: center;"|A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| style="text-align: center;"|William Shakespeare |
| style="text-align: center;"|William Shakespeare |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Aeneid |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Aeneid |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Virgil |
| style="text-align: center;"|Virgil |
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| style="text-align: center;"|An Epic Poem about the hero Aeneas' wanderings to Italy and victory in War against the Latins. |
| style="text-align: center;"|An Epic Poem about the hero Aeneas' wanderings to Italy and victory in War against the Latins. |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Anonymous |
| style="text-align: center;"|Anonymous |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Epic Anglo-Saxon Poem about the hero Beowulf and his battles against the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and an unnamed red dragon. |
| style="text-align: center;"|Epic Anglo-Saxon Poem about the hero Beowulf and his battles against the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and an unnamed red dragon. |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Black Company |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Black Company |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Glen Cook |
| style="text-align: center;"|Glen Cook |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Chronicles of Amber |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Chronicles of Amber |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Roger Zelazny |
| style="text-align: center;"|Roger Zelazny |
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| − | |[[File:Amber.jpg| |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Conan the Barbarian Anthology |
| style="text-align: center;"|Conan the Barbarian Anthology |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Robert Howard |
| style="text-align: center;"|Robert Howard |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Series of pulp-fiction stories featuring the original barbarian Conan. |
| style="text-align: center;"|Series of pulp-fiction stories featuring the original barbarian Conan. |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Dark Tower Series |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Dark Tower Series |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Stephen King |
| style="text-align: center;"|Stephen King |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Darkness That Comes Before |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Darkness That Comes Before |
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| style="text-align: center;"|R. Scott Bakker |
| style="text-align: center;"|R. Scott Bakker |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Earthsea Quartet |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Earthsea Quartet |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Ursula K. Le Guin |
| style="text-align: center;"|Ursula K. Le Guin |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Elric Anthology |
| style="text-align: center;"|Elric Anthology |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Michael Moorcock |
| style="text-align: center;"|Michael Moorcock |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Exile |
| style="text-align: center;"|Exile |
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| style="text-align: center;"|R.A. Salvatore |
| style="text-align: center;"|R.A. Salvatore |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Eye of the World |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Eye of the World |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Robert Jordan |
| style="text-align: center;"|Robert Jordan |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Fables |
| style="text-align: center;"|Fables |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Bill Willingham |
| style="text-align: center;"|Bill Willingham |
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| style="text-align: center;"|A series of comics dealing with a number of fairy tale and fable (hence the name) characters that have been forced out of their homes and formed a small chinatown like community within New York City. |
| style="text-align: center;"|A series of comics dealing with a number of fairy tale and fable (hence the name) characters that have been forced out of their homes and formed a small chinatown like community within New York City. |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Gardens of the Moon |
| style="text-align: center;"|Gardens of the Moon |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Steven Erikson |
| style="text-align: center;"|Steven Erikson |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Good Omens |
| style="text-align: center;"|Good Omens |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Terry Pratchet & Neil Gaiman |
| style="text-align: center;"|Terry Pratchet & Neil Gaiman |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Grimm's Fairy Tales |
| style="text-align: center;"|Grimm's Fairy Tales |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
| style="text-align: center;"|Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The collection that most people know their fairy tales from. Contains Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Little Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, and many many more. |
| style="text-align: center;"|The collection that most people know their fairy tales from. Contains Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Little Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, and many many more. |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Hobbit |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Hobbit |
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| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. Tolkien |
| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. Tolkien |
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| style="text-align: center;"|There and Back Again. The children's classic about the titular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins' adventure with the thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf to reclaim Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. |
| style="text-align: center;"|There and Back Again. The children's classic about the titular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins' adventure with the thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf to reclaim Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The House on the Borderland |
| style="text-align: center;"|The House on the Borderland |
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| style="text-align: center;"|William Hope Hodgson |
| style="text-align: center;"|William Hope Hodgson |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Iliad |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Iliad |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Homer |
| style="text-align: center;"|Homer |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The King of Elfland's Daughter |
| style="text-align: center;"|The King of Elfland's Daughter |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Lord Dunsany |
| style="text-align: center;"|Lord Dunsany |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Last Unicorn |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Last Unicorn |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Peter S. Beagle |
| style="text-align: center;"|Peter S. Beagle |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Lord of the Rings |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Lord of the Rings |
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| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. Tolkien |
| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. Tolkien |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Name of the Wind |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Name of the Wind |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Patrick Rothfuss |
| style="text-align: center;"|Patrick Rothfuss |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Odyssey |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Odyssey |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Homer |
| style="text-align: center;"|Homer |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Once and Future King |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Once and Future King |
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| style="text-align: center;"|T.S. White |
| style="text-align: center;"|T.S. White |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Princess Bride |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Princess Bride |
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| style="text-align: center;"|William Goldman |
| style="text-align: center;"|William Goldman |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Silmarillion |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Silmarillion |
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| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. Tolkien |
| style="text-align: center;"|J.R.R. Tolkien |
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Wizard Knight |
| style="text-align: center;"|The Wizard Knight |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Gene Wolfe |
| style="text-align: center;"|Gene Wolfe |
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Revision as of 04:13, 19 January 2011
The list is imperfect and always growing. Please add descriptions where necessary and if there is a book you feel is missing, feel free to add it.
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