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Good writers are also good readers. Here you'll find a list of my favorite novels. (If only I could put more Christian novels here, but then it's the lack of Christian fiction I enjoy that drives me to write my own.)
My Top 15 Favorite Novels, updated July 2022:
| #1 | Spin 2005 | Robert Charles Wilson |
| #2 | The Diamond Age 1995 | Neal Stephenson |
| #3 | Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949 | George Orwell |
| #4 | The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August 2014 | Claire North |
| #5 | New York Trilogy, The 1987 | Paul Auster |
| #6 | Snow Crash 1992 | Neal Stephenson |
| #7 | Atlas Shrugged 1957 | Ayn Rand |
| #8 | Just a Couple of Days 2001 | Tony Vigorito |
| #9 | Remembrance of Earth's Past 2000s series | Cixin Liu |
| #10 | This Perfect Day 1970 | Ira Levin |
| #11 | We All Fall Down 2006 | Brian Caldwell |
| #12 | The Plague 1947 | Albert Camus |
| #13 | Animal Farm 1945 | George Orwell |
| #14 | Dragon DelaSangre 2000s series | Alan F Troop |
| #15 | Legend of Drizzt 2000s series | R.A. Salvatore |
A more complete list of what I've read, and what I'm getting to, is available on my GoodReads page 
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Other books that have made the list since 2009:
| peaked #6 | Kitty Norville 2000s series | Carrie Vaughn |
| peaked #9 | Fahreinheit 451 1953 | Ray Bradbury |
| peaked #10 | Demon 2007 | Tosca Lee |
| peaked #11 | A Clockwork Orange 1962 | Anthony Burgess |
| peaked #12 | Dragons in Our Midst 2000s series | Bryan Davis |
The list is heavily Sci-Fi/ Fantasy. Good worldbuilding, filtered through the experiences of unique characters, is paramount to my enjoyment of a novel. If your setting is a real place in the real world... I'd rather read a good history book about the place. I often use TV Tropes to discover a lot of new work - based on their plots and the elements of the story. Sometimes I'll see what's won awards. I've also read a lot from book clubs (such as The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August). I'd like to read more free e-books. The time for that, for now, is going to the work on Critique Circle .
While I'm at it, in 2022, I'll update my list of favorite TV shows. Many of my tastes in novels also apply here. I'm watching fewer of them than I used to, so this list doesn't change as often.
My Top 15 Favorite TV Shows, updated July 2022:
#1 Stargate SG-1
#2 Sliders
#3 Futurama
#4 Black Mirror
#5 Star Trek: TNG
#6 Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
#7 Stargate Atlantis
#8 Wolf's Rain
#9 Star Trek: Deep Space 9
#10 Serial Experiments Lain
#11 Burn Notice
#12 Firefly
#13 Star Trek: Voyager
#14 Madoka Magica
#15 Kino's Journey
Finally, here's a list of my favorite films. I'll update this eventually. I really don't watch many films anymore. :(
My Top 10 Favorite Films, updated 2012:
#1 The Truman Show (1998)
#2 Pleasantville (1998)
#3 The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
#4 Back to the Future Trilogy (1985)
#5 Memento (2000)
#6 The Matrix Trilogy (1999)
#7 Groundhog Day (1993)
#8 Inception (2010)
#9 Vanilla Sky (2001)
#10 Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
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