Galen A. Tripp's
--- Personal*---
list of the
TEN MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED NOVELS
(for adults and mature young people)

 1 A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
 2 More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
 3 The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
 4 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
 5 The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
 6 The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
 7 The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
 8 Dune by Frank Herbert
 9 The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
10 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

Additional Recommended Books:
Blood Music and The Forge of God  by Greg Bear;
Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury;
The Postman by David Brin;
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner;
No Blade of Grass by John Christopher;
Childhood's Endby Arthur C. Clarke;
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick;
Shatterday by Harlan Ellison;
Neuromancer by William Gibson;
A Mask for the General by Lisa Goldstein;
The Forever Warby Joe Haldeman;
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison;
The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy;
Hyperion (and Fall of Hyperion) by Dan Simmons;
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart;
Grass by Sheri S. Tepper;
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien;
Slan by A. E. Van Vogt;
A Fire Upon the Deep (and A Deepness In The Sky) by Vernor Vinge;
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.;
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.

*This list is the opinion of Galen A. Tripp only.  It does not represent the opinion of any group or organization.

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