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RECOMMENDED READING LIST

SCIENCE FICTION FOR MATURE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
(Compiled by Galen A. Tripp)

• Alexander, Lloyd
• • The "Chronicles of Prydayn" Series (first book: The Book of Three)

• Ames, Mildred
• • Anna to the Infinite Power

• Anderson, Poul
• • Guardians of Time
  • The High Crusade
  • The Makeshift Rocket
  • The Man Who Counts
  • Vault of the Ages

• Anderson, Poul and Gordon R. Dickson
• • Earthman's Burden
  • Hoka

• Anthony, Piers
• • Ghost
  • The "Magic of Xanth" Trilogy (first book: A Spell for Chameleon)
  • Race Against Time

• Asimov, Isaac
• • The Caves of Steel
  • Foundation (trilogy)
  • I, Robot
  • The "Lucky Starr" Series (first book: David Starr, Space Ranger)
  • Nightfall and Other Stories
  • (and other titles)

• Asimov, Janet and Isaac
• • The "Norby" Series (first book: The Norby Chronicles)

• Barnes, Arthur K.
• • Interplanetary Hunter

• Barnes, John
• • One For The Morning Glory

• Barrie, J.M.
• • Peter And Wendy (a.k.a.: Peter Pan)

• Baxter, Stephen
• • The "Mammoth" Trilogy (first book: Silverhair)

• Baum, L. Frank
• • The "Oz" Series (first book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

• Beagle, Peter S.
• • A Fine and Private Place
  • The Last Unicorn

• Benford, Gregory
• • Jupiter Project

• Bisson, Terry
• • Talking Man

• Blish, James
• • A Life for the Stars

• Bond, Nancy
• • The Voyage Begun

• Bova, Ben
• • The "Exiles" Trilogy (first book: Exiled from Earth)
  • The Weathermakers

• Brackett, Leigh
• • The Ginger Star
  • The Long Tomorrow

• Bradbury, Ray
• • R is for Rocket
  • S is for Space
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes

• Bradley, Marion Zimmer
• • Hawkmistress

• Brown, Fredric
• • Martians, Go Home

• Bujold, Lois McMaster
• • The Warrior's Apprentice

• Burroughs, Edgar Rice
• • The "Mars" Series (first book: A Princess of Mars)
  • The "Pellucidar" Series (first book: At the Earth's Core)
  • The "Tarzan" Series (first book: Tarzan of the Apes)
  • (and other titles)

• Butterworth, Oliver
• • The Enormous Egg
  • Cameron, Eleanor
  • The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom-Planet

• Carroll, Lewis
• • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • Through the Looking Glass

• Carris, Joan Davenport
• • Revolt of 10-X

• Caraker, Mary
• • Snows of Jasper

• Charnas, Suzy McKee
• • The Bronze King

• Cherryh, C. J.
• • Pride of Chanur

• Chew, Ruth
• • The Wednesday Witch

• Christopher, John
• • The Guardians
  • The "Tripods" Trilogy (first book: The White Mountains)

• Claremont, Chris and John Byrne
• • X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga

• Clarke, Arthur C.
• • Red Sands of Mars

• Clarke, Joan
• • The Happy Planet

• Clement, Hal
• • Mission of Gravity

• Cooper, Susan
• • "The Dark is Rising" Series (first book: Over Sea Under Stone)

• Cummings, Ray
• • The Man Who Mastered Time

• Dahl, Roald
• • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Gremlins

• Danziger, Paula
• • This Place Has No Atmosphere

• de Camp, L. Sprague
• • Lest Darkness Fall

• de Camp, L. Sprague, and Fletcher Pratt
• • The "Harold Shea" Series(first book: The Incomplete Enchanter)

• del Rey, Lester
• • Rocket Jockey
  • Runaway Robot
  • Tunnel Through Time

• Dickinson, Peter
• • Eva

• Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
• • The Lost World

• Duane, Diane
• • So You Want to Be a Wizard (series)

• DuBois, William Pené
• • The Twenty-One Balloons

• Eager, Edward McMaken
• • The "Children" Tetralogy (first book: Half Magic)
  • The Well-Wishers

• Ende, Michael
• • The Never-ending Story

• Engdahl, Sylvia
• • Enchantress From the Stars
  • The Far Side of Evil

• Farmer, Nancy
• • The Ear, The Eye, And The Arm

• Feist, Ramond E.
• • Magician: Apprentice

• Finney, Charles G.
• • The Circus of Dr. Lao

• Fisk, Nicholas
• • Grinny
  • A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair

• Fleming, Ian
• • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

• Gilden, Mel
• • "Fifth Grade Monsters" Series (first book: M is for Monster)
  • Harry Newberry and the Raiders of the Red Drink
  • Outer Space and All That Junk
  • The Return of Captain Conquer

• Grahame, Kenneth
• • The Wind in the Willows

• Gray, Nicholas Stuart
• • Grimbold's Other World

• Greer, Gery, and Bob Ruddick
• • Max & Me & the Time Machine

• Hambly, Barbara
• • Dragonsbane

• Hamilton, Edmond
• • The Haunted Stars
  • The Star Kings

• Haynes, Mary
• • Wordchange

• Heinlein, Robert A.
• • Between Planets
  • Citizen of the Galaxy
  • Farmer in the Sky
  • The Green Hills of Earth
  • Have Spacesuit--Will Travel
  • Podkayne of Mars
  • Red Planet
  • Rocketship Galileo
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Space Cadet
  • The Star Beast
  • Starman Jones
  • Time for the Stars
  • Tunnel in the Sky
  • (and other titles)

• Henderson, Zenna
• • "The People" Series (first book: Pilgrimage)

• Hill, Douglas
• • Young Legionary

• Hogan, James P.
• • Inherit the Stars

• Holleyman, Sonia
• • Mona the Vampire

• Hoover, H. M.
• • Away is a Strange Place to Be
  • The Bell Tree
  • The Delikon
  • The Lost Star
  • The Rains of Eridan
  • The Shepherd Moon
  • This Time of Darkness

• Hughes, Monica
• • Guardian of Isis
  • Space Trap

• Jones, Diana Wynne
• • Dogsbody
  • Homeward Bounders

• Jones, Raymond
• • The Year When the Stardust Fell

• Juster, Norton
• • The Phantom Tollbooth

• Kagan, Janet
• • Uhura's Song

• Karl, Jean E.
• • Strange Tomorrow

• Kendall, Carol
• • The Gammage Cup

• Key, Alexander
• • The Forgotten Door

• Kipling, Rudyard
• • The Jungle Books

• Kuttner, Henry
• • Robots Have No Tails

• Laurence, Louise
• • Children of the Dust

• Le Guin, Ursula K.
• • The "Earthsea" Series (first book: A Wizard of Earthsea)

• Leinster, Murray
• • Men Into Space
  • Space Tug
  • Time Tunnel (not The Time Tunnel)
  • (and other titles)

• L'Engle, Madeleine
• • A Wrinkle in Time

• Lewis, C. S
• • The "Narnia" Series (first book: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)
  • The "Perelandra" Trilogy (first book: Out of the Silent Planet)

• Littke, Lael
• • Prom Dress

• Livonie, Cathy
• • Element of Time

• Lofting, Hugh
• • Doctor Dolittle in the Moon

• Lovelace, Delos W.
• • King Kong

• Lowery, Lois
• • The Giver

• Lurie, Alison
• • The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales

• MacDonald, George
• • At the Back of the North Wind
  • The Princess and Curdie
  • The Princess and the Goblin

• McCaffrey, Anne
• • The "Harper Hall" Trilogy (first book: Dragonsong)
  • The Ship Who Sang

• McCloud, Malcolm
• • Gift of Mirrorvax

• McKillip, Patricia A.
• • The Moon and the Face
  • The "Riddle of Stars" Trilogy (first book: The Riddle-Master of Hed)

• McKinley, Robin
• • The Blue Sword

• Matheson, Richard
• • The Shrinking Man

• Mayne, William
• • Earthfasts

• Milne, A. A.
• • Winnie The Pooh

• Moore, Alan and Dave Gibbons
• • Watchmen

• Morressy, John
• • The Drought on Ziax II

• Nesbit, E.
• • Five Children and It

• Niven, Larry
• • The Flight of the Horse
  • (and other titles)

• Norton, Andre
• • Cats Eye
  • Dragon Magic
  • Moon of Three Rings
  • Plague Ship
  • Star Man's Son
  • Star Rangers
  • Steel Magic
  • Timetraders
  • Uncharted Stars
  • Witch World (series)
  • (and other titles)

• Norton, Mary
• • The Borrowers (series)

• Nourse, Alan E.
• • Star Surgeon
  • The Universe Between

• O'Brien, Robert C.
• • Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
  • Z for Zachariah

• Oliver, Chad
• • Mists of Dawn

• Pearce, Philippa
• • Tom's Midnight Garden

• Pierce, Meredith Ann
• • The Woman Who Loved Reindeer

• Pierce, Tamora
• • The "Song of the Lioness" Series (first book: Alanna: The First Adventure)

• Pinkwater, Daniel M.
• • Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy From Mars
  • Lizard Music
  • Young Adults
  • (and other titles)

• Piper, H. Beam
• • Little Fuzzy (series)
  • Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen
  • Lone Star Planet (a.k.a.: A Planet for Texans)
  • (and other titles)

• Pournelle, Jerry
• • King David's Spaceship

• Pragnell, Festus
• • The Green Man of Kilsona

• Pratchett, Terry
• • The Color of Magic

• Robinson, Spider
• • Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

• Rowling, J. K.
• • The "Harry Potter" Series (first book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

• Russell, Eric Frank
• • Next of Kin
  • Wasp

• Sargent, Pamela
• • Earthseed

• Scarborough, Elizabeth
• • The Healer's War

• Schmitz, James
• • The Lion Game
  • The Universe Against Her

• Segriff, Larry
• • Alien Dreams

• Senn, Steve
• • Spacebred

• Service, Pamela F.
• • Stinker From Space

• Sherburne, Zoa
• • The Girl Who Knew Tomorrow
  • Why Have the Birds Stopped Singing?

• Siodmak, Curt
• • Donovan's Brain
  • Gabriel's Body
  • Hauser's Memory
  • Skyport
  • (and other titles)

• Sleator, William
• • Green Futures of Tycho
  • House of Stairs
  • Interstellar Pig
  • Singularity
  • (and other titles)

• Slote, Alfred
• • C.O.L.A.R.

• Smith, E. E. "Doc"
• • The "Lensman" Series (first book: Triplanetary)
  • The "Skylark" Series (first book: The Skylark of Space)

• Smith, Thorne
• • Topper

• Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
• • Black and Blue Magic

• Stasheff, Christopher
• • Escape Velocity
  • The "Warlock" Series (first book: The Warlock in Spite of Himself)

• Stevermer, Caroline
• • River Rats

• Stewart, Mary
• • A Walk in Wolf Wood

• Stone, Josephine Recitor
• • Green is for Galanx

• Stoutenberg, Adrien
• • Out There

• Sullivan, Mary W.
• • Earthquake 2099

• Swindell, Robert
• • Brother in the Land

• Temple, William F.
• • Shoot at the Moon

• Thurber, James
• • The Thirteen Clocks

• Tolkien, J. R. R.
• • The Hobbit
  • The Lord of the Rings

• Tooker, Richard
• • The Day of the Brown Horde

• Travers, P. L.
• • Mary Poppins

• Van Vogt, A. E.
• • Slan
  • Voyage of the Space Beagle

• Verne, Jules
• • From the Earth to the Moon

• Vinge, Joan D.
• • Psion

• Walsh, Jill Paton
• • The Green Book

• Walters, Hugh
• • The "Chris Godfrey of U.N.Ex.A." Series (first book:  Blast Off at Woomera)

• Webb, Sharon
• • Earthchild (series)

• Weinbaum, Stanley G.
• • The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum

• Wells, H. G.
• • The Invisible Man
  • The Time Machine
  • The War of the Worlds
  • (and other titles)

• White, E.B.
• • Charlotte's Web
  • Stuart Little

• Wibberley, Leonard
• • Encounter Near Venus
  • The "Grand Fenwick" (a.k.a.: "The Mouse") Series (first book:  The Mouse That Roared)

• Wilkes, Marilyn Z.
• • CLUTZ and the Fizzion Formula

• Williamson, Jack
• • The Legion of Space (series)
  • The Legion of Time
  • The Moon Children

• Wollheim, Donald A.
• • The "Mike Mars" Series (first book:  Mike Mars, Astronaut)

• Wyndham, John
• • The Day of the Triffids

• Yep, Laurence
• • The Rainbow People
  • Sweetwater

• Yolen, Jane
• • Briar Rose
  • The Devil's Arithmetic
  • The "Dragon" Trilogy (first book:  Dragon's Blood)
  • The Dragon's Boy
  • Neptune Rising
  • Wizard's Hall

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