Ohh geeezuz, i've read literally 100's of books over the years, possibly well over a 1000. I was a voracious reader in my younger years, consumed Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit when i was in my early teens. I have found that my tastes have changed through the decades, mostly enjoyed fantasy and sci-fi earlier on but in more recent times i have read a lot of war history and other non fiction. I will get back to you with a list of gooduns

So my list would include these..
Stephen King - The Stand (horror)
Robert R McCammon - Stinger (horror)
Julian May - Saga of Pliocene exile (sci-fi)
Arthur C Clarke - Rama series (sci-fi)
Jean M Auel - Earth's Children Series (fiction)
Arthur C Clarke - Odyssey Series (sci-fi)
in fact most of his novels are fantastic and a special mention for - The Ghost from The Grand Banks.
Parke Goodwin - Waiting for the Galactic Bus (sci-fi)
Stephen R Donaldson - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (fantasy)
Peter Fitzsimmons - Charles Kingsford Smith and those magnificent men (biography)
Anything by Peter actually, one of my favourite Australian authors
Carole Baxter - The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller (biography)
And when i just want a damn good laugh ANYTHING by Robert Rankin with a special mention for - The Brentford Trilogy (in 7 books ) and The Armageddon series.

I'm going to add another author into the mix, Raymond E Feist. His fantasy novels that are - The Riftwar Cycle and also the stand alone book - A Faerie Tale are fantastic reading. I would place these a very close second to Stephen Donaldson's - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.

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