 | Shogun by James Clavell
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.13 More than any other series I own, it is James Clavell's books that inspired me to write. Here's the first - get the rest, too.
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 | The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
Buy used from: $0.01 Colleen McCullough's series of novels on the great leaders of Rome, from Gaius Marius through Octavius (Augustus) Caesar is written in a very lively style that makes you feel as if you're right there.
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 | The Grass Crown by Colleen Mccullough
Buy used from: $0.01 While there are times that it seems Ayla has invented everything from fire to horseback riding to bow & arrows to cartography, the story is well told, and traverses prehistorical Europe.
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 | Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Buy used from: $17.43 I really enjoyed the first book in the series, enough to pick up the others even though adventuress masochist-turned-international spy tends to get into more trouble than any one woman should.
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 | Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.00 Time travel, romance, and historical details from 18th Century Scotland to the beginnings of the American colonies. Who could ask for more?
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 | Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-5) by J. K. Rowling
Buy used from: $25.92 If any series was a good example of why adults should not dismiss fiction written for children as "childish," the Harry Potter books are it.
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 | The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $0.09 Davies writes with intimacy and humor, with a Canadian curmudgeon edge that will either make you fall in love with him as a writer or not.
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 | The Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $2.80 |
 | The Salterton Trilogy: Tempest-Tost Leaven of Malice a Mixture of Frailties by Robertson Davies
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $0.47 |
 | The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Foundation Trilogy by ISAAC ASIMOV
Buy used from: $14.89 No self-respecting science fiction fan would be caught without the Foundation Trilogy on their bookshelves
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 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: $14.61 / Used from: $0.19 Another series that gets thrust into "children's fiction" solely because the lead characters are children.
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 | Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.27 We think of this book as Neal Stephenson's "Hobbit" to his "Baroque Cycle" trilogy. Densely packed and a great read for geeks and literature types alike.
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 | Snow Brother by S M Stirling
Buy used from: $0.23 full of blood, guts, and best of all, the key lead players in the Fifth Millenium series are really hot dykes
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| Marching Through Georgia by S.M. Stirling
Buy used from: $13.94 Okay, so I get all tingly at the image of a dystopian society that is filled with genetically altered superhuman slaveholders who revel in sex and violence. Call me a pervert, but I love the Draka
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 | Island in the Sea of Time by S. M. Stirling
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.32 A great time travel series that places modern-day Nantucket 3,000 years back in time. Well written, and interesting to us detail fetishists.
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 | The Oathbound (Vows and Honor, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 I love her "Vows and Honor" series, featuring wonderfully strong female characters.
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