Recommended Science Fiction and Fantasy For Teens
(places to start only - not an exhaustive list)
  • Anderson, M.T. - FEED
  • Asimov, Isaac - I, ROBOT; THE CAVES OF STEEL; THE NAKED SUN
  • Bear, Greg - DARWIN'S RADIO and sequel
  • Bowden, Nina - OFF THE ROAD
  • Bradbury, Ray - THE ILLUSTRATED MAN; FAHRENHEIT 451; SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
  • Bujold, Lois McMaster - THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE and sequels
  • Carmody, Isabelle - OBERNEWTWYN and sequels
  • Caswell, Brian - DEUCALION
  • Catran, Ken - TAKEN AT THE FLOOD
  • Christopher, John - THE GUARDIANS; THE WHITE MOUNTAINS & sequels
  • Clement, Hal - NEEDLE
  • Coville, Bruce - I LEFT MY SNEAKERS IN DIMENSION X (& others); STRANGE WORLDS (anthology); MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN (& others); ALIEN VISITORS (anthology); UFOs (anthology)
  • Danziger, Paula - THIS PLACE HAS NO ATMOSPHERE
  • Dickinson, Peter - EVA; A BONE FROM A DRY SEA
  • Doyle, Deborah, & MacDonald, James - GROOGLEMAN
  • DuPrau, Jeanne - THE CITY OF EMBER (& sequel)
  • Engdahl, Sylvia - ENCHANTRESS FROM THE STARS (& sequels)
  • Farmer, Nancy - THE EYE, THE EAR AND THE ARM; THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION
  • Flint, Eric - 1632 (and sequels)
  • Goodman, Alison - SINGING THE DOGSTAR BLUES
  • Haddix, Marguerite - TURNABOUT; AMONG THE HIDDEN (& sequels)
  • Heinlein, Robert - SPACE CADET; TUNNEL IN THE SKY; HAVE SPACE SUIT, WILL TRAVEL; THE STAR BEAST; RED PLANET; BETWEEN PLANETS; CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY
  • Hoover, H. M. - THE DELIKON; ORVIS; ANOTHER HEAVEN, ANOTHER EARTH; THE WINDS OF MARS; THIS TIME OF DARKNESS
  • Hughes, Monica - KEEPER OF THE ISIS LIGHT; THE GOLDEN AQUARIANS; INVITATION TO THE GAME
  • Huxley, Aldous - BRAVE NEW WORLD
  • King, Stephen - THE RUNNING MAN (written as Richard Bachman)
  • Klause, Annette Curtis - ALIEN SECRETS
  • Kress, Nancy - MAXIMUM LIGHT; BEGGARS IN SPAIN
  • Kunetka, Dan & Strieber, Whitley - NATURE'S END; WARDAY
  • L'Engle, Madeleine - A WRINKLE IN TIME (& sequels); A RING OF ENDLESS LIGHT (& sequels)
  • Marsden, John - TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN (& sequels)
  • McDevitt, Jack - ANCIENT SHORES
  • Nelson, O.T. - THE GIRL WHO OWNED A CITY
  • Nix, Garth - SHADE'S CHILDREN
  • Norton, Andre - WITCH WORLD (and many others)
  • O'Brien, Robert C. - Z IS FOR ZACHARIAH
  • Orwell, George - 1984
  • Philbrick, Rodman - THE LAST BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE
  • Pinkwater, Daniel - LIZARD MUSIC
  • Rand, Ayn - ANTHEM
  • Schmitz, James (edited by Eric Flint) - TELZEY AMBERDON; TRIGGER AND FRIENDS
  • Sleator, William - INTERSTELLAR PIG (& sequel); HOUSE OF STAIRS SINGULARITY(and many others)
  • Stevermer, Carol - RIVER RATS
  • Tolan, Stephanie - WELCOME TO THE ARK; THE FLIGHT OF THE RAVEN
  • Verne, Jules - FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON; 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
  • Wells, H. G. - THE TIME MACHINE; THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
  • Yolen, Jane - DRAGON'S BLOOD (& sequels)

Making the Shift to Adult SF and Fantasy
 (if you haven't already!)

  • Bujold, Lois McMaster - THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE (& sequels, sf); THE CURSE OF CHALION (& sequel, fantasy)
  • Card, Orson Scott - RED PROPHET (& sequels, fantasy); PASTWATCH (sf); XENOCIDE (& sequels, sf); ENCHANTMENT (fantasy)
  • Cohen, Barbara - UNICORNS IN THE RAIN (fantasy)
  • Cook, Glenn (fantasy) - THE BLACK COMPANY (& many sequels); FADED STEEL HEAT (& many sequels)
  • deLint, Charles (fantasy) - SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING; THE ONION GIRL
  • Edgehill, Rosemary - THE WARSLAYER (fantasy)
  • Fisher, Jude - SORCERY RISING (& sequel, fantasy)
  • Flewelling, Lynn - THE BONE DOLL'S TWIN (& sequel, fantasy)
  • Flint, Eric - 1632 (alt. history)
  • Forstchen, William & Gingrich, Newt - GETTYSBURG (& sequel, alt. history)
  • Gaiman, Neil - AMERICAN GODS (fantasy); The Sandman (graphic novels)
  • Goonan, Kathleen Ann - QUEEN CITY JAZZ (& sequels, sf)
  • Hambly, Barbara (fantasy) - THE TIME OF THE DARK (& sequels); DRAGONSBANE (& sequels); THE LADIES OF MANDRIGYN (& sequels); THE SILENT TOWER (& sequels); STRANGER AT THE WEDDING
  • Harris, Charlaine - DEAD UNTIL DARK (& sequels, horror/fantasy)
  • Herbert, Frank - DUNE (sf)
  • Hoffman, Nina Kiriki (fantasy) - THE SILENT STRENGTH OF STONES; THE THREAD THAT BINDS THE BONES
  • Kay, Guy Gavriel (fantasy) - THE SUMMER TREE (& sequels); A SONG FOR THE ARBONNE; THE LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN
  • Keyes, Greg - THE BRIAR KING (& sequel, fantasy)
  • Kress, Nancy (sf) - BEGGARS IN SPAIN (& sequels); MAXIMUM LIGHT
  • Lindholm, Megan - THE WIZARD OF THE PIGEONS (fantasy)
  • MacAvoy, R. A. - TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON (fantasy)
  • Pratchett, Terry - MONSTROUS REGIMENT (fantasy)
  • Shinn, Sharon - JOVAH'S ANGEL (& sequels, sf)
  • Strieber, Whitley & Kunetka, Dan (sf) - WARDAY; NATURE'S END
  • Tarr, Judith - QUEEN OF SWORDS (alt. history); DAUGHTER OF ISIS (alt. history); DEVIL'S BARGAIN (alt. history)
  • Turtledove, Harry - THE GUNS OF THE SOUTH (alt. history)
  • Wells, Martha (fantasy) - THE DEATH OF THE NECROMANCER; THE WHEEL OF THE INFINITE; THE WIZARD HUNTERS (& sequel)
  • Willis, Connie (sf) - DOOMSDAY BOOK; TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG; BELLWETHER

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