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I have a collection of over 500 hard back science fiction and fantasy books, as well as numerous other books; history, mythology, and role-playing. Most of the Sci-Fi were originally my grandfathers. I am inputing them all here as I read them stating in 1999. There are many books in the collection I have read before 1999 and a lot of books here that I read that I don't own. The rating system only goes back to 2004.
Oh and there are plenty of mistakes in here, spelling, categories and such.
| Statistics on the books I've read since 1999 | | Categorys | | Alternate Fantasy | 71 | | Alternate History | 73 | | Alternate History: Civil War | 2 | | Alternate History: Steampunk | 7 | | Alternate History: WWII | 12 | | Astronomy | 2 | | Beekeeping | 21 | | Computer | 1 | | Fantasy | 188 | | Fantasy: Contemporary | 83 | | Fantasy: Lost World | 2 | | Fantasy: Lovecraftian | 13 | | Fantasy: Post-Apocalyptic | 20 | | Fiction | 9 | | Fiction: Military | 3 | | Gardening | 0 | | History | 123 | | Humor | 2 | | Linguistics | 3 | | LitRPG | 4 | | Mythology | 34 | | Non-Fiction | 1 | | Political | 4 | | Pulp Adventure | 11 | | Roleplaying | 4 | | Sci-fi | 422 | | Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk | 0 | | Sci-Fi: Dystopian | 3 | | Sci-Fi: Military | 77 | | Sci-Fi: Post-Apocalyptic | 17 | | Sci-Fi: Space Opera | 47 | | Sci-Fi: Time Travel | 9 | | Science | 16 | |
| | Covers | | hardback | 727 | | online | 0 | | oversized hardback | 1 | | paperback | 314 | | softcover | 245 | |
| | Collections | | Borrowed | 105 | | Granddads | 176 | | Moms | 4 | | Shawns | 1003 | |
| | Anthologys | | Anthology | 78 | | Not an Anthology | 1146 | | Multi-Author Anthology | 64 | |
| | Books per year | 2026: 34
2025: 77
2024: 58
2023: 62
2022: 48
2021: 47
2020: 58
2019: 58
2018: 33
2017: 36
2016: 56
2015: 41
2014: 47
2013: 28
2012: 50
2011: 54
2010: 65
2009: 62
2008: 57
2007: 50
2006: 43
2005: 35
2004: 54
2003: 92
2002: 53
2001: 41
2000: 64
1999: 40
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| | Total books read: (includes rereads) 1485 | Total unique books: 1288 |
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The rating system I'm using is:
- I'll be getting rid of this one
- Really bad
- Bad
- Average
- A good book
- I'll probably read it again
- I recommend reading this
- Read it twice in the first sitting
Categories
I am using 3 main categories, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Alternate History. The great decider in whether a book is Sci-Fi or Fantasy is the use of the supernatural. That makes it Fantasy. So The Dragon Riders of Pern series is Sci-Fi there are not gods, magic, or supernatural, its all science based. Star Wars on the other hand (at least before Lucus retconned it with midicholians) is Fantasy because the Force is supernatural. Alternate History falls in a separate category. These are books purposefully set in the past where history changes and goes down an alternate timeline. The change can be due to science or the supernatural.
- Alternate History: A story that takes place in the past in our world which was the same until a certain point. This Point of Departure is the instance where the timeline between our world and the one in the story diverge. The PoD can be caused but time travel or supernatural means but the cause is not generally relevant to the story.
- Alternate History: Steampunk: The Point of Departure causes the world to develop super science in the Victorian Age. Usually developing steam powered devices and computing machines early. The story is generally set in the Victorian Age or immediately after.
- Alternate History: WWII: An Alternative WWII takes place. Hitler dies, Hitler lives, America never enters the war etc.
- Alternate History: Civil War An Alternative American Civil War takes place
- Alternate Fantasy: A story set on a parallel world in a semi-historical time where the supernatural exists. This differs from an Alternate History in that the world was always different from ours but developed along similar lines.
- Sci-Fi
- Sci-Fi: Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic: The world ends, or nearly does drastically changing things.
- Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk: near future, dystopian, ai and prostecics are common
- Sci-Fi: Time Travel: Time Travel can cause an Alternate History or enter a Parallel World but the focus of a Sci-Fi Time Travel story is going back and forth in time not the world created.
- Sci-Fi: Space Opera: A story that occurs in space with the focus on action rather than science tend have larger than life heroes.
- Sci-Fi: Military: Involves future weapons and warfare with the focus being on the super technology. Often crosses over with Space Opera but the characters tend to be more normal and the emphasis is on warfare and weapons rather than action.
- Fantasy: Requires the existence of the supernatural. Stories that seem Sci-Fi can be Fantasy because a large portion of the story is explained as supernatural (ie the Force in Star Wars before Lucus retconned it).
- Fantasy: Contemporary: A story set in the modern world but where the supernatural exists. This is the same as a Alternate Fantasy, but is not a historical story.
- Fantasy: Post-Apocalyptic: The Apocalypse caused magic to reenter the world, so its in the future but the supernatrual exisits also making it more Fantasy than Sci-Fi.
- Lovecraftian Fiction: Involves Chthulu, the Great Old ones, and people fighting unspeakable evil which is trying to enter and take over the world. The original genre was Horror but more contemporary literature tends to be campy.
- Pulp Adventure: Typically 1920s and 1930s the heroes don't have supernatural powers but are the top end of what humanity has to offer. Typically Tarzan and Doc Savage.
| The Gate of the Feral Gods | | | [23-May-2026]
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman.
LitRPG: 589 pages.
Volume 4 in the series Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Carl is breaking despite his repeated claims they wont break him. Its not all the aliens fault, his fellow earthmen are partially responsible. Games that make my life depend on the competence and actions of other people suck. Rating: 5 (out of 8) |
| Operation Bounce House | | [23-May-2026]
by
Sci-fi: 437 pages
Colonist farmers are accused of terrorism and attacked by kids playing video games in mechs as a cover for the governments real genocide of the planets people. Rating: 5 (out of 8) |
| The Dungeon Anarchists Cookbook | | [22-May-2026]
by Matt Dinniman
Fantasy: Contemporary: 532 pages
The weakest of the three so far. Needs a real map, not the useless one 2/3rds of the way through, even if that is just a picture. I hate books with no maps that expect you to understand how people are moving around all over the place. Do not keep liquids in your inventory was amazing. Rating: 5 (out of 8) |
| Outlaw | | | [21-May-2026]
Outlaw by Jim Butcher.
Fantasy: Contemporary: 184 pages.
Volume 0 in the series Dresden Files.
Dresden helps a former mobster which really means Marcone uses Dresden. Rating: 5 (out of 8) |
| Carls Doomsday Scenario | | | [20-May-2026]
Carls Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman.
Fantasy: Contemporary: 371 pages.
Volume 3 in the series Dungeon Crawler Carl.
The weakest so far. Books that needs maps with really substandard maps are not good. If I cant figure out where you are and what you are doing it pointless. The idea is they are in a giant maze of tunnels with trains running on them but they start at station 72+ out of 436 and need to get back to the start when trains only run one way, then there are specials running in other directions like circles and a layer of upside down trains. Its a mess. Rating: 4 (out of 8) |
| Monster Hunter Siege | | | [18-May-2026]
Monster Hunter Siege by Larry Correia.
Fantasy: Contemporary: 368 pages.
Volume 6 in the series Monster Hunter.
STFU becomes a real problem and tries to screw over Franks, who had to send a strongly worded letter to the President. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| Monster Hunter Nemesis | | | [16-May-2026]
Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia.
Alternate Fantasy: 361 pages.
Volume 5 in the series Monster Hunter.
Earl takes a trip to northern Michigan and finds a girlfriend, after losing his werewolfhood and regaining it. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| Monster Hunter Legion | | | [15-May-2026]
Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia.
Alternate Fantasy: 377 pages.
Volume 4 in the series Monster Hunter.
A monster hunter convention turns bad. STFU screws everyone including Management. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| Magic and Bullets | | | [14-May-2026]
Magic and Bullets by Larry Correia.
Fantasy: 340 pages.
Volume 2 in the series Academy of Outcasts.
The outcasts fail to pay rent to the local gangster and must become adventurers. This has got to be Corrias dnd game. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| Monster Hunter Alpha | | | [14-May-2026]
Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia.
Fantasy: Contemporary: 552 pages.
Volume 3 in the series Monster Hunter.
Earl stops a major event by himself, well ok with some help from some townsfolk, but not the rest of the company. He finds a girlfriend. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| Old Mars | | [13-May-2026]
by George R. R. Martin
Sci-fi: 486 pages
Short stories by modern authors in the style of classic sci-fi mars is habitable. The wreck of the Mars Adventure goes with the Arabella of Mars series. Rating: 5 (out of 8) |
| March Upcountry | | | [13-May-2026]
March Upcountry by David Weber.
Sci-fi: 586 pages.
Volume 1 in the series The Empire of Man.
A dilettante prince and his marine boadyguard are stranded on a backwater world after sabotage. They have to fight their way across the planet to the space port, which is held by an enemy starfaring nation. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| Dungeon Crawler Carl | | | [10-May-2026]
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman.
Fantasy: Contemporary: 466 pages.
Volume 1 in the series Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Borrowed from Rachel. Took 9hr to read because I took some naps. Pretty good. Planet Earth get taken over by aliens kill most but give those outside the ability to fight though a dungeon and survive. Carl and a cat Grand Champion, Breed Winner Regional, National Winner Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk enter the dungeon and soon get on talk shows about interesting players. Rating: 5 (out of 8) |
| Monster Hunter: Vendetta | | | [09-May-2026]
Monster Hunter: Vendetta by Larry Correia.
Fantasy: Contemporary: 647 pages.
Volume 2 in the series Monster Hunter.
Being the Chosen One means sometimes you hurt Overlords from other dimensions who then send minions to kill you. Rating: 7 (out of 8) |
| Monster Hunter: International | | | [05-May-2026]
Monster Hunter: International by Larry Correia.
Fantasy: Contemporary: 713 pages.
Volume 1 in the series Monster Hunter.
Monster hunter is a company that hunts monsters, they recruit people who survive monster attacks, which happens to include the Chosen One Owen. Rating: 7 (out of 8) |
| We Few | | | [01-May-2026]
We Few by David Weber.
Sci-fi: 559 pages.
Volume 4 in the series The Empire of Man.
Prince Roger gets off planet, opens a restaurant, coups the government. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| Foreign Legions | | [29-Apr-2026]
by David Drake ed.
Sci-fi: 308 pages
Read it for the story related to the Excalibur Alternative. Drake, Weber, Flint, Stirling. Rating: 4 (out of 8) |
| The Excalibur Alternative | | [26-Apr-2026]
by David Weber
Sci-fi: 313 pages
A middle ages British force is abducted by aliens to fight non-technological wars. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| March to the Stars | | | [20-Apr-2026]
March to the Stars by David Weber.
Sci-fi: 526 pages.
Volume 3 in the series The Empire of Man.
The marines and roger make it across the sea, and deal with cannibal scummies. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
| March to the Sea | | | [16-Apr-2026]
March to the Sea by David Weber.
Sci-fi: 532 pages.
Volume 2 in the series The Empire of Man.
The marines reach the mountains and march to the sea, confronting barbarian tribes. Rating: 6 (out of 8) |
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