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Alan’s favorite books

Death Masks by Jim Butcher

The Affirmation by Christopher Priest

The Warrior Prophet by R. Scott Bakker

The Killing of Worlds by Scott Westerfeld

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

Merchanter's Luck by C.J. Cherryh

The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley

Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon

Of Men and Monsters by William Tenn

Under the Skin by Michel Faber

Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks

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Babel

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by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)

by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)

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Listopia Votes

The Belgariad Boxed Set by David Eddings

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)

4,208 books — 25,719 voters

The Risen Empire by Scott Westerfeld

The Killing of Worlds by Scott Westerfeld

The Best Scott Westerfeld Book

51 books — 246 voters

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Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, and Science fiction

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