Selected Fantasy Books
Books by J.R.R. Tolkein
The Hobbit
There and Back Again
Bilbo Baggins assists several dwarves recover treasure from a dragon's clutches.The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Ring Sets Out
Frodo Baggins and three hobbit companions journey to bring the One Ring to Rivendell.
The Ring Goes South
After the Council of Elrond, Gandalf, Bilbo and seven others form a fellowship to destroy the One Ring, as they quest towards Mordor.
The Two Towers
The Treason of Isengard
The fragmented fellowship continue on separate ways after Boromir's death. Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas meet up with the presumed-dead Gandalf. Merry and Pippin encounter the Ents.
The Ring Goes East
Frodo and Sam encounter Gollum, who leads them to a spider's lair.
The Return of the King
The War of the Ring
The remaining members of the fellowship (minus Sam and Frodo) engage in battle with Sauron's forces.
The Return of the King
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Plot
Samwise and Frodo destroy the One Ring. Aragorn is crowned King of Gondor and the Shire is healed.
Books by Steven R. Donaldson
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
Lord Foul's Bane
Thomas Covenant, a leper, finds himselfin a strange Land and has to recover the Staff of Law to secure the peace.
The Illearth War
Thomas Covenant returns to the Land, summoned to help protect it from Lord Foul's newly assembled army.
The Power That Preserves
Covenant is summoned to the land once again for the final confrontation with Lord Foul.
The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Wounded Land
Thomas Covenant and Doctor Linden Avery get transported to the Land, to find it in desolate condition.
The One Tree
Covenant and Avery leave the Land to seek the One Tree to replace the destroyed Staff of the Law.
White Gold Wielder
Returning to the Land, Covenant and Foul face off for the last? time.
Books by Philip Jose Farmer
Riverworld
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
British adventurer Richard Burton awakens after death in an alien land (prominently featureing a vast river), where he encounters others in the same situation. He finds a mysterious stranger who tells Burton to head toward the headwaters of the river.
The Fabulous Riverboat
Samuel Clemens is contacted by a mysterious stranger who tells him he can find metal to build a riverboat further up the river. He also encounters his wife, now in the company of Cyrano De Bergerac.
The Dark Design
Burton continues to travel up river. Another resurrectee, Peter Frigate, meets up with others also contacted by a mysterious stranger and told to head up-river. De Bergerac assists in the building of a dirigible.
The Magic Labyrinth
Several travelers make it to a giant lake near the head of the river.
Gods of Riverworld
All secrets of Riverworld are finally explained.
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